February Facts: Day 15

So, finally, all caught up. Today wasn't too exciting of a day. Lots of work involved for Stephen and myself.

1. The pictures below just makes my day. My little girl already loves sunflowers!! She just looks at them in awe. I honestly do hope that she grows to love them when she gets older.

2. I had a little bit of the mixture left over from the cheesy chicken enchiladas last night so for lunch I whipped up some baked nachos with it, and man, it was very delicious.

3. My dad (Pop-O) came and played with Will tonight. For the first time ever, Will cried (not screaming, like pitching a fit, but real, true sad tears) when he left. He kept saying "Pop-O come back." I could tell it broke my dad's heart some too, because he kept staying a little longer hoping that it would help. He was kind of taken back since it was the first time Will did it.

4. I actually got a shower today and at a decent time on top of that...

5. Stephen and I watched One Tree Hill tonight. It's a show we've seen every episode of. But tonight as we watched it, we talked about how far-fetched the episodes are getting and how it has to be coming to an end soon. We still like it, but it's dropping on our list of favorites.

Anyways, good night to all... I'm exhausted. Seeya tomorrow!

February Facts: Day 14

Happy Belated Valentine's Day blog world! I am still playing catch-up but plan to be completely caught up by the end of the day...

Facts about our Valentine's Day:

1. We started the day at the bright and early hour of 5:55 am due to Will's early waking. We think he had a bad dream or something because he woke up SCREAMING, which is very unlike him. Nevertheless, he didn't go back to sleep and was in a HORRIBLE mood all day.

2. Julie Beth, however, decided to sleep until 8:05, for 11 hours straight I might add. Too bad our children have yet to decide to do this on the same night yet.

3. We played outside again yesterday. Will just loves playing in the backyard. We are definitely going to love our new backyard this summer, especially with all the shade. Will swang for a while, but then just walked around and played with his outside toys that he hasn't seen in a long time. Julie Beth and I sat on the bench swing, and I read while she just enjoyed taking in the scenery. Stephen also read a book he's required to read for church while he pushed Will in the swing. Will swings so long that we will pull up a chair to sit in to push him in. Lazy, I know.

4. We had three home-cooked meals yesterday... yes, three. We had biscuits (frozen kind), bacon and eggs for breakfast. We had chicken fingers and sliced potatoes for lunch. And then I made cheesy chicken enchiladas for dinner, and boy were they YUMMY. It's been a while since we had had them, and I realized why they used to be a favorite!

5. I finished Harry Potter Book 5, so I'm now onto Book 6. I really hope to finish this series soon, and then I'm taking a short reading break to get completely caught up with things around the house.

February Facts: Day 13

1. We had a "birthday bash" at our church. For those of you who don't know, our church is exploring the possibility of merging with another church close-by. This was an effort in which each table in the fellowship was decorated for a month, and you were assigned to sit at the table of your birth month. So, for example, Stephen and I sat at the May table, and Will are the September table, which thankfully was very close by so we could help with him. The point was to "force" you to talk to people you might not normally talk to.

2. Sunday night we had a local, small get-together at Mama Rie's house at with my aunt and uncle, my cousin, and her daughter. It was fun to watch Will play with Sophie and stuff.

3. I got to read some of Harry Potter... woohoo!

4. We got to play outside. Will swung. He and Stephen played basketball. We even went on a short family walk around the neighborhood.

5. I found out who bought the house next door which has been vacant since we moved in. It's a couple I went to high school with... the girl 2 years behind me, and the boy one year ahead of me. They are getting married in June. They are fixing up the house, and the boy is moving in in a few weeks, and the girl will after they get married. Still, fun having someone I know, somewhat close to my age living next door.

February Facts: Day 12

Here I am playing major catch-up, yet again. These are facts from Saturday, February 12th:

1. We are Chick-fil-A for lunch.

2. Will proved without a shadow of a doubt that he waited until now to start his terrible 2's. He pitched the BIGGEST and UGLIEST fit when Mom tried to bring him home.

3. We watched the Memphis game, which they won. This was a major need for their record and possible entrance into the tournament.

4. I did like 10 loads of laundry, no lie, and by the time we went to bed that night, everything but what was on our bodies was clean, and we crawled into bed on clean sheets.

5. Will was still with my mom Saturday morning, but Julie Beth was wide awake at 6 am, so Stephen and I dozed off and on until 9 am... as did she.

February Facts: Day 11

I will post some pictures with my true post from today. Day 11's post is a day late because yesterday was SO busy, and I got home super late so no posts. Anyways, here's 5 facts from our day yesterday:

1. Julie Beth went for her 4 month check-up. She's in a great health and is a petite little baby girl. She was 24 inches long (27%) and 13 lbs, 2 oz (27%). I am just glad her weight and height are right in balance with each other, as is the doctor. Remember those teeth I mentioned? Well, the doctor said they aren't her middle teeth, but the teeth beside them. I knew there was a big gap between them... this is where her middle teeth will go. He said it's funny if her top teeth do the same thing and no other teeth come in before the top outside middle because she will look like a baby vampire. Haha. That should be interesting.

2. I went on a brother/sister date last night with my younger brother, Jonathan. I went down to Tuscaloosa. We went and ate (at Moe's) and went to the Alabama vs Auburn gymnastics meet. Alabama spanked Auburn. Roll Tide!

3. Will had a slumber party last night. He spent the night with my mom. They however stayed at my grandmother's, Mama Rie's. Mom was asked by both my older brother and I to babysit, and of course she didn't turn down either of us, so she had Kalon (my adopted little brother), Will, Charlie (my nephew), and Julie Beth, so that's why she went to my grandmother's, for the help. Stephen went and got Julie Beth when he got off work and brought her home and put her to bed. I'm not ready to spend a full night away from Julie Beth yet, and I technically can't, since I'm still nursing.

4. I was 12:30 getting home last night. I'm not young anymore. Heck, even when I was young, I still slept all the time... even as a child. I was the first to go to sleep at slumber parties. I am one tired mama today because of my late arrival last night.

5. I didn't get to read any Harry Potter yesterday due to the hectic day. Sad, sad, sad.

February Facts: Day 10

1. Our children LOVE to nap together, especially in our arms...

2. Will LOVES to hold Julie Beth... all the time.

3. Today we had Will's Valentine's Day party at school. All those kids are so precious.

4. These two kiddos are my Valentine's...

5. Will woke up even earlier this morning. He was up and going with no cuddle time in bed at 7 am!! His school was delayed a couple hours due to the snow, and he tried to fall asleep in the car on the way to school. Crazy!

Be sure to check back for tomorrow's post... Julie Beth has her 4 month check up!

February Facts: Day 9

1. We baked 100 chocolate chip cookies for Will's school's Valentine's Day party tomorrow. 16 of which are heart-shaped for all the kids in his class. The rest are round shaped for the parents and extra for the kids.

2. I'm pretty sure Julie Beth has a second tooth breaking through. This may not count as a fact, but I'm making it!

3. We ventured over to Decatur today (even though youth program stuff got cancelled because they didn't want Stephen and me driving in the bad weather tonight), and we spent 4 hours... I repeat 4 hours cleaning the youth room. Sure, we had both kiddos with us, but they were very good! There was just so much to clean. It was soooo messy! Teenagers! :)

4. Will woke us up bright and early running at 7:30 this morning. That's made for quite a long day. Normally, on a non-school morning, he wakes up around 8 and comes and sits in bed with us while he watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse till 8:30 and then if it's a good day he'll watch an episode of Handy Manny and then we go downstairs and eat breakfast. Nope, this morning he came out of his room at 7:30 wanting to go straight downstairs. Boo.

5. It's snowing here, again. I'm sick of the snow, really. I'm ready for warm weather. I'm not ready for spring though... with spring comes all that pollen junk that messes with my sinuses bad. And I'm definitely not ready for the extreme heat of summer. I guess I just want regular, warm weather... no particular season.

Goodnight... my eyes are fighting to stay awake. Seeya tomorrow!

February Facts: Day 8

Here are yet again on time...

1. Julie Beth slept till 6 am this morning.. the child went 13 hours without nursing and slept in her crib like 11.5 hours. And she got up ate, talked for like 20 minutes if that and went right back to sleep for another 2 hours. I wish I could sleep that much again... she's my daughter!!

2. Julie Beth laughed out loud on multiple occasions today. It. melts. my. heart.

3. My championship nurser is back... and I'm so relieved.

4. Julie Beth's tooth has broken through now, and she has another one on the way. Oh joy.

5. I have about 15 loads of laundry to do... seriously. I hope to tackle some of this tomorrow.

February Facts: Day 7

So, so, so... I plan to post pictures tomorrow, just for those that come to see pictures of the kiddos. Anyways, on with the facts:

1. We are possibly in for a very long night. Julie Beth has been sickly as I mentioned on previous posts. Well, today she went to sleep around 1:30 and has only been awake about an hour since then, and it's now 8:45. She is in her room in her crib asleep. So either she's going to continue sleeping because her body needs extra rest, or she's going to wake up at 4 am and be up or something. I will definitely let you know tomorrow what happens.

2. Our house is the cleanest it's been in FOREVER. At least since Julie Beth was born. The upstairs still has a ways to go, but we conquered a lot downstairs. I can say the kitchen is completely clean. Will and Stephen did a lot. Will loves to help Stephen to do, and Stephen has the patience to let Will do it at his speed, unlike me. I am so rushed cleaning these days I end up doing it because I can do it so much faster, but I did my things (like load the dishwasher, wipe off counters and vacuum floors), and they picked up ALL Will's toys, unloaded the dishwasher, picked up trash, cleaned Will's room. Major accomplishment for all of us!

3. We did not leave the house today. Monday is the only day that Stephen is completely off work from both jobs. So we had relaxed as much as we can. The kids have taken turns being in horrible moods, but we have done what we can. He's worked in a little video gaming, and I've been reading Harry Potter book 5.

4. It is so strange feeling being 8:45 and both kids being in the bed. We are watching one of our recorded TV shows without the disturbance of a child. It's crazy!!

5. I did not cook one meal today. Mom brought fast food for lunch, and Stephen handled breakfast and dinner. It was a nice treat.

Seeya tomorrow! Pray we get sleep but that nothing's wrong with Julie Beth..

February Facts: Day 6

I am actually posting on the right day... hooray!!

1. Let's start with the fact that we went to a Super Bowl party that my Sunday School class at church hosted. It was a lot of fun! Will played with the other little boy his age. They are so cute together! And of course everyone wanted to hold Julie Beth so it made for quite the relaxing time for Stephen and me.

2. Because of said Super Bowl party, we stayed in Decatur ALL day. I tried to get Will to take a good nap. This just didn't happen. So he napped for like 30 minutes. By the time we got home and did bathtime, he had been awake for like 14.5 hours with a 30 minute nap. Now it's 10:19 at night and we still can't get him down. He's overtired. Bad, bad thing.

3. Julie Beth had an awesome night. She slept from 9:30 pm till 6:30 am in her crib, which worked our perfectly because that gave me just enough time to feed her before I had to hop in the shower. She went right back to sleep and only woke when I dressed her for church and went back to sleep on the car ride home.

4. It was a pretty day in Decatur. We let Will spend most of the afternoon outside at church while Julie Beth and Stephen and the youth watched a movie inside.

5. I am exhausted. I am practically falling asleep typing this, so I'm going to go give it another round with Will (Stephen and I have been trading off) and then hit the bed. I just pray Julie Beth sleeps good tonight... she screamed the whole way home from Decatur so she should be pretty tired!

Seeya tomorrow!!

February Facts: Day 5

This is going to catch me up so that now I can get back on track!

1. We did our normal Saturday morning Wal-Mart run this morning. We get up early (because we have kids) and eat breakfast and run to WM before everyone else gets up and out. We got Will's Valentine's for his friends at school. So exciting!!

2. Pop-O (my dad) came and played with Will today. Will loves him so much. We told him on the way home from WM that Pop-O was coming. He immediately ran to the front door when we came home and watched for him until he got here. He even made Stephen carry him out in the cold the last few minutes to watch for him and ran out to his car to greet him. He loves his playtime with Pop-O. They have so much fun. He's always sad when it's time for him to leave.

3. My LEAST favorite thing about having a baby is cutting those little fingernails. Julie Beth especially still likes to keep hers balled up into fists. It makes it extra challenging. I cut both kids fingernails today is what brought this up.

4. I am extremely tired. Julie Beth had a rough night last night as she is still sickly. I am hoping and praying for some sleep tonight.

5. We are watching the Memphis vs Gonzaga game right now. Come on Memphis! GO TIGERS!!!

February Facts: Day 4

So yesterday was Day 4 of the facts list so all of these facts pertain to yesterday:

1. We had leftover chicken casserole for lunch yesterday. We absolutely love leftovers in our house. We love lunch being decided and having something good to eat for lunch. Casserole is something we both think is actually better left over.

2. Will, Julie Beth, and I had to deliver payroll for my mom as she was out of town and had the company supervisor enlisted on another task. I enlisted the help of Mama Rie to ride along with me. She did a great job of keeping both the kids happy.

3. Julie Beth HATES the carseat, hence the reason I enlisted Mama Rie... to talk to her and sing to her and try to keep her happy. Julie Beth did good except for one little stretch. But it took us 3.5 hours so considering that, she did great!!

4. Will LOOOOOOVES riding in the car. He, like Julie Beth, hated the carseat as a baby. Now he just rides and looks out the window and points at thing and talks. I'm so glad he's such a good car rider now.

5. I finished Book 4 of Harry Potter so I will start Book 5 later. Stephen finished the series last night.

February Facts: Day 3

Goodness, I have already failed miserably at this task. I never came back last night and posted about Day 3. Oh well, I will catch up today... I promise!

1. Julie Beth did great in her crib, and she is continuing to do really well. Last night she slept from 10-4:30 and then got up to eat and slept from like 5ish till 8:30. Besides Stephen and I need her out of our room, this morning was a prime example of why she needs her own room. Will woke up at 7:30 and came to watch cartoons in our bed, and he would normally wake her up, but this morning she got to sleep until she was ready to get up.

2. Julie Beth is also kind of sickly. She has a runny nose and sounds like it's hard to breathe. Breaks my heart. She also hasn't been eating as good. I don't know if this is due to sickness or teething or if she's ready to wean herself. I would like to nurse a little longer as long as she will eat.

3. When I went to pick Will up from school yesterday, he came walking down the hall holding hands with another little boy in his class. I thought it was so sweet. He's such a friendly child. Someone the other night even commented, "He doesn't meet a stranger; does he?" He's definitely a youth minister's son and encouraged to talk to everyone.

4. Will asked to take a nap yesterday. I was floored. He's never done that!

5. I cooked dinner and dessert last night... with Stephen gone and both kids here. They were good for me. Will loves to help cook these days so that helps.

Seeya later for Day 4 Facts!

February Facts: Day 2

Okay... so yes, I am a day late posting this. I have already failed this challenge but I am going to stick with it anyways... this are all facts about yesterday.

1. Wednesdays are ALWAYS hectic. I have manager's meeting with Domino's. Plus we have to leave early for church on Wednesday nights. Last night we left especially early because we had dinner with our preacher and his family before church. I just love their little girl to death!

2. Julie Beth did great in her crib. Her first night she slept from 10 pm until 6:15 am. And then last night she slept from 10 pm until 6:45 am. Getting better... but I'm glad she seems to have adjusted well. She looks so incredibly tiny in her crib.

3. Our downstairs heat has been acting up. So we just turned it off. It was off the reading cold this morning. I gave in and called our landlord to have it checked out. They came... said we needed to change our air filter. I feel awful for calling our landlord now. Stupid me!

4. About a week and a half ago, I started reading the Harry Potter books. I am about 3/4 the way through the 4th book. I love them! Stephen does audio books since he is in his car so much delivering. He is on the 7th HP book.

5. Will went to bed without a bath tonight. It's what happens on a busy, Wednesday night. He seemed to have slept just fine.

Seeya later for Day 3!

February Facts: Day 1

So I'm going to take on a "challenge" from the blog world to post everyday for a month... some did December Dailies and January Journals, and I'm going to do February Facts. I will post 5 facts everyday during the month of February.

1. Tonight will be Julie Beth's first night in her crib in her room. Until now she's been sleeping in a bassinet in our room. I'm so sad it's come so fast for her to move into her room. But alas, it's time.

2. Julie Beth is also cutting her first tooth. It's going to break her gums any day now. I'm scared to death. Will didn't cut his first tooth till he was 9 months and I quit nursing him at 7. So I'm scared to say the least.

3. Today we ate brunch with our new preacher at Cracker Barrel. I love their biscuits and gravy. It was heavenly! And a meal without the kids, having interrupted conversation is nice.

4. It's a monsoon here in Guntersville tonight. And poor Stephen is out delivering in it. But he's gotta make the money honey!

5. Speaking of honey, the other day someone said, "Thanks honey" to Will... now honey is his favorite word... especially in reference to Julie Beth. Lovely.

And yes, there will be pictures with some of the posts! :) Just tired tonight...Seeya tomorrow!