Can you figure out which one of these guys danced solo in the aisle while we were there?
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sunday Morning
Can you guess where we went this morning??
Can you figure out which one of these guys danced solo in the aisle while we were there?
Can you figure out which one of these guys danced solo in the aisle while we were there?
Friday, July 30, 2010
The John Dickson Fridays
That title makes no sense. I know.
2 year olds are hilarious, plain and simple. They are also thieves. Last week Adam went to pick up John Dickson from school, who ran to him. Adam scooped him up and they left. Out in the parking lot, John Dickson got a proud little grin and quietly said "I have piggy outside." He had stolen a pig from daycare. I'm sure he was excited to have the pig outside, as he has been told multiple times to quit throwing toys out the window... anyway, Adam figured they'd just return it the next day, so he let John Dickson take it with him. John Dickson got buckled in and said "I have piggy in truck!" He was too excited. When it was time to get the pig to take back to daycare, John Dickson said "Daddy get it." I told him Daddy doesnt know where it is. He said "Mommy get it." I told him only he knew where it was. He said "I cant reach it." I found it wedged into the handle of the washing machine. Little stinker.
The other night at dinner, John Dickson got the same proud grin on his face, as he spastically yelled "Ameda!!" over and over again. Who is Ameda? Ameda is Amanda, formerly known as "Mommy."
John Dickson continues to be creative in his tactics to get out of his bed. Or to avoid going to bed. Last night, instead of going to bed, he claimed he wanted to "look at Henny." So, naturally, he won.
Lastly, John Dickson has been telling little fibs about going to the potty so that he can get candy. He told us that he "went pee pee" the other night. We looked, the potty was dry, and we told him he did not in fact do anything. He said he did. We said he didn't. He picked up his potty, turned it over over the big potty, and said "I already did it." For someone so smart, he sure thinks little of our intelligence!!
Oh well, we love him.
2 year olds are hilarious, plain and simple. They are also thieves. Last week Adam went to pick up John Dickson from school, who ran to him. Adam scooped him up and they left. Out in the parking lot, John Dickson got a proud little grin and quietly said "I have piggy outside." He had stolen a pig from daycare. I'm sure he was excited to have the pig outside, as he has been told multiple times to quit throwing toys out the window... anyway, Adam figured they'd just return it the next day, so he let John Dickson take it with him. John Dickson got buckled in and said "I have piggy in truck!" He was too excited. When it was time to get the pig to take back to daycare, John Dickson said "Daddy get it." I told him Daddy doesnt know where it is. He said "Mommy get it." I told him only he knew where it was. He said "I cant reach it." I found it wedged into the handle of the washing machine. Little stinker.
The other night at dinner, John Dickson got the same proud grin on his face, as he spastically yelled "Ameda!!" over and over again. Who is Ameda? Ameda is Amanda, formerly known as "Mommy."
John Dickson continues to be creative in his tactics to get out of his bed. Or to avoid going to bed. Last night, instead of going to bed, he claimed he wanted to "look at Henny." So, naturally, he won.
Lastly, John Dickson has been telling little fibs about going to the potty so that he can get candy. He told us that he "went pee pee" the other night. We looked, the potty was dry, and we told him he did not in fact do anything. He said he did. We said he didn't. He picked up his potty, turned it over over the big potty, and said "I already did it." For someone so smart, he sure thinks little of our intelligence!!
Oh well, we love him.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Patience
John Dickson has a new little brother. Henry has an appetite that cannot wait. We have two little boys who can really get going when they decide they want to team up on us and exercise their lungs. We're all practicing patience around here... but these two take the cake:
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
People Meet Henry
It's true, Henry has been busy entertaining his dedicated fans these past two weeks. First, he would like to give his Nana a big big thank you for all of her help for 10 whole nights. What would we have done without her? Oh, its easy. 1) Not slept. 2) Not had any home cooked meals. 3) Lots and lots and lots and lots of dishes (note to self: get new dishwasher) 4) Lots and lots and lots of laundry (I forgot how bodily fluidy new babies are...) 5) Grocery shopping and 6) More toddler entertaining than we had the energy for
John Dickson was so disappointed when he came home from school on Tuesday to find Nana gone. He got out her golf club, looked around for a second, and then it dawned on him: "where Nana doh?" Grumps couldn't stay the week, but he came up for the big day and came back for the next weekend. After he left:
John Dickson: "I need it. I need it."
Adam: "What do you need?"
John Dickson: "I need Grumps back."
John Dickson: "Daddy get it?"
Adam: "Daddy get what?"
John Dickson: "Daddy get Grumps truck"
Leslie came for a visit to meet Henry Bear and to make John Dickson laugh like this:
And we got the super exciting surprise of seeing Ali and Enga! Thank you high school teacher conferences in Greenville!!! Ali and English stopped by to deliver some always yummy food and to snuggle the little guy. Henry tried to make out with Ali. Twice. Apparently she made quite the impression.
Jess came by the hospital before we left, and then she left to go to San Diego. Indefinitely. So. Bummed. We'll miss her like crazy, but are super excited for her new job and CANT WAIT to go visit. Leave Adam with the boys... head out west with Leslie... nap on the beach... see California... yes, sounds perfect. Anyway, I didnt get any pictures of Jess on my camera, but she got a few, and as soon as I get my hands on them, I'll be sure to post.
And Henry got to meet his Great Aunt Barbara!!! Barbara stopped by for a fun visit, delivering a superhero starter kit to John Dickson. He runs around the house now in his fun red cape. It is too cute. And he and Adam shoot spider webs at each other, Spiderman style. That and his impersonation of Adam doing horse sounds are my two new favorite things that little man does. Again, Barbara got pictures, but I didn't thanks to a dead battery, so we'll just have to wait until we get our hands on those.
We'll have to get our boys out to the Griffiths very soon, as John Dickson wont stop talking about the black cow and 2 horseys. And "Bahba".
Sadly, we have no pictures of Henry meeting Sarah, nor do we have any of her amazing chicken pot pie left. De-licious. Despite not capturing the meeting on camera, it was still really good to see her. People shouldn't leave where I work until I leave. Nobody listens.
And John Dickson had a couple of rough days adjusting to Henry, although he loves Henry like crazy and has not taken it out on him in the slightest. But this weekend, he was a new little man. He picked his potty training back up, and is finally telling us when he needs to go (hooray!!!). And he has been behaving like an angel.
He has been pretending the baby tub is his car, and he will ask for the keys and either "go to store. get batteries." or "go monkey joes." He has learned that you can fix anything with a battery and a screw driver. He wanted some faux doors to open on a fire truck, and he kept asking Adam for a screw driver. Then he asked for batteries. He wants daddy to "biscuit" everything. (Biscuit = fix it) Daddy is pretty much his hero.
John Dickson was so disappointed when he came home from school on Tuesday to find Nana gone. He got out her golf club, looked around for a second, and then it dawned on him: "where Nana doh?" Grumps couldn't stay the week, but he came up for the big day and came back for the next weekend. After he left:
John Dickson: "I need it. I need it."
Adam: "What do you need?"
John Dickson: "I need Grumps back."
John Dickson: "Daddy get it?"
Adam: "Daddy get what?"
John Dickson: "Daddy get Grumps truck"
Leslie came for a visit to meet Henry Bear and to make John Dickson laugh like this:
And we got the super exciting surprise of seeing Ali and Enga! Thank you high school teacher conferences in Greenville!!! Ali and English stopped by to deliver some always yummy food and to snuggle the little guy. Henry tried to make out with Ali. Twice. Apparently she made quite the impression.
Jess came by the hospital before we left, and then she left to go to San Diego. Indefinitely. So. Bummed. We'll miss her like crazy, but are super excited for her new job and CANT WAIT to go visit. Leave Adam with the boys... head out west with Leslie... nap on the beach... see California... yes, sounds perfect. Anyway, I didnt get any pictures of Jess on my camera, but she got a few, and as soon as I get my hands on them, I'll be sure to post.
And Henry got to meet his Great Aunt Barbara!!! Barbara stopped by for a fun visit, delivering a superhero starter kit to John Dickson. He runs around the house now in his fun red cape. It is too cute. And he and Adam shoot spider webs at each other, Spiderman style. That and his impersonation of Adam doing horse sounds are my two new favorite things that little man does. Again, Barbara got pictures, but I didn't thanks to a dead battery, so we'll just have to wait until we get our hands on those.
We'll have to get our boys out to the Griffiths very soon, as John Dickson wont stop talking about the black cow and 2 horseys. And "Bahba".
Sadly, we have no pictures of Henry meeting Sarah, nor do we have any of her amazing chicken pot pie left. De-licious. Despite not capturing the meeting on camera, it was still really good to see her. People shouldn't leave where I work until I leave. Nobody listens.
And John Dickson had a couple of rough days adjusting to Henry, although he loves Henry like crazy and has not taken it out on him in the slightest. But this weekend, he was a new little man. He picked his potty training back up, and is finally telling us when he needs to go (hooray!!!). And he has been behaving like an angel.
He has been pretending the baby tub is his car, and he will ask for the keys and either "go to store. get batteries." or "go monkey joes." He has learned that you can fix anything with a battery and a screw driver. He wanted some faux doors to open on a fire truck, and he kept asking Adam for a screw driver. Then he asked for batteries. He wants daddy to "biscuit" everything. (Biscuit = fix it) Daddy is pretty much his hero.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Cousin Love
Erin and Ella came today to meet Mr Henry, along with Granna and Papa. John Dickson, as usual, wasn't sure what to think of Ella at first...
But he quickly warmed up :-)
We tried to get a good cousin group shot, but it was the 5 minutes out of the day that Henry decided to show off his lungs. (Did I mention how wonderfully easy he is so far?)
Instead we got this sweet picture.
And Henry did a lot of this.
But he quickly warmed up :-)
We tried to get a good cousin group shot, but it was the 5 minutes out of the day that Henry decided to show off his lungs. (Did I mention how wonderfully easy he is so far?)
Instead we got this sweet picture.
And Henry did a lot of this.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Hollywild - Summer Addition
Ok, so apparently lack of sleep is catching up with me, as I definitely just misspelled "edition." I'll leave as is for your entertainment. Anyhoo, to pile on the good news, Adam got a job offer from Clemson, where he will be starting on Monday, managing the organic chemistry labs. So, for their last hoorah, and for John Dickson to have some special attention, they headed to Hollywild. You might recall this is the same place we went for the lights at Christmas and had a zebra stick his head in our car - which, was awesome - but otherwise we have never been. I made sure to tell Adam to take lots of pictures. However, I failed to specify that the pictures were of John Dickson, not the animals. Anyway, here's what I got:
That 2nd picture is John Dickson on the safari bus where the animals come up to the sides and eat your food. Since then he wont stop talking about riding the bus, camels, goats, buffalo, horseys and cows. He's going to be just like his dad.
Melt. My. Heart.
This was supposed to be Henry's tummy time, but John Dickson had a better idea. And seeing as how Henry was using tummy time to try to take a snooze on his belly, we had to agree that John Dickson's idea was better.
My boys.
I dare you to find something sweeter than this!
Fine, you win.
Proud big brother!!
A Few More Hospital Pictures
My friend Ashley said she needed some more pictures, and I'm always happy to show off my little ones!!
John Dickson and Henry checking each other out
Henry getting ready for his first ride in the car
The going home outfit. If that hat fit, it might not look like the ride home involved a safari, led by tour guide Henry. Pretty sweet, no?
Our little snoozer
The hearing test
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