Oh, Glade!

This picture sums Glade up pretty good.  He has a sweet tooth!  He loves him some cookies!  He takes after his Pappy and his namesake.  From what I hear Grandpa Reeder was a big eater.  These days Glade loves candy and cookies and pretty much anything sweet.  He had no interest in going on the potty until he figured out there were m&m's involved.  You should have seem sit on that potty and try so hard to just get a little bit out!  He's doing really good at it.  Not making it to the potty all the time, but from what I hear boys are hard to train.  He seems to get the concept, but just not the timing of it all.  We'll keep working.

Lately Glade has been the tester of all things.  You know the look of- I know you said no, but just how far can I go before you really do something.  That's Glade, unless he's alseep.  He's curious and smart.  He loves tools.  He likes to "help" whenever Tim is doing a project.  In fact we may be asking Santa to bring Glade his own cordless drill for Christmas.  Glade is definitely all boy.  If there is a ball somewhere he will find it.  I have been taking them to the kids club at the gym and everytime I go pick him up he's found the ball.  He loves it. And I have to say he's really good at it.  He can kick a football, hit a baseball and make a basket...sometimes better than me. (That's not saying much, but he's only two and half!)

I love that Glade likes to cuddle.  He'll come snuggle up in the chair or on the couch. 

He's not as much of a talker as Addison, but he tries.  Sometimes he rattles off in a language we don't understand.  Or he'll say something in a really high pitched voice!  But sometimes when he says things, you just can't help but laugh.  The other day it was time to go take a bath and I was trying to get Glade to walk upstairs.  I said earlier he's testing everything...I had to give him pop because he just wouldn't do what I asked.  Without missing a beat he said "you're killing me!"  Where do they learn these things?  I couldn't stop myself from laughing!

I am so blessed to have such sweet kids.  I can't imagine my laugh without them!

My Sweet Girl!

This was taken with a lot of pictures a while back.  It was actually at my niece and nephews birthday party.  I just thought it was so cute.  Lately she has had her hands in her mouth all the time!  She's still trying to cut her molars.

 

Just a few things I love about Addison:

She tells you how it is.  Whether she's telling us to stop, or telling Glade "no sir".  She says it all.  Just the last few days she's been giving Tim and I big hugs and says "I love you so much!"  It just melts my heart. 

The last few months she has seen me cry not so much recently but right after we lost Ethan it was a lot.  She'll come rub my back and say "mommy sad." I'll say yes, then she puts her hands on her head and says "I sad too!"

I love that she can wake up every morning with a smile  on her face.  She doesn't get that from me and I really don't think she gets it from Tim, but it's still refreshing to see her excitement for a new day.  Addison loves to color.  She can sing Jesus Loves Me.  She sang it while we were shopping in Wal-Mart just the other day.  She likes to jump and run.  Before doing anything she will swing her arms and say "Watch me go."  She loves to talk on the phone.  She will call Pappy, Grammy, Daddy and Niece at least once a day.  She listens and those are the people I call most often!  I love that she likes to snugger (snuggle) before going to bed each night.  She has started saying prayers too.  She says "God, thank you" and then she will start naming people over and over and over.  One night we prayed for KK and Ben at least 10 times!

My sweet girl has such a sweet spirit!  She keeps us laughing!

It's not a grill, it's a maternity ward.

Just thought I would post about the fun find from the BBQ grill yesterday!  I went to light the grill so I could cook some chicken for dinner last night.  I made sure to check it because last week there was an unusual amount of grass and debris in one corner.  I really didn't think much of it, lit the grill and let it burn.  Later I thought about it and realized I probably just destroyed somethings home.  Back to yesterday...I look and see two beedy eyes looking back at me.  So, I yelled GROSS,  (Then Addison said GROSS!  So cute!)   slammed the lid shut, and ran inside.  How is it that whenever something...a mouse...ventures into my world the men in my life are never there?  This takes me back to a time when we were living in our garage...yes I said we were living in our garage.  That's another story for another day.  My dad had taken a job in the Dallas area and was already working here.  Mom and I were still living in the garage- with the mice!  Mom was the hero in that story, she shoveled the mice out of the "house" and threw it on the burn pile!
So, of course Tim was still at work.  I decided grilling chicken might not be the best option at the moment.  I looked back at the grill several times and that mouse was not moving...SHE was protecting her babies.  Yes, she had 4 babies in her nest.  Our grill was her labor and delivery suite!  NICE!  I cooked our chicken inside, Tim got home, scooped out the nest of babies and disposed of them.  The mama mouse was not seen...but oh, will she be mad that her babies are gone!
Anyway, our grill is now just a grill.  But, it may take me a while to actually use it again.  It's just gross thinking of my food cooking in the same area as baby mice being born.  GROSS!

This is a picture of two of them.

Cowboy/Cowgirl Day

Last Thursday was Cowboy and Cowgirl Day at preschool.  Here is the progression of pictures.  Can you tell who is not the morning person?

I am so sad that once we got a good picture it came out blurry!  Oh, well that's all I got and it's cute with the blurriness too!

Playing in the Rain

Yesterday we had to get outside.  So we braved the rain and had some fun!  Glade and Addison love to ride their tricycles in the garage so they did that for a while.  They ran through the puddles and we watched the worms...yes worms!  float by in the water at the end of our driveway.  I caught a few for them to look at.  Addison pet one, but Glade wanted no part in touching the worm.  I thought Addison might hold one, but she never did.

Riding in the rain

Glade taking it all in.

Looking at the worm.

First Day of Preschool!

Here we are on the first day of preschool!  Addison was so excited to have her back pack, nap mat and lunch box.  Glade on the other...not so much!  He wouldn't even take a picture.  They had a great day, told me all about Ms. Holly and their friends in their class.  I  wasn't there on the first day because of my surgery, but everyone said they did great!  Ms. Holly says Addison is such a good listener.  They were very helpful at lunch time I was told...maybe they just liked what everyone brought for lunch :)  Addison still loves preschool, she is so excited every day we get to go.  Glade would rather sleep in.  I think he will be more like his dad when it comes to school!

Vacation????

Tim took off 3 days last week because he had some vacation time he had to use by the end of August or he would lose it. We had the hardest time deciding when the best time would be. Isn't it sad when you are too busy to take some time off? We couldn't afford to on a "real" vacation, so we stayed home and my parents came up for a few days. Tim and I got to enjoy a dinner without the kids! It was so nice to eat in peace. Then we got to work. If you've been to our house you have seen the cut out in our living room...we stuff toys in it.

If not, here it is. We have a toybox in it and the toys are all around.

I am moving my craft room downstairs into the office and really wanted to build a closet in there. So we said goodbye to the cutout. Dad started tearing out the wall and found much more space than we had hoped for- a fake wall! So my little closet, turned into a big one and it's not in the office, it's off the hallway!

Some pictures of the construction! Tim and my dad worked all day Thursday and Friday on this project. We found out that the electric in our house is CRAZY! Who would have thought the downstairs master bathroom would be connected to the upstairs bathroom? Seems logical don't you think? Anyway, they had to rewire a few things.

Close in the cutout.

Look at all that space!
The finished project...well almost finished. There is still some painting to do. I LOVE the color. I was nervous at such a dark color, but I love it! I'm so proud of myself for not taking the "safe" route and going with a lighter color.
The closet with shelves. I have a lot to go on this part, I have to really get in the office and get things sorted and put where I want it to be and then decide what stuff will go in the closet. Most of this stuff is the kids craft supplies. I am so happy to finally have somewhere to put them so that it is all put up and not accessible to little hands unless I want it to be!
A little side project...I painted the wall that the fireplace is on the same brown as the other wall. I think it looks so good. Now, I just have to repaint the kitchen. The yellow just doesn't look good anymore. Can you guess what color I want? Shouldn't be too hard...

I'm so thankful that Tim and my dad are so talented at building and fixing things! Thanks for all your hard work last week! I think it was a great "vacation"!