Back to School

Well, Bryce is 4 so we all know what that means, school time. UGH! My baby should not be this old yet, he just shouldn't. Anyway, Pre-K at Lakeshore is where he will be. I'm still in so much shock! My mom and I took the boys shopping Friday and finished up buying uniforms. Jace of course had to have at least one set also and got to pick his out. He decided on a yellow polo and navy shorts, LOL! It won't be long before we will be doing all this over again for him. My babies are growing up WAY to fast! But between my mom and mother-in-law we have all our supplies already! YAY!

One of those days!

Have you ever had one of those days where you think that the cosmos must have aligned, and not to your favor? Yesterday was my day.

Everything was fine. Got the boys up, got them to Mrs. Stephanies for daycare, came home to write a paper for school. After I really got to looking at my grades in this one certain nursing class, I realized I wasn't doing as hot as I thought I was. So, after much soul searching, tears, and disappointment in myself, I have decided to withdraw completely from this semester. I have had a VERY hard time dealing with this. It seems like failure to me. How I was able to just drop classes without a care when I was 18 I don't know. I dropped more classes then than babies do sippy cups. I just don't know how to feel about this.

Anyway, I spent most of the rest of the day moping around feeling disappointed. Finally I relized that I don't have any more assignments or due dates to worry with for at least 3 months and that lifted a HUGE weight off my shoulders. A little relief.

I started cooking around 5:00 and when Shaun got home I decided to go get the boys around 5:30. Our new puppy Chopper has been staying outside since he cannot get over being alone at night inside. Usually, when we crank our cars he takes off in a full sprint from the vehicles. Not this time however. He decided he would stay under Shaun's truck while I backed out and OVER HIM!!! OMG, I have never been so scared in my life!! I jumped out of the truck thinking he was going to be dying under it. After many tears, AGAIN, I took him to Monroe Animal Health on 165 north to Dr. West, who was so great and let me bring him in right at closing. After X-rays, she decided he may not have any broken bones but that they would keep him just to make sure.

I got a call this morning from them. They said he is much better, actually putting weight on his back right leg and she will be sending him home this afternoon. THANK YOU GOD!!! You answer prayers!

So, after making it home and eating, I decided it was bath time for mommy. Well, how exactly do you take a bath in a one bathroom home with two boys and a husband without locking the door? Answer: you don't. First Bryce needed a hug. Really? A hug? I'm in the tub!! SHAUN!!! Come get them please!
Then Jace needs something 10 minutes later and won't leave! SHAUN!! Come get him please! Well after this last time when daddy was aggravated and mommy was slap wore out, I got out. And then it was bedtime for the boys.

Bryce has recently figured out that if he starts at bedtime saying he wants something to drink and eat and he wants to give you a hug and a kiss and he needs this and that, that he will get to stay up an extra 5 minutes. We have been trying to crack down on this by making him eat when the rest of us do, but there are many night where he ABSOLUTELY refuses. So, being HATEFUL, MEAN, UGLY parents we send him to be "hungry". Yeah right!!! Last night he started in and we told him NO!  30minuets later he was STILL crying and screaming how he was hungry and mommy had had enough. Opening the door into their room from the hall with my left had on the door landed my fingers in between it and the other door in their room from the kitchen. I literally thought I had broken all my fingers on my left hand. They are bruised and swollen today and terribly sore but hey will be fine.

After this it was book time, chocolate pudding time (fat free of course), and bedtime.

I really hope that yesterday was my terrible day for years to come. I don't know how I made it through!! I'm sure my mom was SOOOO tired of me calling her and crying. Today will be MUCH better, cause I'm gonna make it better!!

Another edition of my beautiful life!

Jace is 2!!

WOW! I can't believe this has gotten here so fast. Jace is 2. It seems unreal, like I was just holding him in my arms, and waking up for midnight feedings. But no, he now walks and talks and has his own little ATTITUDE! LOL. If you've ever been around him you know what I mean. He doesn't hesitate to let you know EXACTLY how he feels. This will prove to be a very interesting 16 more years or so. Ha! Anyway, we had his party at our house with a ball theme (what else?), that he absolutely loved. He is all about balls, any kind will do, baseballs, footballs, he doesn't care. Mostly just family showed, and that was nice. I'm sure starting next year we will have kids running everywhere for Bryce's birthday, so just to be able to enjoy family was good. He received so much stuff its hard to name it all. Books, clothes, movies, bath stuff and a few toys. He was super excited about it all. We had so much fun and made memories to last a lifetime!

Valentines Day

So this year for Valentines Day the boys had parties at both MDO and Mrs. Stephanies. I asked Bryce to choose which one he wanted to go to as they couldn't attend both, and he chose Mrs. Stephanie's. Fine with me it didn't matter, they had a blast. So for valentines, I had seen some cute ideas on Pinterest and decided to try one with Bryce, Jace is still too young to do much with pictures. Monday night I grabbed my phone, since my camera is down right now, and we took some really cute pictures which I will post later on. Let me say, it was hilarious the pictures we took. So, after many kissy face shots we finally got one I could work with. While Shaun put the boys in the bed, I worked on Valentines for their party. Pictures, ziploc bags, hershey's kisses, and some staples later I was finally done with 12 of them. Jace took some generic ones for this year maybe next year we can do something fun with him as well. Stephanie and Jessica had a fit over them because they were so cute, as well as the grandma's of course. It's never not cute if it's your grandchild, right? Let me know what you think!

Bryce is 4!!

My my how time flies. Isn't that the saying? Well, it's true. I can't believe my oldest, little man is 4 already! It seems like just yesterday I was holding him in my arms and rocking him in the rocker. He has gotten so big so fast. He will be starting Pre-K this year in August, sniff sniff, breaks mommas heart.

Anyway, enough about my emotions ;)! He wanted a monster trucks party for his birthday this year so we got a big monster trucks cake and decorations and had it at Excalibur again this year. He loved it so much last year we decided to do it again. This year was no different, he had a blast as well as most of the other kids. I think some of the parents had fun to. He got everything from clothes to movies to a police robot car that transforms and shoots darts (thanks Heather, I will remember when Farrah has a birthday, JK). Anyway, he played and played and played and did not want to leave when it was FINALLY time to go. He and Jace didn't even make it home, and they sacked out in the car. It was a great time for all of us and even though he will be a year older, I can't wait to do it again next year.

Christmas 2011!

Christmas for us was CRAZY!! Always is. We have so many parties to attend, shopping to do, and places to be it's just ridiculous. We have Christmas at our house that morning with us the kids and momma, then with my mom's family that day at lunch, then we drive to his family's house and do Christmas with his dad's side usually.

This year was a little different. I had to work Christmas day and was not planning on being able to attend the festivities. I ended up getting off work early though and was able to spend some time with my family and then go to his family's house. We did Santa and opened our gifts on Christmas Eve morning. The boys were spoiled by Santa this year, as in the years before. We spoiled them a little too. MiMi and Paw always have lots of toys for the boys and KK always has very practical and useful gifts. We enjoyed everything. Here are a few pics from the opening festivities.

December 2011!!!

So a quick update on the boys.


Bryce........
Bryce is almost 4! It's so hard to believe he has grown up this fast! I miss my lil baby who I could hold in my arms and rock the day away! Anyway, he is sooo active. Into everything. He loves trucks and tractors and he is asking for a " big jeep for in the mud" from Santa. Yes, it is that time of year, and yes he is all about Santa this year, and yes we are doing Elf on the Shelf. Our elf's name is Sid. We got him on Thanksgiving day this year when K.K. brought him to meet the boys. When I asked Bryce why he wanted to name him Sid he told me "off IceAge momma." Then I finally figured out that he named our elf after the sloth on Ice Age. LOL!! Anyway, finding a new place to put Sid every morning before they wake up is pretty much a pain since we don't have very many places up high where the boys can't reach him. Yesterday he ended up in our ceiling fan.
Anyway, back to Bryce. He is 40 pounds and up to my hip. He is soooo sweet at times and then other times he is capital B-A-D, but so is his brother, LOL. He is loving "play school" as he calls it or mother's day out at north monroe baptist church. He and Jace go there every Tuesday and Thursday and love it. They are also at Mrs. Stephanie's just around the corner on other days and we are so blessed to have her and Jessica. They have truly been a God send this year. Bryce now knows his ABC's and can sing them for anyone who asks. He can count to twenty most days, he is fully potty trained with only a few accidents here and there, and he is working on yes and no maam and sir. He is really growing!!

Jace.....
Jace is now 22 months old, my how time flies! He is above my knees in height and he weighs 29 pounds. Jace is my sweet lil man. But remember he is BAD too!! He likes to cuddle, but only when HE wants too. He is funny, lord, he is a clown!! He loves balls, and right now the Christmas tree is covered in balls. Thank God they are all plastic on the bottom or I would have lots of broken glass around my house. He is a busy body, always doing something and he loves to clean. He likes to help out around the house and if you ask him he will pick up toys, throw things away, and he especially LOVES to help unload the dishwasher. He still loves shoes, and tractors like his brother, but he's starting to like cars. I think a ball will always be his number one toy though, LOL! He can now say Momma, DaDa ( even though he calls Shaun Momma), Bryce which sounds like Bice, K.K. Which is "Tay Tay", Paw, ball of course, and many other words. He still meows at the cat for her name.


My boys are growing so rapidly everyday it's sometimes hard to keep track. SLOW DOWN TIME!!!