Bloggy Randomness... Again :)

I have always prided myself on making this blog a priority. I love the fact that my kids will have pictures from their childhood with commentary from their mom. It is so, so important to me that I have stayed up in the wee hours of the night and sacrificed time doing other things just to make sure that their childhood is well documented.

But... this is such a busy season right now. Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying this phase of life immensely, but the days just fly by. I find myself bouncing between children making sure that they are all fed, clothed, diapered, hugged, kissed, held, etc. There is rarely any "free" time these days, so blogging has fallen off of my radar. I'm so busy living life that there isn't much time to document it. ;) I'm sure that I will get better one day...

For now, it's just another random things post. I hate cramming a ton of things into one post. I'd much rather have several concise posts. But, that just isn't happening. So... here goes nothing.

* It is CUH-razy hot right now. Like, melting the bottom of your flip flops to the pavement hot. Insane record breaking heat. Hotter than the surface of the sun heat.

For posterity's sake, I took a screen shot of the weather on my iPhone. This was from after lunch today, the temperatures continued to climb in the late afternoon.
That, my Friends, is ridiculous! Makes me want to move to Alaska! :)

* We are deep in the trenches of potty training here at the Casa del Carpenter. Drew has had the first portion of potty training down for months. He has remained dry at night and all day long for weeks and weeks. However, the latter portion of potty training (if you catch my drift...) is proving to be much more difficult. We spend hours and hours camped out on the commode. Last night I walked in my bathroom to find this:
Wade was letting Drew watch a Word World episode on his phone. He was holding the phone, of course, for fear that it would not be safe in the grip of our 2 year old. I started laughing at the sight of him crouched down on the floor, and he said, "Yep, I'm sitting in the splash zone." Ha ha ha! Wade can make me laugh like no one else on the planet. :)

* Clayton and Drew think that taking a bubble bath in our tub is a BIG deal. I used some Bath & Body Works Lavendar Vanilla Foam Wash the other night. When the boys turned on the jets, the bubbles grew out of control. They were in heaven!
* The men in our Sunday School class got together recently to play miniature golf. Brent went to Goodwill to by a green jacket similar to the one that the winner of the Masters gets. I'm proud to say that my man snagged the snot green mothball smelling jacket! Way to bring home the gold, Babe! It was so hideous!

The deal was that the winner had to wear the jacket to church the next morning. Wade was a good sport and wore the lovely jacket proudly. He even made it worse by pairing it with a blue shirt and pink tie. It was quite the ensemble!
* Contrary to popular belief, Owen does occasionally fall asleep unswaddled. (I know. It's just wrong!) He sleeps well unswaddled, just not for the long stretches that we are used to. So... he shall remain tightly bound in his Miracle Blanket. Ha!
* Owen is getting so big! I am trying to get one more wear out of all of his adorable newborn clothes.

I am going to go into the full blown ugly cry when I have to pack up/give away all of those adorable teeny tiny outfits. :(

* I remember Clayton going through a phase of lining things up into a straight line when he was right around Drew's age. In fact, I blogged about it here. I remember asking multiple other friends if that was normal behavior. Ha! Well, my Drew is now doing the same thing! I found him with all of his Rescue Heroes lined up yesterday. Doesn't he look so happy with himself? Cute little thing...

* A few days ago I was listening to my iPod while I fed Owen. I was listening to one of my very favorite songs, "What Do I Know of Holy" by Addison Road. I was in full blown worship mode singing along to the chorus. "What do I know? What do I know of holy?"

Drew walked up to me with a puzzled look and said, "Mom, you sing Holey Moley?"
Needless to say the moment of worship was over. Ha!

* Last week, I laid Owen on the couch and turned my back for literally a second. When I turned back around, Drew had put his Bob the Builder hat on his baby brother.
Poor O. He just doesn't know what he is in for with his 2 crazy big brothers!

* I put Owen in Clayton's bed while we said our prayers the other night. Drew, of course, wanted to snuggle in too. They looked so sweet all huddled together. :)

Hope that you are all having a great week! Try to stay cool!

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Six Flags Fun Day

Clayton's little school offered a reading incentive program this Spring that resulted in the kids earning a ticket to Six Flags if that read 6 hours of recreational books. That was certainly an incentive for our boy! He filled in his reading log pretty quickly. He and Wade decided to use his ticket last Friday for a day of Father/Son Six Flags fun. From what I hear, they had a ball! :)

We didn't go to Six Flags last summer, so Clayton was 4 the last time that we went. That was when he rode the Shock Wave 5 times in a row. He is now over the 48 inch mark, so he could ride almost everything. As his mother, that made me a nervous wreck!

They were there as soon as the park opened and went straight for the Texas Giant - no surprise there! Wade said that Clayton looked terrified the entire time, but he stands firm in his opinion that it was his favorite ride of the day. Ha! Next they got in line for the Titan...

Apparently, that is where my 6 year old daredevil met his match. They waited in line, but Clayton decided at the last minute that he didn't want to ride it. I was surprised, but glad to hear that there was at least one ride that he was afraid to ride. Gotta have something to conquer next year, right?

Wade told me one other gem of a story that is so classic Clayton...

They got to the entrance of the park about 20 minutes before it opened. The line continued to form behind them of people waiting to get into the park. When they finally started letting people in, Wade let Clayton go through the metal detector first. C walked through and the alarm went off. The lady told him to go back through, it alarmed again. She had him try again, and the alarm sounded again. Finally, she said, "Do you have anything in your pockets?" Wade was about to answer, "No." for him when Clayton started unloading all sorts of treasures from his pockets. Unbeknownst to Wade, he had packed an assortment of things in his pockets including an old cell phone that no longer works and a calculator. Can't you just see the embarrassment on Wade's face as Clayton unloaded a bunch of junk while a line full of onlookers waiting to get into the park watched???? I laughed and laughed when Wade told me the story! A cell phone and calculator - that is so Clayton. Crazy boy. ;)

I was glad to hear that they had a fun time. Things like that make me so excited for our future with 3 boys. I have a feeling that there will be many an amusement park in our future!

The Happiest Baby on the Block

Owen's Diaper Shower

Wade & I get the privilege of weekly fellowship and Bible study with an amazing Sunday school class. The friendships that we have formed with our buddies in B35 have been some of the sweetest bonds of our adult lives. I truly cannot imagine our lives without our church family. They are all so precious to me!

Our department has grown a TON since we joined 3 years ago. When we first started visiting, there were probably 10 or so couples that came on any given Sunday. Last Sunday, however, there were 62 people in our class! God has been so good to add to our numbers.

Speaking of adding to our numbers... Our class has done a great job of keeping the nursery full as well. :) If my count is correct, in 2011 8 couples in our class have had or will have babies. I think that our class does a fabulous job of celebrating each baby and supporting the parents as they add a little one to their families. Wade & I have been completely overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of our church pals. They have done so much to celebrate Owen and to minister to us as his parents as well. The MANY meals, cards, gifts, prayers, and visits have touched us both so deeply.

This past Saturday, B35 honored Baby Owen with a diaper shower/sip n see. We had brunch at Mimi's Cafe and everything was just perfect! I loved every minute of our morning together. :)

Owen & I before the shower. He is such a good baby!

I love all of these sweet ladies! They bless me so much!

Owen's personalized frog bank from Abs

My friend Amy made Owen a diaper cake

Isn't Cammi the cutest girl? I loved watching her love on my O.

My friend Somer was really sweet with him, too.

Holly & Abbey with Owen



We have diapers and wipes to last for months. What a HUGE blessing!

We love you, B35ers! Thank you for all that you have done for our family!

King me!

I'm teaching Clayton the art of checkers tonight. :-) I'm red and it's my turn.

He has me blocked in both ways! I lose!

I'm trying to decide what sounds less pathetic... Option A: Lying and saying that I let him win. Or Option B: Admitting defeat to a 6 year old.

I think I better try my hand at Uno. Ha!

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