Our Left Eye Issues

We went back to the eye doctor last week and Wright's eye is still not improving as they hoped it would. So, now he has to wear an eye patch for 2 hours a day to help strengthen the muscle. If this does not work, we will have to do a surgery to help the muscle out. Praying that does not happen... In the interim, Wright hates, and I mean HATES, the eye patch. When we get it out of the box, and walk toward him, he starts screaming. Then he pulls at it and tries to get it off. The first day he wore it, we went through 3 before we could get him to keep one on. Also, when we take it off, he gets this big red mark on his face that looks so painful. Hopefully this will all improve with time...

House Update

Well the house that we loved near Lakewood is no longer for lease. So, we had to go try to find another rent house over the weekend. The best one we found is much farther away than we hoped (from family and most of our friends). But, we do really like it and it has more space than the one on Chesley. Plus, the Elverums and Beales are right there so we will get to see them more. Now we are just waiting to hear back from owners on our app, if we can paint, rent amount, etc. If all goes as anticipated, we will be moving the week of 3/16! SO SO SO soon....

Bucket Head

Recently I have been picking Wright up from school early so he can get home and get a good nap. This allows me to talk to his teachers more and learn more about his day. Today they gave me the usual report of his new chattiness, then mentioned that he was very friendly today. I asked how much the little ones actually interact with each other. She told me that Wright's favorite thing to do is put a bucket on his head and walk around the room. Today he decided to involve his friends in his favorite activity and kept going up to the other babies and offering to share his bucket/hat. This cracks me up and immediately brings images of the kid in Parenthood who runs around with a bucket on his head and bangs into things until he falls over begging Steve Martin to ask "What is wrong with my child?" LOL! At least he is sharing his new found toy!

Chatter Box

In the last few weeks, Wright has become such a talker. He used to always get "quiet" circled on his daily report card at school, and now every week his teachers say "He was so chatty today". We hear it from the Sunday school workers and the gym day care too. It is funny because he talks non stop but most of it is complete nonsense. Although, every once in a while a real word is interjected. For example the other day out of nowhere, he pointed to his bubbles on his toy shelf and said "Bubbles" and then went "fffffffffeeeew" (like he was blowing). So cute :) He also has started saying "house" (probably because everyday we look at them) and "Mimi" (which sounds a lot like mama). He is still quiet and shy when he first meets someone or is not as familiar with someone, but after about 5 minutes, he eases right in and puts on a show. Now THAT sounds like Brendan's and my child...a quiet person wouldn't get a word in edgewise in this house!

Wooden Spoon Mania

I have been spring shopping for Wright and debating about what sizes to get. So when I got home today, I needed him to try some stuff on. He HATES trying on clothes more than almost anything, but somehow the wooden spoon seemed to entertain him a ton. Turned out, he had a great time and I got some great pics. He was laughing and running around banging the spoon on stuff.



This picture cracks me up! I think he looks like he just finished a performance on Broadway!

Bob and Caitlin Visit

Uncle Bob and Caitlin came to Dallas last weekend for a visit. Bob can do this thing where he clicks his tongue abnormally loud and it has been entertaining kids for years. Wright was intrigued, and now likes to click his tongue all the time.

Caitlin is so cool...I love her as much as my snacks.

How does he DO that!?

Fun with Daddy's Hat

Wright is fascinated with Brendan's baseball hats and is always grabbing at them. The other night he had the best time running around with it on his head. He also loves to torture Lucy by giving her toys she is not allowed to chew, like his balls, etc and then grabbing them out of her mouth.

House Stuff

We are officially under contract on our house. We knew we are in a good neighborhood for resale but I don't think we really expected it to happen in 3 weeks! Praise God! He is so good to us and has continually taken care of us during this trying time. We have also found a great rent house that is close by and very very cute. It is smaller than what we have now but we will be saving about $1000/month so we figure we can suck it up for a year or two. Now the big prayer is that the house will still be available when our option period is up. We have about 2 weeks.

The lyrics of the song that play on my blog keep going through my head. They are just so applicable to our lives, especially right now.

Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord

It is so easy to praise God when all is going well in life, but during the difficult times like we have been dealing with, it is more important than ever for us to remember that God is in control. He will do good for those who love him. And he takes on our burdens which is such an amazing gift...we can't imagine handling all of this alone!

Mimi's Birthday/Thanksgiving Celebration

We went over to Mimi's house on Monday night and celebrated her birthday Thanksgiving style. She had a turkey that she has been wanting to cook and decided that was what we were going to do for her birthday. So, we enjoyed our first February Thanksgiving dinner. A little odd, but tasted good regardless. Mimi wanted a red velvet cake too which I made for her and completed after 4 long hours, including breaking glass, burning my hand and ruining one of the cakes. So, I really hope everyone enjoyed it. Here are some pics of Mimi and 3 of her favorite boys on her big day.

Ryan's 8th Birthday

We had a great time in Frisco celebrating Ryan's 8th birthday. It was wonderful to see Gigi and Papoo too!