So I had the best of intentions. I really did plan to blog more once school was out. Why Oh Why did I think I would have more time once the 5 year old was out of school? I'm just chalking it up to "what Mommy learns during the first year of school". Now, it is the middle of July and I feel like I am just getting into summer. I suppose part of that could be because it has been so wet and rainy that we couldn't do many summer activities yet. I had planned to live in the pool this summer....I didn't know our whole town was going to turn into a pool. Nevertheless, summer is in full swing, with or without me.
The week after school was out, Big Hoss turned two!
Guess what the theme of his party was? Mickey Mouse! Shocker right? If you've been blessed to be around him for any length of time, you know that this boy is all about Mickey Mouse. We had a beautiful party at GrNanny and Big Guy's.
I'll explain why I look like a pirate in this picture later.
We had a beautiful day for a party and were blessed that lots of friends and family could join us to celebrate!
Cousins - Jax, Taylor and Brayden
JeanJean and the Birthday Boy
Aunt Mel and Big Hoss. He was just glad to find an adult who would walk
with him...our backs are tired around here!
Of course we sang Happy Birthday. We had been practicing at home for a while, hoping that Hoss would learn to blow out his candle after the song. That's the great thing about having a big brother. he's always willing to help sing and blow out candles. Good thing too, because Big Hoss is not a fan of the song or the candle blowing. We even asked everyone to sing softly at the party. At first it was ok, but by the end....well, see for yourself.
After a minute with Mommy, he was better. Then we put him in his chair for cake and he was GREAT!!
In case you haven't been following him very long, Hoss loves, Loves, LOVES CAKE! Doesn't matter what flavor or color, just give him cake. No ice cream though. He gets that from me. Ice Cream? Ehh, I can take it or leave it, but if there's cake....I AM THERE!
I love this picture. It's like my Mama's just told him he gets cake and he is thrilled!
CAKE!!
This is how he points at something he wants. Hehehe. I know he will outgrow it, but I think it's pretty cute.
This is how he points more adamantly when someone gives him cake(or anything) and no way to eat it. It's almost always accompanied with an unhappy grunt.
And this is Big Hoss for, "Now that's some good cake"!
It was a great party and we are so grateful to all of our friends and family who came to celebrate with us. Thank you also for the gifts and gift cards. I had planned to get Thank You notes sent to everyone, but I put them away so we could do a painting project on my desk one rainy day and I keep forgetting.
Now, as for why I looked like a pirate in our family picture. I have had Bell's Palsy. It started the last Friday in May and I am just now getting back to my normal self. It has been a long month. Not terribly uncomfortable most of the time, but when it is, it really is. The best thing about it is that it provided a month's worth of entertainment for my brother and JeanJean. They have thought it was hilarious, and it has been. When I laughed, one whole side of my face stayed droopy and my eye stayed completely open. The other side wrinkled up into a giggly mess. Oh how we have laughed. Autumn, however, did not think it was funny nor that anyone should be laughing at me. Apparently it is not in her nature to laugh at the sick and infirmed, even when they are a hoot! I guess she would have eventually given in and joined us in laughing if I had never gotten better, but, I am grateful for answered prayers and good Dr.'s. I did go to physical therapy, and let me tell you, you have not lived until you have someones hand inside your mouth trying to stretch your face muscles. Of course he tried to talk to me the whole time too...crazy man, you're not a dentist!
Jax was finally old enough to go to Baylor Camp this year. He was a junior raider. Of course he needed Baylor gear for camp, so one Monday GrNanny, Hoss, Jax and I headed over there to deck him out. It was like going home. I have so many wonderful memories from being a student there and some very cherished friendships that have survived the years since we graduated. (I'm not telling how many years).
I was only able to wrangle Jax for a couple of pictures, but they are classic ones.
Jax on the steps of the old chapel, now the study hall.
Jax and Kitty. If you didn't go there, I'm not sure I can explain what an integral part of Baylor School she is. She runs the grill in the student center and she rules with and iron fist. Even when she's chasing you out of the grill, whacking you with her broom, you know she loves you as much as your mama. She's as much Baylor School as B shirts and beating McCallie. Just don't misbehave in her grill and never, Never, NEVER let her hear you cuss!
First day of camp! As we were getting off the freeway, Jax said, "Mom, I'm really excited, but I'm a little nervous too". I walked him in and hung out until his group was ready to go in the wrestling arena.
He was good to go by then!
He loved camp. He got to do lots of fun things that he doesn't usually get to do, like rock climbing. He was absolutely worn slap out at the end of every day and by the end of the week he was sore from using muscles he doesn't usually use in his normal five year old non stop activities.
Hoss has been for his two year check up where he got great reviews. He's not even on the growth curve for height or weight, but he is parallelling it and he is very proportionate. He has all the teeth he should have and is catching up, though still a little behind, developmentally. Hey, we'll take it. Compared to where we started and where we've been, he's a rock star! He also had a urology appointment and was released for the next 12 months. We'll follow up then, but it looks as if he's outgrown the reflux! It was a long week of waiting in waiting rooms and eating goldfish, but worth it for the good reports.
Other than that, we've been trying to keep each other entertained in the house because of all the rain we've had. I'm not going to lie, we've all had cabin fever. We've all been ready to pull our hair out and go to our separate corners. But, it's been fun to see the boys interacting with each other too. Here's just a few of the things we've done to stay busy in the rain.
We've played with a new farm set, compliments of GrNanny and Granddaddy.
Hoss has learned how to tickle.
We've played trucks, talked trucks and fought over trucks. We've not learned to share trucks. I'm not sure two years of rain would see that happen!
We've read books.
and we've watched TV...too much TV, but give a mama a break y'all, TWO weeks of soggy days!
There have been other adventures, but right now, all is quiet in this house and I'm going to catch a few winks before the chaos fires back up. I'll blog more later! I'm just not promising how much later.
