Bad blogger

I know I have been a bad blogger... but in my defense life is nuts with a 2 and 20 month old!!!! Please keep us in you prayers as Eric and I have some decidions to make and are praying for God's best for us and the boys :)

This year was Corban's 2nd halloween but it brought an all new adventure for him, as it was his first year to be old enough to go trick or treating. We loaded up the wagon with Corban and cousin Addy and around the neighborhood we went. Helena, like a few other cities decided to celebrate on Sat. night instead of Sun. which worked fine because we went to the Kingwood trunk or treat Sun night. Corban decided that he did in fact like the moon walk the previous week at church and when he spotted one he had to play in it. Corban was Tigger this year, while the costume was a size 2t it fit him perfect!
Asher had to have a costume too! We had a winnie the pooh but it was a 3-6 month and swallowed him whole so I found the pumpkin outfit at kids market for a couple of dollars and it was a great buy seeing as how he wore it a couple of times. I am dreading the years as costumes will get more expensive in the future. But the joy of 2 children of the same sex is hand me downs!

Corban is such a great big brother. He LOVES Asher. It is not unusual for me to be holding Asher or for him to be laying in his seat or anywhere mind you and Corban walks over to him and says "kiss." We have kissed head and toes and hands, tickled tummys and feet and brushed his hair. Corban is genuinely concerned when Asher cries and is super protective. If a paci has fallen out he must get it back in Asher's mouth. We can't go to sleep till after everyone, including Asher has had "kiss." I want to treasure and remember these days because I know the time will come too soon that he will run from hugs and shy away from kisses.

The boys cooperated pretty well for our first, of many, annual halloween pictures.

This picture makes my heart sing, Corban's most prized toy is his guitar. Asher had been crying and to make him "ok" Corban went over and laid his guitar in Asher's lap. The guitar fell out of his lap several times but every time it fell Corban picked it up and put it back in Asher's lap.

The past couple of weeks it is like a light has gone off in Corban. He is picking up words like crazy. He is starting to say "thank you" with out being prompted and after any sneeze you will hear "bless you." Since he is in his toddler bed we close the door to his room at night and lock the gate at the top of the steps, just in case. Last night after Eric put him to bed I was getting Asher to sleep so I could run down stairs and get a snack and I heard this knocking sound. I thought it was Eric and was about to ask him what he was doing when I it happened again. I realized it was from Corban's room. He was knocking on his door for someone to let him out, not banging like you would knock on a front door, he also did it at 4:45 this morning when it wasn't as cute but equally funny.

I have a super sweet and thoughtful husband. He read my post about wanting to go to Fiddler on the Roof and made it happen!!! We got all dressed up and went last Sunday afternoon as my Christmas present!!!! It was WONDERFUL!!! I am theatre through and through and it is truly one of my favorite things. When I was at school at UAB I attended lots of plays at the Alyce Stephens Center but I had never been to a Broadway performance! Needless to say I have kept my play bills and they will go into a scrapbook. The music, and acting and singing was incredible and there was not a single person who I thought umm, they really can't sing that they were all great!

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.