I guess my trend is to post once a year lately. I hope to change that soon, since I've become a stay at home mom for awhile!
Lacey is 6 years old today! My goodness, how time flies. I'll have to elaborate more later, but am finding it hard to type with our newest little girl asleep on my chest. Yes, now we have 3! Davis is 2.5 and will be 3 in May, and baby Caroline is 1 month old (a few days ago). Lacey is currently on her way to her first out of town swim meet with her daddy, while me and the little ones stay warm at home. I hate to be missing it, but know that she and daddy will have a blast this weekend! We are having a dress up princess party next weekend.
Anyways, one reason I wanted to start back up blogging is to be able to share posts of my fellow mommy bloggers (although I really don't fit in the category of a mommy blogger since I rarely blog, and only do it to remember things). One such blogger is Danielle, and I'm excited to say she's running a giveaway on my absolute favorite carseat, the Diono Radian R120. And what's even better is that we are in MAJOR need of another one, but are trying to put off buying one as long as possible due to cost. What could be better than a giveaway! You can find her blog here. Please, share and enter to win this awesome carseat!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Monday, January 30, 2012
Swim meet
Lacey had her first swim meet this past weekend and did awesome! She was swimming against 7 and 8 year olds. She didn't pitch a fit or freak out, she was actually really pumped. She was so cute up there, in her goggles and swim cap, the shortest by far. All of the girls on our team were cheering for her and running beside her on the side of the pool. She swam freestyle flawlessly, breathed to the side, and really kept up with the others until about the halfway point. You could tell she got tired but she pushed herself and finished with a good first swim time. All of the team let out a big cheer at the end. Davis was saying 'go! go! go!' Our family was there and we were all so proud of her. No one was more proud than she was though! She got out with her little chest all puffed out and all of the girls congratulated her. When she got to me I congratulated her and told her how happy I was and she said, "Mommy, almost ALL of the girls wanted to give me a high five!" Her teammates support meant so much to her. It was really sweet. I got it all on video of course and she's watched it a few times.
Unfortunately later that day (Saturday) her left eye became really puffy and red. She had had green stuff in the corner that morning and I thought nothing of it. But of course, she has pink eye. She wasn't able to swim her second race (backstroke) on Sunday because of it. Luckily we got some drops called in and she's feeling better today, so hopefully she'll be back at it tomorrow.
And, she turns 5 on Wednesday! My how time has flown. I am taking a half day off work to take cupcakes to school and then take her to get her nails done to surprise her. I'm so excited about it, she's going to be so happy! Then this weekend the kids (cousins) are all going to Pump it Up to play for a bit, and then the family is coming to our house for her birthday celebration. More on that to come.
Davis hasn't been up to much except being a silly boy. He is such a clown. He had a stomach virus the last two days of last week. Of course, he only threw up on mommy and was perfectly fine for daddy! It figures. We are loving the warmer weather and getting to play outside. It's so nice now that he's old enough to go in the backyard with Lacey and play. They also love to play in his room with the train table. Luckily it's big enough that they can play and not bother each other for the most part. They like to push each others buttons, but they really love each other and we catch them being so sweet when we aren't watching!
Unfortunately later that day (Saturday) her left eye became really puffy and red. She had had green stuff in the corner that morning and I thought nothing of it. But of course, she has pink eye. She wasn't able to swim her second race (backstroke) on Sunday because of it. Luckily we got some drops called in and she's feeling better today, so hopefully she'll be back at it tomorrow.
And, she turns 5 on Wednesday! My how time has flown. I am taking a half day off work to take cupcakes to school and then take her to get her nails done to surprise her. I'm so excited about it, she's going to be so happy! Then this weekend the kids (cousins) are all going to Pump it Up to play for a bit, and then the family is coming to our house for her birthday celebration. More on that to come.
Davis hasn't been up to much except being a silly boy. He is such a clown. He had a stomach virus the last two days of last week. Of course, he only threw up on mommy and was perfectly fine for daddy! It figures. We are loving the warmer weather and getting to play outside. It's so nice now that he's old enough to go in the backyard with Lacey and play. They also love to play in his room with the train table. Luckily it's big enough that they can play and not bother each other for the most part. They like to push each others buttons, but they really love each other and we catch them being so sweet when we aren't watching!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Homemade
Quick updates:
Had a wonderful Christmas and new years! Nick's parents kept the kids for new years, and Davis actually spent the night. He did really well and they were awesome. Bribery really does work! We stayed at home and grilled out, caught up on some shows, hung out with each other, and fell asleep before midnight. It was a relaxing way to bring in the new year for sure.
Lacey started her last semester of preschool. It is so bittersweet. I can't believe my baby girl starts kindergarten this year! I don't talk about it much because I'm pretending it isn't so. But I know she is going to absolutely love it. Davis sure will miss his sissy though. He can't even stand to be awake when she's asleep, he has to go in her room and say "wake UP sissy!!" She has quite the attitude from hanging out with the older girls from the pool, and really pushes her limits. She questions everything and 'because I said so' is once again uneffective. But i've found it best to tell her why I say no, and not just say no. So she knows it's because I care and love her, and not because I'm trying to ruin her life. Hopefully that will come in handy in about 8 years.
We are hoping to have her in a swim meet soon, she just hasn't decided which one she wants to do yet. I'm excited!
Davis has been increasing his vocabulary, and he is such a big clown. He loves to say 'no', tell you to 'hop up' or 'come on', and tell you to hush. He jibber jabbers all the time and likes to say 'ready GO' just like daddy does at the pool. He will hit you and then look you in the eyes with a sad look and ask 'happened?' He Is such a nut an I think has officially hit the terrible twos. He is a cuddlebug, but rougher than Lacey was. He loves to ride on things, push toys, and play with cars. He also really likes baby dolls and pushing them around. I swear if he could push his Mater bubble machine all day long, he would. We recently discovered his fear of barbies in the bathtub. For some reason he is terrified of barbies, but only in the tub! It's absolutely hilarious and pitiful at the same time. He is also afraid of a little robot we have, and a squishy green frog. Granted, the frog looks like it has teeth... But still. He is afraid of the weirdest things. Still nursing and working on weaning. He is a stubborn monkey, but it's getting better. He's down to once or twice a day, and doesn't have to nurse to fall asleep. Soon we will have an independent little boy and I will miss this time.
Lately we've been making a lot of homemade food. I've discovered laceys love of cooking, so we've done whole wheat pizza and bread, cookies and banana bread. We love it!
Had a wonderful Christmas and new years! Nick's parents kept the kids for new years, and Davis actually spent the night. He did really well and they were awesome. Bribery really does work! We stayed at home and grilled out, caught up on some shows, hung out with each other, and fell asleep before midnight. It was a relaxing way to bring in the new year for sure.
Lacey started her last semester of preschool. It is so bittersweet. I can't believe my baby girl starts kindergarten this year! I don't talk about it much because I'm pretending it isn't so. But I know she is going to absolutely love it. Davis sure will miss his sissy though. He can't even stand to be awake when she's asleep, he has to go in her room and say "wake UP sissy!!" She has quite the attitude from hanging out with the older girls from the pool, and really pushes her limits. She questions everything and 'because I said so' is once again uneffective. But i've found it best to tell her why I say no, and not just say no. So she knows it's because I care and love her, and not because I'm trying to ruin her life. Hopefully that will come in handy in about 8 years.
We are hoping to have her in a swim meet soon, she just hasn't decided which one she wants to do yet. I'm excited!
Davis has been increasing his vocabulary, and he is such a big clown. He loves to say 'no', tell you to 'hop up' or 'come on', and tell you to hush. He jibber jabbers all the time and likes to say 'ready GO' just like daddy does at the pool. He will hit you and then look you in the eyes with a sad look and ask 'happened?' He Is such a nut an I think has officially hit the terrible twos. He is a cuddlebug, but rougher than Lacey was. He loves to ride on things, push toys, and play with cars. He also really likes baby dolls and pushing them around. I swear if he could push his Mater bubble machine all day long, he would. We recently discovered his fear of barbies in the bathtub. For some reason he is terrified of barbies, but only in the tub! It's absolutely hilarious and pitiful at the same time. He is also afraid of a little robot we have, and a squishy green frog. Granted, the frog looks like it has teeth... But still. He is afraid of the weirdest things. Still nursing and working on weaning. He is a stubborn monkey, but it's getting better. He's down to once or twice a day, and doesn't have to nurse to fall asleep. Soon we will have an independent little boy and I will miss this time.
Lately we've been making a lot of homemade food. I've discovered laceys love of cooking, so we've done whole wheat pizza and bread, cookies and banana bread. We love it!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
And Christmas has begun!
We kicked off the Christmas season with our annual visit to Memphis to see Nick's aunts, uncles, and grandparents. We had our usual breakfast Saturday morning, complete with Nana's chocolate gravy and the singing of 'The 12 days of Christmas' one by one. Lacey and her cousin Tyler (3 months younger) got to join in for the first time this year and it was a hoot. Lacey was going for a Grammy with her rendition of '5 golden rings' and Tyler... Well we will just say he was absolutely adorable with his '3 French chickens' routine. Then it was time for gifts, which get opened in a split second and then we have to spend 30 minutes going around to see what everyone else got! Davis was upset at first because he thought we were wrapping the gifts (that was mommys fault, I tried to wrap Laceys toys with him around earlier in the week, major fiasco). But when he realized that the faster he tore paper, the faster he got to play with his toys, it was on. We are lucky he hasn't decided to have a go at the presents under the tree at our house!
Then Sunday it was so nice outside, we spent all morning swinging the kids (and ourselves) on grandaddy's big rope swing, pushing Davis around on te big tricycle(he is relentless!) and playing football.
I finished crocheting a blanket! It was going to be for Davis, but Lacey loved it so much I added ruffles and it's hers. Picture below!
Unfortunately we had to leave and come back to the Birmingham hustle and bustle. We are trying to finish up wrapping and building for the kids, so Nick is supposed to be disappearing for a few hours tomorrow so I can get things done! We are so blessed to be able to spend another Christmas with our whole family, especially my grandparents. I can't wait!
And last bit of awesome news, Nick's aunt Maxine, who has stage 4 ovarian cancer, got some awesome news today. Her blood work numbers (CA-125 levels) to check for cancer markers are down 82%!!!!!!!!! It is so evident how God is intervening and moving in their life. We are so blessed and thankful, I don't even have words. We pray that she continues to get better and goes back into remission forever!!
Some pictures to complete the post:
Then Sunday it was so nice outside, we spent all morning swinging the kids (and ourselves) on grandaddy's big rope swing, pushing Davis around on te big tricycle(he is relentless!) and playing football.
I finished crocheting a blanket! It was going to be for Davis, but Lacey loved it so much I added ruffles and it's hers. Picture below!
Unfortunately we had to leave and come back to the Birmingham hustle and bustle. We are trying to finish up wrapping and building for the kids, so Nick is supposed to be disappearing for a few hours tomorrow so I can get things done! We are so blessed to be able to spend another Christmas with our whole family, especially my grandparents. I can't wait!
And last bit of awesome news, Nick's aunt Maxine, who has stage 4 ovarian cancer, got some awesome news today. Her blood work numbers (CA-125 levels) to check for cancer markers are down 82%!!!!!!!!! It is so evident how God is intervening and moving in their life. We are so blessed and thankful, I don't even have words. We pray that she continues to get better and goes back into remission forever!!
Some pictures to complete the post:
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Christmas is coming!!
We are so excited for christmas! We picked out our tree last week (and still have yet to put ornaments on it). Davis looks at it every few minutes and says "pitty tree." He loves it!
We have been hard at work trying to get the house organized. It's a never ending battle, but slowly (as we purge more and more) we are catching up. It's hard, because I get so distracted when I see something that needs to be done, while I'm in the middle of something else. I'm working on my focus.
Lacey has been enjoying swim team more and more. We finally figured out that she cannot swim on days that she has school. She is just too tired and emotional, and it just leads to a waste of time and usually a meltdown. So she swims two or three days a week, and loves it. She especially loves when they get to wear flippers. She is improving by leaps and bounds, especially in the last couple of weeks. Her freestyle is great. She is learning to breathe to her side, and now will count and breathe every three strokes. She has dolphin kick down pat, and is pretty good at streamlining off of the wall (when her head doesnt get in the way). She is improving greatly in backstroke. She can do butterfly pretty well, and is now learning breaststroke. She has the kick down, but we haven't tried the stroke yet. I'm so glad she is enjoying it, she is such a joy to watch.
She loves school and reading, and can do addition. We are working on subtraction. She can write and recognize her whole alphabet, can spell most simple words (and some harder words), and can sound out words she is reading. She loves to play cars with Davis, she loves to cook, and she loves animals. She currently has a pet rat named Daisy. We actually had two, but Rose got sick and died a few days ago. Lacey has been pretty good about it, she is sad but she has been saying, "I know God loves having a pet rat." She is definitely pushing her boundaries more and more, and we have struggled with finding effective ways to discipline her. So far, taking things/priviledges away seems to be the best. She is struggling with still being little, yet wanting badly to be big. I keep telling her to slow down, but she doesn't listen! She is still very insightful and will randomly say what's on her mind. It's usually a deep thought. And most of the time, funny. She is such a clown and loves attention. She eats pretty much anything, but her current faves are spaghetti, beef stroganoff, rolls, and steak. She likes to play with trains, ponies, littlest pet shop animals, and her harmonica. She calls it a remonica.
Davis is enjoying being the baby/big boy of the family. He has realized that the louder he screams when sissy messes with him, the more attention he gets. We are trying to nip that in the bud, because he seems to like getting sissy in trouble. And sissy really enjoys pushing his buttons. She usually does exactly what she knows will annoy him the most. They have their sweet moments, but most of the time they are typical siblings. I hope that improves as time goes by, and the discipline can be more even. It's hard becase as smart as Lacey is, she doesn't really understand why she gets in trouble for things that Davis doesn't. Working on it!
Davis is talking up a storm. His favorite things are singing, screaming, and laughing. Some of his most common sayings:
-hold you
-love you
-thank you
-hush Marley
-please move (pees moosh)
-pretty tree
-go outside please
-wanna race
-wanna ride
-stop it
-oh man (o maain)
-nurse please (nus pees)
-help me
He says anything you ask him to, and has excellent pronunciation on most words. Where Lacey had more sentences at this age, Davis has better pronunciation and repeats everything you say. He loves to talk and tell you about what he's doing. He loves chocolate and candy (unlike Lacey). His favorite foods are spaghetti (pagetti) and corn. He doesn't have a lovey, but is obsessed with cars and dinosaurs. He can tell you what most animals say, and knows his body parts. He can take his shirt off, loves to be in just a diaper (like Lacey did). He loves to put his shoes on. He also loves to give hugs. He hates to be messed with or told what to do. He also dislikes putting his coat on and eating at the table. He'd rather wander around playing, stopping only to take a few bites. He loves to be outside with sissy, and especially likes chalk and riding toys. He loves baths/water and will splash in every puddle he sees, even if it's 32 degrees outside. He is still nursing, but we are slowly working on weaning. I never in a million years thought I'd be nursing a toddler!
We have been hard at work trying to get the house organized. It's a never ending battle, but slowly (as we purge more and more) we are catching up. It's hard, because I get so distracted when I see something that needs to be done, while I'm in the middle of something else. I'm working on my focus.
Lacey has been enjoying swim team more and more. We finally figured out that she cannot swim on days that she has school. She is just too tired and emotional, and it just leads to a waste of time and usually a meltdown. So she swims two or three days a week, and loves it. She especially loves when they get to wear flippers. She is improving by leaps and bounds, especially in the last couple of weeks. Her freestyle is great. She is learning to breathe to her side, and now will count and breathe every three strokes. She has dolphin kick down pat, and is pretty good at streamlining off of the wall (when her head doesnt get in the way). She is improving greatly in backstroke. She can do butterfly pretty well, and is now learning breaststroke. She has the kick down, but we haven't tried the stroke yet. I'm so glad she is enjoying it, she is such a joy to watch.
She loves school and reading, and can do addition. We are working on subtraction. She can write and recognize her whole alphabet, can spell most simple words (and some harder words), and can sound out words she is reading. She loves to play cars with Davis, she loves to cook, and she loves animals. She currently has a pet rat named Daisy. We actually had two, but Rose got sick and died a few days ago. Lacey has been pretty good about it, she is sad but she has been saying, "I know God loves having a pet rat." She is definitely pushing her boundaries more and more, and we have struggled with finding effective ways to discipline her. So far, taking things/priviledges away seems to be the best. She is struggling with still being little, yet wanting badly to be big. I keep telling her to slow down, but she doesn't listen! She is still very insightful and will randomly say what's on her mind. It's usually a deep thought. And most of the time, funny. She is such a clown and loves attention. She eats pretty much anything, but her current faves are spaghetti, beef stroganoff, rolls, and steak. She likes to play with trains, ponies, littlest pet shop animals, and her harmonica. She calls it a remonica.
Davis is enjoying being the baby/big boy of the family. He has realized that the louder he screams when sissy messes with him, the more attention he gets. We are trying to nip that in the bud, because he seems to like getting sissy in trouble. And sissy really enjoys pushing his buttons. She usually does exactly what she knows will annoy him the most. They have their sweet moments, but most of the time they are typical siblings. I hope that improves as time goes by, and the discipline can be more even. It's hard becase as smart as Lacey is, she doesn't really understand why she gets in trouble for things that Davis doesn't. Working on it!
Davis is talking up a storm. His favorite things are singing, screaming, and laughing. Some of his most common sayings:
-hold you
-love you
-thank you
-hush Marley
-please move (pees moosh)
-pretty tree
-go outside please
-wanna race
-wanna ride
-stop it
-oh man (o maain)
-nurse please (nus pees)
-help me
He says anything you ask him to, and has excellent pronunciation on most words. Where Lacey had more sentences at this age, Davis has better pronunciation and repeats everything you say. He loves to talk and tell you about what he's doing. He loves chocolate and candy (unlike Lacey). His favorite foods are spaghetti (pagetti) and corn. He doesn't have a lovey, but is obsessed with cars and dinosaurs. He can tell you what most animals say, and knows his body parts. He can take his shirt off, loves to be in just a diaper (like Lacey did). He loves to put his shoes on. He also loves to give hugs. He hates to be messed with or told what to do. He also dislikes putting his coat on and eating at the table. He'd rather wander around playing, stopping only to take a few bites. He loves to be outside with sissy, and especially likes chalk and riding toys. He loves baths/water and will splash in every puddle he sees, even if it's 32 degrees outside. He is still nursing, but we are slowly working on weaning. I never in a million years thought I'd be nursing a toddler!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
The crib is gone!
No more crib for our big boy! Instead of putting the Christmas tree up, we took the crib down. During our drive to Memphis, we were rehashing Lacey's toddlerhood. During the chat we realized Lacey started sleeping through the night shortly after she got her big girl bed with a regular mattress. Davis sleeps ten times better on our bed than he does in his crib (which is already converted to a toddler bed). So, in hopes of getting more sleep in the near future, the big boy bed came out today. Excuse the mostly naked bed, my ambition outwon my need to buy a boy bedding set.
More later on the outcome. Which, I'm expecting, will be nothing. But one can hope!
In other non-news, we had a great trip to Memphis to visit nana and grandaddy for thanksgiving. It was a great trip, relaxing and nice to have family time. Nicks Aunt Maxine has been valiantly fighting her ovarian cancer (which has spread to liver, spleen, and lung) and it was nice to spend some time with her. Lacey is a little worse for the wear. I'm not sure what it is about being around other kids for long periods of time, even good kids, because she always ends up acting out for days afterwards. Back talk and sass seem to have had a permanent spot in our house for months now, but it definitely amps up after we visit with friends.
And our elf on a shelf friends were awaiting our arrival home. Lacey is thrilled, and I think it's going to be a fun tradition. Pictures of them to come!
I can't believe I have to wake for work tomorrow, I almost felt like we were on a permanent holiday! Working for a doctors office thatis closed on thanksgiving and the day after... It feels a bit like heaven. Only 4 more weeks till christmas! And after our black Friday shopping, we are DONE! Nick and I are working on Dave Ramsey's total money makeover, so after much discussion we decided that christmas this year is just for the kids. I'm a huge buyer and love to go overboard, and it's just not going to work this year. Last year we didn't even buy each other anything because we had so many to buy for. So, like I'm sure is true for many families, Christmas will be smaller this year. But much more Christ focused and family centered. I'm very excited about it!
More later on the outcome. Which, I'm expecting, will be nothing. But one can hope!
In other non-news, we had a great trip to Memphis to visit nana and grandaddy for thanksgiving. It was a great trip, relaxing and nice to have family time. Nicks Aunt Maxine has been valiantly fighting her ovarian cancer (which has spread to liver, spleen, and lung) and it was nice to spend some time with her. Lacey is a little worse for the wear. I'm not sure what it is about being around other kids for long periods of time, even good kids, because she always ends up acting out for days afterwards. Back talk and sass seem to have had a permanent spot in our house for months now, but it definitely amps up after we visit with friends.
And our elf on a shelf friends were awaiting our arrival home. Lacey is thrilled, and I think it's going to be a fun tradition. Pictures of them to come!
I can't believe I have to wake for work tomorrow, I almost felt like we were on a permanent holiday! Working for a doctors office thatis closed on thanksgiving and the day after... It feels a bit like heaven. Only 4 more weeks till christmas! And after our black Friday shopping, we are DONE! Nick and I are working on Dave Ramsey's total money makeover, so after much discussion we decided that christmas this year is just for the kids. I'm a huge buyer and love to go overboard, and it's just not going to work this year. Last year we didn't even buy each other anything because we had so many to buy for. So, like I'm sure is true for many families, Christmas will be smaller this year. But much more Christ focused and family centered. I'm very excited about it!
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Fall 2011
Pictures finally! From fishing at emmas birthday, to the Auburn Ole Miss game, to new pjs and the school Halloween festival. This fall has been a whirlwind, and a blast!
Davis 18 month stats: 21lb 7oz, 32 inches tall, 19 3/4 head circumference. Still nursing, speaking in phrases, and learning new stuff everyday!
Lacey 4.5: 39lbs, 41.5 inches tall. Super smart, learning to read, spells great and loves to sound out words. Still dramatic and sweet.
Davis 18 month stats: 21lb 7oz, 32 inches tall, 19 3/4 head circumference. Still nursing, speaking in phrases, and learning new stuff everyday!
Lacey 4.5: 39lbs, 41.5 inches tall. Super smart, learning to read, spells great and loves to sound out words. Still dramatic and sweet.
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