Saturday, July 5, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Good news and Bad news...
I'll start with the bad news...
Dory Yay-Yay, our fish, died yesterday. We've had her/him for about 6 months which is longer than we thought we would have it. We knew it had not been eating and acting funny lately and knew her time would be soon. Yesterday afternoon after Garrett's nap I walked into his room and saw Dory Yay-Yay lying at the bottom of the fish bowl on top of the rocks. (I thought fish float when they die!) Anyway, I waited until Jeremy came home to tell Garett. I thought Garrett would be so upset. Jeremy came into Graham's room where they were sitting in Graham's chair reading books together, and Jeremy said, "Garrett, I have some sad news...Dory Yay-Yay died." Garrett said, "Bring her in here and let me see." Jeremy did and he looked at the bowl and went, "Rrrroarrrr!" (I guess trying to wake her up!) Then he says, "We can go to the pet store and get another one!" He was real upset, can't you tell! So then Jeremy says, "Do you want to have a funeral for Dory Yay-Yay. That's when we dig a hole in the ground for her and tell her we are going to miss her." (Since we are still potty training we thought flushing her down the toilet might be a little traumatic since we are still working on poo-pooing in the potty!!!) Then I tell Garrett, "I know where we can bury her. We can bury her beside the driveway where that flower grows where we remember Nana." (where my one iris is!) Jeremy and Garrett go outside and bury her and Garrett comes back inside and says, "Momma, I real sad." I say, "Why, Garrett?" And he says, "Because I'm going to miss feeding Dory Yay-Yay and watching her swim." I just about cried. He wants to name his next fish Dory Yay-Yay, too!!!
Now some good news....
Garrett is potty trained!!! He now wears underwear!!! However, I still have to remind him to go to the potty. He doesn't come to me and tell me he has to go. He sleeps through the night in underwear with no accidents. He has been tee-teeing in the potty for awhile but not poo-pooing. Well, a couple of days ago he and Graham were playing outside and Garrett tee-tees in his underwear. He wants me to go inside and get him some more Spiderman underwear. I go in and when I come out he says, "Momma, I poo-pooed!" I say, "Where?" And he says, "Over there on the rocks!" (in the driveway). He was so proud. I guess he squatted down like a dog and did it. Jeremy asked me did I get on to him and I said, "No, at least he didn't do it in his underwear!"
So yesterday when Garrett gets up from his nap he wants to go outside and play and I tell him, "If you need to go to the bathroom, just go outside." (I did not specify tee-tee only.) I watched him tee-tee in the grass and a little later he came to tell me he poo-pooed in the driveway again, AFTER he came inside to wipe his booty with his Kandoo wipes. Now that boy ain't right!!! Between these two boys life is a hoot, and I just have to laugh my way through it!!
Dory Yay-Yay, our fish, died yesterday. We've had her/him for about 6 months which is longer than we thought we would have it. We knew it had not been eating and acting funny lately and knew her time would be soon. Yesterday afternoon after Garrett's nap I walked into his room and saw Dory Yay-Yay lying at the bottom of the fish bowl on top of the rocks. (I thought fish float when they die!) Anyway, I waited until Jeremy came home to tell Garett. I thought Garrett would be so upset. Jeremy came into Graham's room where they were sitting in Graham's chair reading books together, and Jeremy said, "Garrett, I have some sad news...Dory Yay-Yay died." Garrett said, "Bring her in here and let me see." Jeremy did and he looked at the bowl and went, "Rrrroarrrr!" (I guess trying to wake her up!) Then he says, "We can go to the pet store and get another one!" He was real upset, can't you tell! So then Jeremy says, "Do you want to have a funeral for Dory Yay-Yay. That's when we dig a hole in the ground for her and tell her we are going to miss her." (Since we are still potty training we thought flushing her down the toilet might be a little traumatic since we are still working on poo-pooing in the potty!!!) Then I tell Garrett, "I know where we can bury her. We can bury her beside the driveway where that flower grows where we remember Nana." (where my one iris is!) Jeremy and Garrett go outside and bury her and Garrett comes back inside and says, "Momma, I real sad." I say, "Why, Garrett?" And he says, "Because I'm going to miss feeding Dory Yay-Yay and watching her swim." I just about cried. He wants to name his next fish Dory Yay-Yay, too!!!
Now some good news....
Garrett is potty trained!!! He now wears underwear!!! However, I still have to remind him to go to the potty. He doesn't come to me and tell me he has to go. He sleeps through the night in underwear with no accidents. He has been tee-teeing in the potty for awhile but not poo-pooing. Well, a couple of days ago he and Graham were playing outside and Garrett tee-tees in his underwear. He wants me to go inside and get him some more Spiderman underwear. I go in and when I come out he says, "Momma, I poo-pooed!" I say, "Where?" And he says, "Over there on the rocks!" (in the driveway). He was so proud. I guess he squatted down like a dog and did it. Jeremy asked me did I get on to him and I said, "No, at least he didn't do it in his underwear!"
So yesterday when Garrett gets up from his nap he wants to go outside and play and I tell him, "If you need to go to the bathroom, just go outside." (I did not specify tee-tee only.) I watched him tee-tee in the grass and a little later he came to tell me he poo-pooed in the driveway again, AFTER he came inside to wipe his booty with his Kandoo wipes. Now that boy ain't right!!! Between these two boys life is a hoot, and I just have to laugh my way through it!!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Deeper Still in Atlanta
This past weekend 8 of us girls went to Atlanta to the Deeper Still Event to hear Priscilla Shirer, Beth Moore, and Kay Arthur speak. The whole weekend was awesome, except for getting lost in my van. (I was the driver!) We heard Priscilla on Friday night and got to our hotel around 11-midnight. We were exhauseted and went straight to bed that night. Saturday morning we had to be up early. (We decided taking the MARTA transportation system would be a better idea!) On Saturday Kay and Beth spoke. I also forgot to mention that Mandisa sang on Friday night and the praise and worship was awesome, too, led by Travis Cottrell. The conference ended Saturday at 5:30 then we all walked and found a place to eat downtown. Saturday night we stayed up "bonding" til around midnight. We had such a good time. I think this is becoming an annual trip for us, so anybody who wants to go next year (don't know yet where it will be) is welcome to go.
By the way, I can explain the pictures below, but I won't say who they are (for my protection!!!) Saturday night the girls in my room are waiting on the girls in the other room to come and join us for some "bonding time." We opened the door and the top picture is what we saw!!! These are NOT wigs - that is their real hair!!! Then we all teased our hair. I know - we sound like we are in Jr. High, but that's the fun of it. I hate I didn't get any pictures of us when we did look cute. I promise we did have some good "Jesus time" too!!
By the way, I can explain the pictures below, but I won't say who they are (for my protection!!!) Saturday night the girls in my room are waiting on the girls in the other room to come and join us for some "bonding time." We opened the door and the top picture is what we saw!!! These are NOT wigs - that is their real hair!!! Then we all teased our hair. I know - we sound like we are in Jr. High, but that's the fun of it. I hate I didn't get any pictures of us when we did look cute. I promise we did have some good "Jesus time" too!!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Back from the beach...
We spent Wednesday-Sunday at Seagrove Beach, just down from Seaside. Jeremy's whole family went - 19 of us and stayed in a big house with a pool. However, Jeremy didn't get to stay with us, but I have the best husband ever. He was on-call Tuesday night before we left and got about 3 hours sleep, drove us to the beach, spent the night with us, drove back home by himself and went back on-call Friday night and only got a couple of more hours of sleep again! He didn't want me to have to drive all that way by myself, and he just wanted to be with us as much as he could. He said he wouldn't have anything else to do anyway!
This year Graham absolutely loved the water, whether it was on the beach or the pool. Garrett preferred the pool. And, he did very well since he just finished swimming lessons. He was jumping and swimming all over that pool!
Our last night we went on a 2-hour sunset Pirate cruise for the kids. It was so much fun watching them. First, we had a huge water fight (it was planned) with a big boat that came up next to us. Then the kids got their faces painted and wore pirate hats and had a sword fight. Then we picked up a treasure chest out of the water and they got to look in it for treasure. At the end they all did the "limbo" and the "chicken dance." They shot a cannon on the ship a couple of times and Garrett didn't like that! Other than that all the kids loved it. If you can ever go to Panama City and do it, your kids would love it (if they're about 3 years old and over!) Our trip was great other than Jeremy wasn't there with us!!!
This year Graham absolutely loved the water, whether it was on the beach or the pool. Garrett preferred the pool. And, he did very well since he just finished swimming lessons. He was jumping and swimming all over that pool!
Our last night we went on a 2-hour sunset Pirate cruise for the kids. It was so much fun watching them. First, we had a huge water fight (it was planned) with a big boat that came up next to us. Then the kids got their faces painted and wore pirate hats and had a sword fight. Then we picked up a treasure chest out of the water and they got to look in it for treasure. At the end they all did the "limbo" and the "chicken dance." They shot a cannon on the ship a couple of times and Garrett didn't like that! Other than that all the kids loved it. If you can ever go to Panama City and do it, your kids would love it (if they're about 3 years old and over!) Our trip was great other than Jeremy wasn't there with us!!!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Happy Birthday to Graham!!!
Our baby is 2 years old today!!! Garrett was 9 months old when we found out we were pregnant with #2. It was October 2005. We were so excited, but didn't really think it would happen that fast. I took 4 pregnancy tests and Jeremy took one just to see what a negative one was supposed to look like! We even called the EPT company because we still didn't think I was pregnant after 5 tests! Graham was born at 8:10 am by c-section, weighing in at 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 20 3/4 inches. He has been such a joy. He has always been my "smiley" baby. However, now he tends to be my "whiney" baby. He and Garrett are so different but they are both so funny and loving. I can't imagine life without my "baby" (Garrett still calls him that!) I guess now that he's 2 we're going to have to stop calling him "baby!"
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