GINGERBREAD JERICHO

The following pictures chronicle the rising and the falling of Gingerbread Jericho. We attempted to erect a gingerbread house with Caleb, and failed miserably. He had a good time decorating, and looking at it fondly for the entire 30 seconds it actually stood. Oh well, he had a good time, and didn't seem to mind since I let him eat some of it. Then of course, later, I hear "mommy, I miss my gingerbread house." because it did end up fairly quickly in the garbage can!! Poor baby...I tried, but I will say this: EVERYONE SHOULD BE GLAD I'M NOT AN ACTUAL ARCHITECT.

OH BROTHER...

Oh the funniest thing happened last night. The boys and I were horsing around and cuddling in the bed, while Daddy went to get Chinese for supper (no better way to celebrate payday other than not having to cook for one night...LOL). Anyway, Caleb decides to lay down just like I do to nurse, pull up his shirt, and push Micah to his chest saying..."Here Micah, eat MY booby *giggle,giggle*!" All I could do was laugh and tell him Micah could only eat from mommy's boobies! Silly kid...the last couple days too he's been carrying around his baby doll and trying to nurse it too! It's quite hilarious. Oh well, at least I know he'll be a man supportive of a nursing mommy! :) So many these days do not seem to understand the importance, and wonderful bond it is between mother and child. I am so thankful to have been able to have nursed both my boys! Micah is still nursing, but unfortunately is weaning himself. It's about time since he'll be 1 next week, but it still hurts my feelings because I know I'll never get to do it again. :( My boys are getting too big too quickly!! Where did my babies go?

OTHER NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

Friday the 21st-- Micah says Done! for the first time

Sunday morning the 23rd-- Micah says Papa for the first time

and last but not least

CALEB HAS BEEN POOPING ON THE POTTY ALL BY HIMSELF CONSISTENTLY FOR THE PAST FULL WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAY THE HEAVENS REJOICE AND THE ANGELS SING, FOR A MIRACLE HAS FINALLY OCCURRED!!!!

WHAT WERE YOU DOING CALEB??!!

Wow! It's been awhile since I've blogged. However, something occurred yesterday that I just had to hurry and post. It was one of those times where you really want to bust out laughing, but you have to discipline and can't. Here's what happened:

Josh and I were trying to clean the house before pulling down all the Christmas decorations. Micah and I were in one room cleaning, and Josh was somewhere else. Caleb was playing in the living room. All was well. Until.....CRASH! SLAM! SHATTER!

Josh and I both run into the living room to see what has happened. We get in there just in time to see Caleb pulling himself up off the floor behind the couch. We had some of our decorations on the floor in the corner (moving them to be replaced by Christmas decorations), and sure enough there is a child size dent in the pile of decorations. We go over to see that one of the plastic candle decorations was shattered. We check Caleb to make sure he's ok, and he is scared. Then this is what I hear.

Josh: Caleb, what were you doing?
Caleb: Jumping off the couch (he had apparently stood on the back of the couch and jumped off...which he KNOWS he isn't supposed to do).
Josh: Why in the world were you on the couch Caleb?
Caleb: *looks at daddy with big blue eyes and quivering lip and states* "I was trying to be a super hero!"

Like that just explained everything. So here we are trying to discipline our kid for A. climbing on the furniture, B. Jumping OFF the furniture, and C. breaking something, all the time while trying not to laugh.

Oh the mind of a 3 year old!!

WE WENT TO THE FARM

We took the boys and Laura to a local farm and had a blast today. Caleb and Micah seemed to love it, and it was beautiful outside! Caleb got to ride a hayride, milk a board cow ( they had balloons attached to it full of milk and the kids could "milk" it in the pail ), a corn maze, snacks, feed and pet the animals, adopt a punkin and get a birth certificate, they weighed it and Caleb named it "Blue." He of course got a boy "punkin" with the blue ribbon around it...guess that's where the name came from. He got to decorate it too. They had an old barn set up with shovels, and dirt and playtoys, hula hoops, frisbee's, little tractors. It was really set up nicely.

The Park Today

While Daddy was at work today, I took the boys to the park. Caleb found a bunch of acorns!! Here are some pics:

TRIP TO OFFICE DEPOT TODAY

Ok so...I'm in Office Depot today getting stuff to make my awesome new coupon binder. Anyway...both my boys were in the double stroller. They are being cute, quiet little darlings and we hear some woman yell at the poor Office Depot employee at the other end of the store.

Lady Yelling: HEY! WHERE ARE THE AGENDAS??

Office Depot Man: the What?

Lady: THE AGENDAS

Office Depot Man: is that like a planner?

Lady: Yes, but not the expensive ones. I NEED AN AGENDA.

The next thing I hear is my darling little 3 year old screaming at the top of his lungs at the poor abused Office Depot man....

"SHE NEEDS AN AGENDA!" :shock:

I will never darken the doorstep of that place again until I'm SURE the entire staff has changed. :lol:


News on Micah: He is now waving bye bye backwards. Can sign more. Can stand up without holding on to anything. Can sign more, understands the sign milk. He will be 9 months old tomorrow!! Where has my baby gone????

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!

Well do I have some stories today. I've been at home with the boys because Micah has some viral thing and feels and looks horrible. Well, I was on the phone with a friend of mine and I see Caleb with his play medical thermometer...no pants on of course (he just went potty). The next thing I know the child is bending over and trying to stick his toy thermometer in his hiney. I of course am horrified and say, Caleb what are you doing??!!! To which he responds, Mommy I'm taking a baby temperature. ROFL. OMGosh he's too much.

Also the latest pic daddy took. He put Micah in the crock pot for no good reason, and this is the end result. LOL That will teach me to leave daddy and baby home alone for an unspecified amount of time!!!

NEW NEWS

Micah can now pull up on things and stand to his feet. He can also blow bubbles, and talks really loudly to anything that has a tag on it. He is also great at pulling out my hair by the roots until I scream, and then laughing his guts out. He has one tooth (finally!!), and believe me it doesn't feel good when he bites down during his feedings.





Yesterday Caleb and I went for a mommy/son night out. We ate at "Chick A Lay" and Caleb played on inside playground (note inside...with the AC...nice and not hot lol). I will have to post the Chick Fil A pics later, after Josh finds the dang mini SD adaptor, because these pics are on my cell phone. We went to the park to watch the outside movie that our church was doing, and got rained out before the movie could start. But at least, he got to run around outside and play with the other kids! :) Here are some pics (the first one Caleb is having a fit after he got his snowcone, because ALL OF A SUDDEN he wanted orange after he told the man blue).

BANNERS, BAZOOKAS, AND BOUNCIES

Ok so I'm a slacker, but here are some pics from July 4th at Nonnie's house. She bought the boys July 4th toys...WTHeck??? LOL Caleb gets a water bazooka, and Micah got a rattle, twisty toy thing. Here are some pics from that day with Micah proudly displaying his "colors", and Caleb blasting everyone with the water bazooka.










We also bought a bouncy thing for Micah 2nd hand, and he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES it!! Here are some pics of that!!

CALEB'S MEAN STREAK

Ok well Caleb did a mean thing today to his "sisters." I went to pick up Caleb and he went around to give the girls kisses before we left, like he ALWAYS does. Well, the little booger went and gave Reagan a kiss while Sharon and I were talking. The next thing I know Brady is upset. Evidentally she wanted a kiss from Caleb too, and he said "NO!" When Brady told Sharon and I what was wrong, I said Caleb get over there and kiss Brady too...that's mean and we are not mean to our friends! I had to laugh at how funny it sounded, my scolding my 3 year old for not kissing both of the girls. Well I'll be darn if that child doesn't look at me, walk right past Brady, and kiss Lucy (the dog) all while making sure Sharon and I saw he was still NOT kissing Brady!! Sharon and I looked at each other trying not to laugh, and were amazed at how jerky he was already acting! After I forced him to apologize to Brady for being mean to her, he gave her a kiss and we left. All was then well...but I was stunned my little turd of a son went and kissed Reagan and the dog, and refused to kiss Brady. Where the heck did that come from?? LOL

Also, Sharon said that she got out of her 15 second shower and said that Caleb and the girls had played dress up...and they were all decked out in the girls clothing. She took a pic of Caleb in the girls clothes. Here's the pic:




Finally, little Micah got tuckered out and passed out in his jumperoo mid cry. Sharon got a pic of that too and that is below.

UPDATE ON MICAH 6 MONTHS OLD

Micah is eating stage 2 babyfood now. He enjoys his big boy food, but still likes to cuddle and nurse with mommy. He will be crawling soon, as he is already on all fours and rocking. It won't be long before he is taking off after his big brother. Here's some pics I took of him trying to do just that!!!









My precious boy sleeping:

GROCERY SHOPPING WITH A 3 YEAR OLD THAT IS POTTY TRAINING!

Ok so...we were in the store last night getting groceries right? Well I was looking at something down the aisle with Micah in the stroller...Josh was up at the other end of the same aisle with Caleb in the shopping cart. And this is what I hear...

Caleb: Daddy, my pirates hurt. (pirates is what Caleb calls his privates, when he says this it means he has to pee)

Daddy: Caleb shhhhhhhhh (not realizing what he means)

Caleb: (at the top of his lungs) DADDY DO YOU WANT TO SEE MY PIRATES??!!

Daddy at this point turns bright red and glances around looking desperately for me.

Caleb: (insistent now) DADDY MY PIRATES HURT!!!!

Me: C'mon Caleb (I'd booked it down the aisle as quickly as I could to rescue Josh and interpret for my son)...let's go potty. I then take Caleb in the restroom where he promises to pee as long as I swear I won't flush the toilet (public potties scare him when they flush). I promised (knowing full well I was not going to leave pee in the toilet, but he had to go, so I lied) and then put him on the pot where he peed. And then I flushed the potty while he stands there screaming "NO NO NO MOMMY DON'T FLUSH THE POTTY!"

When we came back out I informed Josh that "My pirates hurt" means, he has to pee. Josh then declares, well why doesn't he just say he has to pee. I just give him a look while I'm thinking to myself, "because he's 3 genius!" However, I was good...I didn't say it!! LOL

We practically ran up to the cash register to check out, so we could escape the sideways glances coming our way. When we got to the register, my very verbal 3 year old decids all of a sudden to be shy and demure for the cashier and bagboy who are trying to play with him! I was just grateful he didn't start telling them about his "pirates!!!!!" LOL

GUESS WHO......

IS SITTING UP?????

MICAH'S BABY DEDICATION

Today was Micah's baby dedication at church. Nonnie and I went shopping yesterday, and bought him a dedication outfit. I actually picked this one out, and she paid. Josh of course HATED it. He told me this morning it looked like a dress (which it did not), but he was outnumbered, and it made for some cute pics. :-)






And this pic is big brother Caleb on his big day 3 years ago! LOL Oh how things change!! :-)