Weekend Fun...

Another weekend comes and goes! TJ had fun Saturday night since I was babysitting a 9 year old named Parker...he at first had a hard time sharing his favorite toys and parker was great about letting him get his way but I kept telling TJ that parker was our guest and if he didn't stop he wouldn't be allowed to play with parker and I told parker not to let TJ get his way EVERYTIME....so after about 1/2 hour TJ settled into party time with parker and the night was pretty much okay from there....we went to the grocery; TJ wanted a toy; he must have forgotten the new rule but he came away with a monster truck puzzle that he loves and no fits or screams of protest to be heard...I did also let him pick a movie; Spongebob Squarepants; To Love a Krabby Patty or something like that; we had rented it and he never wanted to bring it back because he kept watching it over and over so we just bought it! Cheaper that way! He for some reason can not get enough Spongebob right now! We did the usual laundry, cleaning up etc...I am going to be doing a consignment sale in march to get rid of the boys clothes and unused items in a quick and easy and organized way so I hung them (most of them) and now I have to make the tags for them etc...it's alot of work actually so we'll see if I do it again. Here are some pictures from Sunday morning..Jack is sooo close to crawling! He can get up on all fours and starts rocking but can't seem to get the fact that he needs to move his arms and his legs not just his legs! :-) He also is trying with all his might to pull up to a standing position; if we help him stand he will stay like that forever if you let him; he hates to be confined to the jumperoo or exersaucer...not to much else going on.....

Heaven's! Could it be?

It couldn't possibly be over a week since my last post! Not I! Queen of pictures and emails and posts! LOL! AWW but it tis!
Not to much going on in Reese land...we are handling a few personal matters at the present time which lend us to quiet days, nights and weekends at home enjoying our time together. I am in the process of literally going through every nook and craney sorting and organizing.. I have given a ton of stuff away to people that could use it and benefit from it instead of it littering my world and gathering dust. I guess you could call it a way to simplify my life. I am not one for clutter EVER and we really don't have much clutter but we have (had) a lot of stuff....just stuff...and so that stuff has found new homes with new people that will hopefully use it! I feel so much better when things are put away and organized..it's like a weight lifts off my shoulders...I still have a few more areas of the house to go through but the main utility room is done! I should have taken a before and after!
The boys are great! Jack is like the perfect baby; I thought I had a GREAT baby when I had TJ as a first baby well Jack is ten times "better".. The kid is awesome and my lord does he love his big brother...TJ can make Jack laugh just by making funny noises; you know the ones that we as adults find annoying! LOL! I plan on whipping out the camera to get some shots this weekend. Jack is trying with all his might to crawl; he'll get into position then either stick his butt way up in the air or fall to the floor and roll over; he can scoot himself backwards which is a sign that forwards is not far behind..TJ is TJ; still growing like a weed into a little boy...
I have lost 12 pounds during my first month of "serious"; the baby is growing fast and you can only say I just had a baby so long diet! We'll see how month two goes!
I hope all is well with everyone out there and look for pictures on Monday!

Happy 4th Birthday Thomas Joseph

TJ is 4 days old; first day home from the hospital

TJ is 1 year old! This was his first birthday party! Dumbo Theme

TJ is 2 years old; this is from his second birthday party! Hot Wheels Theme

TJ is 3 years old! This is from his third birthday party! Bob the Builder Theme

TJ is 4! This is just hanging around the house; his bday pictures he has his eyes covered in most of them! The "party" was a John Deere Theme

Yes it is true! My BABY is 4! Where does the time go? I remember going to the hospital to be induced; it was VERY cold and snow was covering the ground (what happened to snow?)! The pregnancy was easy, no issues, LOTS of food! Mashed potatos and gravy as well as mac n cheese were two of my favorites; odd for me since I hate gravy; never ate it before TJ and don't eat it now! They broke my water; started the pitocin and then said to me; either your baby is bald or I feel a butt! Well he wasn't bald! It was a butt! So then they gave me drugs to stop the labor and off to my emergency c section I went! TJ came into this world at 3:20 pm at 8 pounds and 19.5 inches. (don't hold me to the height). I HATED the c section but recovered "quickly" according to the doctors. TJ was a very good baby; loved to be rocked; used his swing up until very close to his first birthday; always has been a climber; was walking by 10 months...not much of a crawler; first official word CAR; go figure! Today his interests include; TRUCKS, including but not limited to Big Rigs, Car Carriers, Cement Mixers; he points them out and names them all, he loves legos, puzzles and trains. His favorite color is green; hence the new background! He is very loving and caring and can be the sweetest boy in the world! Flip side; when he is good he is great; when he is bad he is HORRIBLE! LOL! He is all of the above and more and he is MINE! (well technically "ours") LOL! As another year comes and goes I think of his upcoming years to include the start of school! Lord the tears will flow then! So I end this with a thanks to god for giving me a happy, healthy, loving boy that we call Thomas Joseph!

A Night In the Life Of US:

Last night the boys and I had a grand ole timewhile daddy was asleep (not sure how he slept through all of our noise)!LOL! The first couple pictures are from dinner time; a couple peoplehave commented that Jack looks different so I thought I would take anupdated picture! Then TJ decides to "rock out" (his words) for Jack byputting on a show while Jack drinks his bottle (he loves to hold ablanket while he is "eating" (Carrie note the blanket!) Anyway; theoutfit choice was ALL TJ and this look is not allowed outside of thehome! (he found that shirt in a box in the basement; clothes for Jack'sfuture; it is a 2T I think) Then after the concert he decided to takepictures and then the two of them played dino's together on jack'stray...I don't have pictures of that....then Jack went to bed and momand TJ played legos! He LOVES legos and quite frankly so do I! I lovebuilding all the cool stuff! I made a helicopter and a truck and TJmade a ship! :-)
Mom - he played that CARS game thing again last night and he kept askingwhere his CARS movie was (it hasn't seen the light of day in months) sowe watched that (well some of it) as well.. He loves that thing now!

Hope all is well with everyone! Love US!

TJ's 4th Bday Celebration & Weekend Stuff

Hi Everyone! I so wanted to post the other day but was having issues getting into this portion of the blog. Anyway so over the weekend I did all the fun stuff like shampooing the carpet upstairs and the dining room; finally all the carpet is done and it already should be done again in the living room I'll leave it for a bit and do it all over again! I love shampooing the carpet not only does it look better it feels better like fluffier or something! It's the little things that keep me happy! LOL! This weekend is bathrooms! FUN!
This weekend we had TJ's 4th bday celebration - John Deere was the theme. He had a good time and was very well behaved. We had only a handful of kids and that was fine by me; it was kind of last minute! I used to be so organized about such affairs; the life of only 1 child! Enjoy the pictures. By the way he is covering his ears because he did not want us to sing Happy Birthday but Chuck E Cheese sings it to all the kids at the same time so he didn't have a choice and by the way Rob's mom has a picture of Rob doing the EXACT same thing because he also did not liked to get sung to! Like Father Like Son - God help me! LOL!

Half a year old....

My baby has turned half a year old! 6 months as of yesterday the 22nd...how do I reward him; well with a trip to the doctor of course! LOL! TJ came along for the first time; he is wiping the drewl (sp) off of Jack in that one picture. Anyway; he is 18 pounds 13 ounces and is 26 inches long. I always forget to ask what precentile that puts him in but the doctor said he looks great and is growing awesome! He got three shots and some oral vacination. He has to go within the next week to have his blood tested. The doc said they test at this age for anemia and now they also test for lead so that will be another poke for the little man. He handles it well; cries when he is given the shots but is done by the time we hit the "check out" window. He can sit unassisted; roll over both ways and is doing the backwards crawl now but working on going in a forwards motion so it won't be long now! He eats GREAT! LOL! Stage 2 and 3 baby foods; we also give him snacks like biter bisquits and that toast stuff. This weekend he had "real" banana and I chopped up some elbows into tiny little pieces; he pretty much just played with those but ate some. He can drink from his sippy cup but I just give him water in it for now; he still gets bottles which he pretty much holds on his own about 90% of the time. He is growing up quick! He thinks anything TJ does is so funny!

Saving lives is tough work!

As some of you know in my "spare" time I volunteer with a rescue group; All 4 the Animals Rescue (http://www.all4theanimals.com/) (Plug over) and last weekend TJ and I volunteered for the adoption event that was being held. TJ did GREAT and behaved like the little man he is and can be when he wants to be! At the end of it all this is what happened on the way home! We started out at 10 am and this was at about 4 after all was said and done!