Odds & Ends

Titus has some of the cutest little friends you've ever seen.  We had Mason over one afternoon a while back and the two of them were so funny together, although truth be told Mason thought Adam was the hit of the show at our house.

My friend Renee babysat the boys for me one day when I had a dentist appointment and Ty got to see his little sweetie, Taelyn.  Tae is one of my most favorite little girls ever.

And shortly before Christmas we had Lenka, Jackson and Gavin over to the house and Titus got to dote on baby Gavin to his heart's content.

We also had one of Adam's best friends, Matthew, over during Christmas break. His sister Maddie came over as well and we had a fun morning with those two. And their mama repaid the favor by taking all 3 of my kiddos one morning later in the week. I was able to grocery shop all on my own and it was heaven!

Here's Matthew and Adam at Fun City ages ago (after Matthew bonked his noggin).

And horse playing with Paul when we babysat him one night. So thankful my boys have such sweet friends!

If I am ever baking, you can be guaranteed that this little fella is right by my side. He is a chef in the making, for sure.

Drew cracks me up with all his little lovies that he's so attached to.

He's also the sweetest little sleeper in the world. I love sneaking into his room during naps and after bed to see how precious he is.

Our first S'mores night on our fire pit.

Drew was devastated that Adam slept over at Jared's house a while back so we let him pick anything he wanted to do that evening and he chose Krispy Kreme. A boy after my own heart!

His other request was to have a candle-lit dance party that night in our living room. We were happy to oblige, but thankfully no photos to share of that silliness.

Adam and Titus playing in the doghouses at PetSmart.

Some of my favorite girlfriends on a night out at Abuelo's.

That particular GNO made 3 nights in a week that I had out with girlfriends (Breaking Dawn with Rachel and Bunco at Patty's were the other fun evenings). Bless my sweet husband for understanding and taking such good care of our littles while I got some kid-free time.

Cruising around the neighborhood.

There's not much my boys would rather play with than Moon Dough. The mess it creates is the bane of my existence!

Painting of any kind is also very high up on their list.

Unfortunately I forgot that particular paint is not so kid-friendly and it took about 2 days for it to finally wash off of Titus. Story of my life with that boy! He finds markers scattered throughout the house on a regular basis and is always coloring all over himself. Matt is no longer surprised when he comes home from work to see T looking something like this...

Between that and his horribly messy eating habits,

he often bathes as many as 3 times a day. And is quite happy about that fact!

One other quick Titus tidbit...he is still rocking this potty training business.  I really thought those first few days were a fluke, but he still lets us know most of the time when he needs to go potty.

Perfect example. :)

Excluding nap time and bedtime, he often stays in the same diaper for most of the day since he keeps it dry.  He's had a little success in #2s, but tonight's poopie disaster definitely showed he's not all there yet.  It cracks us up that he rarely says a word, yet he's so interested in potty training himself.  COMPLETELY different than his big brothers in both of those areas!

Lastly, right before Christmas Adam had his long awaited appointment with the ENT.

Good luck convincing Ty it really wasn't his appointment.

During Adam's last illness (another fever with throat infection) the pediatrician he saw said it was  time for Adam to see a specialist. I'd gone to that appointment prepared with my list of all his illnesses from the past year and Dr. R thought it was very likely that the ENT would suggest removing Adam's tonsils. And sure enough, he did.  As of right now we are thinking we will wait until the Friday before Spring Break to have it done so that Adam won't miss more school (and it also won't interfere with his basketball season), but it's flexible and if we change our minds we can get  him in sooner than that.

I definitely don't like to think about my boy having surgery, but on the other hand I am so ready for him to not be sick every few weeks with the exact same thing.  He bounces back beautifully each and every time, but I still hate that we can pretty much count on him being sick and feeling horrible for about 5 days every single month.  If the specialist thinks a tonsillectomy will help with that, then I am all for it.

That's enough randomness for tonight.  Will try to catch up on Christmas festivities soon!