Is it Spring yet?

It's supposed to be 39 here today....

can it get any warmer? Please?

We are all well now around here and are thankful for that. Brenton actually had walking pneumonia for a few weeks, but I can gladly say he has not coughed all week! Travis and I have both had the cold/sinus crud that has been going around and it really stuck around a while for me. On top of that I got some kind of 24-hour flu bug a week or two ago...

but like I said- we are all well now and so thankful!

Other than being sick we've spent the past few weeks spending time with friends here and there, working and, well, the usual. We have a few birthdays to celebrate this week- my dad turned the big 5-0 yesterday and we are going to head to Tulsa most likely for a party this weekend, Travis' brother, Tim, is turning 27 today, and our good friend Mira's birthday is today as well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GANG! :)

Oh yeah! Travis and I have UNO on our Wii now so we have been battling each other in that-- it's pretty intense. He gets the UNO competitive drive from his mom's side of the family- they know how to play some mean UNO in Manhattan!

Brenton has been growing as usual. I can't remember if I posted this before, but he knows how to spell his name now and it is really cute! His baby-sitter taught him a little chant to help him learn it so he says "B-R-E.....N-T-O-N" and then we will say "what does that spell?" and he yells "BRENTON!". Here is a funny story while I am talking about him: A few nights ago I took him to his favorite place (he goes through phases, but this is his current fave): Emperor's. His attention span was about out and he had already finished eating so he started playing around, being loud, finding creative things to do as usual and he started standing up in the high chair he was sitting in. I told him to sit down twice and when he continued I said to him "Brenton, look at the floor- it is very hard. If you fall out of that chair you will break your head open and we will have to go to the hospital." He looked right back at me with a huge smile and said "and then they will have to put a new one [head] on!"

So much for trying, right?! :)

I have to run get the kiddo ready for the day- email or call us soon!

Something must be going around...

I think we've caught a couple of the bugs that have been going around lately. Brenton has had a terrible cough on 3 separate occasions this winter and it is not going away this time....and he woke up in the night with "other symptoms"....enough said. I sneezed once Sunday night and that one sneeze has turned into some sort of horrible cold or sinus infection- I feel like I've been run over by a semi-truck. We are headed to the doctor this morning....

In other news we had a great time at the Harlem Globetrotters last weekend- they were hilarious and it was a really fun time for our whole family. Not to mention our church choir sang the Star Spangled Banner before the game and did an excellent job! We are really excited to have pastor Brent at church now and SO looking forward to some new things that are coming- including a new SS class and probably some small groups. This is just what Travis and I needed!

Please continue to pray for us as we really hope to be making some really important decisions in the next few months! Hope to hear from you all soon!

B to the renton...

Thank you, Uncle Tim!

Quick Christmas post...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Here's the big boy:

Praise the Lord!

We have so many reasons to be thankful, but one more has been added to the list...

Travis got offered a full time job yesterday with Loomis- an armored truck, money transport service. We don't have a ton of details yet, but he will likely start right after the Holidays.

Thank you for all your prayers and support and please continue to pray for us as we make some important decisions in the near future!!

Tag!

Yesterday I walked in the door from work and Travis and Brenton had just gotten home from the daycare and Brenton ran over to me- grabbed my leg- and squealed "TAG YOU'RE IT!!!!!" and ran off!

My 2 year old has been in daycare with other kids for one week exactly and he has already learned TAG! I love it!

Middle of November...already?!!

I can't believe a countdown to Christmas has begun already! I love Christmas and am so ready to share Christmas with Brenton this year. I plan on starting to listen to Christmas music VERY soon- :)

I had a day off today (yay for bank holidays!) and so did Travis, so we took Brenton on a surprise and it was so fun. I received a couple of passes to Exploration Place recently, so we went there and Brenton loved it. He almost wouldn't come out of the flight simulators....and then played in the Tot Zone for a long time....and the castle....and everywhere he could go. He LOVES to play pretend, so it was right up his alley. He didn't especially like the tornado simulator....but man! you should have seen my hair after that!

On a side note- it was a sort of breakthrough day for us, too- we did not take his bag with us at all today and it was wonderful!! Brenton is doing so great at telling us when he needs to potty and holding it for long periods of time- it is such a nice feeling! I don't want to jinx anything- so I'm going to stop there!!!!

On to babysitter excitement...we are going to be taking Brenton to a new day care starting Monday. Nikole's soccer season is ending which we were looking forward to, but she is now going to be having off-season conditioning in the middle of the afternoons...right when we need her. I think we really lucked out, though, with what we've found and the other kids are all about his age- 20 months, 2 and 3. We are ready for this experience for him!

Gotta run for bed time!