Davis

My sweet boy turned two in February!

At some point he did this to his eye!

And potty-trained himself (kind of) after we duct taped his diaper! Let me explain. He kept taking his diaper off and trying to relieve himself in it while off, or elsewhere on the floor. I had finally had enough after cleaning up around 10 "accidents" in two days. First, we tried duct-taping his diaper, which was at least a good laugh. Next, I got really upset at him and told him he either goes pee-pee and poo-poo in the potty or in his diaper so he chose the potty! The rest is history (kind of)! Let's just say a certain other adult in our household would rather leave Davis in a diaper all day. Funny though now that he is potty-trained (kind of) he no longer takes off his diaper when it is left on after he wakes up!

He also burned himself around his eye after pulling a lamp down on top of him. I was really worried my beautiful child would be left with a scar, but while it is still red it has healed as well as I could have hoped for.

I almost forgot, he acquired the chicken pox in October after a trip to Disneyland!

Introducing Alexander Pierce

Born March 5, weighing in at 9lbs. 6 oz.  He is now two months old and doing great!

Drew & Davis

both in ties and playing with motorcycles. Davis was in rare form and sitting still - he must not have felt well.  I think he was teething (2 year molars ) at the time (January 14th).

We've been busy!

First, we painted our living room!

Then we planted some fruit bearing trees, including Anna apple (with a red blush), Mid-Pride peach, Clementine and Mexican or Key lime.  I've been wanting to do this for a while with the cost of produce so high, but didn't want to spend $60 a tree.  So when I ran across Baker's Nursery and found five-gallon trees for $19.95, I jumped on it.  I love this nursery.  They have just about anything that can grow in AZ (with great prices) and they're family owned, which I like.  The citrus is a bit more, but Costco had it for $18.99 a tree.  They're sold out now though and you can only get the trees in the spring, which is the best time to plant fruit trees from what I'm told.

Can you believe all the fruit from these small trees?  There were four apples.  I say "were" since my son picked one and this tree was planted first so was the most traumatized.  (We didn't know what we were doing yet.)  There is still one apple left though!  The peach has four bigger fruit and a few smaller growing on it.  I can't even count all the fruit on the lime, but the clementine will take a little longer.  Maybe next year!

"4 things" tag

4 “people” who email me regularly
1. Allyson Crandall for playgroup
2. Michelle for Enrichment
3. Jody Corbett
4. Border's

4 places I would like to visit
1. Austin, TX to see a good friend :)
2. San Diego during the summer
3. Spain
4. Greece

4 favorite restaurants
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Macayo's
3. Z Tejas
4. Chipotle

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year
1. Painting and getting organized.
2. My kids playing together more. Drew needs a constant playmate and I hope Davis will rise to the challenge sooner than later!
3. Teaching Davis to sit down in the tub.
4. A new pre-school class for Drew.

4 things I am not looking forward to in the coming year
1. I'll agree, the heat of summer.
2. Taking my children swimming or anything outdoors, really.
3. Working with Drew on being more obedient. (He's gotten a little crazy lately, and it has happened overnight.)
4. Davis taking one nap instead of two.

I tag Jody Corbett, Karen Ray, and Sarah Williamson.

Not much to say

So the reason I don't post more frequently is because I never know what to write about. (Does that mean I'm boring?) Anyway, I can still post pictures so enjoy! Most of these are from Easter.

Thank you for Taco Bell

Drew's on a roll lately. Tonight, for bedtime prayers he said "Thank you for Taco Bell" and "Thank you for eating my apples". The translation probably goes something like this: "Thank you for the apples I had to eat right before bed". Does this mean we've done a good job and taught him to be thankful for even the little things? ;)