Birthday Boy and other things I need to catch up on!!

This little stinker is 2 today!! It is so hard to believe that our baby is now 2! It is hard to sit and try to sum up JC in a few sentences. He is an incredible little boy! I have heard people say through the years about how siblings tend to be so different from one another. Well, it is true! My boys are so different from each other!

Here is a list of some of the opposites in Drew and JC:
Drew, neat and clean JC, dirty and messy
Drew, wild and impulsive JC, calm and thoughtful
Drew, busy and sits still very little JC, loves to be held
Drew, hates chores JC, wants to help with everything
Drew, too busy for affection JC, very loving and cuddly

Of course, they are both so special in so many ways. So since it is JC's birthday I will gush on him a bit.

JC is a BIG boy! I mean BIG! He weighs about 35lbs and is wearing size 3T clothing. Yes, you read that correctly, 3T! I am not sure on his height but we will be marking him on the door frame tonight as a permanent record. He eats just about everything. We have only discovered a few things he will not eat at all. He does not like broccoli, ice cream(crazy!), and fish. He is not a very picky eater. He loves to have ketchup or honey mustard, or bbq sauce, or any kind of dipping sauce! He loves to play outside. He loves to drive the Lightening McQueen car, although he cannot really steer it really well yet which means that daddy has to chase him all over the yard! You will see some of that in a video here in a bit. JC is very loving. He runs up to me and Jim and just about knocks us over trying to grab our legs and hug us! His loving nature has been so good for me. I am not typically a very affectionate person but he has melted down a wall in my heart that makes me want to hug and love on both of my boys more. He is definitely in a "terrible 2's" stage and has some throw down fits when he does not get his way! He loves to help too though. His favorite thing to do is help me with the laundry. He will load and unload the washer and the dryer. Jim says he is my little slave! I just hope he continues to want to do it! He has been sleeping in a big boy bed since March and in the last few weeks we have been working at him going down a little easier without Jim or I having to lay down with him. We hope to soon have him be able to "camp out" in the living room with Drew on Friday nights. He is getting his own sleeping bag for his birthday from his memaw, so he will be all set for it! He is learning to communicate more and more each day. He is a rough and tumble little boy! He loves to tackle his brother, or anyone else who makes the mistake of sitting down on the floor! I am sure there are so many other things I could share about you but my mind is going blank! So I am going to move on before I forget all the other things I want to write about.

Here are some videos I shot a week ago of the boys playing outside...

This is JC driving the Lightening Car


Drew riding his bike

So, I will gush on Drew a little bit now. He has finished the 1st grade and done so with all A's all year!!! He had a fantastic year this year. He had two great teachers this year. We were so blessed. It was his last year at Hernando schools. Next year we are making the switch to OB schools and he will be riding the teacher kid shuttle bus from the high school to Chickasaw Elementary. He is very excited but I know that he is going to miss some of the friends that he has made in the last 2 years. I am glad we are making the switch now, while he is still so young and will be able to make new friends. I am praying now that our teacher next year will be as great as the one we had this year.

Also, Drew has made friends with two little boys in our neighborhood. This is new territory for Jim and I. We are trying to figure this whole thing out. Drew is fairly sheltered in who he is around most of the time. Jim and I believe this is a good opportunity to reach out to these families but it is hard! There is just a lot of difference in how these kids act and how we have taught Drew to act. Don't get me wrong, it has been good for Drew too. It is teaching him how to be a good loser! They are both a little bit better than him at the video games! But it is also giving us an opportunity to teach him more about how Jesus expects us to act in this world. It is an interesting journey but one that I pray will ultimately honor God.

Here are some pics from JC riding the car the other night...

He is dangerous in this car!

This pic is fuzzy but his expression was just too cute not to share!

We have certainly been having our fair share of severe weather! Fortunately we have not had anything devestating or destructive like there has been in other areas of the country. I took these pics of us in our "storm shelter" last night. I am so thankful that we are all safe but it sure gets crazy when we are crammed into that little space!

Oh, and I almost forgot about these pics. Usually Jim does bath time with the boys but on the rare occasion when I do it they love for me to rap them up in their bath towels. It looks like they have little kimonos on when I do it! I actually call them my little china dolls when they have them on! Drew would not be still long enough for me to get his pic, but JC is not that fast yet!

He fell over trying to walk to the bedroom!

In this one it had almost fallen off, but you get the picture.

Well, that is about all I can come up with for now. We will have JC's birthday party tomorrow night and then we are going to the zoo on Saturday morning, so I am sure I will have lots more to share throughout the weekend!