Wordless Wednesday WINNER: GiGi

Ohhhhhh.....Heck, yes, I want some Oreo Cookies & Cream Ice Cream!!!!!

Terrible 2 and a HALF!

I have heard from fellow mother friends about the Terrible 2's, Terrible 2-1/2's and Terrible 3's. I wondered why I decided to have a child on Friday of last week. Simmer down GiGi and Grammie...it was a fleeting thought, (okay it lasted all day Friday)!

It started as a normal Friday...Taebo at 6:00 a.m., text from Sara that her daughter was sick, so I just decided to take the day off and stay home with Caden. What I thought would be a wonderful Mother/Son day turned into a LIVING BREATHING NIGHTMARE.

I.WOULD.NOT.KID.YOU.ABOUT.THIS.! Tim's mom (Grammie) had already planned to take him to her house to spend the night Friday night. WHICH I WAS THANKFUL FOR AFTER FRIDAY! I may be over-dramatizing this a bit (my husband would certainly agree), BUT-I have never had a day like this with Caden E.V.E.R.!

I took Tim's truck to Discount to have them look at a tire and brought Caden along with me. He was wonderful. He played with his Hot Wheels trucks in the lobby and was fantastic! Then we left for Walmart to run in and buy our weekly pizza and some Parmesan cheese. THAT'S IT, NOT A BIG GROCERY SHOPPING TRIP. We get inside and he is in the cart and decides he wants to push the cart. This is normal, Walmart was empty so I obliged him. We parked near the lawn center and made our way into the wonderful world that is Walmart. This peaceful 'pushing of the cart' lasted maybe 1 minute...and I'm being generous saying 1 minute. He launched into a full-fledged unprovoked fit of which I have never witnessed. 'NO MOMMY, I PUSH IT!' For the record, HE WAS PUSHING IT! I told him to stop and that if he did not quit acting up, I was going to leave. He continued, so I left the empty cart in the automotive section (because I failed to mention I was on my way to the TOY AISLE to reward him!) and we headed out. I was holding him and he was kicking and screaming like those white trash kids do so often in WALMART! As we made our way to the lawn center, there was an older guy that works there that met us as we were walking out. He's a super nice guy and has worked there forever! He stopped me and said 'Hey Buddy! Why are you crying?' I said, (as if to justify what was going on), 'Caden is being ugly to Mommy so we are leaving.' The guy totally calmed Caden down (probably because he was scared of him) and said to be nice to me and that he needed to mind his Mommy, etc...etc...etc...So Caden calmed down and promised the stranger he would behave and we made our way back to the cart.

I passed up the toy aisle for obvious reasons and headed to the Parmesan cheese aisle. Tim called while Caden was being an angel and pushing the cart to see what Discount had said. As my phone rang I told Caden to stop (pushing) so I could answer the phone. 'NO MOMMY, I PUSH CART!' I looked around, no one else was on the aisle...so I grabbed him by the arm and smacked his rear end hard and said, 'Mommy said, STOP, you STOP!' I answer the phone and my demon possessed child decides to rid the shelves of all Ramen noodles...I.Die! I tell Tim that I have to call him back and he understands since he can barely hear me over my child freaking out in the middle of WALMART!

I discipline him again and put him IN the cart after my CLEAN UP ON AISLE WHATEVER NUMBER and we head to the pizza aisle. At this point he is throwing his leg out of the cart about to fall out and kill himself. I am so mad that I just want to get the pizza and leave. We get to the pizza and Tim calls back to say, 'Has he calmed down?' I didn't have to answer him because again Tim could hear my angel acting like a demon.

We check out and I go over why Mommy is upset and that is not how you are suppose to act in a store, etc. He says, 'Sorry Mommy...' and starts pointing out things along the way home to me...'Mommy, yellow bus!' 'Mommy, big truck!' I ignore him and hope it sinks in.

We get home and I fix lunch for him and put the nuggets on the tray along with some cheese and crackers and turn on the TV. It started out fantastic. Clearly my plan had worked and I was thinking I could give Dobson a run for his money with the parenting technique I had used!

Proof: He's having lunch quietly and watching TV.

Then he finishes and walks over and starts talking to me about-I can't remember-anyway, then we went south.

He decided after I asked him if he was finished with lunch to KICK HIS TRAY OVER! Chicken nuggets, ranch dressing, milk cup, etc...goes flying all over the room.

Pat called me to see how things were going and I said, 'YOU ARE STILL COMING, RIGHT?' She assured me and said she was on her way. I offered to pay her speeding ticket should she get one, on the way! She arrived and I kid you not I met her at the door with Caden and his bag. Caden RAN TO HER. I told her I was sure he was tired of spankings and timeouts. I buckled him in the car and he was crying and saying, 'Mommy ride in car?' I said, 'No, Mommy is staying here.' Pat lovingly assured me that he would be fine and probably wouldn't cry much longer and I DID NOT CARE. I said, 'Oh, I'm fine!' So she left and then called me an hour or so later and I answered the phone by saying, 'YOU AREN'T BRINGING HIM BACK YET ARE YOU?' She laughed! Anyway, it happens to all Moms and I know this but Good LAWD I had had enough that day! Thanks to Grammie for taking him!

I like this Caden below so much better!

Happy Birthday Glenn!

Today is Glenn (our Boss's) Birthday! Here are some pictures of him today when he got to work.

Laura got him a really cool G.P.S. keychain. You push a button when you get out of the car and then again when you reach your destination and then it will guide you back to your car!

You cannot see it here, but he is opening up the gift card to Bass Pro that I got him. Check out those yummy looking cupcakes that Laura's daughter Candyce made!!!!

Wordless Wednesday WINNER: Jamie

"So you could remember the pillows, the blanket and the Happy Meal

but you forgot the sunglasses...geez!"

Mickey and Trucks

Yesterday I had to work but Daddy and Grammie were off and took Caden shopping! I came home to lots of goodies! Two Hot Wheels carriers that hold 100 cars each! Thank goodness for those since he has a BAZILLION new ones to play with! Caden also came home with a new Mickey Mouse blanket which he loves and 2 new Mickey and Donald Duck outfits!

Thanks Grammie!

Here is Caden this morning in his new Mickey outfit.

Here he is this morning before school playing with his cars! After he has breakfast the first thing he says is 'Mommy or Daddy, I wanna go play!'.

Work With Mommy

Friday Caden came to work with me. Sara (the sweet friend of mine that keeps him Mondays and Fridays and after MDO on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays) was unable to keep him because her son was sick.

He is so much fun when he spends the day with me at work. He watches Mickey Mouse on the computer (if Mommy isn't using her computer) and plays with my post-it notes, goes into Glenn's office and plays with his Porsche and Ferrari model cars. He has a blast.

Here he is watching some Mickey Mouse while having a snack.

Hot Wheels!

One of Tim's co-workers sent home an entire box of Hot Wheels cars along with a rolling cabinet with 3 drawers full of even larger cars and a track that has 2 cars that shoot around it at crazy speeds!

Caden is in heaven! He has not even gone through half the cars he got from the box. I cannot imagine someone delivering to me an entire box of Barbies when I was younger! I would have fainted!

Thanks so much Bruce! Caden loves them ALL!

Wordless Wednesday WINNER: AUNT KAY

Geez Mom you scared me. I just got up tonight to get a drink of water by myself. Is it really necessary that you take a picture of me at 2 in the morning? Go back to bed.

Happy Birthday Jamie!

Happy Birthday to my Best Friend Jamie! I love you tons and cannot wait to celebrate at lunch today! Our lunches are always very interesting! We have great stories to tell every time! I hope your day is amazing!

Random Caden Pictures

The picture is kind of bright, but here he is in his new Monkey/Banana pj's coloring with chalk. He will tell you to draw something and before you can get half the picture drawn, he erases it and laughs his head off!Here he is around 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Sara warned me that he had only slept for 40 minutes or so at nap time. I got home and he got really quiet and I found him like this watching cartoons. Not a big deal for most kids who can fall asleep anywhere, but for Caden it is a HUGE deal. He has only fallen asleep at home out of his bed 3 times TOTAL!
Here he is in his outfit from Aunt Kay and Uncle Scott before we left for church. He kept saying, 'Mommy, I cute!'. I agree!

Wordless Wednesday WINNER: AUNT KAY

Urgh why did you turn the TV off Mom? I wanted to watch the wiggles for the 150th TIME!

Basketball Goal & Crayola Desk

Today I put together Caden's basketball goal he got from GiGi and Poppa for his 2nd birthday. Now that we have the playroom ready, he actually has room for it. He played basketball in the living room where I put it together at and then he grabbed my hand and Tim's hand and made us sit down on the hearth to watch him play.

He loves to throw underhanded UP the net rather than over the rim and into the net. In time...in time....Thanks so much GiGi and Poppa, he loves it!

I also put together his Crayola desk he got from Grammie. He loves using the 'paint cup holders' to hold his water cup!Here he is pushing his chair in before his game of basketball. He could not wait for it to be finished so he could sit in the chairs! Thanks so much Grammie!

Happy New Year!

This time last year, here is how our little guy looked. Click here.

Here's to a Healthy and Happy 2010! Blessings to everyone! Happy New Year!