Not Me Monday

I don't do Not Me Monday with MckMama very often, but I decided to jump on the bandwagon today and jot down a few things that have not been happening around our house lately!

I did not spend my entire "relax and do nothing" Saturday cleaning out our storage unit, going through each and every box and sorting out yard sale stuff, holiday decor, house items and other memorabilia that stay put until we move (hopefully that will be sooner than later and if you know anyone in our area looking for a house, boy can I hook them up!) There's no way I would do that on a "relax and do nothing" Saturday!

My loving, caring, sweet as a Georgia peach daughter did not tell me that she "liked me when I was pretty" as she looked at pictures of me from college. She did not then go on to elaborate about what she did not like better about me then, not including the fact that I had "long, pretty hair" and "no glasses." No, my child would never inadvertantly make me feel like a frumpy mess like that!

I did not laugh hysterically whenever the aforementioned daughter fell off of her bicycle on the way to the park yesterday. I did not laugh because the way she flew straight off the bike reminded me of someone standing still on a treadmill when it comes on and flying off the back (Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out what happened). I also did not manage to control my laughter, pick her up and console her. I did not get her back on her bike and help her ride the rest of the way to the park where we did not meet up with Daddy and BuddyRoe. She did not remind me over and over that she needed an ice pack for her bottom until she started playing on the playground and forgot all about it.

We did not have a wonderful time with friends last night eating dinner and watching the Super Bowl! The ribs, chicken, black beans & rice, coleslaw and garlic bread were not delicious! Hubby did not do an excellent job manning the grill!

BuddyRoe did not spend the majority of the first half of the Super Bowl climbing on to our coffee table and seeing how many of us would react. Hubby and I did not basically let all of the other adults present ensure our child didn't kill himself jumping off the coffee table. We would never be that lackadaisical about our child's safety!

I did not just have to look up how to spell lackadaisical!

I did not get ridiculously excited today when I realized that the cups that I get my water in at work are in actuality 16 ounces, therefore counting as 2 glasses of water, not one! No, something like that would definitely not make my whole day! And no, it is not pathetic that something so small has that power in my life!

Nope, none of this would have ever happened in my world! How about yours? What's your Not Me Monday?

Simple Pleasures

I'm following Kelly's lead once again and thinking about those 'Simple Pleasures' in life today. In a time that I find myself struggling with my emotions - thank you very much hormones and medication! - it's nice to stop and reflect for a few minutes on those wonderful, simple things that make life worthwhile!

So, to borrow from Julie Andrews, These are a few of my favorite things...

1. Excited cries of "Momma!" when I walk through the door in the afternoons.

2. My morning and afternoon conversations with my own momma and daddy every day.

3. Snuggling with my husband.

4. Visiting the jar of tootsie pops in our bookkeeper's office!

5. Watching BBug and BuddyRoe "work out" with me to the Wii Personal Trainer.

6. Hearing my favorite songs on the radio (right now that's 'Words I Would Say' by Sidewalk Prophets or 'City On Our Knees' by Tobymac)

7. Getting to read a good book.

Boy Have We Been Busy!

Boy have we been busy the past couple of weeks!

We've spent the day at the park ...

And gone for some rides. (Yes, BuddyRoe has his own bike but he wanted to ride Sissy's old one!)

We've been roller skating rock stars...

And rocking chair boxers!

We met up with Grandma & Papa Pat at the fair where we saw livestock...

And rode some rides!

We roasted marshmallows - pink ones!

And stuffed ourselves silly!

We did our part to help Haiti...

And save the world...

We had spaghetti...

Like a rockstar!

And we scrub-a-dub-dubbed...

Last but not least...

We lived, laughed and loved!!

Shadow

Each night when we tuck BBug in to bed we fight over whether or not we can turn the light off.  She used to be fine with being in the dark - and then we had an "incident" at our house a few months ago that upset her and now she's scared of the dark. 

The "incident" was when a druggie broke in to a local bank, robbed a local restaurant at knife (box cutter) point and then decided to see what he could steal out of our truck to trade for some drugs.  Luckily we didn't interrupt him, but the next morning we all went to load in to the truck and found it covered in blood (he had cut his arm open when he robbed the bank).  The only explanation we could come up with on our toes was that a 'mouse' had died in the truck and that was where the blood came from.  Apparently that wasn't a clever enough answer because we've had problems ever since.   

Back to bedtime though.  So each night we fight about turning the light off.  On the nights that we insist and turn the light off there end up being shadows cast on her wall from her television (yes, she watches t.v. at night - don't lecture, she's going to stay awake no matter what so it is what it is).  Each time that she sees a shadow we have to have a talk with "him" and set the rules for the evening in no uncertain terms.  They usually go something like this...

BBug:  Mommy, make Shadow be good. 
Mommy (while standing with one hand on my hip and the other pointing a finger at "Shadow" on the wall):  Shadow, it's time to go to bed.  Get in bed right now and leave BBug alone.  If you don't I'll spank you.  Do you understand?
BBug:  Yeah, if you don't go to bed you'll get spankins and SweetSweet will bite you in the butt! 

Evidently Shadow is really scared of SweetSweet biting him in the butt, because every night after he receives that talking to he pretty much stays to himself and doesn't mess with BBug! 

Planes, Trains & Automobiles Baby!

This past Sunday we had a baby shower at our house for one of the girls that I work with. K is expecting her second little boy in early March so we wanted to make sure we had the celebration plenty early, just in case!

Baby Boy's (they aren't 100% sure on the name yet, they're 99% but there's still that little question) nursery is done in the 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' theme so that's what we used for the shower too. It was a pretty basic shower, not a lot of decorations or fancy food but she was surrounded by friends, laughter, love and lots of neat baby gifts!

I did make a banner that matched the invitations and cake with planes, trains, helicopters, cars and boats on it that said 'It's a Boy!'. That hung on the mantle behind K while she opened presents.

We had a drawing for everyone that brought a pack of diapers in addition to their gift - their name went in to a basket and one person won a $25 Target gift card. The winner actually ended up giving the gift card to K which I thought was so sweet! The other games that we played were 'count the q-tips in the jar,' 'baby items memory' and 'baby bingo.' For the baby bingo each guest got a Bingo card that I made up to match the theme and as K opened her gifts they marked off the items on their card.

Speaking of gifts, she got so many wonderful gifts! In addition to all of the diapers she received clothes, several homemade blankets (the best kind if you ask me!), a diaper bag, a bathtub, bath and grooming supplies, her stroller and carseat and so much more.

I had so much fun watching K open her gifts, she was so excited about everything! It was such a blessing to me to be able to host this shower for her and now I can't wait to meet Baby Boy!!

Pee Pee on the Potty

"Pee Pee on the Potty - BBug is a Hottie!"

That's what we used to sing when BBug was going through the process of potty training. We figured we wouldn't have to sing that again for a while - thank goodness - since we've always been told that boys are harder to potty train than girls. Plus, BuddyRoe has been on his own schedule on pretty much everything else. And that schedule is that he'll get to it whenever he gets to it. He's going to enjoy life, not rush it!

With that in mind, we hadn't even started introducing the idea of using the potty to him, but the past couple of days we've noticed that he might have decided to introduce us to the idea instead!

He hasn't used the potty yet, but he's started going in to the bathroom, putting the training seat on the potty and trying to climb up. He's also started going in and squatting by the potty whenever he's making a mess in his diaper. Tonight after he went potty by the potty I put him up on it just to see what he thought - and he loved it!


Now don't worry, I don't really think I'm going to manage to have him potty trained by 16 months, but I'm beyond excited that he even realizes what the potty's for at this point! Maybe it won't be too long after all before we're singing Pee Pee on the Potty Buddy is a Hottie!

And just because I can't leave her out...BBug has spent the past two nights dressing up in various outfits that all have a similar theme...

I could be wrong, but I think she's tired of the winter weather and ready for the beach!

Another Prayer Request

I promise one day soon I'll have a post about something happy going on in our lives, but for now I have to ask you for more prayers.

Back in December my older brother's cousin was in a very bad car accident. Her vehicle rolled approximately 9 times before landing upside down, where she was trapped for quite a while before emergency responders could get her out. Her neck, back and hip were all broken and she is now paralyzed from her neck down.

I don't know a lot of details - my brother calls every so often with quick updates - but he had said she was making promising strides lately. She was feeling some pain in her lower body - the fact that she feels anything is a good sign - and she could make very slight, yet controlled movements in her hand. And we praise God for all of those strides, no matter how "small!"

However, I just got word that she has developed pneumonia and is now in the ICU. So, if you would please remember Courtney and her family in your prayers it would be so appreciated.