Playdate

I realized while I was giving Graham a bath at the end of the day that the day had been absolutely wonderful! Alicia and Trenton came over to play for a little while and have lunch (pb&js!) with us. The weather was nice so the boys were able to enjoy running around in the back yard. Trenton found Graham's green snake and it became one of his favorite toys at our house and Graham played in the dirt...all was well. They did really well together and it was nice to have Alicia over to visit. Graham took a good nap and then we played with Daddy when he got back up. He ate a ton for dinner and we took a bath and then back to bed!

Babysitting Diaries Contd...

So an update on our next date night- we put Graham to bed before our babysitter arrived on Friday night. I wanted my mind to be put at ease before we left for the night which is almost was. Unfortunately it wasn’t as easy as I had anticipated. Graham had a harder time falling asleep and was trying to climb/fall out of his crib. I’ve never seen him be so brave before while I was watching him on our baby monitor. He was wide awake so we stayed for a little while longer in hopes that he would settle down. Once we decided it was okay for us to leave, we noticed a burning smell on our stairs. Mike searched around for it and found that our door bell had stuck when Chanel rang it and the plastic door bell box was overheating. Seriously thank the Lord that He showed us that before we left….that could have been a problem! We had a very nice time with our friends once we arrived at Buca di Beppo in Grapevine! I finally met Jenny’s boyfriend, Joel and it was always great to see the Hiltons and the Reeds made it from out of town! Love my girl friends!

Oh and we plan on using Chanel again for New Year's Eve!

Babysitting Diaries

Mike has really wanted to have a date night for a while now and we finally set one up! One day while Graham and I were out walking on the other side of our neighborhood I met a young girl and her mom. The 15 year old daugher babysits so we arranged for her to stay at our house for a few hours while we went to see the new movie'The Blind Side'. All she really had to do was put Graham to bed and then sit and watch t.v. She was so sweet and really enjoyed seeing Graham when she came over so I showed her how to take him up to his room and put him to bed and then we left the house. We got home after the movie around 10:30 and Chennel told me that he had only been asleep for about 30 minutes. My immediate reaction was 'what?!?' First of all, most of you know that Graham is in bed by 7:30 each night and asleep by 8, so 10pm is late for our Bud. She told me that he kept trying to escape his crib and that was it. I walked upstairs and noticed she had left his light on and that his floor fan that is used for white noise was turned to heat and blasting out on high. Graham was snoring with his head buried under his bumper to shut out the light from his face. He didn't hear me come in his room and rearrange things back to normal. I surely thought I had told her to turn off his light before putting him to bed, but maybe I didn't. Either way his light was on and I understand why he had a hard time going to sleep. Yes, I was irritated at first thinking, 'who doesn't turn off the light?', but Mike settled me down and helped me see that it really wasn't a big deal. Funny thing is - we are going to use her again to babysit on Friday the 18th! Let you know how it goes!!

Been a While...

We've had a lot going on since my last post!

• Graham got the first round of the H1N1 vaccine.


• Mike's step-dad, Kenny, passed away the Friday before Thanksgiving after a long battle with Alzheimer's...so we were in & out of Tyler with family for a few days...especially Mike. That's been crazy in itself.


• Worked in the church nursery with the babies.
  


• All 3 of us got bit by the yucky stomach bug right after that and before we headed to Shreveport for Thanksgiving...which we may or may not have given to the majority of our family (even though we thought we were well!)


• I slept in the same room with Graham for the first time when we were at Mom & Dad's house because he was having a hard time sleeping away from home.


• Had our Thanksgiving meal at my parents house which I believe is the first time we've done that since we've been married.
  


• Got my Christmas cards completed and partially mailed.
  


• Had dinner with my best friend, Beki and her family in Shreveport. It has been a very long time since I've seen her last!


• Booked Graham's 2nd birthday party which isn't until January!

Wow, that was a lot of stuff! It's officially cold here now and our daily walks with Graham and his red wagon are fewer and far between. I'm trying to come up with things to entertain all of us while we are cozy indoors. It isn't easy! He is definitely into everything now and trying to push more boundaries with us. He is so curious and inquisitive! I love that part about him though. He's saying a few more words, "black, kick, cool, cracker" - these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Today, I'll be cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning...and then re-organizing a few things in the house because we are having my sweet friend, Alicia's babies' shower at my house in the morning. I am excited to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her precious babies- Cameron and Sophia. They truly are sweet miracle gifts from God that bring a smile to my face even though I've not met them yet.
Oh and Mike and I are planning a date for Saturday night! That is always huge for us!