Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
The Last of the Birthday Celebration
What a fun weekend! I know I've been blogging about the birthday all week, but when you've been sick for an entire week and bogged down in yuckiness, a little sunshine goes a LOOONG way. I'm just so thankful for HEALTH, family, great friends, and lots of smiles. It's been exciting.
Chuck E. Cheese was a hit last night (I think uncle Na-Na had the most fun - Dave and Buster's trip in our future).
And then his birthday party in the park (his favorite park!) with all of his little friends...it turned out to be perfect. Couldn't of asked for better weather! Almost all of his friends were there which was such a blessing and so much fun for the little guy. He had his favorite people there, his favorite food, in one of his favorite places in Bentonville. His party started at 4:30 and we closed the place down when it became dark. Loved it.
I got the bucket of M&M's and tried to coerce the kids to all come together for a group photo (it worked, by the way!):
But then we had to get them to smoosh closer together :)
And then the aftermath...our living room looks like #2 toy room! Not sure where we're gonna store all the fun new stuff, but I bet we can find a place. :) So fun!
So now for a little rest and another party tomorrow night! I think Monday's plans will consist of NOTHING. :)
Chuck E. Cheese was a hit last night (I think uncle Na-Na had the most fun - Dave and Buster's trip in our future).
And then his birthday party in the park (his favorite park!) with all of his little friends...it turned out to be perfect. Couldn't of asked for better weather! Almost all of his friends were there which was such a blessing and so much fun for the little guy. He had his favorite people there, his favorite food, in one of his favorite places in Bentonville. His party started at 4:30 and we closed the place down when it became dark. Loved it.
I got the bucket of M&M's and tried to coerce the kids to all come together for a group photo (it worked, by the way!):
But then we had to get them to smoosh closer together :)
And then the aftermath...our living room looks like #2 toy room! Not sure where we're gonna store all the fun new stuff, but I bet we can find a place. :) So fun!
So now for a little rest and another party tomorrow night! I think Monday's plans will consist of NOTHING. :)Friday, October 29, 2010
October 29
Mission Accomplished.
I heard the Wildcat rustling with the door knob around 8:00am, grabbed my camera, and anticipated the entrance. And it was grand...good ole Lincoln fashion with the eyes of wonder, raised eyebrows, and gasps. And of course he came bolting through with his Bible and his Tiger (of course, right?).
Last night Jason and I lingered in his bed with him for longer than normal, read a few more stories from his Bible than normal, and gave a few more hugs and kisses. We talked about how crazy it was that 2 years ago we were sleepless anticipating being induced the next morning with this rascal.
We will have his appointment (along with Noah's 9 month) next week to see where he is on the growth charts so I'll update that when I have them.
For now...I'll do a little run-down for memories purposes:
SLEEPING: recent big task accomplished? He now sleeps in a twin bed in his new room (that has another twin bed ready for Noah!). He's done great with this transition. We've had a few instances where he gets up in the middle of the night (2 I think), but other than that, we have had no problems.
EATING: His favorite foods are eggs, any kind of fruit, green beans, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, toast, pancakes, chocolate, suckers, hotdogs, Cheetos puffs, yogurt, crackers, popcorn, nutrigrain bars, string cheese, turkey, and cupcakes. :)
PLAY: He's still very social and loves being around his little friends. We're working on sharing and respecting others. He generally plays well with others, but can get the "No...MINE!" mentality for sure. We talk about the words "patience" and "share" often. :)
SHOWS: He loves Nick Jr...Yo Gabba Gabba, Diego, Backyardigans, Fresh Beat Band, Toot and Puddle...the other day we noticed our memory space on DVR was fuller than normal. Jason looked into it and saw that Lincoln has set it up on season pass for "Little Bear" - he had 37 episodes set to record. Funny.
SONGS: He loves the Diego song, Jesus Loves Me, a breakfast song we made up, and anything with a fast tempo that he can dance to.
TROUBLE: The little guy has his moments, but nothing too bad (at least it doesn't seem that way). HE mainly gets in trouble for kicking Noah, hitting Noah with his hammers and such, taking away Noah's toys when he is playing with them, or pulling Benny's tail.
VOCAB: Over the past month or so, his vocab has taken off! It seems like he learns more words and associations every day at a rapid pace - it's remarkable. He can say a lot of sentences now and is finally getting on the language train. :)
FAVORITE PLACES: (This is what he tells me): Church, Park, Chuck E. Cheese (he gets to go here when gparents visit), Amy and Na-Na's, Mimi and Papa's, Harry's (his friend next door), Wal-mart (seriously), and of course - the Gym.
*And then a few of my favorite things. I love Lincoln's personality. Love it. One thing I love is how when we are at Walmart, he says hi to EVERYONE. It's humbling because he even seeks out people I would walk on by and never notice. No discrimination with that guy - everyone's getting a "HIII!!" and most even get a hi-5. We've prayed for him to be a leader since before he was born and it's neat to see little aspects of that already cultivating.
*And then this:
I know he doesn't understand fully the love of Christ and what a privilege it is to pray and enter into the presence of an almighty GOD, but these moments of praying together are very treasured.
Happy Birthday big boy!!!!!
I heard the Wildcat rustling with the door knob around 8:00am, grabbed my camera, and anticipated the entrance. And it was grand...good ole Lincoln fashion with the eyes of wonder, raised eyebrows, and gasps. And of course he came bolting through with his Bible and his Tiger (of course, right?).
Last night Jason and I lingered in his bed with him for longer than normal, read a few more stories from his Bible than normal, and gave a few more hugs and kisses. We talked about how crazy it was that 2 years ago we were sleepless anticipating being induced the next morning with this rascal.
We will have his appointment (along with Noah's 9 month) next week to see where he is on the growth charts so I'll update that when I have them.
For now...I'll do a little run-down for memories purposes:
SLEEPING: recent big task accomplished? He now sleeps in a twin bed in his new room (that has another twin bed ready for Noah!). He's done great with this transition. We've had a few instances where he gets up in the middle of the night (2 I think), but other than that, we have had no problems.
EATING: His favorite foods are eggs, any kind of fruit, green beans, corn, broccoli, cauliflower, toast, pancakes, chocolate, suckers, hotdogs, Cheetos puffs, yogurt, crackers, popcorn, nutrigrain bars, string cheese, turkey, and cupcakes. :)
PLAY: He's still very social and loves being around his little friends. We're working on sharing and respecting others. He generally plays well with others, but can get the "No...MINE!" mentality for sure. We talk about the words "patience" and "share" often. :)
SHOWS: He loves Nick Jr...Yo Gabba Gabba, Diego, Backyardigans, Fresh Beat Band, Toot and Puddle...the other day we noticed our memory space on DVR was fuller than normal. Jason looked into it and saw that Lincoln has set it up on season pass for "Little Bear" - he had 37 episodes set to record. Funny.
SONGS: He loves the Diego song, Jesus Loves Me, a breakfast song we made up, and anything with a fast tempo that he can dance to.
TROUBLE: The little guy has his moments, but nothing too bad (at least it doesn't seem that way). HE mainly gets in trouble for kicking Noah, hitting Noah with his hammers and such, taking away Noah's toys when he is playing with them, or pulling Benny's tail.
VOCAB: Over the past month or so, his vocab has taken off! It seems like he learns more words and associations every day at a rapid pace - it's remarkable. He can say a lot of sentences now and is finally getting on the language train. :)
FAVORITE PLACES: (This is what he tells me): Church, Park, Chuck E. Cheese (he gets to go here when gparents visit), Amy and Na-Na's, Mimi and Papa's, Harry's (his friend next door), Wal-mart (seriously), and of course - the Gym.
*And then a few of my favorite things. I love Lincoln's personality. Love it. One thing I love is how when we are at Walmart, he says hi to EVERYONE. It's humbling because he even seeks out people I would walk on by and never notice. No discrimination with that guy - everyone's getting a "HIII!!" and most even get a hi-5. We've prayed for him to be a leader since before he was born and it's neat to see little aspects of that already cultivating.
*And then this:
I know he doesn't understand fully the love of Christ and what a privilege it is to pray and enter into the presence of an almighty GOD, but these moments of praying together are very treasured.
Happy Birthday big boy!!!!! Thursday, October 28, 2010
Pre-Game
Okay. Toddler in bed...mom and dad wasted from blowing up balloons...foyer decorated so he knows this is the day when he toddles from his room to ours in the morning.
I'm excited!!!
This will kick-off the weekend festivities!
As you can see, he has a Handy Manny Tool Workstation from yours truly waiting on him as well. I have no doubt he'll flip over this. We have another gift (still in the works) that we're gonna wait to give him at his party Saturday afternoon. This is so fun! I see now why my parents made us wait to come out of our rooms at Christmas (wait till they were set up with cameras to capture our faces!)...it used to drive us crazy, but I get it, mom. :)
I'm excited!!!
This will kick-off the weekend festivities!
As you can see, he has a Handy Manny Tool Workstation from yours truly waiting on him as well. I have no doubt he'll flip over this. We have another gift (still in the works) that we're gonna wait to give him at his party Saturday afternoon. This is so fun! I see now why my parents made us wait to come out of our rooms at Christmas (wait till they were set up with cameras to capture our faces!)...it used to drive us crazy, but I get it, mom. :)
The Plan
Tomorrow is Lincoln's 2nd Birthday (**pause** for brief freak out...okay, I'm better).
We have big plans for this weekend, which is also why Jason and I frantically got our hands on a pair of antibiotics last night to ensure a full load of energy.
A few weeks ago, I was randomly talking to Lincoln about these "big plans" and he caught me off guard with his over-dramatic enthusiasm as I mentioned each detail of what we were going to do. The huge expressions in his eyes, the way he through his hands up in the air and gasped with glee, the jumps up and down, the roll-call (asking who all was going to be there), and then the even more excited glees when I you give a "yes, uncle Na-Na's gonna be there, too...".
So after that day which brought extra warmth to my heart, we made it tradition - pretty much daily - going over all the details of his birthday and what he's going to get to do and who will be here to share it with him.
His reaction never ceases to disappoint...each and every time.
If you ask him about his birthday, he exclaim, "I'm gonna be two!! Cake! Cake! Chuck E. Cheese!!" and then he'll proceed to tell you everyone who is going to be there.
So after two weeks of doing this, I wanted to make tomorrow morning extra special and give him no doubt that this was the day.
Therefore, when Jason gets home from work, I am going to go get tons of balloons filled with helium and put them throughout the livingroom area, then buy some separate packs of balloons to blow up and have in the floor (he's a balloon kind of kid), and hand streamers from his bedroom door. I also, of course have plans to cook his absolute fav breakfast (pancakes, eggs, fruit, and milk). We're also going to have his presents from us set up/wrapped so he can dig into them in the morning. I might be more excited than him!
I'm excited for him to burst out of his room in the morning (typical Lincoln fashion), get excited for all the balloons and realize this is the day we've been talking about for TWO WEEKS!
So what are the big weekend plans???
Tomorrow night, it's family birthday time at Chuck E. Cheese, then Saturday will be his party in the park with some friends, then on to Sunday festivities with more friends (this obviously isn't part of his birthday, but he'll probably think so nonetheless!).
We have big plans for this weekend, which is also why Jason and I frantically got our hands on a pair of antibiotics last night to ensure a full load of energy.
A few weeks ago, I was randomly talking to Lincoln about these "big plans" and he caught me off guard with his over-dramatic enthusiasm as I mentioned each detail of what we were going to do. The huge expressions in his eyes, the way he through his hands up in the air and gasped with glee, the jumps up and down, the roll-call (asking who all was going to be there), and then the even more excited glees when I you give a "yes, uncle Na-Na's gonna be there, too...".
So after that day which brought extra warmth to my heart, we made it tradition - pretty much daily - going over all the details of his birthday and what he's going to get to do and who will be here to share it with him.
His reaction never ceases to disappoint...each and every time.
If you ask him about his birthday, he exclaim, "I'm gonna be two!! Cake! Cake! Chuck E. Cheese!!" and then he'll proceed to tell you everyone who is going to be there.
So after two weeks of doing this, I wanted to make tomorrow morning extra special and give him no doubt that this was the day.
Therefore, when Jason gets home from work, I am going to go get tons of balloons filled with helium and put them throughout the livingroom area, then buy some separate packs of balloons to blow up and have in the floor (he's a balloon kind of kid), and hand streamers from his bedroom door. I also, of course have plans to cook his absolute fav breakfast (pancakes, eggs, fruit, and milk). We're also going to have his presents from us set up/wrapped so he can dig into them in the morning. I might be more excited than him!
I'm excited for him to burst out of his room in the morning (typical Lincoln fashion), get excited for all the balloons and realize this is the day we've been talking about for TWO WEEKS!
So what are the big weekend plans???
Tomorrow night, it's family birthday time at Chuck E. Cheese, then Saturday will be his party in the park with some friends, then on to Sunday festivities with more friends (this obviously isn't part of his birthday, but he'll probably think so nonetheless!).
Monday, October 25, 2010
Little Blessings
It's next to impossible to capture a picture with both kids together + smiling + looking in the semi-direction of the lense. Thus, this picture makes my heart leap with giggles. :)
And this one is a close second.
In other news, my little sis's baby shower for Baby Tucker was yesterday! I was super nervous I wouldn't make it because everyone was still sick, but Jason got better by time of the shower!! I would have gotten sick all over again if I would have missed this!! I just get giddy thinking about baby Tucker's future and what God has in store for this little angel. :)
And this one is a close second.
In other news, my little sis's baby shower for Baby Tucker was yesterday! I was super nervous I wouldn't make it because everyone was still sick, but Jason got better by time of the shower!! I would have gotten sick all over again if I would have missed this!! I just get giddy thinking about baby Tucker's future and what God has in store for this little angel. :)
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Yuckiness
Well, I have a long night ahead of me...no more DVR's to watch, nothing good on TV, have been update on all facebook status's and blog reader, so I guess it's time to write a post about why tonight's going to be a long night. :)
Thursday afternoon I was dressed, ready to go run at the gym, when about 10 minutes before we were planning on going I started feeling pretty bad. My body started aching, I was spacey, and my head hurt.
Fast forward 6 hours and I was puking with all the fun trimmings (insert "fun mental picture" here).
And just when I thought "it was over"...well, it wasn't.
And before I go on complaining about how it was the worst I can ever remember being sick in my life (even though I've been blessed to get this nastiness sparingly), I will take a moment to share of my blessings - cause that's what we're suppose to do when we're miserable, right?
Blessings:
1. MY HUSBAND. Oh. My. He's a freaking trooper. If any of yall ever get sick, you should hire this guy. He's truly amazing. He'll clean your house, disinfect the whole house, go to the store countless amounts of time to get you what you need, throw away your nasty stuff that didn't make it in time (over and over again), feed the kids, bathe the kids, change the kids, play with the kids, and smile the whole time he's doing it. He should start a business.
2. In case you didn't get how amazing #1 was, let me paint a more vivid picture for you (warning: it really is more vivid): Lincoln has a touch of this fun stuff, too (could be where I got it from) and his diapers EVER-SO-MUCH represent this fact. For instance, He woke up this morning with the big "D" (or #3, as some households call it) running all out his PJ's and had saturated his bed with it. When the lovely hubby went to change his clothes, whole kernels of corn and green beans fell out of his pants in heaps - disgusting. And yes - the hubby changed countless of those diapers in the past 24 hours.
3. A doctor who is also a friend (able to get speedy phenogren to the house!)
4. A child that, even though his diapers would conclude that he is sick, acts extremely happy and lively
5. That same child slept 5 hours today
6. While child #2 slept 4 hours
7. Today I was not nauseated, but unbelievable weak - but that when the great hubby starts running a fever this afternoon, followed by my symptoms two days prior, I all the sudden have all the energy in the world (thank the LORD!)
Yes. Ten loads of laundry have been done today. I am feeling better. Kids are bathed and in bed early. Husband is lying in bed with fever and stomach-wrenching pain.
Looks like I'm about to get my shot at "super-mom" and see if I can match up to "super-dad".
And why the long night? Jason gave me the whole bed when I was sick to writhe in my pain and dispose in peace (let's face it - not fun to hear)...so I'm doing the same for him. I would sleep on the extra bed in Lincoln's room, but this is what Jason did 2 nights ago and he said he would wake up from a dead sleep with a toddler's face right next to his giggling (happened like 3 times!) - that's just creepy. :)
Thursday afternoon I was dressed, ready to go run at the gym, when about 10 minutes before we were planning on going I started feeling pretty bad. My body started aching, I was spacey, and my head hurt.
Fast forward 6 hours and I was puking with all the fun trimmings (insert "fun mental picture" here).
And just when I thought "it was over"...well, it wasn't.
And before I go on complaining about how it was the worst I can ever remember being sick in my life (even though I've been blessed to get this nastiness sparingly), I will take a moment to share of my blessings - cause that's what we're suppose to do when we're miserable, right?
Blessings:
1. MY HUSBAND. Oh. My. He's a freaking trooper. If any of yall ever get sick, you should hire this guy. He's truly amazing. He'll clean your house, disinfect the whole house, go to the store countless amounts of time to get you what you need, throw away your nasty stuff that didn't make it in time (over and over again), feed the kids, bathe the kids, change the kids, play with the kids, and smile the whole time he's doing it. He should start a business.
2. In case you didn't get how amazing #1 was, let me paint a more vivid picture for you (warning: it really is more vivid): Lincoln has a touch of this fun stuff, too (could be where I got it from) and his diapers EVER-SO-MUCH represent this fact. For instance, He woke up this morning with the big "D" (or #3, as some households call it) running all out his PJ's and had saturated his bed with it. When the lovely hubby went to change his clothes, whole kernels of corn and green beans fell out of his pants in heaps - disgusting. And yes - the hubby changed countless of those diapers in the past 24 hours.
3. A doctor who is also a friend (able to get speedy phenogren to the house!)
4. A child that, even though his diapers would conclude that he is sick, acts extremely happy and lively
5. That same child slept 5 hours today
6. While child #2 slept 4 hours
7. Today I was not nauseated, but unbelievable weak - but that when the great hubby starts running a fever this afternoon, followed by my symptoms two days prior, I all the sudden have all the energy in the world (thank the LORD!)
Yes. Ten loads of laundry have been done today. I am feeling better. Kids are bathed and in bed early. Husband is lying in bed with fever and stomach-wrenching pain.
Looks like I'm about to get my shot at "super-mom" and see if I can match up to "super-dad".
And why the long night? Jason gave me the whole bed when I was sick to writhe in my pain and dispose in peace (let's face it - not fun to hear)...so I'm doing the same for him. I would sleep on the extra bed in Lincoln's room, but this is what Jason did 2 nights ago and he said he would wake up from a dead sleep with a toddler's face right next to his giggling (happened like 3 times!) - that's just creepy. :)
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