Sleep

As many of you with young kids know (or remember), sleep is a very precious thing to a mommy. You strive for it, you yearn for it, you crave it. Even when I think I have this getting your kiddos to sleep thing down, something throws me for a loop. Isn't that how so much of life goes??

This little guy has always been my fabulous sleeper. I swear he slept 12 hours a night from the moment we came home from the hospital. He napped consistently every day until about 3 months ago (he's 5!), and he still takes a nap on most weekends. Oh, and this one...as SOON as his head hits the pillow he is out like a light.


Now, some of you may recall what an AWFUL sleeper Isaiah was! Seriously, every hour he was up during the night.

This precious booger is my "in-betweener." He's a better sleeper than Isaiah, but not nearly as good as Jackson. Here is during a nap after church in the car. He had missed his nap that morning so he was a flipping mess when we picked him up from the nursery. The girls who were working with the babies looked a little *too* happy that we were picking our fuss ball up. Ha!


Here is another example of how Jackson can sleep anywhere. We had been to Mary Poppins and we were dropping his friend Lauren off in our neighborhood and I looked back and Jackson had moved from his car seat to this seat (still not sure why) buckled himself back in and was out.


Again, with this little booger....He has figured out how to go from laying down to sitting up and scooting and rolling around everywhere. This was the morning I discovered his new trick. Needless to say, we moved his crib mattress down that night because I kept having this vision of him catapulting himself out of the crib. Renzi said that sounded pretty far fetched, but hey...babies can catapult...right?!??


Jackson always falls asleep in our room after his story and prayers...this night I was clearly tired too. Renzi snapped this photo of us before he took J back to his own bed. Lordy lordy...look at my hair! Bed head before the night even started!


Booger has been sleeping so much better the last week...going to bed at 7:00 p.m. and sleeping all the way through the night without waking up. Except.....his wake up time is now right about 5:55 a.m. EEK!!!!!!!!! This was yesterday when I looked over at 8:00 a.m. and he was falling asleep in his breakfast!


And Jackson must have been tired yesterday morning too because after I moved Walker to his crib from the high chair I went back to the living room to find this! Passed out under his tent that he built that morning.


Oh sweet sleep. How much I love thee.

Why is it that even if you are getting sleep you never feel as if you are getting enough?

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Our week

We had such a fun week last week and ended with a FAB weekend....

Here were the highlights.....

Jax and I went on a Mommy/Jackson date to the Thunder Game. So much fun!



We acted pretty silly during car pool one morning!



It was beautiful this past week so we took advantage of lots of park time. Here is Walker playing in the sand at one of the parks with his buddy Mason!


Renzi had to work late one night so the boys and I loaded up and headed to Ted's. It was Walker's first trip and it did not disappoint. It's safe to say Walker is now officially a lover of Mexican food just like his big brother and his momma.


Friday night Jackson invited his friend Lauren on a "date" to see Mary Poppins at the Civic Center. These too cuties were so precious. We went and had hamburgers and french fries before the play.


And then we headed over to the Civic Center. The play was amazing and the kiddos loved it!





Jackson lasted until about 10:00 p.m. before he CRASHED in his daddy's lap. Lauren hung on until the end! Both kiddos were sound asleep in the car on the way home though.


And a major highlight this past weekend was one of my bestie's Jackie came in town with her husband and spent the weekend with us. We went to Norman to the OU game Saturday together and had the best time. Swirls and queso at The Mont, shopping and tailgating at Blush and the game! We ended the evening back at home with the kiddos and Sara and Ryan Walker and Hideaway pizza! Great day.


This is such a busy time for us....anyone else feel like they are running around like chickens with their heads cut off??? Hubs and I seem to have work events almost every night these last few weeks and we are sooo ready for a break at Thanksgiving. And to top it off, Walker is now on day 37 with a runny nose....and he likes to wake up at 4 a.m. for the day these days. Oh Lordy Lordy.

Thanksgiving...where are you???? :)
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Halloween and 8 months old!

We had the happiest of Halloweens here at the Stone house this year!

Jackson was Raphael of the teenage mutant ninja turtles and Walker was Yoda.

Here is Jax before his school costume parade.


Cuties on the porch!


Walker was so funny to watch. He didn't exactly love being in costume but he was such a cute Yoda.


We went over to our friends house in our neighborhood for pizza and then all of the kiddos went trick or treating all together. Walker and I hung with everyone until they left and then we headed home for bed. Jackson and Renzi had the best time!

Here is a pic of the whole gang!!!


And Walker turned 8 months old on the 28th! This past month has been full of ear infections but hoping that they are over now that he got tubes in his ears last Thursday!


He is 23 pounds of love! He has his two bottom teeth and he is almost crawling! He gets on all fours and rocks back and forth and then thrusts himself forward or backwards. Hilarious.

He loves his big brother and lights up whenever he is around. Melt my heart!

We love you Walker Bear!

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Friends

I was just looking through some pics on my phone and I just love seeing so many pics with Jackson and his friends. He is so blessed to have so many wonderful buddies in his life!

Love this picture of Jackson and Lauren downtown. Sweet sweet Lauren. She's going to be my daughter-in-law someday if I have any say in it. :)



Precious CJ Heskett! We love this big 3 year old to pieces! Always full of life and full of laughs.


Love these pics of Jackson and Lilly......just cruisin in her backyard in her Escalade. No Big Deal.


Uh oh....they are up to SOMETHING!


And love these Soccer Buddies! Love that they get to play soccer together and learn about teamwork together!


We have been to a lot of birthday parties lately....here is the Walkman at the Science Museum!


And afterwards at another birthday party at Fuzzy's downtown. Cuties!


Also discovered while looking through my phone were a couple of videos that Jackson had taken of himself. Oh. My. Goodness. He's whispering, but I *think* he says, "I'm going to give a concert and sing and invite my whole family."



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Thank You Jackson!

Thank you Jackson for being such a big help with your baby brother.


Thank you for holding Walker. Thank you for loving Walker. Thank you for your friends who love Walker.


Thank you for making him laugh. Thank you for knowing what he needs.


Thank you for smelling a poopy diaper before even I do. Thank you for running for the hills when said poopy diaper is confirmed.


Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your strength!


But most of all...thank you for being you!!!! We all love and adore you sweet boy!

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Annoyed.

I'm annoyed. And I shouldn't be. But I am.

We are on Day 11 of another round of sickness for the Walk Man. A long bout of ear infections that wouldn't clear up last week led us to making an appointment for a consult with an ENT for little man for tomorrow. Looks like we are on our way to tubes.

Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

There is nothing worse as a parent than having a sick kiddo and there isn't much you can do to help them. Which is why I'm annoyed. I want to help him feel better PRONTO. NOW. IMMEDIATELY.

I joked with the receptionist at the ENT office that I wish they had a drive thru service for tubes. I would so be on that.

All of my other kiddos have had to get tubes at a young age and it has helped them TREMENDOUSLY.

Hoping for the same for my sweet little guy.

But look at him. He's still just so stinking cute for being sick!

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Some things I never want to forget..

As I was putting my kiddos to bed tonight it struck me that there are a few random things I never want to forget about this time in my life. So, without further adieu...here are my random thoughts in no order whatsoever accompanied by some recent pics of my loves!



I don't care how big Jackson gets, I will forever carry him to his room after he falls asleep. He has always loved being in our bed to read a story at night and he usually falls asleep before the story is over. As I was carrying him to his room tonight I realized how tall he had gotten and how his legs dangled past MY knees while holding him! As I laid him down in his bed he sat up, grabbed my neck and gave me a huge hug and said, "thank you mommy. I love you." I'll carry him forever.



Walker is a face toucher. When you are feeding him a bottle or if he is just simply sitting in your lap, he turns to face you and lays his hand on your cheek. His eyes look deep into yours and its as if he is studying your face as you study his. It takes my breath away sometimes.



Walker's favorite thing is when Jackson and I whisper in his ear, "stinky cheese." It's random, I know. One day we were walking through Whole Foods and we walked past the cheese section. It smelled really bad and I must have whispered stinky cheese loud enough for Walker and Jackson to hear. Both started hysterically laughing at the same time so now we say "stinky cheese" all of the time and we all laugh.



I am so glad I am a boy mommy. Everytime I go to mistletoe market or some other kids boutique it totally stresses me out seeing all of the accessories and outfit choices for girls. I am so thankful that in the morning when getting everyone ready to go all I have to do is grab pants and a shirt or jersey of some sort and everyone is happy. Bows make me break out in hives.



I love Jackson's love for books. He can't wait for us to read to him at night and it since I am a book nerd and could be happy reading all day, it literally makes my heart sing when he begs for one more chapter at the end of the night...and it's not because he doesn't want to go to bed....it's because he can't bear to have to wait until tomorrow to find out what happens in the book we are reading.



At the end of each prayer we say as a family we always say, " and God bless Isaiah." Somehow, along the way, someone started fist bumping their chest and then pointing a peace sign at the sky after saying Isaiah's name in the prayer. It's totally ghetto and I love that we all do it. I hope we never stop.



Jackson tattled on me today to Renzi because I said, "sh**." To my credit, Walker had been crying all afternoon (he has another ear infection) and as I went to feed him his dinner tonight he threw his hand up right as I got the spoon near his mouth and his food flew all over my face. You would have said "sh**" too.



Walker smiles and flirts with any woman that comes in his path. It's hilarious. Quite the ladies man.



Jackson still say "Otay" for "Okay," and he says "Barely" instead of "seriously." For example, "Mom I ate my lunch. Barely." Or, "I am so barely good at basketball." I could correct him but I don't want to. Not just yet.



I love it when the boys do something precious and Renzi and my eyes meet over their heads and we share that special smile. That smile says more than words could even say.

Just some things I had on my mind today that I never want to forget!!!
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