Just a little update!!

Price is doing better. I have implemented a paddle that I use on his hand when he is misbehaving. So far....so good! I have also borrowed James Dobson's book, "The New Strong Willed Child" from the Lexington County Library. Hopefully it will help....I am already thru the first chapter and so far his experience with strong willed children stem from his dog, Siggie.....Not sure that is much of a comparison, but we'll see. James Dobson is a well established Christian writer so I have faith in him!

I have been working on Price trying to get him to eat a well balanced meal for a while now. He loves chicken tenders, french fries and spagetti but sometimes getting him to eat anything else is a challange. Price refuses to eat any vegtables except green beans. As of yesterday, Price has decided that he will now eat a small portion of veggies, IF and only IF he is bribed with Oreo cookies. He can pass up cake, ice cream, cartoons and much more to keep his veggie strike ongoing but once I introduced the Oreo's that went out the window. He makes some pretty nasty faces while chewing but oventually swallows and gets his Oreo!! I suppose I am counteracting the benefit of the veggies by giving him the Oreo but what the heck....He takes his multi-vitamin! :)

And Owen is doing great. We went for his 2 month check up last week and he was 13lbs. He is now usually sleeping thru the night, but occasionally he will wake up at 3:30am. He LOVES for people to talk to him and is always smiling! It's so precious. I tried to get a good picture of him smiling but he always gets distracted by the lights on my camera....
We went and had family church pictures made the other day and they got Fabulous pictures of Owen smiling. When I get them back I will scan them so I can share them with everyone.

This was Owen's first Sunday at church. I forgot to take my camera in to get a picture with him and his teachers so I just took one of him in his outfit once we got home!

Owen loves to look up at the mirror above him in his swing and watch the birds and butterflies on the mobile.

I can't belive how fast they are both growing up. My sweet babies.....

Terrible Two's? That's an Understatement!

Well, I thought the best of the terrible two's were already behind us but last Sunday I changed my mind! It was our AWANAS kickoff at church and I was so excited that Price was going to get to be in Puggles, a milestone since it's his first extracuricular church activity..... I was going to help teach in his classroom and get to see him with his friends and help teach him more about Jesus and see him get excited about the Lord....and he was going to be the cutest, smartest, most well-behaved child in his class....I just knew it!!
REALITY CHECK: Price is the most stubborn, hard-headed, strong willed child I know! (He must get that from Josh....)
What was I thinking??? He's TWO!! (But, in the defense of most 2 year olds.....All the other children seemed to be handling the situation much better then Sweet Price!)
He wanted to play with what everyone else was playing with......not much of a sharer....
He screamed when he couldn't color as long as he wanted to... paint as long as he wanted to....
He screamed when I wouldn't let him drink the paint water and when I tried to get him to put it down before he spilled it....TOO LATE....It spilt...and ruined Mary Grace's beautiful painting....
He screamed when I wouldn't let him put the paint on his eye lid (he thought it was eye shadow...I should probably turn on the cartoons while I am putting on makeup from now on...)
He screamed because he didn't want to sit in a circle and read....or sing Jesus songs......
He screamed non-stop for almost the entire 2 hours. I wanted to cry!! My Sweet Price doesn't act like that! At home he would have been sent to his room (after a little spank, spank!)until he was finished with his screaming episode, but what to do at church??
I was mortified! What happened to my sweet baby boy?
I had my camera to take a picture of Price on his first day of AWANAS but then decided I'd rather not have any memory of that exhausting day....so no pictures to share!

Then today at church, another breakdown.....It's a lose/lose situation. Josh pulls up to drop us off at the door and he screams because he can't take his Thomas the Train toothbrush inside. Then he wants to stay with "dada". Great! I shut the door! "MAMA! MAMA! GO WITH YOU!" Open the door, go to take him out...."NO, DADA! GO WITH DADA!", as he hits my hand that is trying to unbuckle him. (This went on several times) Cars are waiting behind us to drop off their children. I get him out and figure he will forget this nonsense and will be excited to go to his classroom....Not so much! Drops to the floor at the top of the stairs, kicks and screams!
The entire Children's area gets completely quite as they look up to see who is allowing their child to have such a tantrum! (THE EMBARRASSMENT!! )
Ashley L. to the rescue! She calmed him down and took him to his classroom...No Problems!
I make it to Sunday School in tears because of my 2 year old!
He only acts like this with ME! He wouldn't dare do that with his dad! WOULDN'T DARE!
His Sunday School teacher says he's great on Sunday Mornings! Tonight at Puggles I wasn't there (After last week,I decided to teach 4th Grade Girls instead) and he did great!
HMMMMMmmmmmm.......What to do???
Prozac? No! Don't want to get addicted!
Abuse? No! Don't want to get arrested!
Boarding School? No! Too expensive! (and I might miss him a little....)
I'm at a loss!! HELP!!

Unconditional Love

Unconditional Love is loving Price even when he throws a tantrum and doesn't listen and obey. Unconditional Love is loving Owen even when he wakes me at 3am and I am so tired I can't see straight.
Unconditional Love is loving Price even when I am dissapointed he didn't do what he knows he is suppose to.
Unconditional Love is loving Owen even when he screams at the top of his lungs for hours and I don't know how to make him stop.

Unconditional Love is God loving me even when I don't do what I know is expected of me.
Loving my children is the closest thing I'll ever experience to God's love for me. It helps me to understand how he feels when I don't obey. It helps me realize that I should try to work harder to please him, to follow him, to obey him.

I am glad I love such a forgiving God!!

Facebook Faux Pas

Okay, so after reading Cate's "My name is Cate and I'm a Facebook Addict" post & then having breakfast with some of my mommy friends and finding out that EVERYONE has a facebook page, I decided to investigate!! During my investigation apparently I sent an email to EVERY SINGLE PERSON I HAVE EVER EMAILED IN MY LIFE asking them to be my Facebook Friend. I'm not sure how, but this list included many people that I do not know (my email saves all email addresses that comes thru my email for some strange reason, even if it's a forward) and some that probably didn't appreciate the email, such as my Sunday School teachers and pastor! I am MORTIFIED!! I was on the phone while roaming the site and apparently I did something without paying too much attention....
Geez, I should have known better!!
And yes!! Facebook is quite addicting. Don't join unless your ready to neglect your household duties!! :)

P&O

My friend, Ashley H., gave Price & Owen these cute little shirts and I had to share pictures of them together wearing them. They are so cute!! Ashley knows all about coordinating outfits, since she is the mom of twins!!

Thanks Ashley!

Price's 1st day of Preschool

Monday we went to Price's new preschool so that he could meet his teachers and classmates and see his classroom and I got to meet the other mothers. He had a great time playing and I felt comfortable dropping him off for his first day on Wednesday. He was excited to get to his classroom and actually cried when I came to pick him up because he wasn't ready to go home! I was a little sad he didn't miss me but at the same time, I am thankful he enjoys school.

He is one of the youngest in his class so I hope he does okay....

Suzanne's Wedding

This past weekend I had the pleasure to be in one of my best friend, Suzanne's, weddings!! The rehersal dinner and wedding turned out perfect and Suzanne made a BEAUTIFUL bride.
Suzanne has been one of my closest friends from college and was my roomie for almost 4 years. I am so thankful that she found such a wonderful man to be her husband. Suzanne deserves only the best!
I did not get any pictures due to forgetting my camera so I stole Amanda's pics! Thanks Amanda!
Josh was not able to attend due to him being in his best friend, Vernon's, wedding in NY but my mom did bring Price for a bit. He danced on the dance floor for a while before having a major breakdown and having to go home.... (Suz, if you need birth control, your welcome to borrow him for a weekend!!)

CONGRATS DAVE & SUZ!! Thanks for letting me be a part of your special day! Hope your having fun in Jamacia!!

To see pics click here!