Talking Twos

My thoughts on toddlers. This is not the "terrible twos." This stage should be called the "talking twos."

JMS was casually riding along in the backseat as we drove through town. When, I gawked, "holy cow!" And, he said, "holy cow mommie, holy cow!"

I was looking through photos on the blogs...and he climbed into my lap and said, "baby mommie?" "Yes, we are looking at Baby Harper and Baby Zoe." He said, "baby mommie?" I said yes, "where do babies come from?" He said, "store mommie."

I'm watching him eat dinner and I said, "JMS eat one chicken nugget." He said, "two." I said, "three." He said, "four." I said, "five." And we continued alternating all the way to NINE. Is that possible? Are two year olds supposed to be able to count?

So...I digress. Kim has me "one-upped." (unfortunately) JMS is no closer to potty training. Last night I had him taking a bath, and I asked, "do you have to go potty?" (after I heard some grunting) "No mommie, no potty." And, when I look again, he is holding out for me...."ew mommie." Yes, you imagined correctly.

Love the twos!

Stress Relief...Sunday's Sermon

Sermon: What if Women Wrote the Bible?
TEXT: Judges 4:1-9....I highly encourage you to click on the link "The Church" on my page and scroll down to read the sermon from Sunday. If anything, his jokes were funny.

I worked 15.5 hours today! My boss gave me too much critical feedback. My husband worked 15 hours today....too, and we celebrated our anniversary with a home cooked steak, potatoes and salad dinner.

If I could get my boss to listen to me I would say, .... ok....fill in the blanks yourself...and post a comment if you dare.

Love ya'll.

Photos of Ice Storm in our backyard

JMS 2 YEAR check up

Statistics:

Height 34 and 3/4 inches (57%)
Weight 29.6 pounds (70%)
Head Circumference 50.5 cm (89%)

Healthy, Happy "big boy" (as he'd tell you)

Eats about as much as a bird.
As energetic as a monkey (so we call him).
And chatters like my dad. :) The doctor said he should have a vocabulary of about 50 words...um try probably 100...and echos anything we say like a parrot!
We'll still keep him...thank you very much!

7 years on Monday

I just wanted to do this before I got distracted with JMS or work....my husband and I celebrate 7 years of marriage (so he reminds me...we've been together for 12) on Monday February 9th! I know this comment probably makes our parents feel old...or our friends wonder where did all the time go? It seems like yesterday.

In seven years we have done so much and I just wanted to tell him that I love him and wouldn't have done all of this with out him!

4 deployments (Kosovo, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq)
2 home purchases
2 cross country moves
7 states (resided in: New York, Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, Kansas, Washington, Kentucky)
1 dog (almost 7 years old, Quincy boy)
1 child (just turned 2 years old, JMS)
4 vehicles (Ford Explorer, VW Jetta, Ford 150, Chevy Trailblazer)
4 careers (Army TC, Army IN/MI, Retailer #1 and Retailer #2)
7 family Christmas get togethers
4 nephews (William, Drew, Eli, Joshua)
1 neice (Faith Ann)
3 vacation cruises (Carribbean, Hawaii, Baja Mexico)
too many friends to count and name without forgetting someone

If you want to contribute to what else we've accomplished in this time...please post a comment.

Pumpkin Bread

As requested by Kim: here is our pumpkin bread recipe.

Grease 2, 9" x 5" loaf pans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine: 3 3/4 c all purpose flour, 2 tsp baking soda, 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ginger and 1/2 tsp ground cloves (DRY INGREDIENTS)

Cream: 2 sticks of margarine

Gradually add: 2 cups sugar

Blend in and beat well, 4 eggs

Add dry ingredients to 1 1/2 c pumpkin (alternating, end with dry ingredients)

Bake for 1 hour.

More Snow!!!

We had a southern teaser on Sunday...warm air...melted a good bit of the driveway and back yard. I actually drained the hot tub, cleaned it out, while JMS took his afternoon nap; and, I was wearing a short sleeve shirt. But, yesterday we acquired another 4 inches of snow. Now, the garden hose (that I used to drain the tub) is buried and frozen. So, I won't be refilling the hot tub anytime soon. It always is my luck too. I did quite a bit of manual labor in Cincinnati on Friday and Monday to assist in setting up a new store. So, when I got home I naturally wanted to soak my sore muscles...not going to happen. Unless I want to sit in an empty tub and freeze my muscles in snow. :)

I guess I'll count my blessings. My parents got 9 inches of snow. No thank you.