Dinglehopper

At this point in his life Dane has never seen a comb or a hairbrush in action. I usually get ready for the day when he is napping in order to keep him out of the toilet and as you can see he has no use for a brush or even a comb. I had set out a baby comb on the counter because I was going to try and make his little fuzz stand up (it didn't work by the way). Poor little guy not knowing any difference picked up the comb and attempted to brush his teeth with it. I had the privilege of introducing him to a comb and showing him the correct usage. It didn't take him long and he realized the difference. He is a smart one. At least now he won't get caught "using a dinglehopper" so to speak on his hair--I mean teeth.

Happy Thanksgiving!

*sorry for the duplicate blogger wont let me select or delete pictures right now

What a day to be thankful for.

I am thankful for a God that is soveriegn and in control.

I am thankful for a husband who is amazing

I am thankful he is here with us today.

I am thankful for a beautiful little boy.

I am thankful for Spice Apple and Pear Pie

I am thankful for family.

I am thankful for our church family.

I am thankful that I know Christ.

I am thankful for a freedom.

I am thankful we can freely worship Christ.

This thanksgiving I am extra thankful for all the little things we have seen God do in our lives in the past few months.

Magic Baby

It seems every time we get in the car or go in a store this song is playing. It always leaves us giggling and wondering what exactly is "a little magic baby"? Could it be like whoops and now as a result we have made a little magic baby (I wish it was that easy-though not everyone does). I am usually picturing a little baby with a magic wand preforming tricks. You know 'a little magic baby' pulling rabbits out of hats.

Or could it be 'a little Magic baby' that is really good at basketball? All you have to do is buy this outfit and you can make your very own ' little Magic baby'.

I will save you the trouble of listening to the whole song, start listening at minute 2:40 to hear Keith Urban sing about 'a little magic baby'. And just ponder what exactly is 'a little magic baby'?

Race

the pictures are in reverse order. after the race is first and the before the race is last in the line-up.

I had coffee tonight and now I'm not tired. Andy has really gotten into running lately. I am so proud of him and all the work he has put into it and he actually finally can say he loves it. He has really gotten in shape too and I think he looks good if I do say so myself! Here is a little movie I put together of the Living History Farms Race. I think it would be a fun one to run myself. I have always liked the obstacle course type stuff. They had to cross the creek something like 9 times and climb muddy hills. The only part I am not sure of is being cold, the rest of it sound like a blast. Maybe next year if I can get the ambition to actually train for a race. I know I could do it the question is do I want to do it? The training not the race.

*don't try to find Andy in this video, because he's not. I was juggling fussy baby and decided to watch him in real time instead of through a little screen.

Daddy

It was so hard to get a video of him saying 'daddy', ironic because he says it all. the.time. I am not even kidding. I love how this little guy says Da Dee so very enunciated. Every time we walk by a picture of Daddy, which we have a ton of them up right now because we were all prepared for daddy being gone for a long time. So glad we get to see him every night, instead. I love how he loves his DA DEE so very much and it is ok with me that he doesn't even say mommy on a regular basis yet. I just love to hear his little voice trying out new words and what better one that Da Dee.

Of course for the video there has to be lots of prompting and they never say it quite as clear as usual but there you go. The other sweet thing he has been doing is talking on the phone. He calls it a 'hi,yah' every time he sees my phone he points and says 'yah', usually followed with a 'hidad' I guess that must be what I sound like when I am on the phone.

Last night we had a poop disaster. We were very quickly trying to clean up after dinner so we could run an errand. We look into the dining room as a one of the chairs is taking off around the corner. I notice a huge pile of mud. What in the world?! Did Andy track in mud when he took the dog out? Wait he doesn't even have shoes on. It must be... no way... how in the world could it have.... could that really be...what we think it is? Then we realize as the guilty party is pointing at the large pile of 'mud' tracked across the floor (yeah he stepped in it). We just stared at the pile and busted out laughing what else can you do we were stunned into laughter. What a sick mess. He was even wearing a one piece romper thing and it was hardly soiled.

Changes

Alas, Andy has started his new job today. A man's got to work, and I am glad he has that desire. Ok, I am actually really excited for him! It just means my day got a little more boring. I am not complaining at all. It is crazy to think we had a month and a half of uninterrupted time together. How often does a gift like that just happen? It has been fun having him home and getting things done around the house thinking we were going to be moving this spring. With the start of this new job it feels like we can move on from all the upheaval of the past month. We are truly praising God for taking care of us through all the decisions of the past year. I only wish I was a better writer so I could more accurately express the feelings and thoughts floating around in my head.

I wish I would have gotten a picture of him looking so sharp in his new suit this morning. And it is even more exciting thinking of him working bankers hours. Now off to find out what days qualify as bank holidays :o) Oh, yeah and clean the house- I have really fell off the band wagon on that since I was trying to spend every last minute with my man.

While the cat's away the mice will....

I was gone last week. Andy was also supposed to be gone at basic training last week. I thought the whole time I was gone he was working on getting a new job and preparing for a new job, and hanging out with friends. I was wrong he was doing a whole lot more. On my drive home he mentioned there was a surprise waiting for me. But wouldn't tell me anything else. Well there are many things that could be a surprise, like flowers or a clean house or just about anything. I didn't think much more of it with a 4 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old in the back seat there wasn't much time to ponder it. Well we got home, walked in the door and my keen eye for detail spotted something out of place. The shoe shelf that is normally in our closet was in the basement. Whaaat is going on? He wouldn't answer any of my questions. I went straight up to our room to see what was in the place of that shoe shelf and was absolutely amazed that our closet had been made over! I have been wanting to do this ever since we fixed up the nursery closet. See this post. These old houses come with some fun and interesting aspects but very little closets. This one had the standard rod and and shelves on the side that you could barely reach. And yes we do share it and neither of us store things in another closet, well we do switch out seasonal stuff that is in storage. Hooray for such an awesome and thoughtful husband!! I was completely shocked and surprised! Thanks honey for working so hard!