SO BIG!

Samuel had his 2 month check up today... 13 lbs even, 24 inches long. He's doing so great! He's 75-90th percentile for everything but head size. He's only 50 % (which is average) for head size which is amazing. He's the only one of my boys with a "normal" head size. Poor David's bike helmet is made for an 8 - 11 year old and he's barely 5! Anyhow, Sammy had to get 3 shots and an oral vaccine so he has been crabby this afternoon. Just an update.

Our trip...

We finally returned home today. Honey is going to be travelling a lot all over the Rio Grand Valley doing weapons training this weekend so we came back to Houston. Last night was exciting though. We went over to the Naval Air Station and played on the playground cause Honey was working late. As we were walking back to the car, I was scanning the grass for fire ant hills. It's a good thing I was too. As I looked down I saw the biggest "toy" spider I have ever seen. I jumped over it (almost stepped on the thing) and then thought, wait a minute, was that a toy?! I took the little ones back to the car and then came back for a second look. It wasn't moving so I wasn't sure. But it was furry and scary and BIG! A man and his grandson were leaving then too and I waved him over. He said, casually, "Oh yeah, that's a brown tarantula. They are common around here. That's the biggest one I've seen around here." WHAT!? (shiver) He touched it's back and it's front legs went up in the air. Dude! I almost stepped on that big hairy thing! I went to get David to come see it. Isaac came too, never one to be left behind. They both thought it was very cool. Then the man got a bunch of weeds and teased the beast, er...spider, till it grabbed on to the weeds and he started to life it up. It held on for a while but then dropped to the ground and started running past us which of course sent David running, screaming back to the van!! :) At that point I decide it was time to go. I couldn't believe it! A tarantula just out in thegrass like that and next to a playground even!! I had Nathan call the Naval groundskeeper guys and tell them they needed to mow and maybe even post signs around the playground or do SOMETHING! I know people say that they are docile but I don't care. It was way too close to a playground for me...
anyhow...all in all it was an exciting trip. hmmm...

Me Talibans...

Boys in granni's cut-off-sweats legs. Ahh, how boys entertain themselves!

playing around

Deep Breaths...

Well 5 hours and a chicken nugget meal later and the last peice of glue just fell out of David's teeth. I guess I worried too much but I seriously thought his teeth were gonna stay super glued till I could get him to a dentist! In retrospect, I really wish I had the frame of mind to have grabbed a camera in all the commotion. It looked as if his teeth had melted together! We just returned from bowling, David soaked his shirt the whole time cause he refused to swallow. I guess my hysterical comment that 'super glue could kill you if you eat it' may have had something to do with that. Oops. Daddy just left with him to see Pirates 3. I am here enjoying some quiet time with two napping little boys.
(Sigh)

Holy Elmers!

Who would have thought I would have so much to write about!?! I didn't think David could possibly top the three days of getting into my makeup last week. I would have thought he had learned his lesson about getting into mommy and daddy's things without asking. Well....
I was sitting here this morning checking my email and Honey was upstairs in the shower and Sammy was asleep in his swing and the boys were playing quietly in their little room upstairs...too quietly, but I noticed too late. Next thing I know David is standing beside me, mouth hanging open, drooling, with huge stunned eyes and says, "I got this in my mouth." In his hand was a little plastic cap that looked suspiciously like the lid to a tube of super glue...What! What?!? WHAT!?! I grabbed his hand and ran, well, I ran...his feet touched probably two or three stairs...upstairs and made him show me what it was and there on the floor lie 4 tubes of super glue. Honey, hearing all the commotion was hanging out of the tub, drenching the bathroom floor, as I drag David in to show him and by this point David is crying, I am hysterically brushing his teeth and telling him not to swallow and Honey is trying to calm me down...We were able to get most of it off the bottom teeth, though there is still some in between the gaps, but we haven't been able to get it all off the top. My sweet little boy with the perfect little gapped tooth smile now has no spaces between his teeth. I think he is more upset by my reaction than anything. HEY! It scared the daylights out of me! I am just glad he didn't glue his mouth shut! ...Wait, am I? Just Kidding....heh heh hmmmm...
Anyways...Honey worked at it and then handed me a chunk of glue with the imprint of David's teeth on it...
there are still a few spots and he still has some on the roof of his mouth. He was trying to get the bottles open with his teeth. Maybe he has learned? Poor little bear!
OH, YE GODS OF PARENTING, WHY DOEST THOU TORMENT ME?! (Honey says this is just gonna show people what horrible parents we are...)

So nice!

We are down visiting Honey this weekend. It's nice that they have moved him to Kingsville and now he's a little closer. It's still a pain driving 4-5 hours with three rowdy little dudes in the car but not as bad as it was before. Today Daddy showed us around Kingsville. Not much to see...the town looks like it needs some work. (Though I have to admit, anything is better than being in Houston somedays. In a way I am looking forward to our move in July, getting out of the big city for a while will be nice.) ANyhow, then we went to see Shrek the Third. What I got to see of it was quite funny. Isaac has a thing for movie theaters...he hates them. I had to take him out in the hallway and everytime I opened the door to come back in he would start not just crying but screaming. UGH! Good thing it only cost 3 bucks because I ended up spending a lot more than that on popcorn and drinks just to get him quiet! We spent the evening swimming in the pool. We thought about going bowling over at the Naval Station but we convinced David that he could wait till next week. It's nice to be able to spend time with Honey. The boys need it too. I am looking forward to us all being together again even though I know it will be tough. I just have this terrible fear that once he finishes school they'll figure out how great he is and decide to deploy him overseas. I don't know how we've managed to avoid that for so long but in a way sometimes it feels like our luck is gonna run out. Anyhow, we shall see.

I know I'm excessive...

But the main reason I created this site was to share pictures with my family and friends far away...so here's even more!!

This is a picture of David's "Army" birthday party!



















This is Officer Daddy doing PT with the soldiers!




David got a bike for his 5th birthday!! Isaac therefore confiscated the old trike!






When Daddy was home, he took David fishing...they caught quite a few!


And David got a Slip N Slide!!

I caved...

David Linus REALLY wanted to play with my nail polish...so I let him. And then we got out the makeup and really had some fun!!

Some fun pics!

Hmmm...

Well, that was interesting. David decided to play in my makeup. He was hiding under the kitchen table with an Avon lip plumping sample all over his cheeks. I took him in the bathroom and asked him if that was what was on his face...he said no. The sample was right on the counter, ripped open and all gone. I told him that he was in a time out on my bed for lying and also for getting into my makeup which he knew was a no-no and he had to stay there. (He and his brother just got into my perfume the day before...so he knew better.) I came back out and started to read a magazine when I had the impression that I ought to go check on him. In the 4 minutes he had been back there he had managed to open a bottle of nail polish and paint the walls, my new shorts, the bassinet (which is borrowed), the pillows, the night stand, Honey's school textbook, and the laundry basket...as well as open a jar of liquid foundation and dump it out on the carpet....
What would you do? What would Jesus do!?!
Beat him? Surely not...
So we went to call Daddy.
Then he helped me clean up the mess and he is grounded from the computer for the week and has to buy mommy more makeup with his money.
motherhood.

Monday..and rainy...

Not much happening today. Had to work on RS Enrichment for this Thursday. I am pulling it off basically by myself which I'm non too happy about, but oh well. It was pretty rainy out which meant the boys wanted to stay in. I was going to send them out to play on the slip n slide in the rain, seeing as that would save my water bill and they would still have a great time, but they weren't interested. Instead, they destroyed the living room. They have a thing for taking my stash of potential moving boxes and making themselves into "crushndushin" cars. (David's word) They put the boxes over their heads and bodies and run into each other.
Oh well. Watched Dancing With The Stars tonight...made cheese enchiladas for dinner....went to the grocery store. Exciting and romantic life I lead.

Cream Puffs...

Well, I finally got the cream puffs made for Kelly. I love cooking stuff like that. Anything with french words like pate a choux makes me feel...fancy. :) Gourmet, even! Unfortunately Kelly hasn't been home for me to take them to her. And if you are what you eat, I've eaten enough cream puffs today to be one. I am getting discouraged because I feel like I am always hungrey and I know I am not nursing sammy that much anymore. I feel like I was so svelt when I was pregnant and then right after, but now, two months post, I am feeling squishy. Ugh. I went out and bought a pair of heels to help me feel better. :) I needed them too though. Only one pair of church shoes so I needed another. I would really like to get to the gym more before we move and there's not a 24hour fitness insight. It's so hard though with little Sammy. I can't leave him there so mom has to watch him and I just hate asking her cause I don't think she feels up to it. I am sure she would but anyhow...
David had a birthday party for a friend this a.m. Isaac was invited too but I thought she was trying to be nice so I told her not to worry about it. Isaac was really sad when we dropped David off and I felt bad for not just leaving him too. He is such a sweetie and looks up to David alot. Sammy also seems to have a connection with David. David can make Sammy smile and coo and talk very easily and it seems they had that bond even when Sammy was in the womb. David would put his hand on my tummy and Sam would kick his hand. Isaac is just so little he is still learning that he is stronger than he thinks when it comes to loving the baby. I am missing Honey really bad this week. We just spent 2 weeks together and it's always hard when that ends. I am ready for it all to be over. I want to be with him. It's no fun.
Anyhow, I just finished The Time Traveler's Wife. Good book. Wasn't totally into it but now that it's over I can't stop thinking about it. I think they are gonna make it into a movie. We shall see.
Anyhow, off to bed...but not before seeing Maroon 5 on SNL. :)

A new idea...for me anyhow!

I finally decided that I ought to start blogging. Maybe that way I would actually feel better about the fact that I haven't written in a journal in about 3 years! Life is pretty crazy. We are moving in the end of June. I am anxious to get away from Houston and sad at the same time. We've made so many wonderful friends here and had so many blessings, including my three tiny texans. I am glad that Honey will be able to get on with school although I know it will also involve a lot of hard work and stress. Sammy is smiling more and more everyday. Isaac is talking more and more everyday and he keeps us in stitches. David smiles and talks ALL the time! :) He is such a smart boy and I am excited for him to go to school next year so he can put that sharp brain to work! Well, I am off to make cream puffs! mmmmmm...