Funny Samson

So, as I was sitting here working on my moms group stuff online (a.k.a. messing around online), Sam was entertaining himself very well on the other side of our bed. Umm yah, the OTHER side is the key there... I couldn't see him. I finally decided to check to see why he was having so much fun over there! He had pulled down a box of tissues and pulled out a ton of them... what a fun little activity for a curious baby. He was covered in a blanket of white. Oh well at least he was entertained for a few minutes and at least he wasn't playing with the contents of the trashcan!

After I moved his entertainment to a place he can not yet reach (he's getting tall...this is getting harder to do), he came to join me on my side of the bed. He then did his usual things- grabbed daddy's glasses, I took them away, played with the pen holder.... THEN he wanted a drink and got a HUGE surprise! He pulled a big cup of water onto his head! hahahahaha He immediately turned to me with a drowned rat look of shock on his face. He was pretty soaked and I had to just laugh and laugh.

Being a stay at home mom is entertaining!

Washing away the sickness

I think that my husband will be the only one who truly appreciates the humor in my title of this post! ;-)

Cliff and Sam are FINALLY better! YEAH Praise God! It was a rough several days for the two of them but I'm so glad that they are both on the mend. Sam had a rough day at 'work' today but he's napping peacefully now.

I really have nothing clever to say.... I felt like I was on a good roll there for a few days but today I feel like there is a heavy door in the way of my thoughts making it through to my hands. Oh well! Hopefully I'll come up with something good soon :)

By the way, I'd love to get a feel for who is reading my blog and if I even have any followers!! Say hello everyone :)

The Sick House

Yucky... get me out of this sick house! Sam has a fever and Cliff has been very nauseous. I asked him if he was pregnant but he assured me that he is not.

I was supposed to get a day to myself this weekend while Cliff took Sam to see grandma but it looks like that isn't going to happen. Oh well! Maybe I'll get away for a few hours regardless. Any suggestions for fun things to do if the boys are well enough for my escape?

I watched Marley and Me yesterday. Sam saw a little bit of the end of the movie after his nap and everytime he saw that dog he would say 'woof'. It's pretty adorable! At the end of the movie I think Sam wondered what was wrong with me. I was bawling... I hate it when movies make me cry. You are just freakin' heartless if you don't cry during this movie- they were out to get you when they created it! (Jenn, I don't recommend you watching it. You would probably be a faucet for hours.)

I need to get motivated to start exercising regularly again. It doesn't help that I weighed myself this morning and was very pleased with what I saw. Who knew you can do NOTHING and still lose weight?! haha... I know that won't last so I need to get to walking or biking.

I know this is a random post and not that much fun. Hopefully I'll come up with something interesting to share in the near future! Happy Friday!!!

Easter weekend

Well, we had a GREAT Easter weekend here in Little Rock! Friday, Sam and I went to Stations of the Cross at our church. It was put on by the youth and good for the most part... Sam kept wanting to steal the cell phone of a girl sitting next to us. He did very well until his paci flew out of view on the floor under the pews... then the talking began! I had to take him out because he wouldn't stop talking and I figured that when Jesus was dying on the cross I should not have Sam in church yelling out "da da, baba, wooooow, uhhhh, yeaow...". He likes to yell out his admiration for everything right now! That evening was spent eating my homemade pizza (YUM) and just relaxing with Cliff! It was perfect!!

Saturday I did some cleaning and we went to throw the frisbee around late in the afternoon. We had a really good time! We haven't done that since we lived next door to Dave and Jenn in Fayetteville. (miss you guys :( ) Sam really enjoyed running around in the grass. He was really thrown off guard when we took off his shoes and let the grass crunch under his feet. The surprised looks on his face were priceless! (too bad I forgot the camera, as always)

Sunday we woke up to RAIN RAIN RAIN and cold. YUCK! We planned on going to church at 8am but when Sam woke up for the day at 5:30, I knew I would need a nap before church if I wanted to be functional for the remainder of the day. SO, we went to church at 10:30 (also know as NAPTIME). It was pouring rain by the time we arrived at church and we had to park pretty far away. I definitely should have skipped the drying and curling of my hair. The work was gone in seconds. Sam did ok but it was probably the most difficult he has been at church... ever. Of course the church was packed so we got one of the last seats left and that happened to be in the cry room. It worked out but I wish we could have arrived earlier to get a better seat! Lesson learned!!!

We didn't do anything huge for Easter- I got Sam some bubbles. He had a great time stealing the bubble wands and teething on them. I guess that soap is tasty?!? I also enjoyed making dinner and dessert. Especially dessert- fresh strawberry pie! It was delicious. Very much worth the wait of Lent.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! I am thankful that our weekend was filled with family, fun and thanking God for his Son!

The Feeling of Loss

I know that death is a part of living.

But, it sucks...

Sickness sucks too.

I found out this morning that my brother in law's younger brother has the big 'C'. He's younger than me. It's hard to believe how much cancer has played a roll in my life up to now. I've known many people that have been diagnosed and a few who have been cured. Everytime I hear of someone else, it makes me realize (even more) how lucky I am to have a husband and son who are healthy and happy and here with me. I know we mourn for these victims but would they want us to mourn??? I feel like they would want us to remember them and pray for them but not be sad all of the time. They want us to keep going... keep enjoying ourselves. They want us to remember the happy times, not the sickness and suffering.

I pray that I can keep those who have left us in my mind and heart every day. I want those people to still be a part of my day but not in a sad way. I want Sam to know.

Also, it is a GOOD Friday.

(happy post promised next time)

Sweet boy

So really, Sam is a sweetie. Today he woke up from a nap very, very cranky so I cuddled with him, gave him a snack and did everything I could to make him feel better. He was acting very tired so I laid him back down. About 45 mins later he wanted to get up so I got him and was giving him some milk. He stopped drinking from his sippy cup and turned around, stood up on my lap and started planting really wet sloppy kisses on my cheeks, over and over again! It was so stinkin' cute. I kissed him back and he giggled and giggled. It's moments like this that make me think that I am doing an ok job with him.

Diaper change needed

Ok, playgroups are a fun thing that I attend frequently. It really is a blast to get out and let the kids entertain themselves while the moms *drink* I mean, socialize. (We really only drink when the kids are not present on MNO's... I promise) SO, today I was running on 'mom time' so most people were already present when I arrived. I was chatting it up with a few people, when I could definitely smell something. Yes, this is gross but everyone does it... you know... the p**p. So, I, being the nice wonderful socially correct mother that I am, check my kid because who wants to have the kid that stinks the room up. I notice a few other good friends checking out their kids to make sure it isn't theirs... normally we just call for a p**p check but there were a few newer members there so we didn't want to embarrass anyone (or let them know how we really are... hahahahaha). So, I kind of forgot about it and didn't think much of it the rest of the time. Then when most of the moms and kids have departed, a few of us were left chatting and someone brought up the incident. Yes, one of these moms saw someone realize that it was HER child with the p**py diaper and DID NOTHING about it!!!!! AHHHHH!!!! Yes, I understand that we are such an interesting group of people that you wouldn't want to leave for just a second to get your child out of his/her filth but DO IT ANYWAY! Ok, maybe she didn't have a diaper... well when you have at least 15 kids of all ages present, I'm sure someone would spot you a diaper in the correct brand/size. That's why we are all part of this group- to help each other out. Lend a diaper, food, milk (not that kind, silly). So, needless to say, the hostess of the group went to disinfect the crap out of her playroom when we all left. YUCKY!

Any gross stories that you would like to share??

Typical Toddler Destruction

A typical day in mommyhood. Sam is quite the active little guy. He is not one to just sit around and do nothing. He doesn't watch tv so he is really never just sitting down doing any 1 thing for more than a few minutes (moments, maybe).

He is quite a fan of his drum and I think he may be showing some promise! Cliff played the drums in junior high/high school band... maybe Sam wants to do the same?!?

By the way, check out that horrible hair... Sam has really pretty blonde hair as you can see, but when he wakes up after a rough night of sleep it is normally a mess for the rest of the day. Ugg!

Whoops for not rotating this picture. Sam was being awfully quite one afternoon so I had to go see what he was up to (I believe I was washing dishes). He was in the middle of cat torture. TJ enjoys sleeping on the rocking chair... Sam enjoys waking him up by violently rocking the chair back and forth. Sam was so sweet to bring TJ his blanket first...doesn't that make everything better??? I love the GUILTY but PROUD look on Sam's face here.

And the next activity of Sam's choice, emptying his bottom dresser drawer!!! He loves to take everything out and put it back (not exactly in the same condition, unfortunately, we need to work on blanket folding). This activity did keep him happy for a long period of time so it's worth it to me :)

Those are just a few fun things that go on around here on a typical week day when mommy is in charge. Yeah!

I've finally joined the blogging world

I'm not a stranger to blogs, I actually really love them. I just sometimes don't feel that my life is interesting enough to share to the masses but I will attempt to do so anyway.

This is me trying to get my son Sam to laugh. I am a stay at home mom. I love to read, catch up with the friends I have all over the US, hang out with my husband, play with my baby, avoid doing housework, plan playdates, play on Facebook, and on and on. I'm sure you'll learn a lot more about me in the coming weeks (months, years??).

This is Cliff, my husband. He is a Mechanical Engineer and works designing huge mowers right now. He loves anything and everything to do with being a man. Cars, guns, camping, coming up with crazy ideas. He does read quite often also (one good hobby at least). He's also known as the provider of $$. Hey, someone has to do it!









And last, but CERTAINLY not least is our son, Samson. We call him Sam (we don't want to intimidate the other babies). He often has his big fat cheeks full just like this. He loves to eat and is very blessed to have cheeks to store stuff in for later. Sam enjoys eating, napping, torturing the cat, playing hide-n-seek, sliding on the big boy slides, watching the kitchenaid mixer work its magic, 'reading' books, playing fetch.... the list could go on and on.




Our new life in Little Rock has been good so far! We enjoy the hills and beauty of the area but don't enjoy the random shootings. Ehh...such is life in a big city. I will introduce TJ soon... there is a story behind why our blog is "TJ's house of funk". Stay tuned!! I also hope to upload more pictures of our fun Friday tomorrow when I can rescue our camera from Sam's room.