Happenings...

I finally feel like there was enough to do a happenings post. I am not sure anyone cares, but I like looking back at these and remembering, "Oh, ya that did happen!"

-Mac and Oak got to spend the weekend at their grandparents house just for fun a couple of weekends ago. And Grandpa Dick to Mac to the car races. Hubs and I had the whole weekend to ourselves, it always feels strange for us to be home without our kids.

-I unexpectedly decided to start potty training Oaklee last week She was showing some significant signs that she was ready. She just barely turned two and I was trying to hold off as long as possible. But a week later she is doing great! We have had more #2 accidents than #1. When she does have a pee accident she catches herself and can finish it off on the potty. She isn't quite telling me when she needs to go, but when asked she will say yes if she has to. She is waking up dry for all naps and for most mornings.

-We had our Primary program that I was in charge of. The kids did a fantastic job!! My favorite part were the talks written and given by some of the kids. They were so personal and beautiful, and brought tears to my eyes. So glad it is over and now to get working on it for next year.

-Mac swallowed a rock the other night. Although not on purpose. He had been playing with a little polished stone the whole day, with me telling him numerous times to not put it in his mouth. He must have taken it to bed and was playing with it in his mouth and accidentally swallowed it. It scared him and he came running out of his room hysterically crying saying his neck hurt. Thankfully he has been fine although we did take him to the doctor to get an xray to make sure that it wasn't stuck anywhere. Now we are just waiting for it to pass.

-I have had the most terrible time sleeping lately, it is obviously leaving me very exhausted. It is quite annoying and I haven't had this problem since before Oak was born.

-I just finished reading my 6th book since 4th of July!! I am so proud of myself. I don't think I have read that many books all together in the last couple of years. I am not a reader, but I am determined to make myself one. I am about to start The Hunger Games, which I wasn't originally planning on ever reading but we saw the movie and now both Hubs and I really want to read it.

-Last week I went grocery shopping with Oak while Mac was at Preschool. I felt totally on top of it I had made a "menu" and a grocery list and I got it all done in an hour even with Oak whining most of the time. I went to check out and got all of my groceries up on the belt and was half way checked out when I realized I had forgotten my wallet at home. I was NOT happy! It pretty much ruined my whole day. I then had to go with both kids right after Mac's taekwondo and redo my entire grocery shopping trip. so fun!

-Oak is finally getting her two year molars. One day I was thinking I can't believe that she hasn't gotten them and checked in her mouth and saw nothing. A couple of days later, Hubs was brushing her teeth and found one on the top and one on the bottom popping through. She has been fine, just a bit more whiny and irritable.

-My beautiful, sweet SIL, (Hub's little sister) announced that her and her husband are having a baby in March. They find out if it is a boy or a girl in just a couple of weeks. We are so excited for them! I can't wait to know what she is having so I can start buying cute stuff! I am wanting to say girl, so Oak will actually have a girl cousin close in age, but I am thinking it is a boy.

-My headaches and migraines have been bad since we got home from our road trip. I was literally getting one or the other everyday for about two weeks. They are finally tapering off a bit, thankfully.

-We passed the four month mark of being approved to adopt and narrowing in on the five month mark. The longest we have waited was for Mac and it was five months when we were chosen. So I am becoming a bit anxious since we haven't heard anything from anyone. Trying to remind myself that I have felt that it would take longer this time.

-Our blender and food processor both died on the same day. I am not happy! We use both of those alot. The blender actually broker while I was in the middle of making a smoothy for dinner on Sunday. So I went to use the food processor to finish it off and it won't turn on. Ack! We use the food processor more, so that is first on my list to replace.

September in pictures...

We were sending Mac off to Preschool and this is how Oak came to the door.

Mac fell asleep in his door way when he should have been doing quiet time in his room.

Mac is quite the drawer for just being four. He drew these two pictures for his Grandpa's birthday. 

This one is an alien ship.

And I was amazed at how great he drew this train. Grandpa framed it and hung it on his wall at home.

Another time he was supposed to be taking a nap and he ended up playing and finally giving in to sleeping in his sleeping bag on the floor in front of the door. 

A new year and a growth spurt brought out the next size up for Mac. Thankfully we have been stocking up and we haven't had to go buy anything. He is growing too quickly.

One night all the dishes were dirty, I needed to go grocery shopping and daddy was going to be home late, so we headed to the local DQ.

We had so much fun.

Mac has Taekwondo Monday through Thursday. And we have made some cute and fun friends while watching him. These are Oak's friends she plays with there. Oak, T and J sitting still for a few minutes. One of the coolest things about these girls is that T was also adopted and J's older sister (who does Taekwondo with Mac) was adopted too. How cool is that?!

Park playing on Friday Fun Day!

Oak just being cute!

Oak has figured out how to draw circles and our driveway, chalkboards and all paper are covered in them. It is so adorable!

And although I think she is a bit young, and I have not wanted to even try yet. Oak has shown that SHE is ready and we bit the bullet and we are in the midst of potty training. She is doing great so far, phew!

Happy Friday!

This is what lunch looked like in our house today...

pb&j in a cardboard tent.

Mac is currently laying in it watching a movie.

Gotta love days like this!

First day!

Mac started back up in Preschool on Tuesday. We hadn't talked a bunch about it up until the day before, but he was excited and ready to go once he realized. We tried to make the morning special but everyone was either up too early and/or grumpy it seemed.  

I went through his closet when we got back from our trip and weeded out most of his 4T clothes and pulled out of storage his 5T. He is still actually in between sizes it seems.  He has been excited about all his new clothes.

He requested smiley face pancakes with whip cream and chocolate chips and no berries. 

His own creation.

It kindof cracks me up when I take pics of Mac hugging Oak. It always looks like he is choking her.

Then his buddy A came running over (his mom is Mac's teacher) to say hi!

He said he had fun and G his teacher said he did great and was calm and listening until close to the end and then he was done. 

So happy for him to be in Preschool because he loves it so much and it gives us a chance to get back in to a better daily routine. For now he is only going two days a week but will transition into three days soon.

Family Photos 2012

(So blogger uploaded these in a totally different order than I had uploaded them, weird!)

So I am pretty obsessed with making sure we get family pictures taken every year. Bryce who hates doing them (but loves to have them done)  has learned how important it is to me and he knows that his full cooperation is required without complaint. And he does a great job of that. Mac was awesome while getting pictures taken (because we bribed him!!) and Oak was a bit difficult just because she is wiggly and two and just wants to be doing her own thing.

Family photos make me HAPPY!

ENJOY!