The Latest on Graham

Graham had his 2 year check up appointment yesterday and everything went great. He had his last vaccine for a while –the second part of his hepatitis A vaccine. He is 33 pounds and 37 inches tall. His height and weight are in the 97th percentile for his age and his head circumference is still measuring out as average. He is our big boy and we love it that way. Today at MDO they had ‘Pajamas and Pizza Day’ so they can learn about the letter ‘P’. I sent birthday cookies with him so he could have his last 2nd birthday celebration with his 8 classmates. He was trying to get a little bit of a cold with runny nose and coughing, so I’m hoping his day went well and that he was feeling better. Thursday is ‘Blue Day’ at MDO. Lately we’ve been trying to get him to say ‘Please’ without being prompted by us first. He will always repeat us, but won’t say it first a lot of times. So we’ve been asking him ‘what do we say?’ when he wants something and is trying to express it. He in return will say ‘Say’ first then we remind him of ‘Please’. Repetition is key- so ‘they’ tell me.

More Party Fun!

Last night, Heidi and I celebrated turning 30 together. Being the wonderful husbands they are, Mike and Danny had planned on doing this for us before my surprise birthday was planned last weekend. We went to the Italian Inn in Fort Worth for dinner with mutual friends. It turned out to be a very lively, unique, and fun place for the party. We walked in and there was a waiter singing at the piano and tap dancing...wow! I really enjoyed that Mike went through the trouble of planning something so nice for us. I'm usually the one who is the party planner! So I've officially celebrated my birthday for a week now and enjoyed lots of wonderful family, friends, and cake too! I'm blessed and I'm looking forward to this year.

Dinner Tears

So Graham likes to eat and he likes to eat a lot…my best friend, Beki, watched him eat at dinner Saturday night and referred to him as eating like a ‘truck driver’. I think she’s pretty right on. The problem is not that he eats a lot, but that he tends to eat way to fast. He shoves food in his mouth as soon as it hits his plate. Whatever is on his plate goes immediately in the mouth…there is not spacing out bites. He will put too much in his mouth and might start crying because he can’t chew it all. If we take the food away though, he will start crying because he thinks he won’t get anymore. I don’t know where this little mind set came from since he has never done without food. It reminds me of orphans in movies who eat so fast because they don’t know where their next meal is coming from. I am sure it’s a phase, but hopefully it will end soon! Last night dinner was full of a lot of tears. He had a long day traveling too though without a nap, so maybe that was part of the melt down too.

Birthday Weekend!

So this weekend was action-packed! Mom and Dad made it to our house late Friday night right before bed time. Graham’s second birthday party was at the inflatable bounce party warehouse in Keller, Let’s Jump on Saturday morning. He had a great turn out of family and younger friends. It really was a great time! Chick Fil A catering seemed to work out well for lunch and he got lots of presents and ate some yummy cake too! After the party we went back to our house with Mom & Dad, Ms Betty, and the Elledges. It was so nice to have Beki, Casey, & Annabelle in town for the party. We had some time to visit with them back at our house for a few hours before they left to take Annabelle to their hotel for a nap. We scheduled to meet Beki, Casey, and Annabelle for an early dinner at Zio’s Italian Kitchen at 5:00pm. We got there before they arrived and our waitress walked us to the back of the restaurant…where a ton of my friends and family were there to surprise me with a Happy 30th Birthday party! I was definitely in surprised! The evening was fun and will always be remembered. I was completely wiped out after that day though…so very very tired. Sunday morning – Mom & Dad & Ms Betty left to go back home. We actually made it to church that morning- a little late, but we made it! I am blessed!

A 2 Year Old?!!

Graham is having his 2nd Birthday party this Saturday morning and it is exciting around our house! I’ll be honest- I’m trying to make sure things all turn out ‘perfectly’, but I’m also trying to let go of some of the control of it all too. Otherwise it will consume my mind and that is something I’m working on in my life anyway! We have invited some family and a few of his ‘little’ friends to a jump house that he has taken advantage of this year. It has been a life saver to take him there to play when we needed a reason to get out of the house. It should be fun…the biggest decisions left are: food and balloons J I’m also crossing my fingers that his party favors (cutest little soaps!) get here today or tomorrow!
Every day this week has been busy with organizing, cleaning, and building new things. Last Friday we had our new bed and dining room table (and chairs) delivered to our house. Every day since has kept Mike especially busy with building up and tearing down things to make room for new things. We sold our old glass topped Pier 1 dining room table on ebay finally so it was great to get that out of the house. Mike put together Graham’s train table and train set last night since there is room for it in the dining room now. Our old bed is currently disassembled in our ‘office area’ awaiting us to make a decision on what to do with all the parts. More than likely the mattress and box springs will have to be stored in our garage temporarily…which will require more organizing! I’ve been impressed with all the little projects Mike has gotten done in the house this week- fixing the alarm systems and building a shelf to hold our DVR system above our tv- just to name a few.
Leigh and the kids will be here tomorrow so I’ll be hitting the grocery store to stock up on some necessities for their stay and maybe I’ll find some time to make some homemade bread.
This weekend will be busy and fun too! I’m looking forward to seeing the family!