ZACHY'S PRAYER

Okay, so I'm sorry for all my video uploads. Well, not really. :) I'm trying to fill in the gaps for Pappy and the rest of the extended family who don't get to enjoy our boys on a daily basis. For those of you who do get to "enjoy" our boys, feel free to ignore this post.

 

BABY FEET

                              "There's really nothing quite as sweet as teeny tiny baby feet".

            ....well, the only thing sweeter would be the owner of those teeny tiny little feet.

CARTER'S SINGING DEBUT...

The Night Cap

Yes, my child still sleeps with his pacy. Bad Mommy. Sometime within the next ten years, I promise to break my child from his pacy. Hold me to it folks. ha. In all truth, we are about to take the plunge, and have him throw all his pacy's away. Sigh.

Yes, I did manage to wake him up by taking this picture. Notice how his little eyes are squinty. Thankfully, he went right back to sleep. The boy loves his hats. Right now, he is in bed sleeping with a fireman hat. What can I say, he wants to be prepared in case a fire springs up in the night. I feel a little safer knowing he is next door ready at a moments notice. The only issue with that is I would have to run in and spring him from his crib, and remove his pacy so he could breathe a bit better. Maybe he should stick to sleeping in his ball cap, or maybe I should go in search of a true night cap. I wonder if Ebeneezer Scrooge still has his handy. :)

Family Devotions Singspiration Style

Zachy

I thought I would do a little update on Zach. He has changed so much in the last few weeks. He talks like crazy now, and I love to hear all his words. Some of my favorites being when he is asked to do something he will say otay (okay) or sure. He called me Mom for a little while, and now for some reason he switched it to Me-Me. I love it! On a side note, since Tyler has started school he now calls me Mom. I am definitely not loving that. He does slip and call me Mommy once in awhile, and I relish those moments.

Sunday I was putting Zachy in his car seat and I bounced him in on accident. He looked at me and said, "be hairful (careful). I love how he is learning new things every day. His eyes just sparkle when he smiles, and he has these impossibly long eyelashes. Even with him entering the terrible two stage of life, every moment of the day I could squeeze him until his eyes bug. (well, almost every moment:)

Here is a video clip of him talking...

Taking a look at his tasty little treat, AKA the candle.

Munching down.

No day is complete without a sombrero and a candle to munch. I kid you not, the child eats my candles. He gets it from my Mom's side of the family. They love to sit around eating candles. The best time to indulge in a candle is right after it has been lit for awhile and the wax is toasty warm. Its a delicacy really...you should give it a try. Although, for some reason all of my family members are constantly getting ear cleanings, and are incredibly hard of hearing....must be all the wax build up. :) haha. Totally kidding. Not kidding about my kid eating candles though. If anyone has any spare candles lying around think of me. It would be so nice to see a candle without teeth marks in it.

No worries, I do not allow my child to indulge in this behavior. He just so happened, to get in the cabinet and find this little treasure. I did remove it from him before he ate any of it. I didn't remove it from him before he dropped it on the floor, and started using it as his golf ball though.

YARD SALE SMOCKING SMORGASBORD!!

Today I went yard saling with my Mom, and my three munchkins. Mom and I took turns sitting in the van with the boys while the other checked out all the goods. At one such yard sale it was Mom's turn to go first, when I spotted a bit of smocked merchandise out of the corner of my glassy eyes. I quickly shoved her back in her van seat with a firm don't even think about moving and I did a swift high diving jump (not sure how you dive and jump at the same time, but hey, it sounds dramatic) out of the van on to the golden driveway. I did a special kung foo move to knock all the other garage sale-ees out of my path, grabbed all the loot, and paid the garage sale-ess. I then ran, or in my case, waddled my way back to the van so we could rush to our next unsuspecting yard sale. The End.

Okay, so I stretched the truth a bit. Okay, a lot. Really the only truth is that I found some great smocked clothes for the boys. In all honesty, we all know that if I tried any kind of kung foo move I would not be writing this blog right now. No, I would most definitely be sequestered away in the hospital writhing in pain.

Back to my clothing finds. I took pictures of everything so I could share my joy with you. I also found an adorable Janie and Jack sweater with matching scarf and gloves. Its 12-18 months, but I'm hoping I can squeeze Zachy in it this fall. Sweaters run big, right? If you see Zach walking around with a sweater that the sleeves barely reach his elbows... you will know it was my yard sale find. Oh well, if it doesn't work for him, Carter will be wearing it next fall come rain or shine.

I am including pictures of the shirts and jammies I bought at the yard sale. That way you can get the full impact of everything I bought at this sale.

Now on to all the good stuff. The first outfit is reversible so I took pictures of both sides.

Are you ready to know the grand total for all of these items? Twenty bucks. I was expecting a lot higher price when I took my stack of items to the "garage sale-ess". I was so excited. Its not every day you find smocked clothing at yard sales.

Well, I had better go get some sleep. I need to make sure I'm rested up for next weeks yard sale adventure. Who knows, I might have to break out my tae kwon do skills.  Sigh. Yard saling is such hard work.