Nathan's Checkup

Nathan goes to see our favorite family doctor for our routine 12 mo check up.

She is the best doctor we have had for the boys. But, she sooooo granola. You know what I mean by granola? No shave legs, no shave pits, no makeup, all natural, nurse till your kid is in kindergarten type. Let me say again, she really is the best doctor we have had.

I have to tell her Nathan is no longer nursing. He is now on regular whole milk. She is less than thrilled by this news. She looks at his growth chart (He is 22 lbs and roly poly for those of you who haven't seen him lately) and informs me his growth curve is beginning to fall off the chart.

I think I may have actually rolled my eyes in front of her. For goodness sake, you La Leche crazies want kids on the boob forever. He is a chunker pants! I really don't think he is any worse for the wear for being on cows milk. I think maybe his curve might be going down because he is starting to move - you think?

Repeated

We are driving home from the grocery store and Nathan is a cranker pants. In a moment (and I mean moment) of frustration I say:"Jeepers dude, what do you need? You are driving me NUTS!"

Fast forward 1 day.

We are in the living room and Nathan starts crying over being stuck in his walker. Caleb walks over and says: "Nathan. STOP CRYING! You are driving me PUTS."

At once, I begin laughing. Out comes Caleb's adorable grin, dimple and all. Believe it or not, the laughing makes Nathan stop crying.

Dirty Meatball

I am taking off my mascara with my remover and a cotton ball. Caleb walks in.
He exclaims: "WHOA look at all that dirt on your meatball!"

Drive Thru Daycare?

So I am listening to the local Christian radio station and hear the DJ say:" A recent survey was taken to answer this question: Life would be more convenient if only there was a drive thru _______. "

I am thinking a drive thru laundry might be nice.
1st window you dump off your dirty laundry, 2nd window you pick up clean folded laundry.

Some time goes by and the DJ says the most popular response was a drive thru daycare.

Literally my mouth drops open. This country is full of spoiled brats!~ If it isn't bad enough we don't have to actually raise our kids during the day now we can't even give them 3 minutes to say goodby or hello? And we wonder why our kids are so over medicated and messed up. UHMMM HELLO?!?!?

Let's see drive thru food - hmm cheap, nutritionless and you regret it a few hours later.
Now drive thru daycare - hmmm convenient, cheap, you regret if for your lifetime with the added bonus of an angry, resentful generation of kids (boys especially). Good idea.

Good idea folks... drive thru daycare. You people need a spanking.

If I was in charge of this country, it would be a lot different. There would be lots of lazy, spoiled people with handguns lined up to shoot me.

I am going to be present and raise my kids while dreaming of a drive thru laundry.

Catching up

It has been awhile since I posted.

For those of you who have asked: No. My toilet is no longer in my yard. My bathroom is functioning.

John has returned from his trip to Texas. Things are returning to normal.
Caleb and Nathan have some sort of mystery poop thing going on. No virus or cold symptoms. Both of them are on a "CLEANSE" of some kind. It makes me wonder if some sicko nursery worker didn't serve them cookies made with exlax?

If it was you - may you turn to stone this instant! The have (no exaggeration) gone 5 - 7 times (not diarrhea either) daily for the last few days.

Because I really did not believe Caleb that he had to go AGAIN - I told him to go to the bathroom and take off his pants and underwear and get on the toilet himself. Now, before you think I am a total meaner, you should know that he can actually do this. He just cannot do so in a hurry. I did after all see all his previous trips and was positive there was nothing left to come out for goodness sake.

Well, I was wrong. He gets undressed and gets on the toilet in such haste he falls in butt first. I tell you I need to put a video camera in our bathroom I could make a fortune on Americas Funniest Videos if I just caught one of these things on tape! Problem is, I don't get to be in the bathroom alone and I sure don't need it filmed when I am in there.

Caleb thinks this is funny. Because he is a boy and everything horribly gross is so darn funny when you are a boy. He proceeds to convince me he does not need a bath. "I fell in before the poop was there. The water is clean!" Hmm nice try mister.

Nathan is not walking yet. But, he can run in that walker.
When you stand him up and hold his hands he will walk well too. Probably he will be running free in 3 - 4 weeks. His favorite thing is to walk with your hands holding him up and kick a ball. He laughs so loud when he kicks the ball. It is great.

David is adjusting to school well. Right now, he is showing me his Mexican jumping bean. So far, his school experience has been positive for him and the rest of us.

Nathan's 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday to you.

We live in a zoo.

You finished year one.

We're sure glad it's done.

Here is the cake made with no eggs. (Nathan is allergic)

I made it in the logo for Baby Einstein's Mozart and Beethovan videos.

David Goes to School

So here it is - the very 1st day David goes off to school.

When I woke him up this morning, he shot up out of a deep sleep and exclaimed "1st day of school. I don't want to be late - where are my clothes?"

Last night,he asked God to help him remember all the things he needed to remember. Then, as I turned and asked if he wanted to talk about anything else before going to bed he said no, then briefly got teary eyed and said he would miss me tomorrow. I will miss him too.

There he goes - my first born - off into the world. Surprisingly, I felt no anxiety. (I spent most of the wee hours this morning pleading the Lord's protection over him)

A gradual letting go of my baby bird. Fly little one. Fly.