A First...

This morning we were laying in bed and I was trying to sleep while Wade was watching Mickey Mouse. I didn't get home from work until 1pm so 7am comes too early. I always try to get a few more minutes of sleep while Wade watches some TV. However this morning he wanted to "talk" and was being a little chatterbox. I guess he wanted to really get my attention because I hear him say W-A-D-E just as plain as day. His letters are over his changing table at least once a day since he was really little we spell his name while changing him. He has spelled it before if we help him but this was the first time he has said all 4 letters by himself without us talking about it!! I guess it helps that he has a short easy name!!

Well I was so proud of him but I still wanted to go back to sleep for a few minutes. I guess he really wanted my attention because I hear 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. He has done this once or twice by himself but usually skips a number. He did great this morning. I think I really needed this because I sometimes still wish he was in "school" on Monday mornings. I always thought he really needed his "school" to help him learn but this made me feel like he is doing just fine without it. So that's the big question...do we do 2 year old preschool or just wait until he is 3??? What do most people do?

Mini Vacation

I have to say I feel like we have had a little mini vacation even though we haven't gone anywhere. Yesterday I worked until 2pm and then Josh and I met our builder at our new house to try to finalize the plans. Talk about a headache...I am just not good at making HUGE decisions about our new house. I told Josh I can pick floors, cabinets, colors etc but looking at dimensions and sketches is just not my thing. I will say for next time (hopefully many many years from now) if we ever do this again we will just start building from scratch instead of a major remodeling. It just makes it hard because the walls are already there so we are a little limited in the way we have to do things. After we met the builder I came home and took a nap before the Gala. We got all dressed up and headed to Durham to the National Museum of Art for the party. Josh only knew one person there so we didn't stay too long. It was very very nice though. We even walked through some of the art exhibits (not so much my thing.) We brought a change of clothes in the car and headed to a late movie after the Gala. We saw "Life as we know It" and it was GREAT. I would cry in some parts and then bust out laughing in others. If you have small children this is a must see for you and your husband.

Today we slept in until after 9am (I think the last time I did this was when I was pregnant!) and then my sweet husband went and got these and....

a movie. So we are hanging out on the couch eating these tasty things and watching Bounty Hunter. It is so nice to just sit and relax but don't think I will not be so excited this afternoon when wild man gets back!! Here is a picture from Friday evening when Josh got home from work. I think Charlie has really enjoyed his vacation from Wade. He has not been chased or pulled at since Friday and he has gotten a little more attention. I know it is not always easy to get a babysitter for the entire weekend but oh how I recommend it at least once or twice a year. People may disagree but I think it helps us to be better parents and is always good for a marriage.

Cornhole Tournament

Well I have to say Josh and I managed to have a little fun last night even though we missed our little guy! Our church had a fund raiser at a local bar/restaurant. They hosted a cornhole tournament to raise money for a charity in Raleigh. I somehow got signed up to play (thanks Adam) and had a blast even though Holly and I only scored 3 points in both games combined. Had I known I was playing I would not have worn 4 inch heels!! Needless to say we only played two games before we were out. The second game we played Josh and one of his best friends Adam...we told them we let them win so they could continue playing. They made it one more round before they got out. Some of our other friends did pretty well but we didn't stay until the end to see who won.

One of my very best friends from college, my old cheerleading partner, TW just took a job in Raleigh. He has been back home in PA for the last few years. I can't believe I had not seen him in 4.5 years. It feels like yesterday we were all just in college hanging out! So after I dropped Josh and Holly off at the restaurant I headed to Raleigh to pick him up. It was great to see him again. It is so nice to have those friends that you haven't seen in years and who you can immediately catch up with and talk to like you just hung out the day before. We introduced him to all of our great friends and we all had a great time hanging out for a few hours before Josh and I took him back to his hotel. Josh and I got ice cream on the way home and just enjoyed relaxing on the couch and watching some TV before bed. I am working now and I have to say Josh is having a blast. He slept until 845am (he normally wakes up at 530am for work) and from 10-11am he is getting a massage!! Talk about spoiled...someone has to work to pay the bills so that's what I am doing! Just kidding he really deserves that massage after the long week he had last week. Tonight we have his big Gala for work and then who knows we may have a night out on the town. We talked about meeting up with TW again but we haven't decided for sure. I know I am just looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow since I had to get up at 7am today.


So I have to mention something that Wade did...remember the last post about the eye rolling. Well last night I called to check on him. He was up way past his bedtime because he fell asleep from 8-830p and thought that was a nap. Anyways he was running around at the lake making everyone laugh last night and I asked mom if I could talk to him. She puts the phone up to his ear and I start talking...sometimes he will say "hey mommy" or something like that. Not this time. I hear everyone bust out laughing and he isn't saying a word. So my mom gets back on the phone and asks what I said to him. I said "hey wade this is mommy" well that little rascal was rolling his eyes while on the phone. I think we may have a class clown on our hands!!

Weekend Away...

Wade said the funniest thing today. We were in the car going to the store and he says "Ashey Zach married" well he says this every now and again since the wedding. I always answer "Yes Ashley and Zach got married" well then he doesn't usually say anything else. Well today he was quiet for a moment and then he said "Mimi Pops married" and then "Nana Poppy married." How does he know that? I started laughing because I was shocked he said that and then I said "yes they are all married!" He amazes me with the stuff he puts together these days.


These picture's crack me up so much. Just this week Wade has started doing something that he thinks is really funny. He has learned to roll his eyes. I know I should not laugh but he does it at the funniest times. For instance I will say "come here Wade lets get dressed" and then I will look over at me with this big smile on his face and then he rolls his eyes back. He thinks it is a game now and every time I say "don't roll your eyes" sure enough he does just that. I asked him if Pops taught him that and  he said "yes" but dad swears he didn't teach him. Where do one year olds learn these things? I got a picture of him in action yesterday and today and it makes me smile every time I look at these. I know one day when he is a teenager and doing this for real I will not be smiling!

What did we do before Wade? Josh and I are so sad today because Wade is heading to the lake with my parents. We are so thankful for them because we really needed a babysitter for tomorrow night. When mom and dad found out we didn't have one they immediately asked if we wanted them to take him to the lake. They have plans tomorrow to go to a cookout and so I really felt bad sending Wade with them but mom insisted. She said she didn't mind leaving the party early to bring him home to go to bed. I am so grateful for such great parents who still put themselves or their plans on hold to help us out. I hope I can do the same thing for Wade one day. Josh has a Gala for one of his big clients from work and he felt like it was really important that we go. I had already switched my work schedule so it works out great that Wade is at the lake. Josh isn't going to know what to do tomorrow because I am working 6 hrs during the day and he will have the house to himself! Thanks Mom and Dad for helping us out (again), we really appreciate it so much. Thanks again- we love you. 

And just because I couldn't resist....we will call these the naked cowboy!!

19 Months Old

Well I finally went back and added pictures to all of our post from the last week or so. Talk about time consuming, I had to go all the way back to our trip to the fair. Today my baby is 19 months old...it is so hard for me to realize that he is closer to 2 than he is to 1. Here is what he is up to:

-weighs around 27lbs and is almost 34 in tall
-wears size 4-5 diapers
-wears 18-24 months clothes and sometimes can wear a 2T
-takes one 2-3 hour nap each day
-loves to eat and now wants both his milk and water at the same time?
-sleeps mostly 11-12 hours at night (unless he is sick) and occasionally wakes up at 5am to get in "mommy's bed"
-talks all day long, really it is almost non-stop and just this week started saying sentences. He said "Stay Mimi's house mommy run" which means- I want to stay at Mimi's house while mommy runs. He is our little parrot.
-he said "thank you mommy" today when I gave his his breakfast...just melted my heart
-He knows all of his colors, animals, and animal sounds and knows three of his shapes
-can almost sing his ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Clean up song, and Itsy Bitsy Spider
-can pretty much count to 10 by himself (occasionally he forgets a number)
-loves school buses, fire trucks and ambulances
-has really started to climb on everything
-is pretty mischievous and sometimes mean...he will pinch me and then HE will say "ouch" and laugh
-has thrown a few fits- where he stomps those little chubby legs and cries
-loves tv and knows all of his favorite shows names and the people on them and will ask to watch certain show (especially Mickey Mouse)
-Still cries when we drop him off at church
-loves to make silly faces that makes us laugh and now knows how to roll his eyes and he thinks this is the funniest thing ever.
-thinks it is funny to call us "mom or dad" or ever "Josh and Shannon"
-says silly words that do not make sense so we will laugh... "dee do's"  or "don os"(I have no idea what those mean)
-loves to name all of our family members when we are going "night night" He will say "Mimi night night" "Ashley night night" and so on until he has literally named everyone.

Wade,
You are just precious and always making us laugh. Your little personality is so much like you daddy's it is scary. You are such a little man now and its hard to believe you are a toddler already. I love spending my days with you and even though it makes me sad that you are so big I love watching you change and grow each day. I love you,
Mommy

A few random's

Here are a few more pictures from last weekend and this week. As always I take too many pictures but I just love having them in our blog books to look at! So I finally have my computer back and guess what the mouse pad stopped working again. Talk about frustrating. Luckily I have a wireless mouse so I can get all these pictures uploaded before taking it back again. This picture is from last week when Wade decided to climb into the bath tub by himself.

Here is Wade after church last Sunday. He made it about half of the time in the nursery. Josh says it is because of the outfit and he was embarrassed...not true. One day I just hope he will walk into the church nursery happy and that he will still be smiling when we pick him up.

Saturday night we went to a "wig party" and it was so much fun. Thanks to Jenna and Jared for hosting and for letting us bring Wade and put him down to sleep at their house. Here are all the girls and their new do's and one of Josh and Dale!

Sunday night we got back from trick or treating and tried to get a some pictures of Wade outside with the pumpkin. This is the only decent one we got...I just love his little Halloween PJ's and thought he looked so cute in them. I love the picture of Wade reaching for the candy bowl. We didn't let him have any candy this year except for one hersey's kiss that he loved. Josh really enjoyed eating all his candy. Next year he will be old enough to understand so I think we will have to let him eat a little more.

Wade's new thing is to "hold him"... he wants to hold charlie all the time. He will run around the house saying "hold him" "hold him." Poor Charlie just looks at me and runs the other way. 

Monday morning I was cleaning up around the house and could not find Wade. Don't worry our house is really small so there were only a few places he could be. I was calling his name and I hear "rock." When I looked into his room he had climbed into his rocking chair and was "reading" a book and rocking. It was so sweet!

 



Our Weekend!

We had a great but busy weekend. Wade was the cutest little dragon and LOVED wearing his costume all three nights. By Sunday night he was worn out...so we didn't stay too long at my old church's fun fest. We did take him to my parents neighborhood to trick or treat at a few houses. He was so cute and would say "twick or tweat" when he went to the door!! Here are some pictures from our "trick or treating" in downtown Apex on Saturday night.

Sunday night was a nightmare...Wade did not want to go to bed and I figured he was overly tired from the weekend. He finally went down about 915p and we did to because we were so tired. Around midnight I hear this awful noise called Stridor. Stridor goes along with Croup and it is a noise signaling that his airway is inflamed or tight. (It is a horrible noise for a parent to hear) So immediately I turned on the shower and we sat in the bathroom for about 10 minutes and it really helped. We went ahead and gave him his inhaler as well and he seemed to relax a little. We did not sleep at all until about 5am. We went back and forth about taking him to the ED but after the shower he did not have any more stridor so we stayed home. He was better yesterday and then of course got worse again around supper time and so we took him to Urgent Care. It was funny because Josh has been sick too so they both got to be seen!! Josh has a sinus infection and Wade's O2 sats were a little low and he was wheezing so he earned himself a Neb treatment and was sent home with some steroids. The good thing is the doctor thinks it is lower airway related and not croup or upper airway related. I am afraid Wade is going to get Asthma from Josh. He is showing all the signs of it and when he gets a cold it seems like he is prone to having some respiratory distress. They don't usually diagnose until after two years old but I am guessing he will have it :(   Today he is better but we are having to use his inhaler every 3-4 hours and he is still a little labored but nowhere as bad as last night. I am hoping the steriods will kick in soon. I am debating asking his doctor to give us a script for a nebulizer so we can try treating him at home this winter instead of having to take him in so often. Does anyone know if insurance covers those??? Here are some pictures from Sunday night at the other fall fest and Wade helping carve our pumpkin and trick or treating for the first time. Sorry I took a ton of pictures!

 I love this picture...Wade loves to eat ice at my parents house for some strange reason. I think it is because they have an ice maker that makes the little or "baby" ice as Wade likes to call it. So the fall fest had snowcones and we got Wade one without any flavoring and you would have thought it was the best treat he had ever had. He loved the little crushed ice and we loved him not having all the sugar!!