Count Your Blessings

I just wanted to say that I'm thankful for so many things. I'm thankful for my husband who loves me more and more each day and whom I love with every breath I breathe and every beat of my heart. I am thankful for my amazing child. Even though he pushes my patience to no end sometimes, he is truly a blessing to us and I cannot even begin to imagine life without him. I am thankful for wonderful family and friends that have been there no matter what through thick and thin and have supported us with all of their hearts. Anyway, I just felt the need to express what I'm thankful for. It definitely helps remind you once you see it written down.

A New Haircut

So we took Adam to get his hair cut today. We figured with it being like the upteenth haircut he has gotten that things would go smoothly. Yeah well we thought WRONG!!!! He was edgy the whole time the woman was cutting his hair. Poor woman, she was trying her best to be as fast as she could be without cutting or stabbing him. This was him a couple of hours after we got back home. He crawled up into the recliner, laid over, and went to sleep with his cup in his hand. It was so precious that I couldn't resist snapping a photo of him asleep this way.

Random Pictures

This one was taken a while back when we lived in our other home.

Our nephews(Bryson, left and Jacob, right) with Adam in the middle.

Adam sportin Daddy's hat.

Wes took this picture of us yesterday.

Cups with Straws

While we were at Walmart today, I picked up the 4-pack of cups with straws in the toddler section. We got the ones with Mickey Mouse on them. Naturally, Adam was excited because it had Mickey Mouse on the side of the cup. When we got back home, I took one out and filled it with lemonade and gave it to him. He took it and immediately started drinking from it. I was so thrilled because now he can use those instead of using the sippy cups all the time.

OAN..I just wanted to say thank you to Allyson for pointing them out for me. I had seen them before, but it didn't register in my brain until you spoke about them in your blog. So thanks a lot girl! :)

Copycat

Well Adam is now in the stage of copying everything we do and say. Last night, I was saying something and using my hands to illustrate my point and he was standing next to me doing the same thing I was doing. It was so cute! I can also tell more development in his speech. He is learning so much and I'm so proud of him! It makes me smile just to think about how big he has gotten and how much he is learning every day. Okay well I just wanted to brag for lil bit. I'll write more later!

A Lot Better!

Well we took the band-aid off Adam's head today and it looked so much better. It's still healing, but it doesn't look as bad as it did yesterday. I am so impressed with how quickly he heals. I don't think it's really bothering him anymore, because he hasn't touched it or held his head like it's hurting. He was really whiney yesterday after it happened, but he really hasn't been today, but then again that could be because my inlaws are here and he loves playing with his papa.

Using a Straw

For some time now, we have tried to get Adam to suck out of a straw when he is drinking something and he would always refuse or act like he didn't know how to. Well the other day, I purchased a sippy cup with a built in straw, brought it home, and put some lemonade in it for him. I handed it to him and told him that was all he had to drink out of. Well, he suddenly figured out that he DID know how to drink from a straw. I was so happy for him because he figured it out all on his own and he is doing really well with it. From now on, when we go to a restaurant I think I'm just going to get them to bring me a kid's cup with a straw instead of having them fill up his sippy cup.

Shook Up Nerves

Today my nerves were totally tore up by Adam. He followed me into our bedroom because I needed to straighten up and make the bed. Well, he proceeded to go around to the far side of the bed and there isn't much room between the bed and the wall on that side. When he rounded the corner, he got caught, fell, and cut his forehead on the air vent. It didn't make a deep enough cut to involve the hospital or stitches, but it definitely made a big enough mark for everyone to see. I grabbed him up and took him into the kitchen and made Wes look at his head and reassure me that it didn't need stitches. Afterwards, I cleaned it with peroxide, put neosporin on it and then covered it with a band-aid. Yeah we have a child that has issues with band-aids as well because he was thrashing around and screaming when I cam towards him with the band-aid. I looked at it a few minutes ago and you can tell that a small bump has come up where the cut is. I'm just gonna try and keep it clean and bandaged until it heals. It's funny, if my nerves tear up when he is this small and gets hurt, how will I be once he's old enough to play sports?

More Zoo Pictures

These flamingos were fighting one another.

A monitor. This guy was crazy to watch.

Cynthia's little girl sitting in her stroller.

Adam really enjoyed seeing these elephants.

Potty Training

So we officially had to move up to size 5 diapers for Adam just recently. The size 4 lasted him a long time, but they were starting to leave red marks around his legs and I knew that they were getting too tight for him. We have bought a potty for him and have actually sat him on it several times, but nothing has come out and he won't sit for very long. He has started saying the words, "I pee" a lot more, but by the time I get him to the toilet, he doesn't do anything. I've already figured out though that Adam is the type of child that he has to learn new things on his own time table. He hasn't always been the typical child when it came to development. He didn't crawl well until he was about 8 months. He didn't pull up and walk until he was a year old. He really didn't speak clearly until he was 2 years old. I think potty training is going to be something that we are gonna have to take one step at a time and be patient with. We bought the Elmo Potty dvd at Walmart and he really enjoys watching it. I was reading in the little manual that comes with it that some kids take longer and you just have to be patience with them because you can't rush them if they aren't ready. I really feel that's the approach we are gonna have to take with Adam. So for now, we will continue putting him on his potty when we goes to the bathroom with us and just cross our fingers that he learns how to use the potty soon.

Riverbank Zoo

Last month, we decided to take Adam to Riverbank Zoo in Columbia, SC. This was the first time that we had ever been to the zoo as a family. It was a great trip and we had lots of fun. I really enjoyed seeing Adam's face light up each time he saw a different animal. I think he loved the farm animals the most because he could actually touch them and get close enough to pet them. He really enjoyed getting to feed the goats. I could not believe how huge those goats were! When they stood on their hind legs, they were taller than any other human that happened to be standing near them at the time. It was so unreal. They must be a different breed of goat than what most farmers have around here. We met up with one of my best friends from high school and her family while we were down there. They live in Columbia so they came over to the zoo and walked around with us and then we ventured back to their house for a cookout. All in all, I would say we had a great day and by the time we drove back home that evening, we were all tired and ready to hit the bed.

Here is a picture of Cynthia(my friend), Emma Jean(Cynthia's daughter), and me. Nevermind that I was sweating to death and by that point had to pull what hair I had up into a small ponytail. It felt so humid down there and I swear that it is a lot hotter in Columbia than here in the upstate.

This was right after a goat took the feed out of Adam's hand. He was laughing because it tickled the inside of his hand.

Introduction and Catch Up

Well a lot of my friends have made blogs with this site, so I decided to give it a whirl as well. I doubt I will blog everyday, but I will try my best to keep everyone updated on how we are doing. Wes and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary back in April and even though it hasn't been a long time, we feel that we have known each other forever. I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life. He goes to work each week and works hard to provide for his family. He has never asked me to return to work, but has encouraged me to stay home and raise our son in a safe and loving environment. Adam is a wonderful child as well. He turned 2 back in March and YES!!! he is going through those "terrible twos" right now. Sometimes I feel like stress and tension is going to make my head pop off, but then I take a breather and try to relax realizing that he is just being a kid and a boy on top of that. I am a firm believer that what doesn't kill us, just makes us stronger and that sometimes we need our patience tested just to see how strong we really are. I love my family very much and thank God every day for what He has given me. So anyway, there's a little introduction for you. I'll try my best to blog as much as possible. I'll even post pics if I can figure out how to do so. Until next time.....