Breakthrough!

M slept from 6:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.! This is the first time he has ever slept that long. I have been working on getting him on more of a routine and I guess it finally worked. Oh, did I forget to mention the crying it out for two hours the night before? I suppose that could have helped too but I would like to take credit for the routine. hehe.

C and I made Turkeys today out of his hand prints. He was more into cutting with the scissors than anything else but at least I got him to do something art/craft related. M ate frozen blueberries while we made the turkeys. Whenever it stops raining, I plan on going on a leaf hunt with C and then making crayon rubbings or more turkeys.

We are still waiting on getting the closing date on our house. Hopefully it will early next week. Soon after that, we will be able to make an offer on a house. The market seems to be great for buying so we hope to get a great deal on a great home.

Good luck Granny!

Well, Robert and I finally decide to move closer to Houston and my parents up and decide that they are both going to live in El Paso. I mean could they get any further away from Houston and still be in Texas? Here is a nice guilt inducing picture!

All kidding aside, Granny is leaving in the morning to go out to El Paso to live with PawPaw. It has been a long time coming but we are all glad it is here. I know she will miss seeing C and M everyday but it will make the times they visit all the more special. So good luck to Granny and PawPaw as they try and remember what it is like having your spouse around 24/7.

In other news, husband spent the last two days removing all of our belongings from our house in Leander and transferring them to our POD and a trailer. Poor thing must be sore and very tired, but we are officially moved out of Leander. We should close on our house next week and truly be free to start our new life in the Houston area.

Halloween and House Hunting

We had fun filled weekend of trick o' treating and house hunting. C and M both got dress up as a cow and cowboy respectively and we headed out into Bedias to see how much candy could be gotten. We stopped by Memaw and Papa's church first and then headed over to the fire station where C got to see the fire trucks up close. They even turned on the lights on one of the trucks for him. All in all C had a good time, we hit a couple of houses after that and even a little carnival someone had in their front yard.

The next day Husband, M and I set out to house hunt. We looked at four houses and the we think we may have found a winner! Hopefully, we will be putting in an offer on it tomorrow. I tell ya, I had no idea what other people were talking about when they sold their homes and talked about the stress involved but boy do I know now. I can say that it is much better being on the buying end than the selling.

Mr. Pumpkin Head

We had a great weekend! We got to visit with Pawpaw and Aunt Becky. On top of that C got to go the Halloween Carnival. They had lots of typical carnival activities and C took part of all them including getting his face painted, the ring toss, and a newer tradition, the bounce house. I asked C if he had fun in the bounce house obstacle course and he said "Yeah, a girl pushed my bumbum." You see he could not quite make it up the hill because of his socks and the little girl behind him took it upon herself to get him over the hump. In typical toddler fashion he kept repeating that phrase all night long.

Granny saved the day by finding the perfect cow costume. He loves to moo so it was appropriate and he was the cutest little cow ever to be seen! Little M fell asleep right before it was time to leave so I left him with the grandparents and got to spend some one on one time with C.

Speaking of little M, he is not so little anymore! I just moved him up a size in clothes. He is getting better at this eating food thing and last night I began the horrible process of night weaning him. It was not that bad but when I would pick him he would grab my face and give me kisses and try and latch on to my cheeks. It was pitiful and I hate to hear him cry but he finally realized I was not giving in and let me rock him to sleep. Hopefully tonight will be better and he will get the message that the all night diner is closed for business from now on.

Good luck to Granny on her big interview tonight!

A small gift

My babies gave me a small gift today by sleeping in. They got up an hour later than usual. It was a good birthday present. Oh yeah, I turn 30 today. I am by no means freaked out by turning 30 like some women are but it is the beginning of a new decade. I am very happy with what I have accomplished even though others might think it is a small thing. I never imagined my life at 30 when I was younger. I have never heard a calling to be anything like a lawyer or doctor but I always knew I wanted to stay at home when I had children. I spend every day playing and learning with my two boys. To be honest it is not all glamorous (I really could do without latrine duty) and the ever present fight to not feed C PB&J's for three meals straight! But this is what I choose to do. Anyway, I am rambling but hey it's my birthday and I can ramble or wax poetically about motherhood right?

So 30 comes and all I need is a mommy makeover. Life is good and beautiful (well soon to be after my makeover this weekend.)

Zapatos Fantasticos

C has had his little world rocked with the addition of the "light up sneakers" to his wardrobe. He put them on first thing this morning and has been banging around the house all morning making them light up. They really are cute and even have a bulldozer on the side. I guess this is the equivalent of getting your little girl a really cute dress but since I have two boys cute shoes are all I have to look forward to until God gives me a girl or I get granddaughters 20 years from now.

I hurt my back throwing dog food at rooster yesterday. Yes you did read that right. My grandmother has a new unruly rooster that will charge you. I know most of you are laughing at the thought of being attacked by poultry but rooster have about a three inch sharp talon on the back of foot that will hurt you and well, I don't like to hurt. So anyway, I was taking my grandmother the canned dog food we picked up for her when her rooster decided to charge me. Well, I heaved the little pallet of dog food cans at him and got him to stop long enough for me to find a big stick in which to wallop his feather butt should he try again. So, I have an aching back today but no talon marks. If the rooster can't learn to behave I believe I will reappropriate him from pet to Sunday dinner.

It finally happened

I have always been told by other parents that my toddler would one day do something to the baby when I was not looking. So, I should have been more prepared when C bit M on the eyebrow this afternoon. I was devastated that my beloved firstborn would harm my precious baby! Talk about conflicting emotions. C has been great with M since he was born and I figured that if he had not lashed out yet we might have been in the clear. I heard M start screaming and asked C what happened and he told me "I bit M." Just like that, I bit M. Needless to say we had a timeout and then a lecture on hurting people. After his nap I showed him the red marks on M face and C proceeds to kiss it to make it better. I say, the nerve of the boy!

We just spent a great few days with Meemaw and PawPaw. Two new baby cows were born and C got to see one of them. We also spent quite a bit of time throwing rocks in the pond.

M has decided he wants to be mobile. The kid lays around for two months (he could roll, he just choose not to) and now he is about to crawl. Babies are full of surprises for sure! He has also found that he gets a big reaction when he screeches. He is such a cutie pit for sure. I am still trying to figure out how to make his Halloween costume. I am pretty sure C will be Bob the Builder but I will see if I can talk him into something less commercial!

The house has still not sold and it is looking pretty bleak that we will have a new home by Christmas. Anybody want to move to Austin?