pinning!

I decided to put my 'pinning' skills to use and actually do one of the hundreds of 'how to keep your toddler busy' ideas.  This is officially called Giant Ice Cube Awesomeness.  Yep, you put some dinosaurs in a plastic container fill it with water and freeze it.  This morning we broke out the tools and got busy busting those things out.  If that geniuseness of an activity doesn't win me mom of the year award I don't know what will.  I do think the activity was still a little advanced for Jackson.  The blogger I got the idea from said it kept her boys busy for hours.  It kept Jackson busy for 10 minutes, I'll take it.  What did keep him busy for hours is watching himself on my IPhone breaking the ice, over and over and over.

Soooo why did you put my dinosaurs in ice??

Enough with the tools, why not just drop the ice on the porch.

baby names

I don't care who you are, every girl loves thinking of names for their unborn child.  I have been making lists since I was 10 years old.   It is a daunting task, giving someone a name, an identity for the rest of their life.  I never wanted my babies name to be really common (whoops Jackson, ranked #17 ) or too different (whoops Nash, ranked #575).  I read this article, American Baby Names Are Somehow Getting Even Worse, and thought it was spot on true and funny.  I prefer sticking with family names to make it easier on myself.  I also like to pretend I don't know what the name will be until right before the baby is born because I really don't want to hear your opinion or that you are naming your kid that or that is your dogs name or the perverts name that lives down the street.
Anyways the reason I have baby names on the brain is because my sister is pregnant! And her due date is December 28th.  Happy Birthday Aunt Rebekah!  I wonder if she likes to use family names too? Just saying.

We were named after our grandmothers?!? How embarrassing.

weekend

Charlie is not working at all this weekend, we have friends in town visiting and no real place to be.  I love traveling but I have really been looking forward to a weekend like this.

Wilson

We skyped with Aunt Natalie this morning and she mentioned to Jackson he should come to Wilson and go to a baseball game with her tonight.  You do not mention anything to Jackson unless you are going to follow through with it.  He does not forget.  I told him maybe sometime soon we could go to Wilson but we were busy today.  He took matter into his own hands; going upstairs, getting out the suitcases and packing up.  I heard him yell out, 'Mommy I ready to go to Wilson now!' and found this...

After sending the picture to Natalie she agreed to meet half-way, a win-win situation for everyone!  

5 months!

Thanks for the comb-over ma...

Happy 5 months to this sweet chunk of goodness.  Nash is on antibiotics for his belly button, has an upset tummy, a cold, no naps and way too many swollen bug bites BUT that doesn't keep him from smiling.  He is loving milk and sweet potatoes, playing on his mat, chilling in the walker and johnny jump-up, looking at his mobile and hanging out with his mom in the baby bjorn.  This has opened up a whole new world of exploring.  We need to work on more tummy time, taking a bottle, sleeping better at night and bat-ball-tee (that was from Jackson).

true.

Jackson's conversation with himself just went something like this -

Daddy at work.  Daddy work at Mike's.  

Unc (Clint) at Mike's. And Brit? Nooo (he smiles at his own joke)

Wu (my dad Will) in Wilson.  Wu do lawnmower.

Tat (my mom Kathy) in Wilson.  She at Dick's.

Nat in Wilson.  Nat at school.

And Roscoe? (the dog) He doo-doo.

Grandmama at her home.  Grandmama eat meatballs.

Sophie and Farris is willdddd.

Baby Nash go night-night.

(long pause...)

Jackson do work.

Mommy go to Target.

best job

I can't wait to watch the Olympic games.  All these ads already have this mama all emotional...  

ER

We had our first visit to the ER yesterday.  Thank God all turned out well in the Farris household but what a day.  When people say 'we spent all day in the ER' I never knew they really spent all day in the ER.  Nash had a swollen-red-pussy-itchy belly button yesterday morning when he got up.  I decided to get it checked out at the doctor's office where they sent us right over to the ER to get an ultra-sound to make sure nothing was bothered under the skin. (I won't elaborate on the immediate knot that developed in my throat or how fast my stomach turned) Lucky for Nash, Jackson and I, daddy showed up before we even got there.  Then we had a nice long family day.  We all waited in the waiting room, then we got to wait in the Triage room, then we got to wait in the ER room, then we got to wait in the ultra-sound room, then we got to wait a little more back in our comfy ER room.  The boys were really great.  We watched some TV, colored, played with stuff we shouldn't play with, made friends with all the nurses and worked on our potty training.  We finally headed out around 5:00 with a clear ultra-sound (yeah yeah yeah), prescription for antibiotics and two nap deprived boys.  Hopefully we can get this all cleared up sooner than later!