No more Army crawl....

...it's on to the big boy hands and knees crawl. Steve has been working with Josiah on this because someone told him that it is vitally important for a child's brain development to learn the back and forth motion of crawling on their hands and knees. And out of the blue, just last night, he started doing it on his own. He has been doing it a little bit, just one or two steps, but now he can go across the entire room that way. If you ever saw him do the army crawl, you know that he pushed off with one leg while he kept the other one straight. He does a similar thing now, using one of his legs to push. It is kind of funny. Soon he will be up and walking and we will really be in trouble!!

For Sarah's enjoyment....

So, I was taking some of Josiah's new clothes up to put in his closet. (We don't keep the clothes he is currently wearing upstairs in his room. Those are the clothes he will grow into. The clothes he wears now are kept downstairs in the laundry room. Anyway...that is how it is.) Back to the story......I was taking the new clothes upstairs and I started looking through the stuff that is in the closet to see if there is anything that would fit him right now. And here is what I found. I took a picture of them. Of course he has to wear them. We always have a PJ's shortage in this house. I knew you would get a laugh! Oh, and P.S. I didn't buy them. Someone else gave them to me.

Coming up for a quick breath...

Yes, it has been another week of being submerged in one activity after another.

Monday: Chipotle with Heather while Steve went to Kimono with Gardner. We ended up at Coldstone. What a great way to finish off the evening.

Tuesday: Took a family friend to Saratoga Steakhouse for a graduation gift. Had a little bit of Steve's filet and a ceasar salad. Topped it off with a Nutter Butter shake from Marble Slab. (I am beginning to see a pattern here!)

Wednesday: Shopping at Concord Mills with Jen and Jack. I FINALLY found a dress for the wedding. We found some good deals. Very exciting!! Ended up the evening at Life Group. Great night with a great group of people! Kudos to Jen for the homemade pizzas!

Thursday: Went to Derek and Sarah's and babysat Isaac while they went out for their anniversary. He was perfect!! Drank his bottle and went to sleep. (I don't really know why she says all that stuff about him being a monster and all!! Haha.....love ya, Sarah!!)

Friday: Went to the wedding rehearsal for Grace and Jeff's wedding. Finished the night off with a buffet at the Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro. Yummy!

Saturday: The wedding. I played the prelude and for her dad to sing to Jeff. I messed up just a little bit in the prelude, but apparently I covered pretty well. It was a beautiful wedding. The southern gospel group Valour was there and they sang. INCREDIBLE! I don't listen to southern gospel but I almost want to after hearing them. They gave me goosebumps.

Sunday: We were in the nursery at church. It was pretty good today. Only four kids. Only one really needed constant attention. After church we went to the Greek Festival and ate souvlaki and those loukomades (I think that is how you spell it!) Yummy! I crashed and took a 3 hour nap this afternoon. I am going to need it since the next two days are going to be a marathon!

I have to go in early to school tomorrow to help some of the kids get their aprons done. Tuesday is my last day. I am kind of excited!! I am really looking forward to summer, the beach, Alaska, and just some time to relax.

That's all for now....I will be back again in a week. Nah, hopefully it will be before then!!

Whirlwind Update

This past week has flown by. I don't know where it went. I didn't have time to stop and look. Here is a brief summary of what I can remember:

Tuesday: Went to Greensboro for my friend Andrea's last high school soccer game. They lost. It was sad. But we went to Smokey Bones for dinner so that almost made up for it.

Wednesday: I spent the day at the mall looking for a dress to wear at the wedding I am in this coming weekend. No luck. Everything is black and white or too wild looking. Life Groups in the evening. Jen McKie made great dessert!!

Thursday: My parents are retiring. The kids they teach had their last ever Spring Program. We went. My dad cried some. It was also kind of sad, but happy at the same time. I am glad they are retiring. They have worked hard for a very long time.

Friday: We hosted the rehearsal dinner for a wedding here at our house. New record - 50+ people were here. It was a good time.

Saturday: We went to the wedding. Then we had the teenagers over for make-your-own pizza and guitar hero. It was a lot of fun! Matt left GH here so I could play it the weekend. Great times and sore wrists!! :)

Sunday: My first ever Mother's day!! Went to church and then to Applebees for lunch. Came home and Steve gave me the gift from him and Josiah. The card from Josiah was so sweet it made me cry. Then I cried when I saw the gift. It was a Kitchen Aid mixer. I know, how dumb to cry over an appliance. But if you knew all that was behind it, you might have cried too!! I just love my husband and my son so much!! What blessings from God that I don't deserve. Sometimes I am amazed that God chose to bless me this way. What grace! I am so thankful!!

Monday: Well, that is tomorrow. I am not sure all that it will bring, but I do know that it will involve lots of piano practice (I am playing for a wedding next weekend), dinner with Heather and Coldstone Creamery!! It will be a great day!!

P.S. Josiah turned 10 months on Friday. Here is his 10 month pic!

He's pulling up....

Josiah can now pull himself up on the couch. He gets pretty excited when he does. I think our life is going to be over soon. We will spend all of our time chasing him around everywhere. Hmmm....maybe I will lose those last couple of pounds that way!!

I did it!

Yes, I did it. I am not proud of it. But be assured, I am not alone. There are many more of "Us" out there. (I can say "Us" now!) We are embarrassed by what we have done, but what can we do about it?? Nothing. It cannot be changed. What is the big deal you say? What horrible thing have you done? Okay, I confess. I accidently walked into the men's room. I was at Applebees with Steve and I had to go to the restroom. I am not sure where my mind was, but when I woke up from whatever state of dream I was in I was walking past the urinals thinking to myself in kind of a haze, I don't remember seeing those in here before! Then, I quickly woke up, turned around and headed back out the door, trying to keep my laughter inside as not to draw attention to myself. I am not sure if anyone saw me. I tried not to make eye contact with anyone as I returned to my seat. Fortunately, there were no men in there at the time or it really would have been bad. If I had not felt the need to confess at this moment, no one would have ever known. (Except for Steve...I had to tell him, of course!)