Catch Up

Catch up, bullet style, with some pictures:

-Since I last posted we've had Fall Break.  Brice had a Friday and a Monday off of school.  Anna only goes to school TWTh so it made no difference to her. Plus, she takes ballet in a different county so her studio still had ballet and Brice plays baseball in a different county so he still had baseball.  So, only a break from school for Brice really.

-Quality time with the grandparents was spent.  Brice and my dad went to a "Gold Mine" and found some treasure.  Brice thought it was awesome and we now have rock display.  The following day Anna got to go spend the night with my parents and loved her one on one time.  Meanwhile, Brice headed up to the lake with Justin's parents where he got to hang out and be a boy, fishing and driving the boat.  The boy loves to fish just like Justin.

-Everyone was returned by Sunday evening and I cannot for the life of me think of what we did on Monday...my brain is dripping out of my ear, can you see it??

-You are probably wondering why I am losing my mind and that's because I am so dang tired.  I am probably considered "typing under the influence" right now because of lack of sleep.  I stay up WAY too late watching either some game or debate or some show that I really don't care about but I can't seem to move my body off of the couch.

-That and the fact that Kyle has been sick this past week with a high fever.  As in 104.8 fever.  I returned home from getting my hair done Wednesday evening to find our little guy on fire!  When I see a temperature of 102, I don't sweat it and that is what he had been running most of the day.  But, when I see that number climb to above 104, I get a little panicky.  And, after four days and nights of it fluctuating between 104 and 99.7, my brain hurts...with worry.  We took him to the doctor on Thursday and they put him on a very strong antibiotic but didn't really see anything that would be causing such a high fever.  So, my conclusions are 1) he either had a nasty virus that just took a while to clear itself or 2) the child had the flu and because he had a vaccination back in September, then maybe this was the mild case of it.  In which case, I will take it!  Still scary though and why do these things always have to go into the weekend??!?

-We have not been to one fall festival, pumpkin patch, Halloween themed anything.  Nada. Zilch.  And, I am feeling a little tardy to the party, let me tell you.  Our weekends are filled with baseball and football (let's not get started on Georgia football, what a sad season it's turning out to be) and so we are all too tired to go pick out a pumpkin.  Going to have to remedy this situation this week.  Wish me luck though, Brice's baseball tournament starts tomorrow night...

O. K.  On to pictures...took these Saturday morning.  I keep thinking surely all my children will be dressed in the same theme at the same time at some point during the fall and I keep landing two out of three.  Two will have their Halloween shirts on on the same day or two will be decked out in their red and black but never all three.  Until Saturday.  Of course, Anna had to throw in some love for the month of October and it's breast cancer awareness. 

 Kyle in Justin's "jersey" from many years ago. 

 Little Hershel Walker!

 Anybody wanna guess what my Christmas card is going to look like??

Crazy kids.

Kyle Equals

Here is a video that sums up Kyle in three parts: throw something, hit something (even if that means your head), and best of all love!

Love this little cutie!

LIVE with Anna

Look out, LIVE with Kelly, there is a new host in town and her name is Anna Claire Reynolds!!

14 Months: Vocabulary Explosion

Normally, I wouldn't do a post for a fourteen month "birthday" but Kyle has just been so much fun,especially these last few weeks.  Now that he has completely mastered walking, with shoes on as well, his mind has turned to words!!  His little vocabulary has just exploded in the past two weeks.  Last week he said five new words in one day!  He won't always repeat them on demand but it's like he will try a new one out and then store it away for another day.

His words include:  car, shoes, trees, sky, cup, up, stinky (tink-tee), bus, bike, bye-bye, bat, outside (ow-sigh), cracker and then the ones he already said mama, dada, Brice (Bice), Anna, ball

He also knows several animal sounds: cat, dog (his favorite), sheep, cow, duck and not an animal but will say tick-tock when asked what a clock "says".

So proud of our little dude.  Also, I need to video this but when Justin asks him to give him a hug, he will go to him with arms wide open, and wrap them around his neck and bury his head in Justin's shoulder.  It's so sweet and cute!

Little booger was acting all pitiful one afternoon, so I got him up out of his crib, thinking he didn't feel good.  Two seconds later after he was on my lap and watching cartoons, he was giggling.  I took a couple of pictures with my phone and then put him back to bed!

Event Free

Although we have not had any big events around here, we have definitely had enough going on to keep us busy.  I  know you all know what we are up to on a daily basis (school, baseball, ballet, keeping up with Kyle so he doesn't kill himself, negotiating with Anna on her clothing choices, Cub scouts), here are a few pictures that I have taken over the past couple of weeks.  The weather is starting to cool off in the mornings and evenings and the kids LOVE it!

 Yes, I had to hide the chairs in the pantry because he kept trying to climb up in them while I was trying to make dinner.  And, then, he found them in the pantry...

 Kyle loves to walk all around the ballpark, especially to see Justin and Brice.  He decided to just have a seat here so he could watch the big boys.

 Nice.

 Above, there are requirements for Anna to go the baseball games if she is going to play on the playground, socks and shoes!!  And, she had to have her hair done too.

And, it seems the "event" of this week is snot, lots of snot...Justin says it's allergies we all have, I say it's colds.  Either way, I am ready for it all to exit this house.

Three Days for Three Years

This year Anna is going to school three days a week.  Her first day was last Tuesday.  She did so well, no tears, no apprehension.  She will go Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday this year and I was a little surprised how well she did last week with the back-to-back-to-back days plus ballet on Friday.  Justin and I both expected her to be absolutely whipped but she was good!  A little ball of energy, that girl!  She knows almost everyone in her class from last year so I think she was excited to get to see her little friends.  She also knows the asst. teacher very well since she was her teacher last year.  The preschool has a new building with brand new everything so I am hoping they continue walking them to their classrooms for one more week.  Her class is the "M&M's" and I think she is just about the cutest M&M I've ever seen!  These are all from the very first day with her new sparkle Hello Kitty lunch box, new dress and new shoes.

Let's just say that a uniform would be very beneficial for Anna...we are going to have to start picking out her outfit the night before, at three years old, Lord help me!!!!

Oh, and yes, Kyle senses that the other two are not around and while I can tell he is looking for them, he also is loving having my undivided attention.  And, he loves going in their rooms and checking it out without any one yelling at him to "Get out, Kyle, Mom, he's touching my stuff!!".  I just let him explore and then put it back when he's done.

Ball

Here is Kyle walking and throwing and so proud of himself.  The child is ob-sessed with playing Ball.  He would do it all day and if he sees one as we are coming downstairs from a nap, he will practically jump out of my arms to get to it!  And, usually as he picks one up, he says, "ba-uh" over and over again.  Sorry there are three separate videos, I wish there was a way to connect them all.  Upon viewing these, I noticed how much better at walking Kyle has become in just the past week!  Such an amazing thing to me that 13 months ago, he was just a tiny little thing who could barely lift his head and now he is practically running.  I will be back next post with an update on Anna's first week of school and how much Kyle is enjoying having Mommy to himself!