Valentine's Day

I love that Ethan is old enough now to really get into holidays! I didn't want to make a huge ordeal out of Valentine's Day but I did want to celebrate in a small way. We got each boy a couple of small trinkets and a balloon bouquet. Ethan's balloons were waiting outside his bedroom door when he woke up this morning. He loves balloons so I knew this would be a hit!

Before the boys were up, I made it downstairs to make some heart-shaped pancakes. Unfortunately, these turned out a little darker than the rest of the batch.

Caden even had some baby pancakes waiting for him...not that he ate them. He had a great time smooshing them and throwing them on the floor for Lucy, though.

Yummy!

Sweetness!

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly...the move

I think that I am just now processing...

The Good

1) A neighborhood full of children
2) A Mother's Morning Out program that is ABSOLUTELY amazing!
3) A Sunday school that when Ethan leaves he says "Can we go to more church?"
4) Being able to see our family regularly
5) A house that feels warm and cozy
6) Having a basement!!!

The Bad

1) Spending extreme $$ replacing sewer lines the week after we bought the house
2) Having hay for a front yard due to said sewer lines
3) Ethan asking to go see his Texas friends, then stopping to say "no, they are too far away"
4) Missing our Texas family
5) Mommy and Daddy not loving the new church quite as much as our old church

The Ugly
Not figuring out a schedule that is conducive to working out!

Naptime Shenanigans

My apologies for the poor picture quality, but this was too cute!

I had just put Ethan down for his nap this afternoon and was about to put Caden down when I realized that Ethan had gotten out of his bed and was laying on the floor behind his door. Caden crawled straight to his door and sat in front of it "talking" to him. If you look carefully, you can see Ethan's hand just barely showing under the door. I'm so disappointed that I didn't catch the picture of Caden touching his hand, but it was precious to watch them.

...until Caden noticed Mommy taking pictures and became more interested in what I was doing. I absolutely adore this precious boy!!!

January Gingerbread

Who said Gingerbread houses were only for the Christmas season? With potty-training going on, we have been trying to stay active at home. And since Christmas was so hectic with moving and getting settled, we never got around to putting ours together. It looked quite interesting by the time we were finished. Ethan kept trying to lick everything before he stuck it on the gingerbread house even though I tried to explain that it would not stick after he had licked it. At least it provided some entertainment for a short time :-)

While we were working on the gingerbread house, brother was doing a little exploring. He found Lucy's water bowl and it is now the first place that he goes whenever he's put down. Considering that his favorite thing to do is splash in the bathtub, he's absolutely fascinated with this mini- bathtub.

Atlanta Children's Museum

While Mommy and Caden had a relaxing Saturday at home, Daddy and Ethan made the trip down to the Atlanta Children's Museum. Since Ethan has been potty-training, I truly thought that they would only be gone for a few hours but they spent the entire day downtown! They ventured over to Centennial Park to hear the trombones play and had lunch at the CNN Center, too. Daddy wore him out and they made the most of this no nap day!

Extra, Extra! Read All About It

I have finally caught up! 8 new posts on the blog today documenting the last couple of months of craziness! Whew!!! Hopefully life will be published a little more regularly now.

Potty Training in Progress

So, here's our big boy in his big boy underwear. He have been in our house for a month now and I have put off the inevitable for as long as I can. I really feel like he has been ready for quite some time but with the move, finding a house, and the chaos of life, I have been delaying this until things have settled down. Well, Mimi came into town this weekend and we had our Potty Party! He wasn't into helping potty train Bear, so we went straight into our big boy underwear. Although he didn't want to put them on to begin with, Mimi was able to make it happen. Once he got into his Thomas undies, he had no problem going pee-pee on the potty! We had a couple of accidents, but ended the day celebrating with dinner at the Mall and a ride on the carousel with Mimi. By the way, this boy loves juice and Skittles...2 things that he NEVER gets.

Unfortunately, Mommy was trying to get our table for dinner so I didn't get a picture of the ride with Mimi on the carousel but this is one that we took with Daddy a few nights earlier.