Growing up way too fast

My kids continue to remind me that that are growing up before my very eyes:( Addison started asking for a big girl bed. Chris had been in his big boy bed by now because we knew Addie was on the way... but we haven't pushed the issue with Addison. She's my sweet baby, and there was no rush! But, when she started asking, we knew it was time. We converted her crib to a toddler bed and she's had no problems! I guess we'll be shopping for big girl room furniture after Christmas...

This is the first night she slept in her bed... We checked on her around midnight and she was halfway falling out of the bed... We moved her back in, and didn't hear from her until the next morning.

For the past few nights, she has been waking up in the middle of the night. She's also been cranky... but no other symptoms... I had mommy's intuition though and took her to the doctor today eventhough at first they thought I was crazy.

Doctor~ So, has she been running a fever?
Me~ No.
Doctor~ Has she been eating and drinking o.k.?
Me~ Yeah, no real change in her appetite.
Doctor~ What other syptoms has she had?
Me~ She has woken up in the middle of the night and she's fussy.
Doctor~ So, she's fussy? And she woke up in the middle of the night?

Ha! She looked at me like I had lost it... But sure enough, she has an ear infection- poor little thing. We got antibiotics and hopefully we'll be back to a good night's sleep... in our big girl bed real soon.:)

Oh lord! I've officially become that mom!

Oh, man... I really have become that mom that I never thought I would become. I was driving down the road the other day- I had showered, had gotten all dolled up, and I looked down at my wrist and just had to die laughing... Look at my fine jewels... Give me a macaroni necklace and I'd be hot stuff... But hey, my Chrissy made it and I love it.


Oh, and then theres my car... yep- gotta love the minivan;)

Did you notice my new magnet? It's fabulous:) Chris and I are so proud~ He made the Snow Swimming Swim team and is now swimming Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings. I laugh every time I see it... Next thing ya know, I'm going to have a bumper sticker that says "My kid is on the Leesburg United Methodist Honor Roll."

I'm pretty much falling into all the mom traps that I said I would never, ever do. But ya know what? I wouldn't have it any other way.:)

Paigie K... thanks for letting me know that you read my blog. I love you soooooo much~ and yes, of course you deserve a shout out. And I'll try not to be so mommish around you. I might break out a cute outfit over Christmas and we can ride around blaring music so I can feel young for twenty minutes. I love ya babe... Holla!

Chuck-E-Cheese

Where a kid can be a kid!!! I used to hate this place... I mean despise this place... but good ole' Chuckie and I have become friends, and I think we'll be seeing a lot more of each other with these cold winter months. Chris now knows that it is "closed" on the weekends for birthday parties and that we can only go during the week during the day... It's actually never busy and has made for some great playdates!!!

Can the weather get any better?

Oh my goodness... what a beautiful fall day! I'm LOVING this weather... and so are the kids...

We decided to take advantage of the warm temperatures and headed to Trailside park with our friends... Addie had so much fun playing with the Hayes boys and her friend, Libby:)

Chris played and played with some boys he met... and was disgusting when it was time to go... His hair was covered in sweat, dirt was under his nails, he smelled like a boy...

and he did not want to leave!

Luckily, we were right around the corner from Nancy's and Nanny's, so I promised a visit to both and he cheered up and left without a fight...

While I was at Nancy's, I talked to Eddie on the phone, and found out he is a blog reader... Woo hoo:) Love ya Eddie~ these are for you:)

Weekend Getaway

Brendan and I headed down to Richmond this weekend to visit Brendan's college roommate and some of our best friends- Jon and Stacie... and the cutest little boy~ our Godson, Baby Jonathon.

We enjoyed watching the Hokies, and the kids played great with each other... We celebrated Jon's birthday and stayed up late lounging by their fire pit and playing cards... just like the good 'ole days.

The next morning, we got up and ventured out to Maymont Park. It's a beautiful park in Downtown Richmond- It's huge- we're talking like 100 acres or something like that... It has animals, Japanese gardens, history items, etc. We walked around the entire thing and loved every second of it.

I LOVE this picture... Ten years ago at Tech, I sure didn't think Jon and Brendan would be up on a Sunday morning racing their kids in a stroller and wagon... Love it!:)

The park was a great place for family pictures... too bad we weren't in matching clothes and all dolled up... I think we're skipping Christmas cards this year (Sorry, guys- If you haven't noticed, we're on the every other year plan... so next year, you might see a picture taken at this park:))

Thanks Jon and Stacie for a great weekend... Let's do it again soon:)!!!

End of an Era...

On Saturday, we got together with Chris's team to celebrate the end of the flag football season. He received a trophy and a medal and couldn't have been happier:) His team wasn't the strongest... but they really came a long way this season. It started with complete chaos... and by the end of the season, his team totally "got" flag football. They could line up and run plays without help. It wasn't always pretty... but I know that Chris could join in any flag football game with older kids and totally play... so I'll chalk this season up as a win:) Chris and Brendan are already counting down the days to the spring season... Chris will be old enough for baseball!


Can you tell we're a Hokie family... we all wore our Hokie gear since the Hokies were playing later that day... and you could tell we're in Virginia- we weren't the only family that did this... Hokie Proud:)

Sticks and Stones...

may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!!! Today, Chris came home from the gym day care and told me that two boys called him chubby:( I think it broke my heart more than it did his! I asked him what he did, and he demonstrated how he growled at them and then they left him alone. At bedtime~ (Do you see me doing the happy dance- both kids are sound asleep at 7:30... we had a super fun day with our friends at the pool:)) Chris and I were talking about the whole incident...

Mommy~ Chris what happened when the boys were calling you names?
Chris~ They said, "Chubby, Hey Chubby."
Mommy~ Well, next time that happens, make sure you tell Jayden's mommy (one of Chris's classmates Mommy works in the gym day care) and also tell me- because I will beat those boys butts. (Not really, but it made Chris laugh.) Chris, when people make fun of other people, they just aren't happy with their own life- so maybe they are sad.
Chris~ Yeah, and Mommy, I feel bad for them, they may not believe in God.

Awwwwww... how sweet is that? He says it better than I do;)

Oh- and why is Miss Addie Tay way too smart? I was reading her Go, Dog, Go before bedtime. The book has like 60 freaking pages... I made it all the way to page 40 before I tried to skip one measley page- and she caught me! Ugh- stinker!