Little Men

I didn't get very many photos for Christmas, but I had to capture my little men in their Christmas outfits.

Morning with Gideon

I'm having a fairly nice morning with Gideon, we did a craft with the Bingo markers.. they make great dots. :) and we put stickers on it.
When we had a snack, i cut up cantaloupe into small squares and gave him a toothpick. He really enjoyed that, and said it was the "tastiest ever" in his toddler accent. when he was finished, the container i had still had some juice at the bottom. we wanted to throw it in the garbage, and he "helped" me by drinking the juice... only it was a square container, and the juice dribbled down both sides of container down his shirt. he was so proud of himself for solving the juice issue. Then when i asked him to throw it in the garbage... he grinned and said.. "throw it in the carpet?" nooo garbage... "carpet!" and he put the container under the rug! ROTFL. what a stinker.

now, as i'm writing this, he just came up to me asking for "fruitons" ROTFL!! it caught me off guard. he means croutons! ROTFL!!

My crazy toddler, Gideon, is in a contest for Fox 8 News, I picked out a picture that shows his awesome puppy eyes, and white blonde hair, and pouty lips... I am always amazed that the Lord made him so gorgeous.

You can go to this site on July 6th to vote for him. I'm not sure what the prizes are... I just wants bragging rites. LOL!


Vote for Gideon in the Beautiful Baby Contest for Fox 8 News!!

http://beautifulbabies.trb.com/wjw/babies_home_gallery,0,5306465,permalink.ugcphotogallery?u=shari313

Gideon tooting with his softy ball

I love you even when....

I love you, Giddy.

I love you even when you put stuff in my coffee, like life cereal, and matchbox cars, and I have to fish them out, and scrap the coffee.

I love you even when you scream and cry the minute I lay you down for bedtime (and I let you because I'm so tired of this routine) and I find out the next morning that you got yourself so mad that you puked (noodles that dried like cement all over the floor and crib).

I love you even when you call people with my cell phone because you're chewing it and pushing buttons.

I love you even when we go outside,and I find you sitting in a mud puddle eating the muddy rocks.

I love you even when you pull out the Wii TV plugs, or pull the gamecube down off the shelf.

I love you even when you find the styrofoam inside a random box, and spread it all over, and eat it, and puke it up all over the floor.

I love you even when you find a way to open the babyproof gate, and try to sneak down the basement stairs, giving mommy a heart attack.

I love you even when you put all the wrong things into the garbage, and take all the wrong things out.

I love you even when you rip up library books (I'm going to be in so much trouble.)


Giddy. Even with all these things that you do that drive me insane. I still love you like crazy, and think you're the most beautiful boy I've ever laid eyes on.

My German Baby

My boy likes sourkrout! Gotta love that German stock. I gave him some tonight, thinking he'd make a face, but he didn't. He just stood there, with his mouth open until i had shared my whole dinner with him. LOL.

I Believe in Vaccinations!!

I have felt sooo horrible all day. I finally took Gideon in for a catchup on his vaccinations. I have no excuse. I haven't brought him in for a wellness exam since he was like 2 months old. SOOO BAD ME!!!

Ok, now, I feel better.

We're going to be going every 2 months for a little while to catch him up on all his vacs.

It's crazy. I've always been soo all for vaccinations. I don't understand moms who choose not to vaccinate. These are epidemic diseases. But, now I can't get on a soapbox ever again about it, because I let my boy go without updating vacs for a year. Ah well, we're on the right track now.

He's a little toughie. I gave him some motrin, and he's doing fine, just the mild stuff that comes with vacs.. sore legs, fussiness, etc.

Two Pics of Giddy

What Giddy Does While I'm working, LOL.

I need to write this down. This kind of thing happens all the time.

I put Giddy in the playpen so I could do the dishes, and when I came back in, he had ripped down the decorations off our window and was ripping them up.

After dinner, I cleaned off the stove and did some pots, and came back into the living room to Giddy eating a dry erase marker, and red marks all over the wood floor. (I'm so thankful that they clearly mark "Non Toxic" on these things)

Later, I ran down and did a little laundry and came back to the entire box of cheerios on the kitchen floor, and Giddy eating it by the fistful. I actually wish I had a photo of it, as he's just a beautiful boy, and even looks cute sitting in a pile of cheerios stuffing his face.

A lot of times, Gabey is a big help, and tattles or snatches things away, LOL. He's been off his game today.

Giddy my Love

i feel so badly, but i guess most moms skip out on chronicling their second baby's milestones, and stuff.i've taken tons of pics, but i didn't get to update my calendar with the cool things he's done.

he turned 1 on the 15th (oct)he's 20 lbs. and so solid. i don't know how tall he is.
he's got 3 bottom teeth, his fangs and one front tooth, with the other on it's way.

he's been walking since 10 months.... now, he climbs, and does a goofy trot.
he is really good with his hands, and can color a little, he holds his bottle, and helps change his shirt, and knows how to play with gabey's toys.
he's so smart, i'm so amazed at him. he'll show me what he wants, and guide my hands. he'll go pound on his door if he's poopy, or wants a nap. he just started doing that. i love it.

he isn't extremely verbal (except for screaming, lol), but he says mama dada baba and uses w y and others in his babble. he grunts for things.he's really good at catching on to games, and loves being thrown around, he's my little toughie. loves being upside down, and only cries for a minute when he gets hurt.

he's got a great sense of humor, and loves goofing off, and gets a kick out of our laughing at stuff he does.

he's so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes when i look at him sometimes. i can't get over how perfect he looks.

he eats everything in sight! he loves putting EVERYTHING in his mouth. and he's always begging for my food too.

ahhh. my little bitty giddy. my love, i just wanted to write down some cool stuff about him to remember.





this was giddy's one year birthday outing to the mall... here he is enjoying mc'D's fryfries



daddy warming up his hands at Boo at the Zoo









in the dog's bed, with M&Ms all over his face!

Gidzilla!!

Gideon Eating Cereal

Gideon in his new Bumbo

Sweet Baby

Viddy Ohs

This is a cute video of Gabey bouncing Gideon in his bouncer. Gideon is really getting expressive, and it's really easy to make him smile, and laugh, AND talk.


Jeff was being goofy with Gideon, and I had to video tape it.
This is "Gideon's morning workout"

Gideon's 2 Mo. Exam

Yippeeee. We had our 2 mo. wellness exam this morning, and Gideon was an absolute ANGEL. I was so thankful.
Gabey was always a little wacko at the Dr. He would start screaming from the time we walked in the door.

Gideon only cried when he got his shots, which, I would have been worried if he hadn't, lol. Even then he was able to calm down within minutes. Whew, what a refreshing visit. He's doing just fine, just about in the 50-60 percentile for everything, and on a good growing curve.

Now, we have to go for Gabey's clippy appt. this afternoon. I wish I could give him a sedative beforehand, lol.

Happy 2 Month B-day, Gideon

December 15th....
Gideon was 2 months old. What a big boy. He's getting really interactive, smiling, and cooing at us, trying to "talk." He's also started grinning at toys now too. Yippee, time to start playing with his toys.

He holds his head up just great, and can push himself up when he's on his tummy. His hands are open now, and he's so cute when he holds our fingers, and blankets. He's discovering his thumb, and is starting to suck on it.

Another new thing is that he's starting to like the swing. I'm glad. He actually likes falling asleep in it. I'm going to bring it to the living room after the Christmas tree is down.

We switched to Enfamil, from Nestle Goodstart. We got a ton of good coupons, and a huge sample from them, so we used it. It was just a blessing. We were almost out of our formula, and were short on money, and it came that day! He's taking it really well, and seems to be doing even better on it. I'm fine with using it, and it's not any more expensive. Plus, we keep getting good coupons.


Last night was his first totally full night sleep! I layed him down at 11pm, and he didn't ask for food until 6:30am!! I had to ask Jeffie if he maybe took care of him while I was sleeping, but it turns out he just slept right through! What a big boy!!

Gideon's First Night Away!

Gideon and Gabey had a sleepover at Aunt Chrissy's last night!! It was his first night away (excluding the hospital stay.)

Here he is packed up and ready to go!


I tried to get a picture of Gabey, but he's so ornery that I can hardly ever get a good picture, LOL. He ran out of the room, and all I got was the bags with their sleeping stuff in it. HAHA.


The 20th is my sweety's and my 5 year anniversary! Can you believe it? Well, we tried to have Jeffie get yesterday and today off work, and we arranged with Chrissy to take the kids for the weekend. Wellll, he couldn't get off work, but Chrissy is awesome, and took the kids anyway. She's coming back for the afternoon with them, and then heading off with them to spend tonight at her house again.

You remeber the line in Freaky Friday?
"I wish I could trade places with her, for just one day."
I almost feel like we've traded places. LOL. She has the kids, and I don't. I've been able to sleep a full night. I've been able to take it easy this morning. I took my pain pills, and sat with a heating pad alll morning. It was so nice, not to have to put the pain away, to take care of the kids. I didn't even do anything to the house. I did finish wrapping the gifts Jeffie and I bought last night on our evening out.

Pray that my back finally gets used to this extra strain, somehow. My lower back has given me fits since the baby was born. Plus, catching up on the laundry made my shoulders act up too. I'm tired of this mortal body, and look forward to the time when in my glorified body, I can stop and enjoy being painless.

Patiently waiting for Heaven


I thought I would miss them more, but it's actually just been really nice to take care of me. I'm excited to see them again. I'll also be excited when she takes them back to her house, and Jeffie can go out on our Anniversary date tonight. Jeffie's taking me to the Cheesecake Factory!! OH YEAAAAAHHHH!!!


I rented Ratatouille, and LOVE it!!! I definitely want to own allll the Pixar movies. I have most of them, and can't wait to own this one too.

Look at those Eyelashes!!

Just Can't Stop :):)

I just can't stop taking pictures of my beautiful boys!