Sunday, December 18, 2011

December Daily - 17

December 17

Lazy days of winter, last minute Christmas cards 
and a surprise of a lifetime.  Sleeping in till 9:30 feels A.MAZING! I had to take a picture just to remind myself that it happened and remember that it will happen again....maybe in another year...but it will happen again, right?

We spend the afternoon working on last minute Christmas cards that I must admit are so adorable and each one unique - but I will have to wait to post pictures of them until everyone receives them. :)



The best part of the day was our evening plans with my sister and brother in law - it was to celebrate Jay's birthday but it was Angie that was in for the surprise of a lifetime.....












Her "present" was a shirt that says I "HEART" NY.  The four of us will be going to New York City over New Years Eve. We are all so excited. I will miss my boys - but they will be in great hands and this is like I said a trip of a lifetime.  We have some of the greatest memories with Jason and Angie - I know that this will be another one. I can't wait to ring in the New Year with 3 of the most special people in my life. I will cherish this trip forever. 

(and just so I never forget...I want to mention - that Angie at first thought the shirt was going to say I "heart" my 3 cats...silly silly girl)!


ohhh and we made a quick stop to my favorite store....RITE AID...AHHHAHAHAHHA.





Saturday, December 17, 2011

December Daily - 16

December 16
Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday dear Jason....Happy Birthday to you. (34 candles).  Jason spent the day with the boys and we planned a night with the boys - Story book lane and seeing Santa.


I will admit though Carson was most excited to be sitting on momma's lap while in the car - his favorite story was Hey Diddle Diddle....the COW jumped over the moon - which Carson started mowing out the window to the cow.  During our drive down story book lane Cooper napped away.
Next...onto the mall to see Santa....Cooper was napping so we let Carson play for a little bit in the play land and throw coins in the fountain.









Our experience was not what I had imagined....see picture below...ha ha ha. 


Thursday, December 15, 2011

December Daily - 15

December 15

I walked into this on my desk this morning - yes I have the best employee(s)!

Carson loves loves loves to dip ANYTHING.  Hence the chip dip on his face. :)

 Cooper loves loves loves to eat ANYTHING.  Hence the food on his face.

(thankfully I have a stockpile of stain remover - I see a pattern - messy boys)

For those of you who didn't catch it above - Carson is sitting in Cooper's bumbo - funny thing, Cooper doesn't fit in it - his legs are too fat. (its o.k. scroll back and look at the photo - it will make you laugh!

December Daily - 14

December 14 


They boys spent the afternoon with daddy running some errands which included a trip to the mall.  Apparently the mall is filled with those little carts - selling stuff for Christmas. Carson managed to get daddy to buy him a football - the cashier asked Jason if he would like some extra coins for Carson to throw in the fountain....just then Jason turned around to find Carson chucking the football into the fountain - guess Carson wasn't patient enough to wait for the pennies - next best thing - his new football. 
I laughed so hard when I got the text at work explaining what had happened - Jason didn't get an after photo but he did catch a before. 



Carson and I made a quick trip to the store - I made the mistake of going down the isle where the ice cream cones were - the entire time in the store I heard "momma ice, momma ice....momma...momma ice. He was so happy to have that ice cream cone once we had supper.


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

December Daily

December 13
Boys will be boys....I asked Jay to take the reigns today. Work has been a bear this week (again) and I just didn't think I would have anything intelligent to say after another super stressful day at work. I asked him to document his day - I am often curious, exactly what goes on during the day when mamma isn't around.
It's so funny how differently a man takes instruction....when I said document the day....he documented the day.  He wrote me a play by play of his entire day. DON'T get me wrong - I LOVE that he did this today. (Again my life forces me to think of the what if, I put value in Jay giving his perspective to our boys, I want him to also tell our story).  (disclaimer I am sure this was typed quickly excuse spelling/grammar)

As I woke today to my son Carson ounce again standing at the side of the bed going daddy, Daddy, DADDY I opened my eyes and Carson said milk the one thing my son loves the most. I got up and went into coopers room who woke daddy at 530 am for a bottle was wanting more. Carson went down stairs and was say milk milk milk over and over again with blanket in tow which is his number 1 thing he loves the most sorry milk is 2nd . You would think after 2 years he would realize daddy can only move so fast. I put cooper on couch who was actually being very patient and sat and waited quietly for his for a change daddy turned on Disney and cooper and Carson watched phines and ferb while daddy made breakfast. For the first time daddy saw coop actually grab his bottle and hold it out and then put to mouth. By the time daddy got camera he could only get in mouth shots. Carson was waiting on milk all excited and dancing in front of fridge happy that I was finally getting it he slipped and fell. He started to whine a little but daddy said he was ok and he stopped like ok I trust daddy he knows and was really excited when he got his milk. While eating breakfast I went to utube and was watching funny videos and Carson came over cause he heard the sound and leaned over to watch. I picked him up and we watched videos together and laughed in the mean time cooper fell asleep on couch. After Carson got down to play I took cooper up to bed. Carson was playing with blocks and they have pictures and number daddy was trying to teach Carson how to pair up and match the colors. After playing Carson said daddy tired go nap milk daddy got up got Carson some milk and walked with him upstairs and tucked him in and told him I loved him and didn’t want him running around and playing in room. He just looked at me but today he listened I never heard him get out of bed he went to sleep. Now coopers up one down one up brought coop down stairs and feed him banana baby food loved it I couldn’t shovel it fast enough, he loved it. Well daddies going to eat now and get a shower and get ready for work. I wish I didn’t work afternoons so I could be with my boys and my wife but I cant change that have to wait for mid nights.



My day was incredibly busy and got a late call for a showing on the house. Luckily for me grandma birdie and pa picked up the boys - I did a speed clean and then spent the evening at their house.  The boys love being with them so it was a good break to the week. 


Carson is still enjoying his nightly treat.
 
With all the craziness of the night Carson seemed to be all out of schedule and would not stay in bed, I just didn't have the energy to fight the issue so the two of relaxed on the couch until daddy got home, which is late for a little boy - but sometimes routines need to be broken - exceptions NEED to happen, those exceptions can lead to EXCEPTIONAL things!....see pictures below - not sure who was happier - Daddy or Carson?!?
 





 

Monday, December 12, 2011

December Daily

December 12
The day was well...a DAY! Last weeks crazy work week has continued....it even ruined my me time tonight.  The babysitter was staying a little later than normal so I could run errands for some last minute exchanges and pickups...but work thought other wise - I would have had time for one return but blew past the exit on my way home - guess sometimes I just drive in auto-pilot. Oh well I was much better off just going home and enjoying the boys. 

Carson is picking up so much these days - like a little sponge. I guess since I grab the camera daily these days he has noticed. So tonight when I got out the camera to take photos of two messy faced little boys, he had to do the same....only his "camera" was some kind of kids meal toy he pretended to be a camera. It was so cute  - he was there in front of Cooper - saying "cheese baby cheese". 




I just want to mention that I never knew how much a little sibling can be IN LOVE with their older sibling. Look at the above picture and you will see what I mean - 6 months old and already idolizes him. Love it!


 

Sunday, December 11, 2011

December Daily - Christmas invite

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