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!

New Background

In Honor of our up and coming Holiday - Which would be Valentine's Day I changed the background to a more suitable color of pinkish/rose something! LOL!

GO Jack GO!

This is just a quick post. Since I do not only use this to keep others informed but also as a type of online diary and since I suck at baby books I just wanted to make note that Jack was up on all 4's yesterday rocking back and forth! I didn't get the camera in time but will keep it handy so I can hopefully catch a picture of him! It won't be long now! LOL!