Thursday, July 23, 2009

Out of the Mouth of Babes!

Chase turned 3 in May and is stepping into preschool hood. Some days he just cracks me up with what comes out of his mouth. His little brain must be going a mile a minute. Lately he has been using these big words, and I don't know if he is getting it from our reading time or just listening to people talk. Here are just a few of his funny sentences:

- "Mama, I think Yaya is furious."
-"Look at my concoction of toys."
-"I think daddy is frustrated at me."
-"That is terrible."
-"Mama, you are amazing."

Here are some if his funny sayings that I have started correcting, but still make me laugh:

-What his name is
-I can't know

Oh and the best by far:
"Mama, the octopus has 8 testicles." (I thought I would die laughing)

Monday, July 20, 2009

Barrel Full of Monkeys!

Who knew how much fun a 3-year-old would have with a bucket of plastic monkeys. It was probably due to Grandaddy making a game of hanging them from the lamp, Chase was entertained for quite a while.







Found you!

This is what happens when you let an 11 month old wander. I just had to take a picture before I scooped her up!




Most of you knew that it would happen sooner or later, but at last I have come full circle. It started with small pink flowers popping up, then a Bright pink bedroom, then pink dresses, and then a wardrobe of pink. And now I have discovered bows. Mariah doesn't leave the house without a cute bow in her hair, though I still claim it is to keep the feather bang hairs out of her face!! I have to admit I was a little skeptical of girly frilly stuff, but she just looks to cute in it.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Lovin the tub!






Mariah loves bath time. There is no quick wash down for her, she wants to play and play. Recently I have had to start closing the bathroom door because she will try to climb in the tub during the day. When it is time for a bath, all I have to do is turn the water on and she comes walking in with a big grin and lots of laughter. She squeals and laughs, splashes and bounces for as long as I let her.



While all the splashing was going on in the tub, Chase was proudly prancing around in his diaper and Thomas the Train belt singing "God is Bigger Than The Boogy Man" (A veggie tales favorite).

More Walking!

Mariah is walking all over the house now. She still crawls, but less and less. The one good thing about more walking is that there will be less dirty knee spots all over her pants and baby legs!!!!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Just a day!



The flowers in my flower bed.


Her first two teeth.

I just love the back of her hair, the way it is starting to curl and wave.

Potty training started today and he is lovin his Thomas "underwears." We managed to make it through the day with two underwear changes and one shorts change, and two poops that led to an eventual poop in the potty!

Chase's new big-boy bed. Chase kept asking me when we were going to "do decorating" in his room. He loves his new bed and car room. Tonight will be the first night in it!!


I bought Chase and electric toothbrush to get used to the sounds and feel that he will have at the dentist. I will let you know if it works.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Very Sad, But Worth The Education!

I found this story through another blog, and though it made me cry I wanted to share. This is an excerpt from a woman's blog who lost her daughter to a tragic car accident, but it wasn't a crash. The girl got stuck in a hot car and could not get out. I urge all parents to read because what happened to this little girl could happen to any kid, and I for one never thought about it. To learn more you can visit her blog through this link www.avasrule.com. Here is the story from her blog:

" 'This is a very hard post to write but I feel I owe it to the hundreds of people who have shown support to our family throughout the World over the last two weeks.
On Saturday the 3rd of February, on a very “normal”day in our normal, happy life, our World was shattered. In short, our beautiful daughter Ava got into our car which was, unusually, parked in full sun in the middle of the day. She had been with Grandad who lives next door (we have one wall around both properties) and said she was returning to my house but in fact went searching for something in the car. We always lock it. Just not that day. Once she got in she shut the door and was not able to find her way back out. Over come by the heat, she quickly fell asleep and when she was found, 30 minutes later, it was too late.
Our princess fought so bravely for two days in ICU but on Monday the 5th of February, she flew to Heaven.
Words can never express the pain in our heart or the void we feel. It makes no sense but we are so grateful to have had her for three years and we will continue to work very hard to provide our other three children a wonderful childhood filled with happy memories.
Ava, my amazing, sweet, clever Super Princess..I miss you with every ounce of my being. I love you to the moon and back.' "

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Caught Walking and Reading!

We finally caught Mariah walking. She has been walking for about a month now, but we never seemed to have my moms camera around. Its only a couple of steps but you can see the proud daddy. She only walks when she wants to, and since she is the second child I am not in any hurry to rush her. My little baby is growing up, almost 11 months old. Thank you Jesus for our happy healthy baby girl.


Chase loves to read and be read to. Since he cannot read yet, he makes up the story or recites it from memory. It is so cute to watch. Lately we have not been allowing Chase to watch any Thomas the Train movies (long story) so he has moved on to Toy Story. He has found a love and attachment for Buzz and Woody. My mom found this super cute Camping Woody, complete with a lantern and sleeping bag and Chase just adores it. Now all we need is a Buzz Lightyear, so expensive though. So I found a Toy Story book that he has about memorized in two days, that is what he is reading if you cannot make out the words.

Oh, and just a quick side note. Chase let me know the other day that "Jesus lives in my tummy mama!"

Saturday, July 4, 2009