Saturday Morning Scene

Another Saturday Morning with Katie at Loves of Life!

N woke up a little earlier than everyone else.  After N played in the co-sleeper for awhile, I dragged myself out of bed to feed him and let him play on the floor.  I'm not sure N appreciated the taking of pictures so early in the morning :-)

If you look closely, you can see his little tongue sicking out!

How's your Saturday morning?

The Weekend

Has anyone else notices how short the weekends are?  Just when they really start, they end.  What's up with that?

Saturday morning, the boys decided to let us sleep in a little, until 8am!  Hubby got the oil changed in his car while I stayed home with the boys...then I went to a consignment sale (where I got some awesome new-looking clothes for N) while Hubby stayed home with the boys.  Then, and this is why my Hubby rocks, I went to a book club meeting with some great girl friends (including Darcie and Becky), while he stayed home with the boys, again.  We had a great time!  We read (well, I started to read, working on finishing now) Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan and visited one of Frank Lloyd Wright's homes.  The house was awesome, and I totally want to move there.  The day ended with playing with the boys, and Chinese food with the Hubby.

A side view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House.

Be sure to check out Becky's blog for more pictures today, and a book review tomorrow!

And this is what I saw when I walked in the door at home.

Sunday was a total family day, and it rocked!  We woke up early again, got some laundry done, finished Big Love, played some games, went to lunch and then Sam's Club.  At home, we relaxed, napped, watched a movie, and played some more!

The big news of the weekend is C's potty training.  There were some accidents Saturday morning, but none at all Saturday afternoon or Sunday!  That includes nap both days, and while we were out and about Sunday!  I am so excited and happy for him...and while I am excited at the idea of only 1 in diapers, a little sad for me...he's growing up too fast!  I'll try to get a post up soon about our potty training adventure!

Sittin' on the potty.

 And what good is potty training without some underwear fun!

(Sorry pic is fuzzy, iPhone camera with moving toddler!)

See what I mean about an awesome weekend?  Friends and family quality time, who could ask for more??  Monday morning?  If you must come so soon, you better have a big mug of coffee waiting for me!

Happy Halloween (really late)!

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween weekend!  Since everyone loves to see kids in costume...here you go!

Our little pilot! 

We couldn't decide what pilot he was exactly.  We thought about Tom Cruise in Top Gun, but he didn't wear a scarf, and loved the look of the scarf on C.  So we went with generic "pilot."  We did try to spike his hair a little, but his hair was too long since he needs a hair cut (hint, hint, Auntie S!)  

We had fun trick or treating.  We only went to 3 houses, but C had fun!  We went to both sets of grandparents and his local great-grandparents.  Too much candy!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend and fun on Halloween!!! 

Weekend Recap

Wow!  What a busy, emotional weekend.  Saturday, Hubby and I went to the Virginia Tech game.  I picked this game because it was supposed to be relaxing and easy on me, meaning I should have been able to just sit and relax after the first quarter...yeah, that did not happen.  It was pouring rain and, well, let's just say the team had some issues.  Yes, we lost, and all I'm going to say about it is it sucked.  We had a lot of fun before the game hanging out with family. 

Hubby and I before the game!  Excuse the lack of make up :)

We woke up at 6am to drive 4 hours and then left right after the game, soaking wet to drive another 4!

Sunday was spent relaxing and trying to get over the game Saturday.  A very lazy day until 3:00.  There was a back to school picnic at school.  C had a great time showing Hubby his cubby (but didn't want to go near his classroom!) and playing.  They had a bouncy slide that Hubby took him on, not once, but twice, and a smaller bounce house that C did not want to leave.  We were supposed to have a carousel as well, but the one they delivered was broken, so it turned into what I called the "Photo Op Carousel" and a co-worker called a "Statue of a Carousel."  We all had a lot of fun! 

Pointing out his cubby, also known as where his hat goes :)

Fun in the bounce house!

C and Hubby waiting for the first slide.

Weeeeeeee!!!!

C going down the slide by himself!

So much fun! 

Almost forgot about Firefighter C!

Cheese!

So happy, I love that smile!

And of course, we can't forget how our weekend ended...with a Redskins win against the Cowboys!  Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a wonderful week!

Weekend Recap!

What a great weekend!  I hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend filled with friends and family.  On Saturday, I went to another book club meeting.  This time we discussed The Last Child by John Hart.  It was a great book!  There were 6 of us at the meeting who had read the book, and we all agreed it was fantastic.  Sure, it had some parts that we all could have done without, but it was written very well and provided lots of thought and discussion.  I highly recommended it!

Saturday night, we went out to eat with Hubby's family to a wing place.  To say I was excited to be eating wings is an understatement.  Someone at work mentioned wings at work last week, and ever since, I have HAD to have them!  Yummmm...wings :)

Sunday was all about C and Hubby (and Copper too!)  We had a relaxing day at home.  I did feel bad for C though.  At one point Hubby and I thought C really needed to get some energy out, so we got C dressed, sunscreen on and ready to go....only to realize once Hubby and C got to the door that it had started raining!  Oh no!  Since it was a calm rain, Hubby decided to take C on a walk in the rain.  So they grabbed an umbrella and off they went!  It was such a relaxing family day.  I hope to have more in the future!!

Crazy Mushrooms growing outside our building!

Randomness

It's Monday....I'm not a huge fan of Monday mornings.  But, today will be a good day!  And I will not fall asleep at work....I hope :)

We had a busy weekend traveling to Mema's house again.  C had a blast and kept everyone on their feet.  Lots of running, soccer, bowling and snacks.  Gotta love Memas!

We started potty training last week.  We're following my moms lead since she's with C most during the day.  Most of my mommy friends are doing the 3-day potty training technique, my mom prefers a more child led approach, which I am all for.  So, C wears underwear, we remind him to sit every 45 min or so, and if he goes great...if not, he gets a new pair of underwear when needed.  Since this is my blog, and I can brag if I want to...last Thursday, C went pee and poop on the potty!  Twice!  That's right, my toddlers a genius at the potty.  However, he was home with daddy on Friday, so he didn't wear any underwear (too many errands to run) and we didn't do the underwear thing at Mema's this weekend...oops.  Also, I might have used a little bribe with my iPhone.  C loves to play games on it, and since I KNEW he had to go, I let him have the phone when he asked to play a game...mommy fail...but he went pee and poopy on the potty, twice! 

My dog stayed the weekend at my parents house while we went to Mema's, I opened his crate this morning at 5:20, and he has yet to come out, it's 6:15.  Tired little puppy!

Hubby took this picture a couple months ago.

Hope everyone has a great Monday!! 

Weekend and Water Update!

Wow! What a weekend! I started Saturday off with hosting a book club. I had 3 fabulous ladies over (usually there’s more, but with summer those last minute plans/illnesses take over!) We talked about The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Have you read it? It’s actually a children’s book, but I loved it! I thought it was a great book and really touched on the topic of growing up. There is so much to say, but I don’t want to give anything away! I know the book isn’t for everyone, so I promise if you read it and don’t like it, I won’t be hurt!

Next it was off to a surprise birthday party for my big(gest) sister! Her birthday isn’t until this Saturday, but we figured she would be more surprised if it was early than on the day of! We had a pool party at my niece’s house (her daughter put the whole thing together and did a great job!)

Not to take away from my sister, but did you notice the POOL party part? Remember the water phobia we’ve been dealing with? Well, a couple nights before, we finally got C to take a bath without as much screaming and flailing, all we had to do was sing the song “Goldfish” by Laurie Berkner! Who knew?!?

Anyway, we got to my niece’s house and C saw the pool and was so excited! Hubby and I looked at each other, shrugged, and asked C if he wanted his bathing suit on to go in the pool, “Yeah!” was the response we got. Once again, we looked at each other shrugged. This is what happened….

Fun in the pool with daddy!

I want to get in...but don't help!

He climbed onto the step all by himself!  He actually stayed on the step for awhile, just chillin' and splashin'!

And a cupcake to finish to the day!

We did not leave the pool for the rest of the party! We missed the birthday girl showing up at the party, we almost missed singing Happy Birthday, and we missed talking to a lot of people at the party who didn’t swim. Oh well…C had a great time and did not want to leave! We were just so excited about his excitement that we didn’t want to discourage the water fun!

So, maybe we on our way out of water phobia…or maybe he was just so excited to play with all his cousins, aunts, Poppy, and daddy in the water that that overrode the desire to run as far away as possible screaming from the water on that one day.

It's Friday!

It's Friday and it couldn't have come sooner! This has been a looooong week, but now time for a three day weekend...starting at 12:15! Yay! I have a fun couple of days ahead of me. I am leaving work early (woohoo!!) to go for an ultrasound :) I am so excited to see this little baby! I will let you all know how it goes. Tomorrow morning I am getting together with some awesome ladies for Sex and the City 2, can't wait! Then I will still have 2.5 days to spend with my boys, life can't get much better. Oh, and I might be meeting a great friend of mine for Friendly's ice cream...I can hear the banana split calling my name (what, I'm pregnant, I'm allowed!)

Sorry for all the exclamation points, I am looking forward to the extra day off and all the friends I will get to see! What's everyone else up to this weekend?