Wade is feeling much better today and we even made it to the gym and story time at the library. Wade LOVES story time so much. I love that it is something structured for him to do. They sing songs, listen to a story or two and have a puppet show. Toddler time is twice a week and we always try to go. I think that his favorite part is that they always get stamps on both hands after story time is over. We try to get there early and read a couple of books before it starts. I just love this special time that we have together!!
Tomorrow night is our first night of our marriage bible study at church and we are so excited. It is a 8 week bible study that our church is offering. We are doing it with one of our couple friends from church Britt and Erin.
Wade has become quite the little dare devil these days. He only walks down the steps now instead of sitting on his bottom and sliding down. He is such a big boy. He also "swims" in the bath tub...he lays down on his stomach and acts like he is swimming. He will even put his face down in the water and laugh. I have no idea why he got the idea to swim but he started doing it Saturday night. He even tried to turn over to his back but I had to grab him because he still has tubes in and I really want them to last through this winter! He is singing his little bible songs all the time and his favorite these days is the B-I-B-L-E. It is so cute to hear him spell it. His other new favorites are his Corduroy book and Popsicles. He loves to eat his popsicle in the bath! Tonight he says "come on daddy get popsicle" and grabbed Josh's finger and pulled him to the kitchen. He is just talking away these days!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Weekend trip!
It feels like I just blogged about my mom's bday and now it has been a week! I am not sure where the time goes? Last week I was really busy pretending to be a single mom...Josh left Thursday morning for his mid-year meeting in Charlotte and came back Saturday night. I have to say I am so glad he only travels once a year. I couldn't imagine him being gone all the time. Friday at nap time mom, wade and I headed to Thomasville to go stay with Ashley & Zach for the night. We went by my grandparents house and spent some time with them. Wade LOVES them...it is so funny because he doesn't see them much but when he does he is so excited. He wanted "mema" to do everything with him. (not mommy or mimi) After hanging out with them we took wade to Greensboro to the Children's museum. It was pretty neat but I probably would not go there again. I really like Marbles better and it is surprisingly cheaper too! Wade had a good time playing in all the exhibits. We met Zach for dinner and then his parents came by to see Wade before he went to bed. He was wide open and showing off the entire time!! Bedtime was a nightmare because he was so excited to be at Ashley's house. He got in bed at 9pm and talked until 10pm!! Luckily he slept in until almost 9am after staying up so late. Saturday we all went to breakfast and then just hung out until lunch time. We took my grandma to get some lunch since she doesn't get out of the house much. It was a quick trip but we had a good time.
We got home Saturday afternoon and Josh got home that evening. I went out for a girls night with some of the girls I cheered with. We had not all gotten together in almost a year and it was time for sure. I just love these girls!! Wade started getting a cold on Saturday and we did not get to go to church. I hated to miss but we could not take him to the nursery coughing like he was. He didn't have a bad cold but with his Asthma he coughed pretty much all day Sunday. I just felt so bad for him. Yesterday he coughed quite a bit and it seems like the inhalers are FINALLY working today.
Wade and "Uncle Donnie" putting together Wade's new inchworm riding toy that they got Wade for Christmas. We didn't get to see them since it snowed on Christmas this year!
We got home Saturday afternoon and Josh got home that evening. I went out for a girls night with some of the girls I cheered with. We had not all gotten together in almost a year and it was time for sure. I just love these girls!! Wade started getting a cold on Saturday and we did not get to go to church. I hated to miss but we could not take him to the nursery coughing like he was. He didn't have a bad cold but with his Asthma he coughed pretty much all day Sunday. I just felt so bad for him. Yesterday he coughed quite a bit and it seems like the inhalers are FINALLY working today.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Happy Birthday Mom!
Yesterday was my mom's birthday. She had to work so we really didn't get to see her until after work but Wade wanted to take a balloon to her work. He took her a Mickey Mouse one that said "Happy Birthday." He was so cute when he walked up to her to give it to her he said "Happy Birfday Mimi!" We could only stay a minute or two because they were busy but I think she liked it.
Ashley came in town and we had a lot of fun hanging out and going to the gym and lunch yesterday. We headed over to my Papaw's house for my mom's little family party. I think she had a great time. My Aunt made a ton of homemade vegetable soup and some grilled cheese sandwiches. It was the perfect dinner for such a cold night. Here are a few pictures from the party. Of course I forgot to get one with Wade and my mom :(
Happy Birthday Mom...thank you for all that you do to help us out. We appreciate it so much and hope that you had a great birthday.
Ashley came in town and we had a lot of fun hanging out and going to the gym and lunch yesterday. We headed over to my Papaw's house for my mom's little family party. I think she had a great time. My Aunt made a ton of homemade vegetable soup and some grilled cheese sandwiches. It was the perfect dinner for such a cold night. Here are a few pictures from the party. Of course I forgot to get one with Wade and my mom :(
Happy Birthday Mom...thank you for all that you do to help us out. We appreciate it so much and hope that you had a great birthday.
Weekend Fun (a little late)
We all had a really good weekend. Josh and I had a date night to go bowling Friday and then spent the rest of the weekend with our sweet boy. I think I worked the most I ever have since Wade has been born this weekend so Josh and Wade had lots of fun boy time. I worked extra on Saturday from 4-10p then worked my normal 6p-12a on Sunday night. I didn't realize when I signed up to work MLK Holiday that it would be the Monday after working all weekend. So I also worked 5-11p on Monday too. To say the least I have been worn out yesterday morning and today!! Josh laughs because it is only 18hrs in 3 days but that is a lot for me because I usually only work 10hrs every other weekend.
This was Wade playing in the hallway the other night...he would throw one of his little men toys and chase it down the hall. He loved it and it kept him entertained for at least 20 min before bed!
Wade said some really funny things this weekend. Saturday night my mom stopped by after leaving Papaw's house and Wade was lying with his animal in our bed watching TV before going to bed. Josh was watching football in the den while Wade was resting. Anyways mom came over and was back in our room with Wade when Josh came in to talk to them. Well I guess Wade wanted some alone time with "Mimi" because he said, "Watch football Daddy" and pointed to the other room!! He is a bossy little thing!
Sunday morning I got up with Wade and Josh slept until 8am or so. When Josh got up and came into the den I said "I am really tired and may go back to bed for a few minutes." Well 10 or so minutes later I was trying to talk to Wade and he says, "go back to bed mommy!" I just died laughing because he must have heard me talking about being so tired. Oh he cracks me up. His sentences are getting so good these days. Then he looked at Josh and says "go night night daddy" we had to explain to him that although it sounded really nice we didn't think he was quite old enough to take care of himself while mommy and daddy went back to bed!!
We had really nice weather on Sunday and finally got outside for a bit. Wade looked so cute in his little basketball shorts and t-shirt. Josh and him matched so of course I had to take a few pictures. We all went for a run outside and it was great (we are running a 5K in Feb. and are trying hard to run outside at least once a week!)
Here is what the boys did when I was at work all weekend...built lots of houses, forts and made a big mess!
Wade said some really funny things this weekend. Saturday night my mom stopped by after leaving Papaw's house and Wade was lying with his animal in our bed watching TV before going to bed. Josh was watching football in the den while Wade was resting. Anyways mom came over and was back in our room with Wade when Josh came in to talk to them. Well I guess Wade wanted some alone time with "Mimi" because he said, "Watch football Daddy" and pointed to the other room!! He is a bossy little thing!
Sunday morning I got up with Wade and Josh slept until 8am or so. When Josh got up and came into the den I said "I am really tired and may go back to bed for a few minutes." Well 10 or so minutes later I was trying to talk to Wade and he says, "go back to bed mommy!" I just died laughing because he must have heard me talking about being so tired. Oh he cracks me up. His sentences are getting so good these days. Then he looked at Josh and says "go night night daddy" we had to explain to him that although it sounded really nice we didn't think he was quite old enough to take care of himself while mommy and daddy went back to bed!!
We had really nice weather on Sunday and finally got outside for a bit. Wade looked so cute in his little basketball shorts and t-shirt. Josh and him matched so of course I had to take a few pictures. We all went for a run outside and it was great (we are running a 5K in Feb. and are trying hard to run outside at least once a week!)
Here is what the boys did when I was at work all weekend...built lots of houses, forts and made a big mess!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Update
So our day did get a little better yesterday (after I wrote the other post about it!) Mom offered to keep Wade overnight since she only saw him on Tuesday this week when we went to the Lion King. So after dinner Josh and I got him ready for bed and dropped him off at mom and dad's and then headed out to go bowling with our friends. We went with five of the six couples that we do stuff with. We had a good time and laughed a lot. Mostly at me because when I was attempting to bowl the second game as I was bringing my arm back the ball dropped behind me. Graceful I know!! Hey at least everyone got a good laugh. I bowled a 117 the first game and actually tied with Josh but the second game I got somewhere around a 60 so I was going down hill quickly. We got home around 11pm and had a wonderful nights sleep. I got up to get Wade and Josh slept in until almost 10am!! What a special treat.
He met with the new guy today and it went well. We are in the process of getting pre-approved AGAIN and he meets with the loan specialist on Tuesday to figure everything out. Either way we are just ready to know something soon!!
He met with the new guy today and it went well. We are in the process of getting pre-approved AGAIN and he meets with the loan specialist on Tuesday to figure everything out. Either way we are just ready to know something soon!!
What a Mess!
If someone could describe our day yesterday it would have been best described as "a mess." Lets back up to Thursday... we were really excited that FINALLY our house plans were complete and our builder was taking them to the town of Apex so they could approve them. It has taken forever to get here but it seemed like we were finally making some progress.
Now fast forward to yesterday morning. Josh had a final meeting with the man at the bank (who we will never use again or recommend to anyone) about the loan. As of two or three weeks ago everything was great and we were approved according to him. We knew we had to put down 23,000 for closing because we were doing a construction to permanent loan. Basically this whole loan process has been a big nightmare because the house is already there just gutted. If we had just bought land without a house on it would have been much easier or if we had built in a new neighborhood. So today when Josh met with the loan person (I won't say any names because he is a friend of my dads) he tells us the only way to do the construction to perm loan is to put 47,000 down now, put 10,000 in a CD and then when the house is done put another 5,000 down for that closing. Well add it all up and that is 62,000. I am not sure about you but to me that is quite a bit of a difference of a down payment. So...it is possible that we could end of not getting the house. Josh went and talked with the guy that owns it (who has been really great during all of this) and we are trying one more person tomorrow at Wells Fargo. We are just praying if it is meant for us to have this house that it will work out and if not then so be it. The only other issue is...we already gave him 10,000 as a down payment and we are hoping he is understanding and will give it back to us if it doesn't work out. We just can't justify putting all that money down and having nothing in savings and nothing extra to put into the house. I have to say this has been a big headache and I am ready just to know something either way. We are also ready to add another member to our little family but have decided to wait until all this house mess works out. I know this will be our last baby and we want to enjoy every minute of it and not be stressed out about a silly house.
How could this sweet little kid....
I told you "a mess" is the best way to describe our day!! However I have one cute little boy and one great husband so I wouldn't have it any other way.
Now fast forward to yesterday morning. Josh had a final meeting with the man at the bank (who we will never use again or recommend to anyone) about the loan. As of two or three weeks ago everything was great and we were approved according to him. We knew we had to put down 23,000 for closing because we were doing a construction to permanent loan. Basically this whole loan process has been a big nightmare because the house is already there just gutted. If we had just bought land without a house on it would have been much easier or if we had built in a new neighborhood. So today when Josh met with the loan person (I won't say any names because he is a friend of my dads) he tells us the only way to do the construction to perm loan is to put 47,000 down now, put 10,000 in a CD and then when the house is done put another 5,000 down for that closing. Well add it all up and that is 62,000. I am not sure about you but to me that is quite a bit of a difference of a down payment. So...it is possible that we could end of not getting the house. Josh went and talked with the guy that owns it (who has been really great during all of this) and we are trying one more person tomorrow at Wells Fargo. We are just praying if it is meant for us to have this house that it will work out and if not then so be it. The only other issue is...we already gave him 10,000 as a down payment and we are hoping he is understanding and will give it back to us if it doesn't work out. We just can't justify putting all that money down and having nothing in savings and nothing extra to put into the house. I have to say this has been a big headache and I am ready just to know something either way. We are also ready to add another member to our little family but have decided to wait until all this house mess works out. I know this will be our last baby and we want to enjoy every minute of it and not be stressed out about a silly house.
How could this sweet little kid....
make a mess like this?
I told you "a mess" is the best way to describe our day!! However I have one cute little boy and one great husband so I wouldn't have it any other way.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Our Day
Thursday's are our fun but busy days. We have playgroup every Thursday from 930-1130 and I am not sure who has more fun the moms or the kids. We had six moms in our group last year and now we have added two more!! It works out great because not everyone can come each week because kids get sick or have Dr.'s appt etc but we usually have at least 4 or 5 moms there.
We met at our church today. It is huge and has an indoor play area (kind of like Chick-fil-a) but much bigger. It is wonderful because the room has tables, a bathroom and a sink. The only problem is the playground thing is big so kids Wade's age are too small. It is much better for a 2.5-3yr old. They still had fun running around though. Wade was playing with this little boy (we did not know him) and for some reason he decided to hit wade. It seems that Wade is always the one to get hit. So anyways I did not see it but wade comes running over to me crying and saying "that boy" "that boy" he cried for a good 3-4 minutes and then told me "that boy" "knocked me" (if you could have seen the mom's face...I don't think she thought wade was old enough to tell me what happened. Well she came over to make her (4 or 5 yr old) apologize and then had the audacity to blame wade. She said that wade wasn't playing the game right. Oh I am sorry that my 21 month old doesn't understand how to play the air hockey game yet...we will work on that this week right after I teach him to read!! Now remember that playgroup was being held in MY church. Had it been in someone else's church I may have caused a scene. So I swallowed my pride and said "yea he is just a little bit younger and doesn't really understand" and then just left it at that. Now it is a shame that God already knew what I wanted to tell her but I decided it was not the time or the place. I have to admit what I wanted to say was not very "Christian like."
Here is mistake #1...I told Josh this story. Well he has had it with kids picking on Wade and Wade being sensitive and crying about it. So I got home from my facial tonight (a wonderful treat thanks to groupon) and wade and Josh are talking about what he is going to do next time this happens. Wade is telling me "knock him" then he says "knock" and takes his little arm and swings it. I have very mixed feelings about this. I do not believe that teaching our 21 month old to hit back is a good thing but I don't want him to always be picked on either??? Any advice on this one is welcome!! So I told wade it wasn't nice to hit and to come get mommy when this happens just like he did today. So we will see what happens next time.
On a good note we went to the gym today (before Wade learned to knock someone back!!) and when I picked him up his was having a blast playing with some friends. He hasn't cried in a long time but normally when I pick him up he is just playing alone with toys. Not tonight; he is running around holding hands with this cute little black girl named "Winter" and they are going up and down the slide laughing with the other kids. He kept saying "one more time" and running away from me. When I finally picked him up after three more times the little girl ran up to us and said "give me a hug" so wade got down and gave his new friend a hug. I love that he is getting to the age that he is starting to play with other kids.
We met at our church today. It is huge and has an indoor play area (kind of like Chick-fil-a) but much bigger. It is wonderful because the room has tables, a bathroom and a sink. The only problem is the playground thing is big so kids Wade's age are too small. It is much better for a 2.5-3yr old. They still had fun running around though. Wade was playing with this little boy (we did not know him) and for some reason he decided to hit wade. It seems that Wade is always the one to get hit. So anyways I did not see it but wade comes running over to me crying and saying "that boy" "that boy" he cried for a good 3-4 minutes and then told me "that boy" "knocked me" (if you could have seen the mom's face...I don't think she thought wade was old enough to tell me what happened. Well she came over to make her (4 or 5 yr old) apologize and then had the audacity to blame wade. She said that wade wasn't playing the game right. Oh I am sorry that my 21 month old doesn't understand how to play the air hockey game yet...we will work on that this week right after I teach him to read!! Now remember that playgroup was being held in MY church. Had it been in someone else's church I may have caused a scene. So I swallowed my pride and said "yea he is just a little bit younger and doesn't really understand" and then just left it at that. Now it is a shame that God already knew what I wanted to tell her but I decided it was not the time or the place. I have to admit what I wanted to say was not very "Christian like."
Here is mistake #1...I told Josh this story. Well he has had it with kids picking on Wade and Wade being sensitive and crying about it. So I got home from my facial tonight (a wonderful treat thanks to groupon) and wade and Josh are talking about what he is going to do next time this happens. Wade is telling me "knock him" then he says "knock" and takes his little arm and swings it. I have very mixed feelings about this. I do not believe that teaching our 21 month old to hit back is a good thing but I don't want him to always be picked on either??? Any advice on this one is welcome!! So I told wade it wasn't nice to hit and to come get mommy when this happens just like he did today. So we will see what happens next time.
On a good note we went to the gym today (before Wade learned to knock someone back!!) and when I picked him up his was having a blast playing with some friends. He hasn't cried in a long time but normally when I pick him up he is just playing alone with toys. Not tonight; he is running around holding hands with this cute little black girl named "Winter" and they are going up and down the slide laughing with the other kids. He kept saying "one more time" and running away from me. When I finally picked him up after three more times the little girl ran up to us and said "give me a hug" so wade got down and gave his new friend a hug. I love that he is getting to the age that he is starting to play with other kids.
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