May 30, 2014

We have a NEW baby and with that,

some different reactions from our little guy. At first Big Boy A was very apprehensive. Now he wants to be all involved. In, fact, he has gotten quite cuddly with us an wants to be right where Baby T is. I was teaching him how to shush the baby when she cries and so while watching a little Baby Einstein clip, he sat next to us and patted her on the head. He's been climbing all over her. (I think she's not a big fan of this. :-) ) and trying to "help her" find her food source every 5 seconds. It's a little exhausting but super sweet.

Last night, He grabbed my hand and hers and said "PRAY." He wanted us all to pray together. Oh, my word, IT WAS SO SWEET! So we all prayed together.

Later on, she started fussing. So tenderly, he reached over and started patting her head. "No, baby...PLEASE no baby, PLEASE NO!," He said. Precious moments!

May 13, 2014

We always let Baby A take a toy or a book to bed with him at night. It gives him something to do while he is drifting off to sleep. Well I was putting him Night-Nights and he was having a meltdown about going to bed. I tried to distract him by helping him choose a toy. What I didn't expect was that he would pick ME as the toy. "Mommy - down"... "Mommy, Mommy, Down" His choice was me. It was a such a sweet and adorable and a bit manipulative ploy. 

May, we always have a close bond! 

Like Mother, Like Son 5-7-14

I don't like bugs! Well, that's plain and simple and apparently I have passed that on to Baby A. Whenever we see a bug, I get the broom out of the closet and beat it to death. Ok, so now enter Avery...

I was sweeping the floor yesterday and Avery asked to help. "Momma, Sweep, Sweep?" I gave him the broom and started vacuuming the rugs. A little while later, I heard this horrible boom in his play room. I went to check on him and he had the broom up in the air like a bat, beating the glass door. There was a bug on the outside of the door and he was saying "Bug, Yuck Yuck...yuck yuck, Bug!" while trying to beat it to death. :-)

Precious boy!

Swim Lessons - April 23

Avery is such a little chatter bug and one of the funny things he does is tries to talk you in or out of a situation. Well we started swim lessons with Mrs. Misty this week. This is a refresher course and I'm super proud of his progress already!

Avery on the other hand, does not like his swim lessons. He loves water, but he HATES to go under and well that's a BIG part of the lessons. The 1st day, he didn't want to get out of the car. Yesterday, daddy came and I think he thought that daddy would save him. Well, that didn't work either, SO, today, he walks into the pool area, walks up to the side of the pool and just starts crying and telling Mrs. Misty why he can't. "DohDoh, No, Dohdoh bye, ..." I couldn't even understand what all he was saying but he gave a great lecture about all the reasons he couldn't swim. 

Then during the lesson, he tried to distract her. Misty would say Ready, Set and he would yell GO! (sobbing along while saying it.) It was the cutest thing. She also takes breaks in between swims and rubs their back which helps them to burp. So Avery would start crying "burp, bur, burr." Anything, but to get into that water. He also tried to give her a rub-rub (a back massage) at one point. 

If I didn't see the necessity of his learning, he probably would have already won but his safety is more of a concern then a few tantrums. We love you Bubbies and are happy with your wonderful progress!

Feb. 17, 2014

When Avers starts throwing a fit, I usually count down from three and if he doesn't stop, he will be corrected. We have also been counting on our hands, all of our fingers and he loves the number, 4. In fact, sometimes, he will even hold up our hands and say "four." He loves to count. :-)

The other day, he was throwing a fit and so I started correcting him, 3-2-1...He interrupted by holding up his little finger and yelling "4"! It was so cute, I had to giggle.

Feb. 4, 2014

This week while Pa and Bebe and Great Nana were here, we were resting in the living room after a long fun day. We had just eaten supper and Daddy had been teaching Baby A to close his eyes while we prayed, by taking his 2 fingers and placing them over A's eyes.

So we are playing around on the couch and A all of sudden grabs my hand and places my fingers on his eyes. Then he waits a few seconds silently and say Amen! It was so precious.
May you truly understand the power of prayer, sweet boy.

Jan. 24, 2014

My Nephew to his Mom: (Age 4)

Bruce, tonight at dinner: "GET ME SOME MORE MILK!"

Me: "Bruce Arthur, what in the world? We have manners!"

Bruce, smiling: "Mommy, that was imperative."

Me: "Oh! Umm, yes, you're right. Please say it in a more interrogative way?"

Bruce: " Please may I have some more milk? "

Phew. This kid keeps me on my toes every single day.