it's all fun and games

boyz in da shop

nate and his hero, noah (i had to explain to nate that this noah is not the noah who built that big, big boat :)

while i was a way at choir (stop giggling ya'll) chris and noah did manly things in the man house

safety first.,vanity second...

nathaniel adores noah. all morning all i have heard is "noah come to my house...noah, noah, noah!" haha which reminds me of a funny nate story....

last sat night, i was telling nate that the next day is sunday, church day. the convo went like this

m-tomorrow is church. what do you do at church?

n-go to church! see hope and noah!

m-yes, but why do you go to church?

n-see hope and noah!

m-no, you go to church to worship and sing to jesus

n-no! go church see hope and noah!

m-don't you want to worship jesus?

nate stopped and thought for a minute and said...

n-go to church, see hope and noah first, then worship jesus

m- good enough my boy, good enough

which leads to this story. chris told me this is the convo that chris and nate had the other day

n-daddy, go on plane, go to disney, go to animal kingdom see mickey mouse. do that please

c- sure buddy, just because you said please

oh kids are so cute, so innocent

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Posted by mel at 12:38 PM

we're back

i was taking the pics off the camera and discovered this one. not sure when it was taken (i am thinking sunday while i was at choir?) how cute

going for a walk to feed the ducks, sporting his new shades. that he keeps on! he gets that shades keep the sun out of his eyes...last year he would toss them

at the park with quinn

nate and poppy sliding. man, it was COLD at the park

quinn taking some kids bucket and shovel. haha

driving home yesterday. it was a LONG drive. i was TIRED and did everything to keep myself awake...note that ns has NO snow!

self shot of moi

nate with his tongue out

nate was pretending to sleep. for real. he would say "yaya sleep. mommy take picture of yaya sleeping" then i snap the pic, he would open his eyes and laugh. we played this game for a good 10 mins

nate put his hat on himself. good job. we played this game for a another 10 mins

we get home. i was emptying the car. i could not find nate anywhere. finally i located him. he was sitting on the couch, playing with his truck. with his shoes ON ( a big no-no) i told him to take his shoes off and i went back upstairs....i came down to find....

nate sitting on the bags, pointing to where he put his shoes. good job bud.

we left early because nate was NOT sleeping, i had 2 nights of little to no sleep, crystal and quinn were sick, so i decided to leave a day earlier. get home and get nate back to sleeping again. so glad we did. nate slept through the night and so did i. i feel so much better already

so nate is doing this whole new "clingy to mommy stage" not sure what to make of it. he won't leave my side...not sure how long this is gonna last

poop story

feel fee to not read. it involves poop. hah

15 mins after we left hali i hear "mommy, yaya has to poop" not sure if he's real or not. i kept driving. 20 mins later i was coming up to an exit with a bathroom. i asked him if he had to go he said "no" so i drove on

15 mins later i hear "mommy, yaya has to poop" so i got to the next exit with a tim's and off we go

we walk into the bathroom at tim's and nate does his biz on the toilet (i should say in the toilet) we wash hand and in the process start chatting to the employee who's cleaning the bathroom. we leave to get in the line to get a coffee

i am about 3 ppl from the front and i hear "mommy, yaya has to poop" humm he just went. but i thought ok maybe he does. so i leave the line, go back to the bathroom, say hi again to the employee and put nate on the toilet. and he poops. yes, that he does. 4 flushes later, we wash hands, talk to the employee in the bathroom. get in the line at tim's

i am almost to the front of the line, then i hear "mommy, yaya has to poop" what?

long story short. repeat the above 5 more times. yes, 5. i was in this tim's for 40 minutes while nate did his biz. i got to know the employee quite well, i did finally get my coffee and we get on the road

as i am pulling onto the highway i hear, "mommy, yaya has to poop" i told his too bad, he has to wait until we get home

and he did.

haha

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Posted by mel at 8:03 AM

i am alive!

all is well! thanks for those who asked. ha.

i am in hali with the rents for a little visit. chris is keeping the house warm and cozy for me, eagerly waiting my return....bawahhh

i will be back at the end of the week, with megga pics, stories and a trunk full of new purchases (chris i raised the limit on the m/c) i am sure

have a wonderful week everyone! 3 comments

Posted by mel at 7:41 PM

make em smile...

at crystal palace ...ha. i could not resist. get it? we took nate to ride the train. but first he rode the merry go round. it was ok

then it was time for the train! see that teeny, tiny, puff of blondish color to chris's right? that would be nate's head

he loved the train. he rode it twice. then i convinced him to save his tickets to share with quinn when he comes up in a few weeks. nate agreed to "wait and ride with kin...and poppy"

waving at me as he passed. sniff, they grow SO fast! i figured since i got to ride with nate in florida, chris could do it today

then to mcdee's for a snack and free coffee for mommy and daddy...and the play area is quite sweet....and the coffee is free

i asked nate to smile for me. he did

i thought we needed a fun day. we have spent the last week passing this nasty bug back and forth. i am so done with poop! i can't wait until we all get better! this is the worst! i do say that constant diarrhea is a great way to potty train! nate has done so well with it. he told me today "mommy, yaya bum hurts" i can only imagine my child...

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Posted by mel at 5:09 PM

i stand corrected!

i have often heard these claims and scoffed at them.

"not a day has gone by that i have not thought of my daughter/son......." blah, blah, blah

really? not a day? not one teeny, tiny day?

"i would do anything for my child"

really? like ANYTHING? like die for them? like throw yourself off a cliff? like STOP drinking?

"i think about my son/daughter all the time"

i humbly stand corrected

i will never doubt these people again

there was not been 1 teeny, tiny day that i have not thought of ben. not one. it mostly hits at night, as i lay my head on my pillow. most thoughts are accompanied by silent tears.

i am not over this

please don't tell me to get over it

don't tell me that it's not healthy to still cry

don't dare tell me that i have had enough time and i need to move on

there is a HUGE difference between remembering your lost child but still living life and moving forward than staying in a permanent place of mourning

i am not where i was 2 months ago and i am sure i will be at another place in a few months

i think about my son daily, i will always remember him, i will always ask jesus to hold him for me
my heart is beyond sad when i reflect on all that was taken away from me

i am a proud mom of 2 beautiful sons 4 comments

Posted by mel at 10:47 AM

nate mail

nate got a package to celebrate his potty perfectness and to cheer him up from being sick

his face when he realized that 1- it's a BOOK and 2- it's tommy!

then we read it, and read it again, and once again read it, then i read it one more time, then well, what else was i going to do this afternoon? we read it again (and i made up the story this time)