Weekend

Well, we had another busy weekend. Mike and I attended Bethesda's Date Night on Friday and dropped Graham off at the church for child care. We had dinner at Cracker Barrel with the Giere's and then came back to the church for a marriage dvd we watched with the other couples. Saturday morning we celebrated Trenton's 3rd birthday at North Richland Hill's Church of Christ's Play scape...wow that place is huge. We got to see lots of other little ones and a few more mutual friends too. We got Graham home just in time for a nap and then off to another birthday party held at the Little Gym. It was a party for Gabby a little girl in his Mother's Day Out class. We met some of the other parents in Graham's class which was really nice. There were 2 other little red heads there besides Graham. We went to Marti Williams' Sunday school class on couples in the Bible which has been really enlightening and then Stephen Evans shared in church about what was new with LOLI since they just got back from Costa Rica. Last night we had our home group over for our study again so we had a busy Sunday.

Story Time Experience

Decided I'd really like to have more outings with Graham on the days that I'm home with him. So we went to Haltom City's Public Library yesterday morning for their weekly scheduled Toddler Story time. We found the library easily and it's fairly close to the house. We walked into the library and we were directed to a side room where we immediately heard the Olympic Theme song music. The event for the day was toddler & preschool olympics. I was disappointed since we came for a story, but it was a creative idea. So there were about 5 library attendants at the same number of 'event stations'. There was a miniature trampoline stations, some colored plastic spoons and matching eggs for the kids to walk and balance them at the same time, and a few other similar stations. Graham played a little bit at each one and we stayed for about 30 minutes and then took off. So I'm happy we went and tried it out. Another mom told us about a story time at the Hurst Library on Mondays that we may try out too.

So Thankful for our Health

Yesterday when I got home from work (around 2:30)- Mike and Graham were both on the floor watching 'The Letter Factory' when I got home. Mike had picked Graham up from Mother's Day Out in time for him to come home and nap instead of attempting to nap at school. I immediately could tell something wasn't right with Graham. He looked red-eyed and puffy-faced...pretty much exhausted. He had a pretty big melt down during gym time at school that day and his teacher really had to work to calm him down....she said it was so strange since this hasn't happened in months for him. She couldn't figure out why he was so upset and neither could Mike and I when he got home. Mike said he got pretty hysterical when he put him down for his nap. He wouldn't eat any snacks...not even his favorites so we knew he wasn't feeling well. I layed him back down for a nap and he did fall asleep and get some rest for about 2 hours. When he woke up, he didn't act like he felt good again and was pretty teary. Thankfully after we prayed over him and gave him some motrin (which he just wouldn't take earlier) he seemed to liven up and act like his old self. He ate dinner and all seemed well! He did wake up in the middle of the night pretty upset. I sat in there with him for a few minutes until he went back to sleep, but didn't hear another peep from him after that. Mike said they are both having a good day together. I feel so greatful for good health and nothing serious troubling our little family.

It's really all about the Cars...

Mike made it home safe and sound yesterday from Oklahoma and we had all core Life Group friends over last night for our 'Wild At Heart' study. It's nice that we are getting back into a routine with our meetings again. I've missed having everyone over consistently.
So the newest things with Graham are that he loves cars...really any of them. I opened a Hotwheels Ferrari package set with 5 cars in them the other day for the first time and he played with them forever. Cars are really the most consistent toy that he has been favoring lately. It's pretty cool to watch how much he loves them. One of his new favorite books is 'Green Eggs and Ham'. I think he really enjoys the rhyming involved. This is his first Dr Seuss book that he has been focused on. It's such a fun book to read too. There is also a wonderful and educational dvd that he really enjoys...'Letter Factory' by Leap Frog. It teaches little ones not only their letters, but also the sound each one of them make. Thanks Wendy for the tip and Trenton for the birthday gift!

Weekend Stuff

Mike and I drove to Addison Friday night to celebrate our friend, Jennifer's 30th birthday at Manny's Tex Mex restaurant. It was a pretty easy drive and we enjoyed getting out visiting with some old & new friends. Once again, we are thankful we have Nancy & Norman to volunteer to watch our little man so often. He was safe and sound at home the whole time.
Mike left for Oklahoma Saturday morning while Graham and I went to a little friend's 2nd Birthday party. It was off the Trinity Trail by the river too. We caught a 5 mile miniature train ride while we were there. It was a great idea for a party and something I'd love to do again when the weather is warmer and maybe for a play date or just with Mike and Graham. That part of Fort Worth is so cool to me anyway...it's right by the zoo and the Botanical Gardens too.

This week was full of lots of coughing and one really runny nose. My coughing has been at times out of control the last few days and Graham is just now getting over a serious runny nose. He missed school on Tuesday because of it. Today has been much better. We've only wiped his nose a few times so that's been a big improvement. Thankfully Mike seems to be better from the few small symptoms he had with congestion...which is just in time. He leaves for Oklahoma with the rest of the 'Way in the Wilderness' leaders tomorrow morning. He will be back Sunday afternoon just in time to facilitate our small group meeting at our house. In the mean time, Graham and I plan on attending a train-themed 2 year old birthday party tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will hold up so we can enjoy the 45 minute miniature train ride that is planned. I'm really curious how he will like that. I'm hoping it won't be too cold and I don't think we have rain in the forecast any more. I wish Mike were wish us because outings like that seem to be easier with the two of us, but we will make do and have a nice time together.
Funny thing Graham has been doing lately is saying 'OK' in place of 'Yes' when we ask him a question. Example: 'Graham do you want some milk?' or 'Is that sandwich yummy?' Both are answered with a big 'OK!' It cracks Mike and I up...

Valentine's Day Extended Weekend

So just an update- Graham and Mike headed off to MDO on Thursday morning, but turned around because the traffic was too bad on the roads. So we all stayed home and watched it snow literally all day long. I think we ended up with 12 inches of beautiful snow by the end of the day! Mike did pick up our neighbor's little boy, Trenton, from his MDO that afternoon. Brandon and Alicia had their perfectly healthy twins that afternoon and we got to spend a little bit of time with Trenton because of it. Friday was another snowed in day where we didn't go anywhere, but around the neighborhood to enjoy the snow. This amount of snow could be a once in a lifetime occurence for us! Mike took me out to see 'The Princess and the Frog' on Saturday night as our early Valentine's Day date. We both really enjoyed that cute little movie, but wouldn't recommend it to young children. The 'magic man' in the movie was too scary with his evil voodoo magic. Graham was unusually cranky on Sunday after church...not sure if it's his teeth coming in or not, but we did go have dinner -just the three of us at a fun mexican restaurant on the other side of Fort Worth. We enjoyed our weekend with lots of togetherness!