Christmas-time's-a-coming!

I am so excited that Christmas is upon us. We are finished with all of our parties and set for the big day. Bo is super excited and I think that makes it even more enjoyable! Watching him open gifts at his school Christmas party and at our youth Christmas party was a treat...he was SO EXCITED!!!

1st gift of the season at school party

What could it be?

It's Woody & Army Men from Toy Story...What else would it be?

This is so cool!

Opening a gift from Uncle Jeff & Aunt Brandie at the Youth Party

(It was a Guy Harvey shirt with Sharks on it...Loved it!)

Yesterday, today and tomorrow, he is home with his Daddy and I will be off starting tomorrow at 2:00 until after the New Year! This family time is so special and I want to soak up each and every memory!

At the local Christmas Parade with Daddy!

On that note, here are a few memorable quotes from Bo (2 yrs, 8 mos):

"Mommy, I want a Rice Christmas Tree!" (Rice Krispy Treat)

Me: What do you want for supper, chicken or a corndog?
Bo: "III waanntt...cookies."

Bo (already in bed): "I'm tirsty, I want some milk."
Me: You can have water.
Bo: "Don't want water, want Milk!"
Me: No, you can have water.
Bo: "I want some MiLk!"
Me: (Quietly, listening from the living room with Terry)
Bo: "GET ME SOME MILK!!"
Terry and I just about lost it laughing! He fell asleep with in a couple of minutes of the last outburst. He never got the milk or the water, usually if he's really thirsty, he'll ask for the water!

This morning as I was getting ready for work, he and Terry were both sleeping in. Around 6:45, the bathroom door opens to a very sleepy little guy, squinting at the light:
Me: Hey little man, good morning.
Bo: "Mommy, put those jammies on."
Me: Buddy, I have to get ready for work.
Bo: "No, put those jammy pants back on.
Me: Ok, but I have to go to work today.
Bo: "No, take that off your head (towel) and get back in your bed with me."
If he only knew how much I would rather be in bed than at work!!!

Until next time...

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Bo's 1st Prayer

Bo said his first independent prayer on Monday, November 23, 2009.

"God, thank you for big Woody, baby Dani Lynn, Mommy, Daddy, and Prissy, that's it...Amen"

He is totally and completely into Toy Story. Buzz and Woody are his world and his new "cousin" Dani Lynn is most always not far from his mind. She is the daughter of our best friends Justin and Terra, and she is the first baby that he has had a lot of contact with. He is not jealous of her at all and doesn't mind Terry and I holding her. In his words, "She's, so cute!".
Buzz x2

Danica Lynn
10/28/09

Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone without a blog post. To catch up, Bo was Buzz Lightyear for Trunk or Treat and he was Joe from Blue's Clues again this year for Trick or Treating. The costume still fit and he wanted to wear it, so we said "Why not?".

Bo as "Joe"

Trunk or Treat 2008

Bo as "Joe" with Mrs. Karen

Fall Festival 2009

Bo as "Buzz"
Trunk or Treat 2009

Thanksgiving was enjoyable and relaxed. It was interesting for me, because I had 8 teeth extracted the Thursday before Thanksgiving. My Mother-in-Law had both sweet and regular mashed potatoes and my Mom had a Cajun menu that had lots of rice dishes. They were sweet to consider my tender mouth in meal preparations. This past Monday I had braces put on, so I am still not up to eating much more than things that are super soft. The worst is over and I look forward to non-crowded teeth in my future!

Trunk or Treat 2009

Black Friday shopping is an annual event for Terry, myself and his cousin. Terry and I have shopped on BF every year since 2001, his cousin joined in around 2004 or 2005. It is always an interesting experience to say the least. This year by far has been the craziest, at least it was for Terry. At about 8:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, we were getting into bed when his phone rang. It was his best friend, Harold, who we usually meet up with at some point during our BF adventure. He asked what we were doing and Terry explained that we were going to bed, so we could leave at 4:30 a.m. to be at Toys R Us, when they opened at 5:00 a.m., in hopes of finishing all of our shopping in time to get home and watch the Iron Bowl. Harold informed Terry that Toys R Us actually opened at midnight and that he and his wife were leaving at 10:00 p.m. to get in line. Long story shorter, after much back in forth, it was decided that they would come and pick Terry up on the way to the line. It ended up being the right decision, because Terry put his hands on the very last item in the store that Bo has talked about non-stop since mid-summer! Santa has been informed that Bo's heart is totally set on a new Buzz Lightyear, "his wings 'POP' up and he's in a Spaceship box" and a new Woody "with a pull string". Thanks to Terry's efforts we were able to find the BEST pricing on these items. He was home and back in bed by 2:00 a.m., only to get up at 4:00 a.m. and head back out at 4:30 a.m. to be in line at Best Buy with his cousin. It was a great day and I only had to nudge him once or twice when he started to stare off! We finished all we had to do and made it home in time to watch the Iron Bowl, then he was off to bed by 8:00 p.m. What a guy!!!


Buzz & Zurg

(Watch Toy Story 2, you'll understand!)

As usual the typically busy Christmas season is upon us. I hope to remember to blog about some of it!

Until next time...

Nineteen

Have you heard this song by Taylor Hicks? I heard it a few months ago on Rick & Bubba and had Terry put it on my iPod. It came up in my shuffle this morning on the way in to work. It really makes you think about a soldiers bravery and sacrifice! Look it up if you haven't heard it...it's worth a listen.

Nineteen

The number on his back wore the captain of

The high school football team

Took us all the way to state

Got a scholarship to play down in Tennessee

He could catch he could throw he could run he

Could go like you've never seen

Nineteen

But on the day those twin towers came down

His whole world turned around

He told them all I can't play ball there's a war on now

He marched right in with a few good

Men and joined the marines

At nineteen

[Chorus]

He's a boy next door

He might of carried your bags at the grocery store

Now he's somebody's son in a hole

With a gun in a foreign land

Trying to hold on to his

American dream

At nineteen

There's a sniper out there in the dark

Somewhere and a soldier is down

Need someone who can duck and run and get him out somehow

What one good man will raise his hand

And take one for the team

How bout you nineteen?

[Chorus]

He's a boy next door

He might of carried your bags at the grocery store

Now he's somebody's son in a hole

With a gun in a foreign land

Trying to hold on to his American dream

Nineteen

Nineteen

Brought him home today with a big

Parade down on main street

Gotta Purple Heart and a Silver Star soldier gave a speech

Said he could catch he could throw he could

Run he's the one that rescued me...

could have played for Tennessee

He was nineteen

He was only nineteen

God Bless America and God Bless our Service Men and Women!

Until next time...

We still exist...

We're still here, just not been in the blogging frame of mind. Hope to get back to it soon!

Bo is doing GREAT!! He started K3-Prep this year. This will be his last year at the daycare and will start going to school with his Daddy next year. His vocabulary has grown tremendously and the phrase of the week is, "Mommy, can you tell me what we doing?" or "...can you tell me where we going?". He loves ALL things Toy Story and is looking forward to getting Big "Woody" with a pull string for Christmas from Santa. Hopefully, that's still what he's wanting by that time. We've heard that the movie will be re-released in theaters in October, in 3D I believe, in preparation for part 3 coming out next Summer. If the movie comes to theaters here, this will be Bo's first "Big Movie" outing.

Tomorrow is my sweet husband's birthday. We hope to go to dinner and see G.I. Joe. He was a major G.I. Joe guy when he was little, so has really been looking forward to it. Happy birthday my beloved, I hope this is the best year yet!

Here's a few of pictures from the Summer:

Bee bought him boots & a hat, just like "Woody"!

Daddy improvised a blue belt, like the "Fake Buzz" in Toy Story 2

Bo loves to Preach, Pray and Lead Singing after services!

Bo & Mommy after services one Sunday in July!

Until next time...hopefully sooner rather than later!

This Week...

...Terry is co-director at Gulf Coast Bible Camp. It is Junior Week, 1st through 5th Graders. It is not very far from home, so every morning around 8:00, Bo and I head out to the camp. I am having to work this year, but I've arranged to come in late and still get off at 5:00. He gets to stay with Daddy and as the pictures show, he is having a GRAND time!!!

Playing with the BIG ball on the Softball Field (Monday)

Future Tether Ball Champion (Monday)

End of Day One...Just a Lil' Bit DIRTY!!

Swinging with my buddies Ellen and Maegan (Tuesday)

Checking cabins with Daddy & Uncle G...found the coolest bed...Spiderman sleeping bag, Superman sheets & Toy Story mattress cover!!!! All his favorites! (Wednesday)

Climbed a tree...Camp is FUN!!!! (Wednesday)

This has been a tiring week for all of us, but he is having so much fun!!! I have thoroughly enjoyed the daily road trips, listening to "You've Got a Friend in Me!" (Toy Story) over and over. As well as, "Everybody was Kung Foo Fighting" (Kung Foo Panda) and "I like to Move it, Move it" (Madagascar) or "I like to 'Boot' it, 'Boot' it" as my 2 year old says.

I think Bible Camp will by far always be one of his summer highlights...I know it was for me. Hopefully next year, I will be able to get back to being a counselor or staff member and be there for the whole week!

Until next time...

All's Well!!!

Bo did great with his tube surgery! Terry and I did ok as well! We were a little beyond nervous! Terry bought him some Superman pajamas to wear and he was so excited. The most difficult part was not being able to feed him or give him anything to drink when he woke up the morning of his surgery. We had been in prayer about that and God did provide. He did not ask for his cup until we were almost to the surgery center and I told him he could have it after he saw the doctor. He was fine with that and did not put up a fuss of any kind.

His Bee & PawPaw and his Meme & Poppa all came to wait with us and he was excited to show them the identification bracelet the receptionist gave him. She even put one on his "Picky Mouse".

When it came time for him to go back for the surgery, I think Terry and I experienced our greatest anxiety! Two nurses came to get him, a younger female surgical nurse and an older gentleman was the nurse anesthetist. The nurse anesthetist saw his Superman pajamas and asked him if he liked to fly and Bo said yes. He said, "Do you want to come with me and fly?" He promptly picked him up and Bo instantly put his head down on the man's shoulder and he was whisked away to surgery.

We never heard him cry and I'm sure they would not have told us if he did. Literally about 10 minutes later the doctor came out to tell us that everything went well. He had lots of fluid on his ears, but the ears were not yet infected. (Just 6 days before when he was checked, there was no fluid.)

We were brought back to the recovery room where he was sleeping peacefully. The nurse eventually had to wake him up, I think he was enjoying the rest! They gave him a cup of juice and a Popsicle. He was more concerned with being able to sit in the little blue chair they let him sit in before they took him back to surgery!

We took him home and you would have never thought he had anything done. He was a little unbalanced at first, but after a couple of hours, we were having to remind him to slow down and not jump everywhere! The only time he seemed to experience any pain was when he woke up from his nap, but some Motrin and a snack seemed to make it all better!

We are very greatful for all the prayers that were said on his and our behalves!

Until next time...