Nathan kissing Haley
Austin kissing Haley
It is LOVE THURSDAY indeed.
I have SO MUCH that I want and need to write about.
Nathan losing his first two teeth, Kindy round up, our trip to the Ozarks, soccer starting (Austin is now able to play too!!!!!!!), Nathan's birthday, Haley's 5 month update, Austin's hearing issues, and SO MUCH MORE.
There just isn't enough time in the day.
I hope you all are well.
Happy Love Thursday!
Ok, so I know lately this ol' blog of mine has been pretty much ALL about Haley, that happens with a new baby. BUT believe it or not Nathan and Austin DO still live with us *grin* Not only do they live with us but they're actually HAPPY and loved little members of our family *grin*
Last week we received a FOOT of snow, today it was finally warm enough and the perfect day to get the boys outside to play in it before it melts.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day -
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Cutie Austin
Happy Cutie Nathan
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It's been a busy week around here and somehow it's only Wednesday. Lots of good stuff, that's for sure.
Today was Nathan's FIRST day of preschool for this year.
I think someone was pretty darn EXCITED about school starting, don't you think?
(I kept asking him to smile a normal smile but he wanted no part in that this morning, he sure is 4! ha ha!)
And man oh man what a difference a year makes. It's amazing the differences from last year's first day to this year's first day. Last year was his first time ever really being away from mommy in his 3.5 years of life and well the kiddo was quite scared as you can imagine. I didn't blame him one bit. This year he was SO EXCITED AND SO HAPPY AND SO ANXIOUS that he couldn't get on the bus fast enough. He was all ready to go by 7:30 am, backpack on and everything, he was not too thrilled when he learned he had to wait until 8 am for the bus to pick him up.
This is him waiting in the kitchen for his bus lol
(His hair was doing some CRAZY things this morning and he just got a haircut yesterday!)
I remember last year's first day like it happened yesterday. Last year on his first day, I ended up taking him to school because I didn't want to throw two new and scary things at him all at once. School and the bus, he was only 3 after all. I remember going into his classroom with him. He was SO PROUD and EXCITED having me there. I felt the same exact way. He hadn't quite realized that once class started mommy had to leave. I remember before leaving him last year, I had him go into the bathroom for me to make sure he knew all about their bathroom and I will NEVER forget how TERRIFIED he was that their hand soap was PINK. SERIOUSLY, he was terrified. Crying and screaming the whole bit. It was something NEW to him and it freaked him out. He was afraid to use it. It broke my heart AND made me laugh ( on the inside only of course, gotta love the innocence of kids! ). He was used to our "froggie soap" at home.
I'm sure a lot of it had to do with the mixed emotions that he had that day. He was happy and excited for school but he also didn't want mommy to leave. It only took him a couple days to realize that it was okay that mommy wasn't there from 8 - noon. The second week of school last year is when he rode the bus for the first time.
He was terrified the first day or two but ALWAYS loved riding it and like I said the crying was only for the first day or two. I will never forget seeing him last year during his first "outside play time" at the preschool. I had never felt more proud in all my life. It was his first time around a lot of kids withOUT me around. Austin and I had decided that we wanted to "spy" on him just to make sure he was having fun and not sitting in a corner somewhere sad. He was running around, grinning ear to ear, so happy and so free. It was one of those moments in life that I will never forget.
Fast forward a year later, he couldn't get on the bus fast enough.
NO CRYING AT ALL, that's for sure!
He couldn't wait to see his teachers and classroom again. He just adores his teachers and his room. This year has to be pretty confusing for him because ALL but ONE kid from last year went on to the BIG K this year, so Nathan is starting out with all new friends this year. No Brendan. No Nate. And No Samantha, his first "school girlfriend". He wishes he had all the same friends in his class this year but he understands that they all had to move on to Kindergarten because they were 5. This year there was NO crying at all, he was SOOOO freaking happy about it all. It was just too cute for words. He even said, "Don't worry mommy, I won't miss you and Austin too much", ha ha. I know exactly what he meant. It was so endearing and I am SO proud of my boy.
Here are a few more pictures from Nathan's first day of preschool this year (and a lot more writing lol) -
AUSTIN DAVID!
Ok, so he isn't really a new member of the Orange Soccer Team but he THINKS he is!
SERIOUSLY!
That is Austin right in the middle of the Orange Team huddle!
I believe the picture was taken a couple weeks ago. You may remember that we are the Kelly Green Team so the picture above is even more hilarious because he wasn't even in OUR huddle, he was in the opposing teams huddle! I bet he was trying to get their game plan LOL - NOT!
Austin literally REFUSES to just sit and watch Nathan play. When I try to keep him off the field, he literally cries and screams BLOODY MURDER the entire time. Me and him could leave but that would make it to where I would never get to see Nathan play and I know for a fact Austin would cry and scream BLOODY MURDER if we left the game too. The poor kid just wants to play, he isn't trying to be "bad", he is such a sweet little boy these days. Not a bad bone in his body.
We have tried everything to make him happy on the sidelines. Reading to him, playing ball on the sideline with him, drawing with him, feeding him snacks, and nothing and I do mean NOTHING works. He just wants ON the field! Poor kid.
The only thing that makes him happy and makes him stop crying is if we let him on the field. This particular league is extremely laid back and the coaches don't care about being strict, right now it's all about having fun. They think it is quite funny and cute of Austin wanting to play SO SO SO BAD. At 2, Austin is a lot bigger than some of the 3 and 4 yr olds. The only thing that makes it pretty darn obvious that he is not a REAL member of any soccer team, is the fact he doesn't have a real soccer team shirt.
We can't wait to be able to sign him up for soccer. Once he turns 3 in December (you have to be 3 to sign up), you can bet we will be signing him up to play. He wishes SO BADLY he could play right now. We wish he could play right now. He will be able to play with Nathan in the spring. That should be a lot of fun! Nathan will LOVE having Austin on the team as well.
Here are a few more pictures of Austin as the unofficial new member -
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We had a great holiday weekend, Kevin was home Sat, Sun, and Tuesday. It's always nice having daddy home with us during the day. We always have the best time. Not to mention the small break in poopy diaper duty that I get when he is home. That whole thing STILL makes me gag. I have been the total Gagging Queen during this pregnancy. At least I am the queen of something right?! It has gotten a lot better though, now that I am in my 5th month. SO. MUCH. BETTER. I still have my moments though.
Saturday Kevin and I had our belated 8 th wedding anniversary date. We had originally planned on having an entire night together in a nice local hotel but we decided it would make more sense to just have a dinner/movie date. Save some money and besides with my condition (LOL), I can't drink wine, I don't want to have lots of wild wild hot sex, and it isn't recommended for someone with my condition to soak in a hot tub. Those three reasons are BIG reasons why a couple should/would get a hotel room, so we decided to cancel our hotel reservations for Sat night. We ended up getting Chinese for dinner again (we are finally getting tired and burnt out on Chinese food) and we ended up seeing "Superman Returns". We had the hardest time deciding between Superman and the movie "Click" with Adam Sandler. We figured Superman was the kind of movie, if you are going to see it at all, it's one you want to see on the big screen. I am SOOOOOOO NOT a Superman kind of girl. Nor am I a Spiderman, Batman, Star Wars kind of girl. Even though I normally don't enjoy this genre of movie, Superman Returns was pretty good. At least I didn't fall asleep during it.
Oh my gosh how can I forget? In between dinner and the movie, we had a little bit of time to go shopping together for Haley. It was so fun and SO DIFFERENT to go shopping for a baby girl, our daughter, TOGETHER. I think our bodies and our minds were confused to be in the girls section. We got her a few more things and GUESS WHAT?!?!!!!! I found the perfect Cabbage Patch Doll for Haley! Remember when I mentioned my love, I mean obsession, with Cabbage Patch Dolls? I would seriously have an entire room full of CPD's if I could. I love them that much. I need help. Seriously. If you even knew how often I look at Haley's CPD. If you knew, you would probably tell me I need to be in some sort of CPD addiction program.
Here is the CPD that we ended up getting, my life is now complete with this purchase lol --
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A CPD with brown hair and green eyes of course just like me! And yes I know Haley will probably NOT have green eyes and brown hair but for now this CP doll will have to do. I was SO HAPPY to find another brown hair green eyed doll because most dolls with brown hair have brown or blue eyes. I love her three little teeth and freckles too. How COOL is it that every single CPD is unique, there are NO two just alike! I love that!
I told you that I am a total CPD freakazoid! They should seriously be paying me for all of this good advertising!
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