Seriously???

Can it seriously be 3 years ago that I had my precious Lucas? Three years ago my dad arrived from Texas to take care of Logan while I was induced. It was a Saturday and I had been busy preparing for his arrival....and my new baby's arrival. After picking my dad up from the airport, we still had a couple of errands to run, one of them being Costco. I think we might have even eaten there before heading home. My feet hurt, my back hurt! We tucked Logan into bed knowing it would be his last night as our "baby". I was due at the hospital the next morning around 8. Logan would likely still be asleep when we left.

After getting Logan in bed, I sat down to relax and talk to my dad and realized my back hurt more than I thought. It wasn't long before I was in the bathroom constantly and I was pretty sure that my water had broke. I called my doctor and they said come on in. I decided to take a shower before heading in. Since I was going to be heading there the next day, all of my bags were packed. Certainly not the case when I went into labor at 38 weeks with Logan.

I remember that it was sooo cold that night! We had to enter the hospital through the ER and it was fairly busy that night. I don't know why I didn't have my husband drop me off at the door. Instead, he parked and I walked in with him. Now, I am the type that my water breaks before the pain starts to come. I wasn't one of those women walking into the hospital in severe pain and wheeled to the maternity ward. No, no.....I walked there. And with every step I felt amniotic fluid leaking out. Nice, right? So, about 3 years ago right now, I was being checked into the hospital to have my precious boy!!

From this:



To this:



I can hardly believe it!! Happy Birthday sweet, Lucas! Momma, Daddy, and big brother love you very much. You truly brighten our days!

I will get a video up for this birthday as soon as I can. In the meantime, here are a couple of posts I've done of his birth and previous birthday videos.

• Birth story and pictures.
• Birthday videos.

Menu Plan Monday...

Last week we didn't get to two meals, so those are carried over to this week.

I didn't take a picture, but the bourbon chicken that we tried was very good! I don't think it tasted like what I get at the mall, but tasty none the less.

The olive cheese bread was pretty good. I think it had a bit too many olives for my taste, but I'm not a big fan of olives. My husband loves olives, so he loved the bread.

* = new recipe

Monday--BBQ chicken, chipotle lime corn* (just add Wegman's chipotle lime finishing butter to corn), lemon rice (I just throw it together, but it is similar to this)


Tuesday--salad drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice, tomato onion pizza*

Wednesday--chili cheese dogs (This kit is pretty good and fast!! I add kidney beans and diced tomatoes.), salad

Thursday--Parmesan chicken with salad*

Friday--not sure yet

For more menu plan Monday fun, head on over to Laura's at I'm an Organizing Junkie!

I like pancakes....

I had no idea that this commercial was on during the Super Bowl because I didn't watch it. Hubby and I saw it one night and we were cracking up!!

Have you seen it?

Future Artist??

We bought Logan an art easel for Christmas and the first few times he drew on it, he just covered the whole thing with scribbles. I took this picture on Dec. 27th. Logan was very proud of this and was glad I took a picture so he could erase it....LOL!



He even tried to spell things out on his own. This was after he asked me how to spell them. When I came up to see his work, he had pon for pond and brij for bridge. Not too shabby!

Cuteness Overload.....

Ahhh.....the joys of potty training! Lucas will be 3 next week and I seriously have not even attempted potty training. I had such a hard time with Logan that I'm just not ready to start with Lucas. The thing with Lucas is that he LOVES to sit on the potty. He'll sit there forever, but never go. I think he is too excited to even try. I caught him trying to poop and asked him if he wanted to go poop in the potty. He was all for it! He just looks so tiny and cute sitting up there!



I made some grunting noises and told him to go poo poo in the potty. This is the response I got!!

New Pjs made by Great Grandma (WW)...

Car ocean...

On Sunday, we went to Costco and it was packed. I commented that the parking lot looked like a sea of cars. We found a parking spot and I was getting Logan out of his seat when he said, "Did you say car ocean?". I told him no, I said "sea of cars". He continued, "No, it is car ocean. Kind of like car pool. Get it?". Haha! Thanks, Logan....I got it!!

Menu Plan Monday...

Monday--late Valentine's Day meal--penne a la vodka, olive cheese bread, salad, chocolate sheet cake (my family has been making something similar for years and I LOVE it)


Tuesday--enchiladas, rice, beans (Again! I had more tortillas and cheese to use up.)

Wednesday--chili cheese dogs (This kit is pretty good and fast!! I add kidney beans and diced tomatoes.), salad

Thursday--bourbon chicken, Jasmine rice, veggies

Friday--BBQ chicken, chipotle lime corn (just add Wegman's chipotle lime finishing butter to corn), lemon rice (I just throw it together, but it is similar to this)

For more menu plan Monday fun, head on over to Laura's at I'm an Organizing Junkie!

Destination Imagination...

Last Saturday hubby and the boys came down stairs before I did. I was folding laundry, making beds, etc... so I came down a while later. When I did, I saw the scissors on the table and asked Logan if he had been in the drawer in the kitchen. Hubby told me that he had already gotten onto Logan for getting the scissors out. Logan called out to me that he used the scissors and the tape to make an air plane. Now, I was thinking that he made a paper airplane.

As I came through the hall from the dining room into the living room, this is what I saw----

Oh No!! A wing came off!!

Good thing we have a mechanic in house!

By the way, the wings have since been secured on with brad fasteners. Logan was upset that the tape wasn't sticking, so daddy fixed it up real nice....LOL!

I blame you....

The past couple of days, I've helped my friend, Christi, with her blog a little bit....mostly where to insert code, she did the design herself.

All the coding talk got me itching to update my own blog. It may stay like this for a little while or it may change. Just thought I'd let you know in case you stumble upon it in the middle of me changing something.

Christi, I blame you!

Injured on the job....

Last Friday I was vacuuming in the basement. Everything was going great until I noticed a little something that the vacuum wasn't picking up. I was going to do the same routine....you know the one! Pick up the said item and toss it back on the floor and run the vacuum over it again in hopes it picks it up this time. Well, it seems my vacuum had something different in mind.

I have a Kirby...actually we have 2. We purchased our new, shiny Sentria to replace our Generation 5 that is a few years old. Hmmm. Let me think. We bought the Generation 5 back in 98, maybe early 99. Hubby was actually selling them door to door and we decided to purchase from him...LOL! Anyway, when a young man showed up at my house almost a year ago with a can of air freshener in his hand and a van lingering around, I laughed and asked him if he sold Kirbys. Why, yes he did. He and I talked for a little bit, but I told him that my husband wasn't home and there was no way I'd be purchasing one since we already had one. He came back later and I wasn't home, but hubby was. Now, our Generation 5 still worked alright, but Sentria lured us in. She was shiny and new!! In reality, I think hubby just didn't have the heart to say no since he has been in the guys shoes before. So, the plan was that we would clean up the Generation 5 and sell it for a couple hundred. Well, living in a 3 level townhouse, I decided it might be nice to have a couple of vacuums. So, Sentria lives on the main level of the house and Generation 5 never leaves the basement.

Okay....back to last Friday....I was using Generation 5 and bent over to pick up the stray piece of lint/fuzz (or something??). I still had my hand on the handle, but let go for some reason while still bent over. If you have a Kirby, then you know what happens when you have the handle pulled back and let go. It pops back up to the upright position. Only problem is that my head was in the way. WHACK!!! The handle smacked me right on my temple! Ouch! What is worse is that I actually got a bruise from it! I think Generation 5 was a little upset at me for trying to force him to pick up that stray lint. At least it wasn't my sweet Sentria!!

Menu Plan Monday...

Last week didn't go as planned at all. The sickness that Lucas had the week before was passed on to Logan and my husband. Needless to say, we didn't eat the planned meals, but kept it pretty bland with things we had on hand. So far I've managed to escape getting sick and I'm hoping it stays that way. This week is almost exactly the same as last week.

Monday--pretzel dogs, salad (It has been a long time since we've had these. It was a meal that everyone loved and I decided it was time to make it again! I'll also wrap some string cheese up----YUM!)

Tuesday--eating out--have a couple of coupons that expire and we've been promising Logan we'd take him

Wednesday--enchiladas, rice, beans (We love these enchiladas and rice!!)

Thursday--breakfast for dinner--pancakes, eggs, sausage

Friday--roast sticky chicken legs (have some legs to use up), rice, Syrian green beans

Saturday--Valentine's Day--penne a la vodka, homemade French bread, salad, and chocolate sheet cake (my family has been making this for years and I LOVE it!!)


For more menu plan Monday fun, head on over to Laura's at I'm an Organizing Junkie!

Playing at the Potomac (WW)....

Menu Plan Monday...

Monday--burgers, chips, dip (I had this burger last week and posted a picture here. Hubby was out of town and saw it and when I asked him if there was anything he wanted this week, he said he wanted the burger I made while he was gone. It was very good!)

Tuesday--pretzel dogs, salad (It has been a long time since we've had these. It was a meal that everyone loved and I decided it was time to make it again! I'll also wrap some string cheese up----YUM!)

Wednesday--enchiladas, rice, beans (We love these enchiladas and rice!!)

Thursday--penne a la vodka, homemade French bread, salad

Friday--roast sticky chicken legs (have some legs to use up), rice, Syrian green beans

Saturday--breakfast for dinner--pancakes, eggs, sausage

For more menu plan Monday fun, head on over to Laura's at I'm an Organizing Junkie!