So Pretty

What's your high?

My long promised post to my Prince Charming!

Every night at dinner we do what we call "high/lows"; this is where each person picks the best (highest) part of their day and talks about it and also the lowest part of their day and discusses it.  We have been doing this with our family since your dad and I were married many moons ago.  Well you have recently caught onto this part of dinner and are MORE than eager to get involved.  So eager in fact ,from morning till night you are constantly asking us what our high is!  The even funnier part is when we tell you our high, you tell us .. "no, sorry your high is _________" and tell us what YOU THINK our high should be.  You haven't exactly figured out the concept of low and often get your "low" mixed up with a "high" or visa versa but its soo fun to have you interact in this family tradition.  You even  take it as far as to make us pick a "high" for Peyton girl. 

You are a very attentive big brother.  You constantly want Peyton in the same place as you.  Not that you play or interact with her much but you want her within eyes sight of you at ALL times.  Even when you go to either of your grandparents houses you often have some issues if Peyton isn't with you.  While you have, on the large scale, accepted Peyton with all your mind, body and heart we are starting to see you acting out a little bit for some extra attention.  We are taking your behavior very seriously and are committed to spending that little bit of extra time with you so hopefully your fits and outburst subside a little bit.

      

You are doing fantastic in pre-school .. they are currently doing evaluations of each student and so hopefully I will be able to update your "progress" soon.  Your teachers have informed me that you have gotten more talkative the last few weeks which is a good and bad thing.  You were so quite in the beginning its finally nice to see you involved and having fun but now comes the hard lesson of when its okay to talk and when its not.  I am afraid that for every report card of your mommy's they all had some sort of note that said something along the lines of "smart kid, talks too much" and well we all know your daddy doesn't know how to be quiet SOO I am afraid this lesson will be an up hill battle for you. 

We have been going to the indoor pool and you only sort of like swimming.  I am afraid you are just like your Nana and the temp. of a "perfect" pool is that of a hot tub.  Anything else is really unacceptable.  You like to get on my back while I swim gentle laps so I am hopeful with time you will learn to love the water as much as I and your older sister do. 

The next big thing is you started golf lessons!!  Your first lesson you did REALLY REALLY well, getting  right involved and doing what you are told.  The clubs we as tall as you so you asked Grand-daddy to buy you some clubs which he was EVER so happy to do.  So this week he presented you with your new clubs and you LOVED them.  While the lesson didn't go as well this week as it did last week, we are hopeful you will blossom as you love the "idea" of golf.  You ask every day to go.  Daddy and Grand-daddy are also eager to help you learn so it will be good time for you to spend with the boys. 



I guess its only fair that you you enjoy guy time since one of you other favorite pastimes is Mommy's pedicures.  You LOVE to go with and sit in my lap and put your toes in the warm hot water.  The girls at the nail place just love you and you get really mad if you miss a date with mommy to get our "toes wet".

You are blossoming to quickly for me to document .. if I stop to document one thing I miss three others.  For instance, I can over hear you and your sister in the bathtub now and your just told your daddy to "chill out!" ... you come up with the funniest things and the funniest times.  You are you Uncle Chris, with some Nee Nee sprinkled in.  Every now and then I see some of your Daddy, Nana or I in you but just as we suspected from your day of birth ... You are your Uncle Topher.  Example:  This afternoon Wesley went to get his socks off the couch and you were sitting right next to them, so in stead of handing them to Wesley you picked up one sock and held it above your head, just out of your brousin's reach.  You never said a word, or even looked at him as he yelled at you to give him his sock, just held it up high enough he could  not reach it.  Your natural ability to annoy and aggravate him is undoubtedly Uncle Topher.  *sigh*  Guess I shouldn't have envied my brother so much growing up!  :o)

I love you TrevorLogan, from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes.  I fall in love with you more every laugh, kiss, tear and hug.  If I didn't have you, the sun wouldn't shine nearly as bright as it does in my life.  I love you always always

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My Prince

To my Prince .. my Son:

I cannot believe how long its been since I have updated your page; however, in my defense I have been enjoying my time with you rather than writing about needing to SPEND more time with you so I think that is a big plus, lol.

You have had a lot of change in the last six months from starting preschool to becoming a big brother and you never cease to amaze me with your ability to make every transition in your  life smother than the previous one.  You have been this way from the day you were born.  You took to nursing like a champ from the hospital till you were one.  At six weeks old you were introduced to the bottle and never gave us one fit about it and switched from breast to bottle beautifully.  Your next transition was from your cradle in Mommy & Daddy's room, to your crib in your own room, which you did without a fuss (it was tons harder for me but we survived, lol).  Moving from your crib to your Big Boy Bed was another transition you made and there again, short of you sleeping on the floor RATHER than the bed for a few months, you did great there too.  Potty training was all in all a breeze for you (looking at it from the big picture).  You started school and not only started going without a hitch but have began to blossom in ways I would have never imagined.  7 weeks ago you took on your latest endeavor and became a big brother and I have never seen you take so much care with another baby.  Your truly an amazing child (and just like your Uncle Chris).

Nana says your my "easy" child which scares me a bit now with Peyton but I have every bit of faith that you will help set an amazing example for her and help her follow your wonderful lead.  You don't want to hold her too much but you are right by her side the moment she starts to cry "fixing" her by giving her the pacifier.  If this doesn't work you immediately look for me to do something because you do NOT like seeing her cry.  You double and triple check every time we get ready to leave the house that I am taking Peyton even though I have assured you a thousand times I never once forgot you and wont ever forget her either but apparently my word isn't QUITE good enough.  lol.  You love having her around, I honestly believe part of the reason for that is because you can put her into the center of attention and take focus off you but the other part is because you are TRULY proud of her.  The first couple weeks of her life you would touch her cheek and tell us "she's so beautiful" and now after hearing everyone who saw her talk about how tiny she was you look at her and brush her cheek and tell us "she's soo tiny!"  lol, its ADORABLE.

Moving onto your school progress:  You are IN LOVE with your teacher Miss Mandy.  I have never seen you so loving towards another female that ISN'T related.  Miss Mandy says she gets hugs and kisses throughout the day, which I believe because when I come to pick you up you are ALWAYS sitting in her lap while Mrs. Cowherd reads a story.  You can now pick out triangles and circles anywhere we go and you can even draw a triangle pretty good.  Your art projects are your biggest accomplishments and we have to make sure we show them to everyone, everywhere we go that week.  You are learning all sorts of different sign language still; however, since I am not great about using those skills outside of your class we don't see a lot of them but in class you use the signs very well.  You are talking in major sentences and can tell us stories about what happened at school.  You were such a late talker because of your ears that the constant chatter is LITERALLY music to all of our ears.  I personally like when you explained to your grand-daddy just exactly how "Peyton eats from mommy's boobie and then when she is done on one side she has to switch to the other!"  OMG it was so funny.

You're still extremly shy around strangers BUT we are working on it.  Your computer skills are going to surpass mine by the time you are 5!  You are a wiz at this technology stuff .. its utterly amazing to sit back and watch you on your favorite cite (pbskids.org) and see how you proficiently switch not only from which TV show games you want to play from such as Curious George (a favorite) or Clifford etc., but you also switch between the games WITHIN that cite.  You play all the games correctly and would play for HOURS if I let you.  How we went from our blowing your belly to make you laugh being all the entertainment you needed to now your love for the computer and a thirst for knowledge I am not too sure but I am 100% sure about this:

I am soo proud of the prince charming you are and will become.  I love being your mother.  Mostly .. I love you Mr. Moore - never forget that.

 

Taken December 2009

Meet The Teacher Day

Today was TrevorLogan's Meet The Teacher Day for preschool.  TLC starts school next Tuesday and he couldn't be more excited.  He has been ready for "school" since Kylie started .. after all, she gets to go to school every morning so why shouldn't he??  He was excited about going to school but he did inform me on the way there this morning (when we were practicing his teachers name) that he was "too busy at school for a teacher" and what made the statement even funnier was the seriousness of his voice.  lol.

A tiny part of me wanted him to have a hard time with all the kids and craziness of the morning's meet and greet just so it left that little window open to say maybe he is too young but my son couldn't have proved that he was more ready for this step!!  I am so proud of his willingness to jump right into this morning's activity and his willingness to be social with not only the teacher but some of the other students.  He and another boy are out numbered in their class of 11 .. 9 girls to 2 boys!!  YIKES. 

He ended the meet and greet by giving the teacher two kisses and a big hug and lots of smiles.  As he crawled back into his car seat he swiped his forehead and said "phew! I'm tired!!"  lol. 

Do they HAVE to grow up into teenagers??

Pushing the creative arts ...

When the oldest started school last week I made a new goal to set out an hour a morning to do specifically creative (arts & craftsy) type things with TLC ... I have realized while reading a couple of my favorite blogs, and visiting preschools, that I am not stimulating TLC as much as I could be. 

I have found that the moon is the limit when it comes to these youngsters and the thing you think is just a bit beyond their grasp is really the thing you need to work with them on!  Its been so much fun in just a week's time seeing how TLC has blossomed.  He went from a very hesitant finger painter to a full blown body and paint-brush painter in a matter of days!!  :o)  It seems like even these creative times has helped him in other areas as well .. just amazing. 

When we got done with play-doh and painting yesterday I wondered how he would do at the game Perfection and to my amazement he did really well with not only putting the shapes in the right spot but saying and knowing the shapes themselves.  WOW.  This morning we expanded our search for new things even further and played with our Spriagraph.  While he will need a few more mornings to master the concept, he had a GREAT time.  I am going to have to google some kids craft websites in the next few days to get some new ideas ... if you do lots of crafts with your kids maybe you could share some ideas??!!??  Or remember things from your childhood that you loved doing??

I have loved these hours the last week and while we do stuff together all day, this time is special because laundry stops, dishes remain in the sink, phones are left in the kitchen etc.  Its is 100% me and him secluded in the play/craft room.  I'd love to do more than an hour but honestly he is through with me after an hour .. attention span is zapped.  lol. 

Enjoy Life and God Bless!

You're how old??

It's been a few months my child since I wrote a post solely dedicated to you and your growings but that's probably because you and I have had to get readjusted to our new world with your sister and brother around!!  BS (big sister) and BB (big brother) came into town in June and while BS is here to stay for all the school year we only had six short weeks with BB.  While you loved having both big kids around to play with you were for sure ready for your alone time at the end of a day.  You learned and loved what it meant to actually PLAY WITH other kids rather than just playing around them.  They were both soo good to you and so loving.  You were very taken with them but didn't always know how to accept all the love and affection they wanted/want to give.  You copied EVERYTHING your BB did and still wont let BS out of your sight - even though you don't want her to do anything for you, you just want her available .. I guess in case you decide you need something.  ha ha.

You are talking like crazy now .. we all just sit back in amazement from the change in your vocabulary since March.  The surgery on your ears have done amazing things for you and minus a small bat with the flu you haven't been sick since!!  YEE-HAW. I now often find you walking around with the toy phones talking to mostly Nee-Nee and Nana telling them all the things you and Bubba the dog are up too.  You aren't AS good as talking on the real phone but you are getting there.  You really enjoy talking to Nana on the phone when you haven't gotten to see her for a few days in a row and of course that makes her day!!

Your Potty training was a success and short of a minor week of set-backs the week before your siblings came into town you have been fabulous.  You are waking up dry from naps and at night you get us up to go potty if you need to!!  FANTASTIC.  However, with that adventure under our belt it was time to face the fact that you are growing up and possibly needing a bit more stimulation than I am providing for you.

Onto the next era of your life .. PRESCHOOL.  It's harder for me to say and Nana to accept but it really should be good for you.  We have enrolled you for preschool starting in September.  You will go two days a week for three hours.  It has been a sobering realization that you are two a point where Nana, Daddy & I can't provide EVERYTHING you need but you are such a shy, introverted little fella that we really think the socialization will be good for you.  It's at an in-home day care and the teachers sounds super fun.  You enjoyed the classroom when we went to visit the teacher so here is to hoping!!  We are also hoping this teaches Mommy & Nana a little more about what we can be doing with you because I think we treat you a bit more like a baby then we mean too.  Oops!  :o)  Anyway, besides the nervous breakdown your Nana is having it was pretty much all agreed upon we should try it and see how it goes.

I am 6+ months pregnant with your little sister and I think the concept of "the baby" is not exactly there but we try to explain it the best we can.  I worry how this new bundle of joy will change our balance and our time together.  I love to watch you .. I love to be near you and I love having each other all to ourself but of course that will change for both of us.  I pray that we can make the transition for you easy and that you fit little miss Peyton into your world just as easy as you fit your BS & BB. 

I want time to slow down with you about as much as I want to speed it up to see what you become in this world.  I fear the day when my kisses (over anyone else's) wont fix the hurt and pain you feel and I am eager to see you grow up and  succeed in whatever challenges you take one.  The range of emotions I feel over you my son are far greater than anything I could have ever imaged or asked for. 

God gave me the best son of all when he gave me you!

I don't wanna ....!

That is one of my son's favorite phrases at the moment .. that along with "now what?", "ummm ... no" and "I wanna take Bubba/Dusty for a walk".  These are phrases I hear at least 10 times a day EACH and I think that is a modest number.  I find myself a bit of an odd mommy but even in the middle of a fit .. my heart skips a beat as I see the big tears roll down his cheek and my heart melts but I stand strong to my rule of no hitting the dogs with baseball bats.  lol. 

Son,
I always talk about how fast your growing up so this time I thought I'd try to share some funny stories that happened in the last month since I have gotten to start staying home with you.

Story #1:
You are in your bubble bath .. playing like you normally do and while we have potty training down to about 95% you still haven't had much experience with farting (not sure that is the most appropriate word but that is what I'm going with).  So you're standing there doing your thing when all of the sudden you farted .. a pretty good size fart for your little body and you first jumped cause it scared and then you looked down at your penise as if to say "What the heck did you just do!!!"  Then you kinda looked behind you to see if everything was okay and then you looked up to me and just shrugged and said "I dunno" and went on playing.  I was rolling in the floor with laughter because the look on your face was priceless.  Too bad daddy doesn't let me around bath tubs with a phone or camera!!!

Story #2:
Since Mommy has started staying home we have been trying to take good long walks a few times a week .. good exercise for me and Bubba and well good energy burner for you!  You LOVE holding Bubba's leash and man does he WALK you ... I think you do a slow trot the entire walk and the other day you tripped and fell and while Bubba attempted to drag you for a few feet you eventually let go of his leash.  You jumped up screaming and I was trying to check knees and elbows for blood and you grabbed my face and was screaming because you had dropped Bubba and he was now three houses down and I guess you thought he was gone forever given the size of tears you had.  It was so cute I tried not to laugh at you cause you were so serious but I couldn't help it!  We recovered Bubba and your tears tried.  Phew.

Story #3:
This one just happened tonight and you had Daddy, Me, Nana and Grand-daddy rolling on the floor.  Daddy and Mommy had gone to Nana & Grand-daddy's to set up the tent to check for holes etc. and G-daddy had gotten his hammer out to hammer down the tent pegs .. well you LOVE hammers but this is an industrial size hammer and could hurt you pretty bad if dropped or if you hit someone or something that shouldn't be hit so we hid it from you.  And I am not kidding when I say you walked around for 2+ hours looking, SEARCHING for that hammer.  Nana would tell you to check your wagon and it wouldn't be there so you'd come back and she'd tell you to look somewhere else and no matter what we tried there was no distracting you from finding that damn hammer.  You walked around that entire backyard with both hands on your hips asking "my ha-hammer?" "Daddy, where'd my ha-hammer?"  Daddy tried wagon rides around the yard to make you forget and the minute you got down from the wagon you were off to seek out the ha-hammer.  Sheesh your like a dog with a bone!  We left about 9:00 and then and only then did you give up on that blasted hammer.  Nana even tried fruit snacks to distract the mind but as you are shoveling them in your mouth you were asking about the ha-hammer.  lol.

We all love you soo very much kiddo and in the scheme of life you are doing fantastic!!  xoxo

You & Daddy 5-8-08

You & Daddy are clearly boring Wesley 5-8-08

They are too precious ...

Here are a couple of the most amazing men in my life enjoying some play time before naps today!




The second one .. TLC's little brousin was losing energy but didn't want to miss the action so he thought he take a little rest while TLC jumped and played around him.  HA HA HA

2 Years & 5 Months ..

Wow, that a journey the last 2 years and 5 months have been.  I can honestly say that I don't think I could have possibly enjoyed the last 2 years and 5 months more.  Sure there are days that I wish I spent more time with him, or got to see him more than the few hours in the evening after work but nonetheless, in the big picture I am completely satisfied with my son's life on earth so far!

Son,

I wonder if tears will ever stop coming to my eyes at the thought of you growing up, moving onward and upward to all the great things God has planned for your life.  I wonder if the steps of your growing up will hurt less as you get older.  I mean will it hurt any less on the first day of your dream job than it does right now when you have your first day of accident and diaper freedom?  Or when you find the one you love and chose to marry will it hurt me less on the day you say "I Do" then the day where you tell me you don't need my help to get your boots on?  I wish I could believe the answer to those questions would be yes, that the pain gets easier but I just can't imagine that being possible. 

I often have a collision of feelings when it comes to raising you .. JOY and HAPPINESS for all that you are doing, learning and taking on but coupled with those are SADNESS and FEAR because you are not a baby anymore but a little boy and I don't want you to get hurt yet I know how important it is to let you fall so you can learn from little mistakes.  I know parents for generations have tried to explain to their kids that your babies grow up SOO fast but its one of those facts of life that just doesn't completely sink in till you are sitting here, 2 years & 5 months later looking back and wondering where the heck time has gone.  I don't reckon I'll ever figure out how to slow down the hands of time so all I can do, in all aspects of my life, is do my best at living for TODAY and enjoying your every hug, kiss and temper tantrum to the fullest.

As far as what you are up to these days son ... well you are potty training and we are almost done with week 2 and we have the #1 down perfect but #2 is proving to be a bit challenging; however, we are NOT giving up so your little poopies better just jump on board, or off board as the case may be.  Since you've had the tubes placed in your ears your amount of talking has increased a ton.  Some of the words still aren't crystal clear but they are getting there.  You are talking in complete sentences and we are now trying to teach you about your "tone".  You tend to be VERY a bit bossy when it comes to your little Brousin and while we all agree you should have the right to ask him not to touch your Kitty stuffed animal we all believe the "SESLEY NO" like you are commanding one of the dogs is a bit harsh.  You don't seem to have a problem with it and well neither does Sesley cause he doesn't really listen anyway but still, the overall point is you could use a bit more niceness in your voice when "commanding" your brousin around.  After-all, he is going to be bigger than you in no time at all and will probably be able to whoop your butt and Nee Nee and I just would rather have peace ... lol (dream world??).  But your not all bad to Sesley you actually love him a ton and ask for him all the time when he is not around ... just so long as he isn't touching your things.  You love to help us with Wesley and you two are finally starting to learn how to actually PLAY WITH each other.  Too Cute.  :o)

Memaw is living with Nana now and you seem to really enjoy her being around.  You are very good at making sure she has juice or water at ALL times.  And I mean ALL times, even when she doesn't want juice or water she has to have it because well that is what you think she needs.  Very persistent little guy you are. 

You are still in little gym class trying your Mother and Father's patience EVERY class because you refuse to do anything in the group activity and will only do the things YOU want to do.  But let us rest assured that you are watching and soaking in all they are teaching and showing because  when we get home you turn Daddy, the sofa or your bed into all sorts of gymnastics equipment and start practicing all that we TRIED to get you to do in class.  *ugh*  This is where you are your Uncle's Nephew and NOT my son.  (lol)

I love you kiddo

Pee Pee in the Potty!

Now of course when I say sing that title, I am doing the song from Look Who's Talking when Mollie (Kristy Alley) and James (John Travolta) go to potty train Mikey.  Well my son is was just about as interested as Mikey was the first time we tried potty training him back in December of 2007 but we started again on Monday (March 31, 2008) and by golly I think we might actually get it this time!  YEAH TEAM.  We are at about a 50/50 ratio right now of accidents/to making it to the potty on time.  I figure that is pretty good for 2 days in. 

I will admit I was NOT the dirving force behind potty training my son .. it was is my mother.  While she wants him to remain a little boy forever she says she thinks he is too big for diapers.  And I agree with her 100% on both of those items but I have had the hardest time letting go of what is the last step my son has as a 'baby'.  I am having almost as much trouble with the concept of him being potty trained as I did when I stopped breast feeding him.  I am having the same anxiety about him not needing me anymore.  :o(  Which I know in my head is silly .. but my heart still hurts a little.

You are always told to enjoy every minute of everything because one day you will miss the thing you thought you'd NEVER miss.  And while I wont miss the poopy diapers per say, I will miss the tummy tickles, the songs we sing with his feet - the laughter at the powder when it goes everywhere .. silly things I know, but they will still be missed.  *sigh*

Oh well, here is to parenting and a child growing up happy and healthy! 

Happy Hump Day yawl!!

God is Great!

I know it's a bit early for a posting to my son but this is not only to my son but about my son .. and hey it's my blog so I can write about him whenever I want!

SETTING THE SCENE:  We are at the dinner table, plates loaded, glasses filled and napkins .. well the napkins were MIA at the moment but that really doesn't matter.  We get settled in our seats and reach out to each other's hands in preparation to say Grace for our food.

Me:  Son, do you want to say the blessing tonight??

TLC: Ummm, okay

Me:  Repeat after me son ... GOD IS GOOD

TLC:  (Silence)

Me: Can you say .. GOD IS GOOD

TLC:  OD IS OOD (you have to picture his eyes SQUEEZED shut and him bobbing his head with every word as if he is jamming out to the radio!)

Me:  Good boy!  Now can you say .. GOD IS GREAT

TLC: OD IS ATE (Same head bobbing going on.  And yes, I was a bad prayer because my eyes were open watching my son!  SUE ME!!!) 

Me & Daddy: Giggle

Me: Say LET US THANK HIM

TLC: LET S TANK HIM (No more bobbing but a BIG SMILE on his face)

Me: ..FOR OUR FOOD

TLC: FOR O OOD! (More smiles)

Me & Daddy:  AMEN!

TLC: I don't wanna say AMEN .. (eyes open and pouty face)

Me: C'mon, you can say it ..

TLC: AAAAAAAAAMEN (Big toothy grin!)

Me & Daddy:  READY ... BREAK!  (don't ask, old family thing started back in the day by my brother or uncle (who is the football coach), I am not sure which)

Me, Daddy & TLC: YEAH!!  *clapping hands, giving knuckes and kisses all around!*

Indeed, God Is Great! 

Have a wonderful Hump Day .. whoop whoop!