Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Yup, that's MY child!
Does every mother start out this journey imagining that her home will continuously be a place of peace, cleanliness, and harmony?
Not to mention things like basically sanitary and halfway normal?
Maybe it was just me.
Lately, I've just been laughing at how far off my expectations were sometimes - maybe its because I have a boy, maybe its because he's a toddler now, maybe its because we're off our rockers, or maybe its because we're totally normal… but we've been enjoying the unexpected, the off-the-beaten-path, the …clearing throat… creative moments … that have been happening around here lately.
And things that I never thought would happen to me … played in the toilet water? check. melted down over having to give up the bottle of teriyaki sauce at the grocery store check-out? check. ran around the house with shorts on his head instead of his bottom thinking he was utterly hilarious? check. in learning a new word, continually mispronounces it as an awful curse word? been there, done that.
And these are just the things i don't have pictures of!
He loves trains (this must be an innate boy thing) but doesn't have any toy ones. So in a moment of desperate creativity, he dumped out his toy bin, climbed right in, and insisted on being pulled around the house while he sang out, "CHOO CHOO!"
Will and I were going out that night, and I hadn't done my hair and make-up yet … so yes, that is MY child, eating his snack out of a pot with his booster seat pulled up to bathroom door. Hey, this momma will try just about anything if it means she can enjoy an evening with her husband once in a while!
When we got home from Wal-mart, there were trash men (complete with diggers and dump trucks to get people's yard trash) as well as the mail truck, outside our window. Benjamin usually "helps" me unpack the sacks - meaning its not unusual to find various goods stashed in random places around our home - so i didn't think anything of it when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw him toting the package of tissue boxes around. But then I didn't see him for a while… it seems he needed a better view of all the excitement going on outside!
Yup, that's MY child! and I love him so much I can hardly stand it … and can't wait to add his little brother to the mix!
Not to mention things like basically sanitary and halfway normal?
Maybe it was just me.
Lately, I've just been laughing at how far off my expectations were sometimes - maybe its because I have a boy, maybe its because he's a toddler now, maybe its because we're off our rockers, or maybe its because we're totally normal… but we've been enjoying the unexpected, the off-the-beaten-path, the …clearing throat… creative moments … that have been happening around here lately.
And things that I never thought would happen to me … played in the toilet water? check. melted down over having to give up the bottle of teriyaki sauce at the grocery store check-out? check. ran around the house with shorts on his head instead of his bottom thinking he was utterly hilarious? check. in learning a new word, continually mispronounces it as an awful curse word? been there, done that.
And these are just the things i don't have pictures of!
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| Choo-choo! |
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| Why are you lookin' at me? This one's totally on Momma! |
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| Truck! Beep-beep! Wow! |
Yup, that's MY child! and I love him so much I can hardly stand it … and can't wait to add his little brother to the mix!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
To our Dads and Granddads ... whose love and legacy have made us who are today….
And especially to Will, my amazing husband and best Daddy two little boys could have …
Happy Father's Day!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Vacation Recap
I can't believe its been three weeks since I posted … oh well. Moving on with no guilt :)
My explanation is that we went to Florida for vacation, then have been super busy since we got back and I feel like I'm just now catching up on my to-do list.
So, though I took (literally) over 250 pictures with my awesome new camera :) and I could detail every moment and happening of the trip, we'll just try to summarize it by saying …
it was an AMAZING vacation! Benjamin did great - he even earned himself the nickname "Super Trooper." In addition, all the attention from Aunt Mattie, grandparents and great-grandparents inspired him to discover his "inner ham" … and ham it up he did…
My explanation is that we went to Florida for vacation, then have been super busy since we got back and I feel like I'm just now catching up on my to-do list.
So, though I took (literally) over 250 pictures with my awesome new camera :) and I could detail every moment and happening of the trip, we'll just try to summarize it by saying …
it was an AMAZING vacation! Benjamin did great - he even earned himself the nickname "Super Trooper." In addition, all the attention from Aunt Mattie, grandparents and great-grandparents inspired him to discover his "inner ham" … and ham it up he did…
ALL!
WEEK!
LONG!
We even got to enjoy a few blissful hours at the beach … showing off our "Syracuse tans"...
discovering the utter awesomeness of the waves…
learning how fun it is to play in wet sand ...
and generally enjoying ourselves in every way possible!
But by far the highlight of the trip was watching Benjamin fall in love with the family who have loved him since before his birth! We love our life in NY and see the fingerprints of God's faithfulness to us in so many ways, but we will never get used to being so far away from our families!
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| Me and Nana love our green beans! |
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| My great-grandparents are great in more than one way! |
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| Aunt Mattie … well, what can I say? She's awesome! |
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| I learned to call you Pa-pa … and I thought you were pretty awesome too! |
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| I even fell in love with Gomer the dog … too bad I'm allergic! |
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