Tea Fall

I can't seem to sleep for some reason, so I figured I'd come be productive with something. So here's a little story that made me smile this weekend that I don't want to forget down the road.

A couple of nights ago we were at my in-laws house visiting with Tim's aunt who is in town. My MIL had to run to the store and since I needed a couple things I decided to go with. Mason, who has been a cling on to me for a few days, saw I was going out and insisted on going. We headed to the store, I picked up a few items and some groceries for school, checked out, loaded the car and headed back. 

My MIL placed a can of tea bottles on the back seat of the car next to Mason. While driving I had to stop and turn on the road, so the case of tea slide from the seat and fell. From the backseat of the car we hear Mason cry out, "Tea Fall!" We thought he was just narrating the events and said yes that it had, but it was okay. Well apparently that wasn't enough for him, because he proceeded to announce over and over again that the tea had fallen. At least 50 times in the course of the few minutes it took to get back to Papa's house. 

Upon entering the house, I began to tell Tim about the story and Mason's insistence on talking about the tea falling, when Mason decided to tell everyone with the fervor of a 2 year old, that the tea had fallen in the car. Repeating it over and over again! On the car ride home he repeated stated, "tea fall, tea fall, tea fall" all the way home. It was quite funny how set he was on telling us over and over about this little incident, and how much it was important to him. We carried the groceries inside and assured him the tea was fine and put him to bed. 

If only the story ended here. In the morning I drove Tim to work. Mason was in the backseat while Tim and I were chatting up front. Both of us not making any mention to him about the tea from the night before, when all of a sudden he calls out to us, "tea fall!" reminding us once again of the previous night's incident in the car. He's so cute about certain things, and it's always interesting to me to see what strikes his fancy. Kid's sure keep you smiling :) I know I can't drink tea at lunch without thinking about him now.

Ugh!

I feel yuck. I'm not sure what it is. Perhaps my hubby kept me up too late Sunday night from our V Day festivities. Perhaps its the result of not sleeping well all of last week with Tim gone, or maybe just the unfortunate luck of one of Mason's sneezes and boogery kisses. Whatever it is, I've been fighting it since I walked out of the doctor's office Monday.

Just my luck right, go to the doctor to get established as a new patient, and get sick that night. Lucky for me, I was able to get some Defend and Resist from the most wonderful Emily Monday night when I felt it start. That horrible tickle in the throat, ache in the body and chill. I swear it's the only thing that's kept me walking. I just want to sleep and knock it, but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. Of course Tim scheduled some meetings this week for his second job, so of course that leaves me home alone with Mason, who always seems to have energy at the end of the day when I just feel wiped out from work.

For the record, I just swallowed 11 vitamins and supplements. Hope they help. Off to get some sleep.

Valentines Day

I love Valentine's Day. Not for all the mushy gushy stuff, but because it's a holiday that we can celebrate as a family without having to share the day with any other family. Its done how we want it just the three of us. It's a day to celebrate the people we love and our family is all about loving each other. So we started the morning with presents in bed!

Tim got some frisbee golf discs to hang out with the guys from church :)

Mason got a cool mailbox. (It came with some Valentine cards, but we'll save those for next year, he was just stoked about the mailbox that lights up when you open it.)

 

 Tim surprised me with a Kindle! I was so excited. I've been wanting one for a while, and just not willing to spend the money or let myself get it. Leave it to my hubby to treat me. :)

  

It's so cool! In perfect Tim fashion he wrapped the present with comics from the paper and did his own card. Which I totally loved because he writes something heartfelt and meaningful every time. 

Mason loved checking out the card I got Tim and trying to figure out the meanings from the pictures :)

We went to church in the morning them Tim drove us to Red Robin in Ft. Myers for lunch. We figured dinner in town would be near impossible with wait times and a toddler in a restaurant during his nap time would not be fun, so Red Robin offered us a great burger, fun atmosphere and plenty of background noise. But Mason was really wonderful! We then went to Joann's, Babies R Us, and Target while Mason napped in his stroller. The day was beautiful to walk around outside. Tim really knows how to fill my love tank :) I even got a nap at home when we got back. Mason's been so wonderful, went to be early and we enjoyed a great night in. So one last picture before I wrap this up. Tim just came home with some take out from Applebees :)
 

Hope you had a blessed Valentines Day. God is so good.

We made it!

Friday night Tim came home from a work trip he had to make up to Georgia. He had been gone almost an entire week. Being away for work is not something that Tim has to do very often, and it's very rare that he'll have to spend the night somewhere else and leave us alone. One of the things I like about his job is that the hours are pretty consistent and we're pretty set on when he'll have to work and when he won't. 

So for an entire week I played the role of single, working mom. It was rough. I give props to all the ladies that have to raise children on their own all the time. At least I had an end insight. 

But there were a few things I learned from the week: 

When cooking for Mason and I there are always enough leftovers for lunch the next day :) 

Mason behaves well for me, not just Tim :) 

Mason is not the cause of all the messes in our home, because with just the two of us the house stayed clean :) 

My toothbrush was lonely alone in the bathroom :) 

I don't sleep well when Tim's not in bed with me :(

I'm totally capable of taking care of Mason and myself if I have to, and I can do quite a good job at it, but I really love having my husband at home to protect, care, and cherish us. :)

Glad my hubby is home!

Getting ready!

Getting the house ready for my first Valentines Party! Whoo hoo! I'm a little nervous, I've not had all the girls from church over for a party yet, I hope it goes well.

It rained all day yesterday, so I'm not sure if the playground is going to be a go with the weather kinda icky and cold out, but we'll see.

I had my entire house clean Thursday night and ready to go, but my MIL had to watch the kids at my house Friday. Bless her heart, she tried to mop my floors for me because something spilled and now you can see the mark of foot prints all over my tile :( No use in re-mopping before all the kiddos come over, I'm sure it will be a mess later anyway :) Love it!

Hope there's enough food, kids play nice and everyone has fun. I love Valentines Day!

My sweet little guy

I give my son a hard time. I suppose I have such a high standard that I want him to achieve, that sometimes I don't consider that he's 2! I've not even reached the standards I've set, he certainly won't.

So today after work, while I was just enjoying my time with Mason, running errands and doing things at home, God just showed me how wonderful Mason is. In spite of the 2 year old tantrums, learning boundaries, struggle of wills. sharing toys, and learning how to function in the family, Mason really is a great little boy.

Mason loves to laugh and loves to be tickled, wrestled, and rough housed to show that he loves you back.

Mason worries when another child gets hurt and show empathy, compassion and love.

Mason doesn't like time out, but when it's over, he sits and listens while we follow up and explain the reason and confirm we love him. We're starting to see him respond to the discipline and mold his will to our home boundaries. As well and mind our authority and respect our positions.

Mason enjoys to be creative, expressive, active and vocal. All things that will help him grow into a leader and a strong man.

Mason quiets himself when we pray and is so gentle in holding hands while we come before God.

Mason enjoys life in such a pure, honest, simple way. A way that I should embrace more often.

I saw all this, because not every kid is so great. Some kids are not fortunate to have families and friends to invest in their lives and they don't have someone to teach them better, and some kids do have families but won't soften their hearts to love and are just mean kids.

Mason's a great kid. I feel such a huge weight of responsibility to do a good job. I don't want to let him down as a mom and I want to do right before God because He's been so gracious to bless me with the job of Mason's mom.

Why boys rock....

Too funny, but only because I wasn't the victim..... This morning, Mason was playing with Mr. Potato Head while we were getting reading in the bathroom. Tim and I were chatting while Tim was shaving, and Mason came in to check out the scene.

Then Mason sneezed. You know the kind of sneeze with two year old snot all over the place. Because we were talking, Tim didn't see Mason walk over to him, use his pants as a tissue and then clap because he was able to wipe his nose all by himself.

After this all occurred, which of course only took about 3.5 seconds, Tim looked at me and said, "He just did that, didn't he?" To which I can only laugh and smile.

Little boys rock!

Refreshed

As one of Tim's Christmas presents he got a weekend away with me. I planned it out with his parents and we got 2 nights in Orlando at their Disney timeshare :) So fun. I've been looking forward to it all month!

We both took off of work Friday to leave early, packed up our stuff and headed up to Orlando. Mason packed his McQueen bag and we dropped him off at Papa's house for the weekend.

The weekend was wonderful. We relaxed, laid in bed past 7 am, ate at every restaurant we wanted, strolled through the mall, shopped at a couple stores, enjoyed Downtown Disney, watched a movie at a movie theater for the first time in months, and just enjoyed being adults without being parents for a couple days.

We both missed Mason. Not that we haven't left him for a weekend before, but as he gets older our little family has become quite fun and we've enjoyed being like the three musketeers. At the same time, while we missed him, talked about him and shopped for him, the time away to enjoy each other was wonderful. I can't say I didn't look for a little boy running around the shopping racks, but it was nice to go into a store or restaurant and take my time and enjoy it.

I know there are a lot of parents who aren't able to leave their children to go away, but as I invest more and more in my marriage, I learn more and more how important it is for parents to enjoy each other outside of the roles of mom and dad. And while Mason missed us, gave me tons of kisses, cuddles and hugs since I've been home, the being apart was good for all of us. Tim and I enjoyed each other and Mason has been an angel since we've been home.

So it's Monday, and I'm refreshed in my role as Mommy, wife and everything else. Sometimes we just need to get away and rest to come back with a fresh view on everything we left behind.