What Halloween Means for a Sick Little Boy

I think that I was more disappointed than Jayden that I couldn’t dress him in his Sailor outfit and bring him trick or treating!! Poor Jayden is still fighting an ear infection and bronchitis, so we felt it wouldn’t be in his best interest to bring him out in cool weather. 

Little did I know that Jayden had the time of his life handing out candy! He was a hoot handing candy out and telling everyone “Trick or Treat” when Todd answered the door!  He would get so excited when the doorbell would ring!

All in all it was a wonderful holiday with memories!

Milk Out of a Bowl?

Jayden somehow got the “Cereal Fiend” chromosome from his father! When he wakes up he points to the cereal! When we get home from school he points to the cereal! When it’s dinner time he points to the cereal! And he has to lots LOTS of milk with it!

Now some of my good friends out there know I am not a big milk fan. It’s to the point that when I have cereal I put a small amount in my bowl and then drain my cereal from the milk using my spoon. So I can’t begin to tell you how nauseated I feel when I see Toddy drinking his milk out of his bowl when his cereal is gone! (GAG!!) So low and behold I’m in the kitchen cooking and I glance over to J in his high chair and there he is DRINKING MILK FROM HIS BOWL!!!!  

When he was done he had this huge grin on his face! I look over to Todd who has sheepish look on his face and he says, “What? I taught him that two weeks ago!” Oh how I love my boys! (When they are not slurping milk down!)

Happy Anniversary Toddy!

After our amazing trip to Vegas, we had agreed that we would have a low key anniversary at home. (Since Vegas was both a birthday/anniversary present to each other.) I had planned on cooking dinner for Toddy, but then my amazing mother offered to babysit for us! I was so excited and thought it would be really nice to surprise Todd with reservations somewhere.

When he got home last night, I told him that he had a date night somewhere but I wasn’t going to tell him! Of course the 5 year old in him had to ask a million questions! (He obviously does not do surprises well!) So I felt like we were kids getting out for the summer as we raced to our car at 5:00! I drove us and surprised him by pulling into Texas de Brazil! Texas de Brazil is a Brazilian steakhouse that specializes in meats! Todd had never been before and I thought it would be a very special place to celebrate our 3^rd anniversary!

We had a fabulous dinner and we both waddled out thinking we could never eat again! (Not sure why Todd was waddling, mine was clearly a prego waddle J!) We headed home to relive Grandma and put our little guy to sleep. As Todd was putting him down, I was running around making the bed and putting Todd’s final surprise out!

His surprise consisted of my first Pinterest challenge! I saw this idea a few months before and thought it would be perfect for my sentimental hubby who adores chocolate/candy! I was thrilled with how it turned out!

Todd that it was very creative and fell in love with it at the first sentence! (His favorite line by the way!) I’m so happy that something so small could put such a huge smile on his face! I love this man and can’t imagine my life without him. With Todd, I realized that fairytale dreams do come true and there are happily ever afters.

I love you Todd Michael Shappard! Happy Anniversary!

Baby Kicks……

Tonight was one of those surreal nights that takes your breath away. Toddy was taking a well needed night off and was at a concert with his buddy Steve-O. I had a great night playing with Jayden and finally got him down even though he was waiting for his Daddy to put him to bed! (Trader!) I decided it would be nice to get in bed early and read/party plan for my upcoming parties. As I was relaxing, all of a sudden I felt this sucker punch to my lower belly. So much so that I felt the vibration on the outside where my hand rested! I couldn’t believe it……my precious baby kicked and I felt it with my hand!

I immediately texted Todd because I was so excited! We didn’t feel Jayden until he was 22 weeks and I’m only 19 now! My little one continued to kick me several more times which only seemed to fascinate me more! I fell asleep dreaming of our new addition to the family only to wake up to my hubby rubbing my belly and telling out baby to wake up so Daddy could feel! I mean really Todd….lol at 12:30 in the morning! How I love that man! He doesn’t want to miss anything! Unfortunately, our baby was not interested in waking up! So here’s to Toddy feeling in the future!

Elmo!

Today we celebrated Miss Morgan’s birthday party! Morgan is new to Jayden’s class and he was very fortunate to garner a birthday invite from her. Morgan’s parents, Thad and Brittany, made us feel extremely comfortable and we had an amazing time. Of course these are his supposed future in-laws since I found out that Jayden runs to Morgan each morning when she gets in to give her a hug! (For some reason I fear that Todd and I have a future of unease with Mr. Flirt!)

The theme was Sesame Street, which had Morgan’s favorite character Elmo. Morgan’s mom was concerned that some of the little ones would be scared. However, I knew that our little guy wouldn’t be! Sure enough he proved me right! He was the only one who ran up to Elmo! The other little ones cried, or shied away from him.

Jayden’s thirst for adventure and thrills never ceases to amaze me! Nothing scares him! (P.S. - If you perhaps think you saw J in feminine flip flops on, you are correct. He stole Morgan's sandals and did not take them off until we left! That boy and his love for shoes!)