This is Why I'm Constantly Cleaning!

In an effort to catch Adeline saying please on camera, I ended up catching her at her best (wink, wink)! Notice the floor behind her when she finishes with the destruction on the pantry! But....she does say please!

More Baby Business

So Adeline runs in the kitchen tonight to me and says, "Baby in the side" (or at least that's what it sounded like), so I say, "What?", "Baby inside?", "Baby outside?", " Baby with Dog?" (because she sometimes leaves the babies in the back yard) ....Then it hit me..."Baby in potty?", which got a little look of recognition on her sweet face. Here's what we found when we lifted the lid to the toilet.

Crazy Changes!

Big changes are upon our family! I will be going back to teaching 1st grade next school year. Our district cut back 8 technology positions. They took the whole group of 32 of us & cut the 8 with the fewest number of years in the district. It was a blessing in disguise for me. I've been toying with the idea of going back in the classroom for the past 2 years and had been talking with my building principals about whether or not to go back. My heart just belongs in the classroom. Seeing kids lives change, seeing happy parents, seeing growth every day. All the things we take for granted when we're teachers!
I just keep warning my family it may be stressful for a little while! I'll be like a first year teacher again. Yiy!

Countdown is on to the Big Game

The big alumni football game for Hamshire-Fannett & Hardin Jefferson is coming soon. Adam is still rocking out the workouts in our garage every night. I am also rocking out the workouts with my trainer & with gym classes, but I am going NOWHERE (I feel like the hamster on the wheel)!! The boys have had practice the past couple of Sundays and it's all getting very exciting. It makes me smile to see Adam in his element with all of this football stuff & with him coaching Baylor's soccer team. It just comes so natural to him. The big game is April 30th. I know there will be a great turn out & lots of pictures to come!

Selling Lemonade

Baylor and Trenten decided to have a lemonade stand. Poor babies would not come in all day. They worked and worked, they lowered their prices to get more people to buy (from $1.00 to 50 cents), and they even waved people down to stop! They made $3.25 all day. I think I spent more than that on lemonade and cups, but they split the money when they were done and were very happy!

A Moment of Cuteness

Adeline 18 months, Baylor 9 years

Baby Eats

I don't know how this baby ended up in this chair with her. She must've had it behind her back when I lifted her up there, but I turn around to see this. She's putting the food in the baby's mouth (smearing it on her face, actually) and saying, "Baby eat"! Then she looks at us and smiles.

Adeline's 1st Timeout

Well, it's official. Adeline has a mind of her own & she definitely knows that she is choosing to not listen to us. You can see it all over her face. She even kind of smiles. Today she wouldn't sit down at the table and I kept tellling her over and over & sitting her down. Finally I got face to face with her and very firmly said "sit down". She stuck her tongue out and blew at me!! I said that's it, time out. It took everything we had (all of us) not to laugh. She sat in time out and cried for one minute, so I assume she's old enough. She stayed there & she knew she was in trouble, so I say success! Poor thing, there will be many more to come!

Spring Soccer Has Begun

We had our first soccer practice today. Baylor was really excited. So was Adam. He decided to coach this season & already had great fans the very first practice. I overheard one mom say "I love this coach!" So, I guess it was a success. Our first game is April 9th. Pictures to come soon!

The Big High School Alumni Game

If you haven't heard, there's a big alumni football game going on in our home town. Hamshire-Fannett vs Hardin Jefferson. The boys (the old boys, ages 20-50) are suiting up in pads and playing another game! It's going to be so fun. Adam has signed up & has been getting more and more excited about it. He has changed his workout routine up a bit to include old exercises that will get him ready to play again! It's hilarious! I can't wait to be a spectator. There will be lots of pictures to post.

10!!!

We realized last night that Adeline can say ten! They must count at Mamu's house because Baylor & I were reading and the book had a counting part. We counted together "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9...", and Adeline yelled "ten! Yay!" and then started clapping for herself. It was very funny, so we practiced that a couple of more times.

Baylor's Latest

After Baylor's bone marrow biopsy last November where everything pretty much looked the same, his fabulous hematologist wanted us to check blood counts again in February. We checked his blood last week and she called us yesterday. Most everything looks like it's still holding steady. Adam and I feel like we're becoming experts at reading these blood count numbers!! We had almost the whole report figured out before his doctor called us! He will repeat the blood count test again next month and then possibly have another bone marrow biopsy in April. Holding steady is always good news! God has blessed us with all of the extremely smart doctors who are experts in their field. We are so lucky to have the doctor we have at Texas Children's!

Adeline's Blanky Is Lost

It just disappeared!! In my possession, of course, but it was not because of my usual forgetfulness. It really just disappeared. Adam dropped her off to me at school & shoved the blanket in her bag (for sure, we both remember this), then her and I walked straight into the computer lab. No one at my school found a blanket or saw a blanket. No one turned one in that had maybe fallen in the parking lot! What's up with that? Would someone really steal a baby blanket (a very EXPENSIVE baby blanket, I might add)?
Sooo, I do not have the money to replace the blanket this month & luckily the company makes much cheaper, smaller, lovey blanket sizes. Still though, I had to order it online & pay $28 extra dollars for next day shipping so it would get here tomorrow!! Out of the 2 baby boutiques here in town that sold these blankets, one is now closed & the other switched their blanket brand. Today was very frustrating! And nap & bedtime have been hard!!
That girl better be thrilled when the new blanket arrives tomorrow! oh, what we do for kids!

My Hubby Loves Me

I've said it before but I have to say it again. You can have all of your roses and fancy dinners (although I do adore them AJ). I know my husband loves me when I'm halfway to school, realize I forgot my ___(insert obvious object here like purse, laptop, lunch) and then realize that my hubby had already put it in the truck for me. I'm telling you it happens a couple of times a week!
Before you know it, it'll be kids I'm forgetting. Hopefully he'll remember to put them in the car for me too!

Playing in Nana Perky's Jewelry

This is what Nana Perky is famous for!! Adeline is just getting her first taste of playing in Nana's closet!

Cousins

Thanks to Aunt Theresa for snapping this picture of PawPaw Wilbert riding the boys around on the lawn mower.

New Words

Adeline has lots of new vocabulary from Thanksgiving to now. Her favorites are "sit down" and "eat", which she lots of times puts together to make a semi-sentence, "I sit down, I eat"!! Ha!
She tells us quite a bit to sit down. I hear her yelling at Baylor "Bayuh sit down (and then pats the floor or chair). It's very cute! She also learned to climb in this big chair with Baylor repeating over and over, "I sit down, I sit down".

Playing Together is so Cute!

Daddy snapped this shot. I love it because they are playing together.

Baylor's Birthday Month

Seriously, I mean month. It started with birthday cards in the mail. On the 11th we had his birthday dinner. Baylor loves seafood, and, in our world of fighting with him to eat EVERYTHING, I actually wish we could afford to eat seafood every day because he just eats and eats and eats! And not fried seafood, just good old healthy stuff! Of course, he always chooses seafood for his birthday dinner so we went to Pappas Seafood where Baylor ordered an adult Hudson Platter that consisted of 2 lobster, 6 scallops, and 3 bacon wrapped shrimp. He polished off every bit, not to mention the calamari appetizer. Then the following weekend we had a small family birthday party. In the meantime, more birthday cards came in the mail. He also had cupcakes at school for his class. Then this past weekend, he chose 4 friends to spend the day out in Kemah. It was a great party. We had a sitter for Adeline, so Adam & I pretty much just relaxed while the boys rode all the rides they could! And more cards came in the mail!! Thank you to everyone who came to either party bearing gifts, and, of course, all of those who sent cards in the mail!
We can't believe Baylor is 9! I keep telling him he's halfway to adulthood! We've been blessed 9 years in a row.

The cutest tickling ever!