TGIF!!!!!

TGIF has a whole new meaning when you have a two-year-old!!  I love my Asher-boy to pieces and pieces, but we’ve had some rough days lately.  He is one strong-willed child!!  I attempted to get him to nap in his toddler bed one day this week.  I decided if he didn’t sleep, he would still stay in his room the whole time.  I put the gate on his door since he can easily open and shut the door.  What then happened for the next hour+ was lots of running, jumping, laughing, crying, hiding in closets, pulling clothes out of drawers, emptying an entire box of kleenex tissues, flipping lights on and off, hanging on the gate and calling for me or Daisy or Jesse… etc.  And this is with me going in OFTEN and putting him back in bed.  BUT all’s well that ends well and Chris managed to get him to sleep in his big boy bed last night and he stayed there all night long (Yeah, Daddy!!)!!!!  Chris told him they would watch the movie Cars if he stayed there all night and so when he woke up at 4 am and called for me I went in and found him in his bed searching for his paci, once we found it he laid back down and told me he’d get to watch Cars with Daddy if he stayed in bed.  Then this morning when he woke up he hopped out of bed, spread out his arms and said, “Okay!  Where’s the cars?!”  :)  Waiting until after Chris got home from work made for a long day, but he was SO excited to finally sit down and watch it with his daddy!!!  I decided to take Asher for donuts to celebrate the big occasion! 

After donuts we ran a few errands and one stop was Old Navy.  Asher LOVES to go in Old Navy for one reason…

He is crazy about the dogs!  :)

Something Asher said today totally cracked me up… I was feeding Jesse and he spit up on me.  When Asher noticed the spit up he said, “Oh!  Jesse spilled his milk on you!  You need a new shirt.  C’mon Mommy, let’s go upstairs and get a new shirt.”  Such a funny kid! 

It’s hard to believe this little big boy can cause such big messes… but we’re definitely back in the stage of blow-outs and spit-ups, as sweet as newborns are I definitely didn’t miss either of those things when Asher out-grew them.  :)

This sweet boy was 7 weeks yesterday and we’re enjoying more interaction with him.  Though they are still sparing, his smiles are SO sweet and last night we got him on a roll and he was smiling up a storm!  He wakes up most nights around 4:30 to eat and then sleeps until his big brother wakes him.  :) 

I wouldn’t trade my two boys or the chance to be home with them every day for ANYTHING… but I do have to laugh thinking back to what I used to consider a ‘hard day’ when I was teaching or even having 1 child.  Juggling a two-year-old and a baby is by FAR the hardest thing I’ve ever done… thankfully, also the most rewarding.  :)  I was telling a friend we were in the ‘thick of the terrible two’s’ at our house and she reminded me to stay on my knees… SO thankful for Godly friends and her wise reminder to remain prayerful and find my strength for each day in the Lord. 

Happy Weekend!