Corban Lee my big boy at 20 months

I can't believe my baby is a big boy! Last night he slept all night in his big boy firetruck bed, under the stars, you know the glow in the dark ones that you stick on the celing, the previous owner had them in his room. Corban loved them so much we left them up.
-Asks for "help" if he wants it
-Can say his abc's if you go through them with him but often if you say a he will say b and so on.
-Knows the difference between 1,2 and 3
-LOVES to hold and kiss Asher, when he is done holding Asher he pulls his arms out from under him and signs "done" - like he does when he is done eating or with his milk
-Sill working on mastering the fork but does pretty well
-Will sit on the big boy potty
-Loves bath time, with bubbles of course
-Picks Asher up when mommy and daddy are not looking..... Asher often alerts us to this, sometimes anyway
-Likes to point to Asher's body parts and name them
-Likes to give Asher his paci..... sometimes in the eyeball
-Loves balls, anything round is a ball and if it is small and round it is a "beball" and ALL round objects MUST be thrown, that's my boy!
- Loves his mickey mouse ride on firetruck, well worth the yard sale price of $3 and his shopping cart, another yard sale find :)
-Is starting to inform us when he has a stinky, bring on the potty baby!
- Asks for "kiss"
-Is quite the little ham, I love his big open mouthed laughs thst show his dimples
-Is willing to try almost anything and isnt afraid of too much
-Loves the Wiggles and MM Clubhouse. He jams out on his "gittar" with Murray, the red wiggle. If he doesnt have his guitar to play he makes fists and plays the "boomboom" to the beat I might add
-likes to spin in circles, then tries to walk and falls down laughing

Searching.....

Has been my life for the past couple of years. Learning how to be a mom, house search, job search and church searching . While Eric and I love the people, and like the church we have been attending next week will be our last week there. There are several reasons we have but the biggest one being that this is just not "home" for us. A big problem that I have been running into is church only has one service and it starts at 10...... the exact time of Corban's daily nap. When nap time gets messed up so does the entire day and trust me, it is not worth it!!!! I think right now we are leaning to Kingwood, I can go to service or SS at 9 and run home afterwards to get Corban his nap. Also, it is where I grew up, my parents, and now Eric's mom attend there as well. Lately Eric's sister and her family have been going some too. It is also only 5 minutes vs 20 minutes from the house. But we are praying and seeing where God would have us.
Another thing on my mind is my job. My year at the bank is up and when I go back from maternity leave, Friday, I can "post out" of my position. Except that they have frozen all postings till Jan. because they want to have a strong 4th quarter reporting for the year. So, I am praying for favor and God's wisdom in which position to post for when the time comes. I have been looking at positions elsewhere too. One position specifically, that I am looking into would be a state position and would be awesome!!! I would have to drive down town but it would be worth it in the long run with insurance and benefits for my family, not to mention an increase in pay :)

Pumpkin Patch

Blogger is giving me uploading pic fits so I will have to post the rest of them later. Last year we didn't go to the pumpkin patch because Corban was so young I didn't see the point. This year he loved it. We went to Old Baker Farm in Harpersville. We went there because the $10.00 was all inclusive and was the best deal, and kids under 2 are free :). They are the oldest working farm in Shelby county, over 100 years old. I wanted to go next weekend for their cotton picking celebration and history reenactment, but we have other plans :(. We were able to see, up close, ducks, chickens (some babies too), calf, pig, goats, horses, donkeys, turkeys, swans and I am sure I am forgetting something. It was easy to get close enough to pet the horses and calf. We did the corn maze, which is HUGE, where we managed to get real good and lost. Picked a little bit of cotton, they had this big cotton bin that you could get in and play in, like I said pics to come. Corban loved the hayride because he is stuck on tractors/ cars, anything that he can "ride." Asher had fun too, sleeping.


Corn

On our way to the patch

Eric's "perfect" pumpkin.

I was suprised he could lift this pumpkin, it is pretty heavy. As you can see there is some straining going on.

Asher 4 weeks

I can't believe my baby is 4 weeks!!!

- I love sleep smiles!!!

- Starting to "talk"

- Loves to watch his big brother

- Sleeps at night, not through it yet but only wakes 2 times, normally

- takes deep heavy breaths when dozing off.... like your dad and brother

- doesn't mind tummy time, and is actually quite fond of it

- loves to snuggle chest to chest

- has earned the nick-name stinker..... which I have shortened to stinx

- is very laid back..... unless it is time to eat

- lets his brother poke his face/eyes, grab feet, and attempt to pick up-and yes brother is strong enough to pick him up

- goes crosseyed if he tries to focus too hard

- has grown out of newborn clothes

- is still not too sure about baths

- has given MANY showers when having a diaper changed

Adjustment?!?!?!?!?

Is the most appropriate word for my life right now. God has blessed us with an awesome new house and a new baby boy!!!! All at one time, really. I am blessed beyond words!!!

Believe it or not Asher has not been the adjustment, Corban has. While he is being a good big brother he has had a few things going against him. Last week he had a 48hr feaver virus, my hands were raw from washing them from going back and forth between the 2 of them. If you know Corban then you know he doesn't sit still. So, when he wanted mommy to sit on the couch and hold him I knew something was really wrong. Did I mention it is difficult to nurse with both kids in your lap? Not to mention Corban wanting to "help." This week he has an ear infection and has been difficult at night, he wakes up at least 3 times and sometimes wants to sit up, it hurts to lay down with ear infections.

Asher is doing great! At night he often sleeps 3-4 hours..... maybe longer if Corban wasn't up so much. He is also the quiet one of the two, with a much more laid back personality. Corban is ocd, like his daddy, but I love them, someone has to keep the house clean right?

Corban is sitting on the big boy potty every night before bed, he has yet to use it but does know what it is for. When Eric put him on there for the first time he sat there for a minute, reached over and grabbed toilet paper and wiped himself and dropped it in the potty. Eric and I laughed so hard..... since Corban almost always goes to the bathroom with mommy he was just doing what he has seen......poor kid, he will have so many excuses for therapy when he gets older.