Too Soon in my Opinion

So last night was our first PTA meeting. It was fine. Eric and I paid our dues and are now official members. It wasn't quite as catty as I thought it may be. Anyway, not the point. We were able to take the kids and they got some pizza for dinner and were to watch a movie while the meeting was going on. We get there and sit down and almost IMMEDIATELY two little girls come up to Andrew and say hi (one of them is in his class). He was excited to see them and said hi back. About 5 minutes later both little girls came back and each one sat on opposite sides of him and said hi. Getting right in his face and smiling real big. Andrew hardly knew where to turn. Two cute little ladies hanging out with him. I think it is entirely too early to be dealing with the opposite sex. I would much prefer Andrew think that girls have cooties (Mom and sister exempt of course). I had to smile at it all but I am now living in dread of the years to come when dating and kissing and crushes and all that comes into play. This is all TOO SOON people!

Happy Anniversary to Me! (Eric too I guess)

In honor of Eric and my 7th anniversary I thought I would treat you all to a show of the two of us through the years. It is funny, I think that I haven't changed much but Eric looks much older! Plus I added some baby pictures of the boys in, just so it would qualify on this blog and all! :)

College Sweethearts

Happy Wedding Day! 9-22-01

Lots of presents!

The First Cruise

Sweet Little Family

Andrew's First Cruise

Zane's First Cruise (Manzanillo Mexico)

If you couldn't guess cruises are big business for us. I have more pictures but I thought these would be the most fun. Plus most of you have seen what we look like lately. Fun to look back at how young we were!

I Love These Three!!!

I have been so tired tonight! I think it is the rain. Fall has finally arrived and I can feel it. I always start craving soups and stews and biscuits and all those types of hearty comfort foods. I was sitting on my couch tonight watching the boys play hide and seek and I just was overwhelmed with a feeling a deep satisfaction and joy.

These little people keep my life so busy and crazy but they are so much fun it definitely is worth it. Even when I have bad days with them I still know what a huge blessing they are in my life.

I thank God for every day I have with them knowing that eventually the day will come when I have to completely let them go.

Until then I will soak up every single crazy fighting filled, tantrum-throwing, snugglicious filled day and consider myself fortunate to have it!

Genetic Snaggletoothness?

So I was looking at the kids baby books today and writing down that Lucy got a new tooth in the handy tooth getting section and I got curious about how Zane and Andrew got their teeth. Lo and behold both of the boys were snaggletooths too! How did I not remember that? I guess there is some definite worth to having a baby book to help me remember these things. I mean that is the best way I have to recall all of those things that happened before the era of this blog. I also noticed that my kids cut teeth in sets, very few days in between the same tooth coming in on either side. Lucy has a corner of other tooth through already. Andrew I don't remember being so bad with teething but Zane went on a crazy spree with 6 teeth coming in in only 5 weeks. My house and sleep schedule were totally out of whack for that month. I seem to be destined to have snaggletoothed babies. It is a fortunate thing they are so darn cute!

6 :50- 6 :55

6:50- Andrew begins screaming in the back yard. I look out the window to see Andrew crying, clutching at his mouth and Phoenix looking incredibly guilty. Apparently in a fit of puppy energy Phoenix mistook Andrew's face for a play toy.

6:52- While dealing with a sobbing Andrew out in the back yard, Lucy begins screaming in the house. Apparently she crawled over by the tv and pulled the baby monitor receiver down on her head. I pick Lucy up and head outside.

6:55- Go outside with Lucy to confirm all is well with Andrew. Screaming begins from Zane while I am trying to put Lucy down to play. Andrew has been playing on the swing and Zane walked right behind him. Laid Zane out flat. Zane lays there and screams. Once up off the ground with a mouth full of sand and grit he throws up while trying to spit out the sand. Fortunately not on me.

Oh the fun adventures in the land of three kids!

Snaggletooth Sister

Lucy seems destined to be a snaggletooth sister. She is currently cutting teeth on top. But they are not the middle teeth, they are the secondary incisors. She is going to look a bit ridiculous. Kinda like when you lose your teeth in 2nd grade and are unable to eat corn for about 6 months. Lucy also seems to not have quite the pain tolerance level that the boys did. Eric and I were treated to an hour long crying jag at 2 am last night. We gave her tylenol, oragel and I nursed her. Nothing seemed to immediately help. Eric held her in her room for about an hour and then tried to put her back down. No luck. She immediately started screaming again. I had him bring her in our room and I put her on my chest and she fell asleep within about 5 minutes. She was pretty worked up though. Her little back was heaving like she had cried for an hour. (I guess since she had that would make sense though) Eric was quite disgusted that I was able to calm her down so quickly. I think the tylenol can take most of the credit. Eric moved her back to her crib later in the night and she settled right back down. I could do without another one of those nights though. They are absolutely no fun!

Sweet Zane of Mine

I was happily sitting on the couch tonight with Zane snuggled up next to my legs. Next thing I know he is out cold asleep! I guess being a 3 year old is completely exhausting for him. He has really started fighting naps and Eric and I have decided that unless he was up extremely early or seems extra crabby tired we are letting the napping thing go. Periodically he will fall asleep in the car or on the couch like tonight. He was sleeping so hard that I got to pick him up and snuggle him for a little bit. He didn't wake up for about 15 minutes and he woke up then because we were trying to get him awake. Bedtime is still important in my book. Anyway, it was fun to have a little man all to myself when he was a snuggling machine. Even if it was not by choice!