What Kid Wouldn't Love These?

Connor!

He cut his foot tonight and needed a band aid put on it. He didn't cry when his foot got cut. He didn't cry when I washed it off. He didn't cry when I put neosporin on it.

He cried, and I mean WAILED, when Marcus said he needed a band aid. Can you believe that?!

This is the same kid who got bit almost 20 times the other day by a bunch of fire ants, and although he cried when they were initially biting him, calmed down immediately and said, "I will not cry over ant bites." This is the kid who doesn't get afraid or cry when he gets his shots!

And he can't handle wearing a band aid? Go figure.

9 Months

My little James is going to be 9 months old tomorrow! Time has seriously flown by. Since I haven't updated all of James' milestones I thought now would be a good time.

So, without further adue, here a few facts about my sweet baby James at 9 months:


(This is just a silly picture Marcus took with his phone...my camera is missing!)

-Goes to bed around 8:00 and wakes up around 7:30 (but would sleep longer if his big brother didn't share a room with him).

-Takes two naps a day. The first within two of hours of waking up in the morning, and the second each afternoon around 2:00. This kid really is a great sleeper!

-Loves and I mean LOVES food. Nothing makes this baby more happy than a yummy snack, especially Gerber Yogurt Melts...and nothing breaks his heart more than when some eats in front of him and won't share.

-Eats a 6 oz. "baba" only about 4 times a day...is this bad?

-Crawls FAST!

-Pulls himself up to a standing position every chance he gets.

-Cruises around holding onto furniture and anything he can reach.

-Can stand without holding onto anything for around a minute.

-Tries to take steps when he's standing up not holding onto anything (but always falls).

-Giggle and belly-laughs with the best of them.

-Squeaks and babbles all the time...says mama and dada (but doesn't know what he's saying I'm sure).

-Adores his big brother.

-Love his Daddy, Mommy, and kitties.

-Cut his first two teeth just a few days ago (I can't get a picture of them yet as they are just barely through his gums).

-Recently fell in love with his Binky.

-Is a happy, HAPPY little boy who we love very much!

I Think It May Be Time

for me to break down and order a custom blog background.

We'll see.

Staycation #1

Our family loves a good vacation, and last year we were spoiled with lots of them! It seemed like every time we got back from one trip we started counting down to the next...and it sure made life a lot of fun!

A few weeks ago Marcus and I were talking about how bummed we were to have to wait so long until our next trip (Utah this summer!) and we were wishing we had something to look forward to before then.

Welcome our staycation idea!

We decided since it is really unreasonable to live life with a vacation coming up every few months we would substitute with planning little staycations, where we find fun local things to do in this ginormous metroplex and spend the weekend doing them! We decided to make a rewards chart for Connor to "earn" the staycations and motivate him to do various things. This last month he's been earning stickers for his staycation chart by reading a scripture story and saying a prayer with us before bed each night. Well, he did a great job and earned a sticker every single night! He also did lots of little chores last week to earn spending money to take with.

ANYWAY

This weekend was our first staycation and we had a blast! We ate dinner at "The Zoo Mall" aka Rainforest Cafe Friday night, went to good old McDonalds for breakfast on Saturday, and then spent the rest of the day at the Fort Worth Zoo.

Marcus and I are trying to think up something good for our next staycation now...any good ideas?

Here It Comes!

I just heard some nice rolling thunder...today's storms seem to be on their way!

With little to no threat of tornadoes associated with these storms I am in Texas heaven...ready to enjoy a nice day indoors listening to the pouring rain, thunder, and watching the lightening.

I hope it doesn't dissapoint.

Easter Egg Hunting

300th Post: Marcus' New Adventure

When Marcus and I moved to Texas last August we had no idea how many big changes we would end up facing over the next several months. What we thought was 1 move for 1 job has turned into 2 moves and 3 different jobs...ahhh!!! Marcus and I are people who like consistency and stability, so this many changes have not been all too exciting for us.

Anyway...here's the story:

Marcus left his original job here in Texas at Zerorez because a former employer of his at Mayday offered him a more appealing job to be an Operations Manager and run their Summer Sales team. He quickly jumped at the opportunity and was very excited about it. Well, long story short, Marcus' boss cancelled the Summer Sales program and a few weeks later decided that since he wasn't going to have sales going on there was really no need for an additional operations manager...so Marcus was demoted to a tech. His boss was very gracious to us and kept paying Marcus' salary and gave him time off to find other work...which he did!

Beginning April 27 Marcus is going to be working for Allegiance Personalized Home Care. He will be working full time (on a 4 day schedule) to build the companies client base. He will spend Friday and Saturday at Mayday still working as a tech. His decision to stay with Mayday is simply to be able to make additional money so we can purchase personal health insurance (as he currently is not offered benefits at his new job) and to be able to start stashing a little cash for his return to school this August (at which point he'll likely stop working at Mayday all together and move to a 5 day work week at Allegiance).

So...we're happy for the opportunity that lies ahead of us and I certainly wish Marcus the best of luck!

Here's to hoping there will be no more big changes coming our way anytime soon...I'm more than ready for our life to just get back to normal.

For Those of You Who Think My Life Has Become All Too Boring

because of my mostly uninteresting posts as of late on this blog,

HOLD ON

There's lots of news coming up!

OK, maybe not lots of news, but Marcus is changing jobs (and that counts as big news at least, right?).

Details to come once everything is finalized.

Holy Croc-amole!

We just got the best deal in the world on Croc's! 3 pairs for $21!

Connor's


Mine


Marcus'


How awesome is that? Love a great deal!

Just for Fun

I AM...home alone right now :)

I WANT...it to be summer!

I HAVE...a great family.

I KEEP...cleaning, and cleaning, and cleaning. So why don't I live in a spotless home?

I WISH...I had a fun vacation coming up.

I HATE...this stinkin' economy.

I FEAR...tornadoes, car accidents, terrorism, and other horrible things (like snakes and spiders).

I HEAR...the evening news on the tv.

I DON'T THINK...I want to get my MSW anymore. I want to do nursing instead.

I REGRET...gaining weight after having kids (not that I ever thought it was a good idea, but I regret not doing more to keep it from happening).

I LOVE...my boys!!!

I AM NOT...very good at thinking of answers to finish these statements.

I DANCE...really bad!

I SING...around the house a lot.

I NEVER...like driving in snow.

I RARELY...have to anymore, now that I live in Texas, ha!

I CRY...seldomly.

I AM ALWAYS...trying to come up with something fun to do.

I HATE...boredom.

I'M CONFUSED...about the judges "save" rule on American Idol. Can they only save each person once? Or save one person once?

I NEED...to finish cleaning up my kitchen.

I SHOULD...turn off the computer and go do just that. Probably wont, though, because like I said earlier, I'M HOME ALONE RIGHT NOW!!! Wahoo!