Life Changes

We moved. We left our apartment in Atlanta and moved to a townhouse in Smyrna (less than 10 minutes away). I will miss our neighbors and location but I'm more than happy to be away from the conversation ruining train and having no yard. Super loves playing on the new stairs and there is a park and a corner store within walking distance. It was a big adjustment but we're all settling in just fine.

I will say that it's an adventure moving with a 2 year old. The last time we packed up was right after my first trimester while carrying him and I got out of a lot of work because of my pregnancy and the horrible all day sickness. It was really difficult taking Super away from the only home he's ever known. After the first day of taking out the big stuff, he started acting out and making it obvious that he knew what was up. He wasn't being really horrible but there was this one incident that left me frustrated but smiling. After all of the big items were moved, we had little things here and there in the house. One of those things was a 10lb container of rice. Super loves rice and loves containers. After doing.... something... I came back into my living room to find everything dumped out and Super pouting because I made him clean it up.

I sat down with him and we cleaned up all the rice and found the diaper he stripped off and discarded. I can't say that we didn't play in the spilled rice just a little bit since it had to go in the trash. I love seeing the world through the eyes of my son and it is pretty fun to play in a big tub/pile of rice.

Farewell our first home as a married couple. We will miss you and reminisce every time we drive by but we are moving on to bigger and better things.

Locked Out... Part 2

Don't you think I would have learned? While we were moving, the natural process of going in and out of the house is necessary and for some reason, I didn't think Super would be annoyed by all the chaos. I have a tendency to lock my keys in the car so I was extra careful to leave my keys on the counter during this early cold morning. Well, after sending Danny off with a full truck to our new place, I turned to go back inside the house.... Nope! Hunter locked me out... again. Only this time it was 30 degrees and I was in my jammies and a robe. And unlike the last time, he knew exactly what he had done. So back to the window I go, freezing, and start the knocking and gesturing process. My lovely son sat by the couch and laughed at me. Begging and pleading soon followed and when that didn't work, the threats began. Did they affect my little boy? All I got back was a bland stare and the raised eyebrows. So I put back on my nice face and finally got him to come over too me. I was back in the warm house in ten minutes so I was still very lucky but thank goodness the new house doesn't allow Super to do this anymore.

Gimme a High Five!

I couldn't get a picture of the actual slap but them both reaching back for one is adorable.

Hey, Hey, He's a Monkey

I have some bad timing. My church has several activities a week for moms and their children and lately I've been trying to get more involved since Super already knows most of these kids from Sunday meetings anyway. Well, the last 2 activities I've decided to go to, I've been the only one there! I questioned myself yesterday, thinking I had the wrong park but realized that it was just not a very pretty day yesterday and not many people were out. However, there were some children at the park so we still got to play and have a good time. There were these 2 little girls that kept Super entertained for a long time by playing on the slides with him.

Man this kid can climb. I hope the flutters of fear will eventually go away when I see him climbing up a tall ladder or attempting to follow the big kids down some crazy monkey bars. He's doing really well with it and managed to climb the "rock wall" at this park. He just never stops trying to go up.

I Heart Playdates

Life is getting back to normal, we were well enough today to actually get outside and I couldn't be happier because it's gorgeous out there! We got to go out with Jenny and Vince and although Jenny and I wanted to visit with each other, the boys had other plans in mind. We did get to chat a bit but soon we were both pulled in different directions. I did get some really cute pictures of the kids though, especially of Vince, he has the sweetest little smile that makes me want to whip out the camera and capture it.

Look at that sweet smile!

Our Little Helper

Although we weren't back to 100% health, we promised a friend that we would paint and hang her shutters for her. We had to bring along Super but he got to play and go on a walk with Linda and Grandma Sue and feed some ducks. When he got back we decided to let him "help" us for 5 minutes and he and his daddy are so cute painting together.

Miracles Freaking Happen

My phone works! I don't know how it managed but I'm not going to question it at this point! Whoo hoo!

A Small Silver Lining

So after the craziness of losing my phone, I thought I'd try and see if my old phone would work and it does! However, it's not in good condition and doesn't hold a charge well but I can still be reached. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the old one will work!

Complete and Utter Devistation (Why Mothers Should Not Nap - Part 2)

I decided to take a quiet little nap this afternoon while Super was sleeping. I did not know that he could get out of his locked bedroom but I learned better when I heard splashing and opened my eyes to see my son submerging my barely 3-month-old Blackberry into a large cup of water. I'm so angry right now! I'm not surprised that he's managed to find a way to get out but I'm shocked that he didn't wake me up before managing to completely ruin the single thing I need most to keep my life running smoothly.

I don't know how much more of this I can take. I had a great vacation but came home, my car side mirror was busted on my birthday, got sick (and my period, sarcastic yeah!), missed Trick-or-Treating, missed his birthday celebration, remained sick longer than both my men, finally get back on my feet only to have to dive back into the working grind and now this. I'm past the point of angry that I'm laughing hysterically because I can't cry anymore. My only hope is that my phone will work again when it's dried out or that I can find the cash to get another phone soon.

I'm so upset because I've lost ALL of my information and after speaking to several people to try to see if I can at least get my SIM information... well, let's just put it nicely that you have to do an extra special save on those phones or the info will just save to the phone and not the SIM card. I have exactly 2 phone numbers and they are both for people I don't call so I don't know why they were the ones saved. I JUST GOT ORGANIZED! This is ridiculous! I'm off to go sulk now in my misery and pray that tomorrow is a much better day.

Hunter aka Super Destroyer Turns 2

Unfortunately, this won't be a long blog post because on this wonderful day our whole family is sick. However, we aren't going to let that get us down as we remember the last two years together as a family. Super was born at 2:23pm, 8lbs 6oz and 21 inches long at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA to two very happy and exhausted parents. After 9 months of cranky, pregnant Sheri and 34 hours of labor, we welcomed our perfect little man into this world.

Two years later, that little man has delighted us in his growth, made us laugh daily and thoroughly challenged us to within an inch of our sanity. He is such a smart, curious, energetic and inventive person and I love seeing him be just who he is. He has learned all of his letters (he finally got Q while we were in DC), the numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10, the colors blue, green, yellow and red, how to say Thank you, Love you, NO, please and many, many more. He can identify Starbucks and knows exactly what kind of milk he wants from them, he can unload the dishwasher of the silverware and put it in the drawer, he can clean up his room and knows how to put his books away. He can instigate tickle fights, eat a full double cheeseburger from McDonald's and point out his favorite characters from SuperWHY, Sesame Street and Little Einsteins.

I can't wait to see what happens in the next 2, 5 and 10 years with him in our family. An although we're sick right now, we're still going to chow down on some cupcakes tonight and I can't wait to post the messy pictures.