Sam is 6 months old

I just wrote a long post about Sam being 6 months old, and some things LK is doing now. But it got all jumbled some how. So, for now here are some of the pictures we had made today....

Behind again...

I just opened the blog to update, and realized it has almost been a month since I updated. GEEZZZZ. Sam will be 6 months old on Friday. The sad thing is several times over the last 3 weeks different things have come to mind that I wanted to post, and I just didn't get around to it. Now, I can't remember what they were.


I did want to post pictures from Sam's dedication. Sunday, June 7 was a special day for us. We got to share Sam's dedication to the Precious Lord who gave him to us in the first place. I am so thankful He has entrusted both of these kids to my care. It is a huge blessing. In addition to the dedication at church, we had 40 of our friends and family at the house for lunch. Yes, I cooked a real meal for that many people, and they all had a place to sit.


Sam has started trying to army crawl. He has only been successful on 2 occasions. Honestly, I am not ready for that, so I have quit laying him on his stomach. Sometimes he has somewhere he needs to go, so he tries to get there on his own. It is really pretty funny to watch.

LK is still madly in love with her brother. She wants to hold him all the time. She tries to pick him up pretty often now, so we are having to watch her. I hate that I feel like I am constantly telling her to stop or be careful. I know she has good intentions, but it isn't going to turn out so good one of these days.

Speaking of LK, she is becoming a potty training nightmare. She knows how to pee and poop in the potty. However, she may or may not choose to do it on any given day. She will tell me whether or not she is going to use the potty each day, most days it is a not day. I don't know what we are going to do when school starts back this fall. she can't go if she isn't potty trained. HELP!!!

My Baby is 5 months old

I can't believe it, but my baby boy is 5 months old today. He is rolling over in both directions, eating cereal and some vegetables, and trying to sit unassisted. He is growing up sooooo fast.

Dinner time first: Carrots and Hot Wings

Tonight LK and Sam both had dinnertime firsts. LK had hot wings for the first time, and Sam had carrots. LK was eating chicken nuggets, sweet potatoes, and rolls. She saw that Jeff had hot wings and asked for one. He pulled the skin off and gave her a bite, and of course she loved it. She had some more with the skin on. Nice! Hopefully I won't pay for that tomorrow.

Sam has been kinda eating rice cereal, but he isn't a fan. He has seemed to be starving hungry today, so I decided to give him some carrots. He ate almost the whole jar. He would grab my hand with both hands and shove the spoon in his mouth. It was so funny. He even licked the extra off of his mouth.

I am going back to potty training boot camp with LK tomorrow. She did so good for awhile, but we both got off track. Hopefully we can get it licked this time.

I just can't keep up

Here lately I have found myself wondering what my problem is.... I just can't seem to keep up. I know several stay-at-home moms who also work part-time, and it seems like they have things much more together than I do. It never fails that I have dirty dishes in the sink, dirty laundry to be done, and a disaster all over my house. For those of you who know me well, you know it drives me nuts! I try to pick up everyday, do dishes everyday, and even do some laundry every day, but I just can't keep up. Thus, maintaining the blog falls further down the list of things to get done today.

We honestly haven't had much going on lately. Sam has had another ear infection, I closed on the craziest realestate deal ever, we went to Chatanooga with the kids for our 5th anniversary, and we are still praying each day that JEff's business survives another month in this crazy economy.

Sam is growing like crazy. I can't remember exactly, but I think at Sam's 4 month checkup he weighed 16.5 lbs and was 24 .5 inches long. He is finally sleeping through the night which makes everything else in life much better.

LK is still her same little adorable, highly opinionated self. She is so much like me there are days I could kill her. She has decided for the time being that she is not going to use the potty. Not that she doesn't know how, or can't for some reason, she just doesn't want to. We have tried to bribe her with everything under the sun, and she just doesn't care. For several weeks she went without a single accident, but now she hardly goes potty at all. Again, drives me crazy! She is smart as a whip, and a master manipulator, which isn't working out too well for the home team.

No other big plans for the summer that I know of yet. I have one house listed now, and another to list on June 1. Please join me in praying that they both sell. We definately need it right now.

Pray for little ears

Jeff took Sam back to the doctor today while I was working... that alone deserved prayer. But, we found out Sam has another double ear infection. I am just praying that we get past this as the weather gets warmer. Poor guy isn't even 4 months old yet and we are on our 3rd ear infection.

Random thoughts

I don't know why I can't keep this blog up to date, probably the same reason I can't keep anything else in my life up to date.....

I was just having some random reflections and thought I would share for your entertainment value.... Lexi Kate is potty training, what fun that has been. Actually she does pretty well, all when she wants to. In true character for Lexi Kate she will tell you as soon as she wakes up whether or not she is going to pee in the potty that day. And, we she feels real jazzy she will even ask what she is going to get if she goes potty. I guess using rewards wasn't necessarily the best idea.... If her bladder is anything like mine, we will be broke very soon. We had told her when she peed and pooped in the potty every day she could get a swing set. We had a poop accident the other day, and I asked her if she wanted her swingset. She said, "No, I don't really need it, I will just play with my friends."

We went to KY last weekend to celebrate Easter with my parents. The most exciting part of the trip was learning that LK gets car sick. Nice! I always got car sick as a child, and unfortunately it seems LK has inherited the trait. I can't believe it, but I actually paid $40 for a beach towell for her to sit on for the remainder of the trip. I had extra clothes for her to put on, but not an extra car seat cover. We stopped at a little gift shop and asked if they had any towells. Of course all they had were Vera Bradley beach towells. To top it off, they didn't even have the one that matched the pattern of other stuff I already had.

LK got her haircut on Wednesday. She has gotten where she really likes the whole experience. We talk about Ms. Honey all the time, and the fact that we get sparkles and suckers. Wednesday after Honey finished cutting LK's hair, LK immediately asked for her sparkle spray. Then, when Honey put a glitter star on her cheek, LK informed her that she forgot to do the other one. LK then got down out of the chair, turned around in front of the mirror, and said, "I am so beautiful."

Yesterday we were on the way to meet some friends at the park. From the backseat I hear, "My daddy is Jeff Woo(d)ford, he is my best daddy ever, my best friend. He is really great." If only Jeff could have been there to hear it for himself. LK can say her full name, and our names for that matter but for some reason leaves the middle "d" out of Woodford. So sweet to hear her say it.

Sam is "talking" up a storm now. Those sweet smiles and coos make the world go round. He looks just like his daddy, it is amazing how cute the little guy is. For his sake, it is good that he is so talkative and smiley. Considering he still gets up twice during the night, I might give him away if he didn't look at me with those loving smiles and talk to me...