AJ lost his first tooth!

AJ's front lower tooth has been "wiggly" for 2 weeks and finally came out this evening! He had been pushing it around in his mouth all day. It was obvious it wouldn't stay in much longer. I told him to give it a little twist and out it came - he was so proud!

The tooth fairy will be visiting our house tonight. I wonder what will be under AJ's pillow in the morning.

Now the tooth next to the empty space is loose and a new phase in AJ's life begins!

JJ "The Leaf Eater"

This weekend we went to my mom's house for dinner to celebrate Mother's Day. Watching us make a spinach salad, JJ said he wanted to try the leaves. "You want to eat one of these?" I asked (trying not to sound too surprised or doubtful). JJ has never eaten a 'salad', only a few separate ingredients like carrots and red peppers - never anything green and leafy. "Yes!" he replied, "I want to eat that." So I handed him a spinach leaf and watched him take a bite. HE LOVED IT! By the end of dinner he had eaten about 10 spinach leaves. My picky eater continues to surprise me!

So can you guess what I purchased at the grocery store today? Hopefully JJ's leaf eating wasn't a one time thing. But even if it was, I'm glad he ate his veggies at his grandmother's house.

What have I been up to?

Been doin' alota cleanin' lately.

It is obvious to me (but not to JJ) that he is not yet tall enough to "go" standing up.

0 for 2

Christmas and Easter Christians we are not. We love our church and we hardly ever miss a Sunday. But in the last year we were not able to attend Christmas Eve services due to a blizzard and today we missed Easter services because I've been sick. I feel terrible that we didn't get to visit family or participate in all the events that were planned this weekend. But that terrible feeling doesn't compare to how terrible I felt early Saturday morning after passing out on the bathroom floor then vomiting and having diarrhea. Today I'm on the mend. I have a bruised nose and a swollen lip from my fall. My energy is slowly returning as I'm able to eat something other than crackers and toast.

The weekend wasn't a total bust. The boys have had fun playing outside in (what I'm told) has been beautiful weather. Our super sweet neighbors hid Easter eggs and invited them over for a hunt. A big THANK YOU to Dan & Renee!!

We say in our family that "plans are subject to change". That doesn't always sit well with me because of my planning nature and slight control issues :) but we must play the hand we are dealt. We will be wearing our "Easter Best" outfits next week. And even though we weren't in church on Easter, we celebrate the risen Lord today.

Happy Easter!

What is Worse?

What is worse.......

1. Your child throwing up

2. Your child throwing up in his car seat

3. Your child throwing up in his BRAND NEW car seat

4. Your child throwing up in his brand new car seat that was purchased to replace the one from daddy's wrecked car

As much as I hate for my children to be sick, cleaning vomit out of car seats just adds insult to injury! I hope JJ's stomach bug will be short lived and we won't have any more car seat up-chucks!

The Story of My Life

After AJ refused to eat the leftover pizza I had warmed up for him, it sat on the table for about 2.5 hours.
He then decided that he was hungry and warmed up (for a 2nd time) pizza really hit the spot!

Words from AJ

"Daddy makes money by going to work. Mommy makes money by getting coupons."

Side note: I saved $21.50 at Target yesterday and had at least one coupon for every item I bought (Target lets you "stack" coupons which means you can use a store coupon and a manufacturer's coupon for each item purchased). I could sense the other shoppers gawking as the checker scanned my mountain of coupons. I love saving $$!