Friday, October 14, 2011

It's the little things

So we made a purchase that I had to share with you.  You may roll your eyes when I tell you what it is, but we think it rocks!  Drum roll, please....we bought a water cooler.  Michael is sure that drinking tap water is going to give us cancer (ok, he simply brought up the fact that tap water has a lot of icky stuff in it) and Graham has a Twice the Ice machine that has UV filtered water that tastes oh-so-good, so we decided to bite the bullet and buy a water cooler. 

We found one at our local Wal-Mart that was inexpensive (and when I say inexpensive, I mean in the water-cooler world).  It fit nicely next to our washer and dryer in the laundry room, right off the kitchen. 

Oh, and did I mention that it dispenses super cold OR hot water?!?  Suddenly, making a cup of hot Constant Comment tea is so quick.  No longer do I have to wait that 90 seconds to heat tap water in the microwave.  :)  You may be thinking, couldn't you make hot tea in Michael's Keurig?  Yes, I could.  But then it would taste like coffee tea and that's not a flavor that I'm a fan of. 

We are all drinking more water (which is a great thing).  In fact, in one week we've already gone through a 5 gallon bottle.  Lucas is a big fan of the water cooler.  He likes to take his cup and set it under the dispenser and say, "I do it, Mommy."  Mr. Independent.  And dont' worry, the hot water button has a lock so that he can't use it.  We can even disable the hot water altogether with the switch of a button. 

We really like our recent purchase.  Are there any items in your home that you are enjoying or just make life easier?  It really is the little things...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Carter & Hudsy

After much excitement, precious Carter & Hudson (who Lucas calls Hudsy) made their 6-week early debut!  Christen found out she had pre-eclampsia, so the doctors decided it was time for those babies to come into the world.  God was so gracious to allow everything to go well.  Hudsy was 5 pounds, 10 ounces and Carter was 5 pounds, 2 ounces.  Not bad for 6 weeks early, huh?  They both stayed in the NICU for a couple weeks and Christen had to return to the hospital too.  It has been a dramatic time, but I'm glad to report that everyone is at home together now.  I had the pleasure to go stay with them last weekend and I have to tell you, these are some handsome boys!  Sweet babies too.  I'm a very proud aunt, but there's none prouder than Chase & Christen (ok...maybe Grammy & P-Daddy)...
Precious brothers!
Nap time
Carter Bear
Hudsy
Beautiful Mommy with her boys

Fun times with Grandpa, Gigi & Aunt Stephie

Grandpa, Gigi and Aunt Stephie came to visit from Houston for Lucas' 2nd birthday! He had so much fun with them!!!  He especially liked getting a new T-ball set, bas-eht-ball hoot, and books. 
Playing with the stuffed Ty toys Memaw sent

Lucas really likes to read!
Reading Chica Chica Boom Boom with Aunt Stephie.  This book was only upstaged by the book, Where's the Poop?
Gigi was chasing Lucas but...


Grandpa saved him!

Riding the horsey Gigi brought
Where's Lucas?
Lucas loves his Grandpa!
And Grandpa loves him!
Fun with Gigi
Sharing sweet kisses with his Gigi!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Bear with me...

Hello few faithful and patient followers!  First things first...yes, I broke my New Year's Resolution to create one blog each month but let's be honest...who actually keeps New Year's Resolutions? 

I love blogs.  I enjoy reading them anyway.  I don't know if it's a lifelong case of writer's block or the fact that everytime I sit down to compile something, I feel like what I have to say isn't that important.  But then I realize that many of you are simply friends wanting to hear about life, see photos of our adorable (sorry, I'm a bit biased) son and share everyday moments.

One of the blogs I enjoy reading offered advice on creating a great blog.  She said to write like you are talking to your sister.  Well, both of my sisters are tons of fun so we talk about all sorts of things.  I think I can totally do this...so here goes:

Our Lucas turned 2 at the end of July and we partied hard!  Grandpa, Gigi and Aunt Steph came to see me as well as our very-pregnant-with-twins Aunt Chrissy.  We had a Toy Story party at the park with several highlights:  balloons, great friends, bubbles, rock-angels and (save the best for last) CUPCAKES! 
Making Rock-Angels

Lucas has really started talking and repeating most of what he hears.  Recently, we were watching a Bible video about Moses and Lucas said, "Gog ket baby Mosek sate in baskek."  Translation: God kept baby Moses safe in the basket.  It warms my heart to hear Lucas learning about God and Jesus.  He has such a sweet spirit and we are so thankful that the Lord would bless us with this precious gift! 

Lucas has really started to sing a lot!  Some of his favorite songs are If You're Happy and You Know It, Jesus Loves Me, ABCs, This Is the Day, Jesus Loves the Little Children and My God is SO Big.  He also likes sports A LOT.  He and his daddy have enjoyed great bonding over the return of college football, the Rangers and the Dallas Cowboys (although it's difficult to enjoy the Cowboys here lately).  Whatever his daddy yells, he repeats:  "Touchdown," "touchdown!" "Backwards," "backwards!" "Home Run," "home run!"  Lucas loves his daddy and likes doing what daddy does.  Golf is still #1 in Lucas' mind though.  His Grammy and P-Daddy gave him a set of clubs for his birthday and he has gotten great use out of them already.  Anything with the word "ball" in the name is a hit with my boy. 
In my new hat Uncle Skeegs & Aunt Lindsey gave me.

Lucas is starting to spell a little too.  He can spell his name, "stop," and "exit."  He likes the ABCs a lot and came name all the letters with their sounds and counts to 11.  He loves to learn!

My favorite thing, however, are the sweet hugs and kisses Lucas shares.  He is such a love.  Oh, and I really love when he laughs real hard, scrunches his nose and covers his mouth with his hands.  Too. Precious.  My heart couldn't be more full.

Ok...so now some random things I would share with my sisters:

  • Lucas and I went to a special reading time at the library this week which ends with a craft.  At our table was a mom and her two kiddos (both with beautiful blond hair).  The older child worked meticulously on their craft and I encouraged, "Great job!"and asked, "How old are you?" to which the child responds, "Four."  I replied, "Wow!  You're a big girl!"  Mom chimes in, "No, he's a boy."  Gulp...wow.  He had some of the prettiest blond hair with ringlets I have ever seen.  And, cut me some slack, it was down to his mid-back.  After apologizing and complimenting her son's lovely hair, I justified myself on the ride home by thinking, "that hair WAS really long..."
  • I guess I'm growing in wisdom because I found 4 white hairs on my head last night!  I tweezed them out and thought, "Ugh!  There's another!"  After violently trying to pull the 5th one out, I realized it was actually one of the previously mentioned white hairs that had simply fallen from the tweezers back in my hair.  Now not only do I have white hairs, but my eyes are getting bad...

Wow, after writing such a lengthy blog, I guess I can do this.  Thanks for sticking with me!  Until next time (very soon, I promise).