Posts Tagged ‘C’

I may have not gotten all the laundry done.

I may have left dirty dishes in the sink.

I may have had the equivalent of a box of Cheerios mashed into my floor.

I may have played hookey from a meeting at work.

But I didn’t miss this on a beautiful spring like day last week.

It was worth it.

It’s been a crazy week, filled with birthday wonderfulness. Jimmy turning one was bittersweet, like I think most first birthdays are. My little baby is getting big so fast, and time goes faster and faster each day. However I adore the little person he is evolving into and I am so proud that he is mine.

We began his birthday on the 27th with a trip to Toys R Us. It is something we did on Chase’s first birthday so we decided it was what we would do for Jimmy as well. Since the whole surprise context doesn’t really come in to play at one, we had a good time walking around and letting the boys mess with stuff. Jimmy was out of his mind happy.

It's Toys R Us time, beeshes!

We ended up leaving the store with a variation of the same gift we gave Chase for his first birthday. We also left with a VERY ANGRY toddler in tow, as he was ticked off he couldn’t bring everything home with us. We got home and set up Jimmy’s present. It was love at first sight.

Look at MEEEE!

Then he danced on Daddy for a bit…

We had dinner and a bath and then…wait for it….

BACK INTO THE BALL PIT! The smile on his face just kills me. He is the happiest little person ever in this thing and it makes the 100 play balls that are now covering my living room at all times completely worth it. Sort of. Well, now that I have made it a game for Chase to put them away. Maybe.

Last night we had dinner and cake with the family, it was a great night and Jimmy had a great time rounding out his birthday the right way.

OH YEAH.

My boys are 18 months apart, almost to the day. It has been a wild ride, one that I wouldn’t change for the world.

The first meeting in the hospital

6 weeks and 19 months

5am, at least THEY are happy

6 months and 2 years

Watching the progression of their relationship has truly been an amazing experience.

December 09 and in a new house

Hey Mommy!

2 1/2 years and 11 months

Oh the brotherly love!

 I think the faces they are making at each other in the last picture really says it all.

This weekend was exactly what I needed. I literally have not left my home since I got home from work on Friday night. Ah-Mazing.

I got to spend some much needed one on one time with my boys. I have really been missing them this week. Last week, while trying to get the house ready to move, I sent them to their Mom-Mom’s on my days off so I could get some things done. It helped me tremendously…but it broke my heart to not be able to spend that time with them.

The boys are loving the new house, there is much more room for them to take over with their thousands of trucks and blocks and balls and pointy things that hurt when I step on them.

They are also big fans of moving due to the boxes required

Jimmy managed to snag the best seat in the house

Then? The best thing that could possibly happen on a weekend when you don’t want to leave the house happened. It started to snow! We had some snow last year that I am sure Chase doesn’t really remember and this is for sure Jimmy’s first real snow, other than the storm he was born during.

The boys stood at our slider and watched the snow come down all day, but Chase was being elusive and didn’t want his picture taken. Stinker.

All in all it was an amazing weekend home with my babies, who are getting so big so fast.

Even my Cullen baby is growing up and now has grown in his front teeth, so I no longer have a baby vampire..

And Chase? He is just getting more and more grown up right before my very eyes.

Thanksgiving is for sure one of my favorite holidays. Not only is it the starting line to my favoriteholiday(Christmas!!) ,but it is a carb filled extravaganza that this fatty patty looks forward to all year.

In the years past I mostly concentrated on the food side of Thanksgiving. Well, that and football. This year though, with Chase being a bit older and more able to understand being thankful, I have been trying to explain to him the purpose of the day. He didn’t fully get the point, but he has been walking around telling all of his toys thank you and kissing them. So freaking cute.

This year has brought so many things that I am thankful for. It started out on January 27th with the birth of my baby Jimmy. While I am NOT thankful for 3 months of colic, this little man has brought us so much joy.

I am thankful for every minute that I get to spend with Chase. He is growing up so quickly, and becomes more able to take care of himself every day, even at two years old. He is dressing himself, and holding conversations that awe me every day.

I am thankful for my husband. I am thankful that due to his hard work I got to be home with Chase for over two years and with Jimmy until 6 months. I do not take that time for granted. I am thankful for all that he does for us.

I am thankful to be working, and to have a job when so many people don’t. I will try to remember that when I am complaining.

I am thankful to be moving within 2 miles of a Starbucks on Monday.

I am thankful for the Internet. I have connected with so many amazing people in the last couple years, and am surprised every day at the level of our connections. I have been supported and lifted up so many times, and I am beyond grateful.

I am thankful for my health. While I have some small issues going on, overall I am well.

I am thankful to NOT be pregnant on Thanksgiving. It can really cramp a girls eating style.

Most of all I am just thankful to be able to wake up every day to people I love. I am able to open my laptop and talk to people that make me laugh. I go to work in a job I enjoy and find rewarding. I get to snuggle with my boys and nuzzle into their soft baby necks. I am able to feel my husband wrap his arms around me for a hug.

I am thankful for all of this and more.

A phone conversation with Chase:

Me: Hey buddy, it’s Mama. Hi Chase!

Chase: Hi Chase!

Me: No, say Hi Mama.

Chase: Hi Mama!

Me: Are you having fun at Jenny’s? Are you playing with Kylie? What did you have for dinner?

Chase: Oh mama, Jenny. Kylie fun. Oh mama, CHICKEN. CHICKEN mama.

Me: You had chicken? That’s nice. How’s Jimmy. Is brother being good?

Chase: Jimmy no chicken. Chase chicken. Chicken fun, Mama. Chicken for Chase.

Me: Daddy will be there to get you soon, Bud. Night Night Chase, love you.

Chase: No Daddy. Stay Jenny and Chicken. Night Mama, lub wu. Lub chicken too Mama.

Sigh. I’ve been so easily replaced.

So, my girl Nic is many things.

She is a great writer, an awesome mom, and quite often makes me snarf beverages out of my nose via my twitter feed. She is generally there in a pinch to help out a friend, or offer to flash you, whichever will help you more.

Graceful she is not.

So, now we have:

A) Nic with a busted ass knee.

B) Nic on Vicodin.

C) Nic not able to keep her wine bottle up because the pill bottle is there instead.

Unacceptable.

So she decides to deal with her injury medicine free. Apparently she thinks she is hard as nails,yo. Or she just misses her booze…one or the other, not important.  However, instead of gritting her teeth and powering through the pain, I’m pretty sure she is going off the deep end(if you have ever seen a pic of her hubby, now picture him in the tiara she is accusing him of wearing and you will agree).

So Nic dear…take the pills. And leave the Super Hero stuff to the professionals!

C will happily take over your Super Hero duties until you are back on your feet knee.

Feel better soon girly!