Holiday Cheer!

For the first year ever, I am holiday baking! I always eat the goodies that other people make over the Christmas break, so I finally feel like Im contributing to society! :) Here are the three main items I made this year- chocolate covered pretzels, peanut butter cookies with kisses (nathans favorite), and buckeyes! I think they turned out great, and I officially received nathans approval!





On a different note, my youngest child is moving like a champ. He is eating SO much too. Heres a video of him crawling towards me. Its a bit long, but it took him a while to start moving!

da ducka da

that's been owens motto the past few weeks. daaa ducka daaa ducka daaa ducka daaa. hes been chanting that around the house and has been entertaining caleb quite well. heres a video to prove it-



aaaand, owen has the chicken pox. it's not too bad, since he had the vaccine when he was a year old. my doctor told me, and ive heard of numerous cases, where kiddos get the vaccine and then get the pox anyways. the cases are much less severe, like owens, but they still get it. he has a few spots on his face, a few on his back and belly, but his ears and lower legs are COVERED. he has completely destroyed his legs. he always scratches his bug bites until they are giant scabs, so the pox on his legs have become giant scabs already. ive heard of adults having scars from chicken pox, and id really rather that not be the case for owen. so, he'll be covered in bandaids from now on. these pictures dont do justice to the destruction that hes done, but here are a few..

just the usual

as i was feeding my boys this morning, preparing them for naps, i had the sudden realization that my life is crazy :) not crazy out of control, just crazy! i LOVE being a stay at home mom and wouldnt trade it for the world, but it makes for some fabulous stories! i thought id give you a rundown of my last 15 hours-

last night was normal. caleb was covered in boogers, so i gave him a bath. i stripped him down and had him sitting on my lap while i filled up the tub, and he went pee-pee allll over my lap. then, after i bathed him and was about to take him out, he spit up all of his dinner into the bath water. lovely :) we put the boys down like usual around 7. however, both boys seem to have allergies all of the sudden and are very congested and coughing. owen coughed ALL night. probably once every 2 minutes. we ended up waking him up at 11, sucking the boogers out of his nose with a nose frieda :), giving him medicine and starting a vaporizer in his room. then, at 4 am, caleb started crying. i let him cry until 5:30 when i finally got up and attempted to nurse him. however, because he couldnt breathe through his nose, he just got VERY frustrated. i walked with him for about half an hour and finally let him cry himself back to sleep. i couldnt go back to sleep because i was coughing, so i went and laid on the couch until everyone got up at 7:30.

we had a pretty normal morning, lots of poop diapers and spit up, but overall normal. however, while getting ready for naps, caleb accidentally knocked a giant candle off of the table and it shattered on the floor. he was sitting in his bumbo, spit up his breakfast, and owen thought it was hilarious. owen was all done, so i put his tray on the table, not thinking about caleb. caleb reached for owens tray, i dove for it at the same time, and calebs feet ended up in his rice-cereal bowl. SO, as i was stripping my 6 month old down to his diaper to clean him up for naps, while walking carefully around the shattered glass, i realized that maybe this is a bit crazy?? but in the sherman household, its become quite standard! the house will be clean, boys will be clean and happy, and all will be well when daddy walks in from work! ah if he only knew :)

deception

oooooh, the deception begins. my sweet little owen, though he already has expressed his attitude and tendency towards rebellion :), just performed his first real deceitful deed. and im sure hes done plenty before, but he was completely caught in the act...

i asked him to eat all of his strawberries before he could play outside, and i turned around just in time to see him stuffing the strawberries underneath his booster seat tray. when i asked him where his strawberries were, he just looked straight ahead, not making eye contact and not making a sound. ahhhh my sweet owen. needless to say, he ate all of his strawberries before he went outside. so it begins...

heres a video of owen saying the names of his neighbor friends. hes been a bit stingy when it comes to using his words, so we were excited :)

2 Years Old!

Owen turns two tomorrow (WEIRD!!), so Nana and Pop came up today to give him his present. He got a cute little grill that looks like daddy's so they can cook hot dogs together :) so fun. We had a nice lunch out and got some fun time at the park. Im telling ya, this kiddo is spoiled rotten. Here are a few pics from the day-







SO, Owens birthday has been a tad difficult since he is allergic to eggs. In Florida, my mom made my favorite dessert, Dirt with worms. So fun and cute! Owen would have nothing to do with it.. except he ate the worms (as seen in the previous post). Aaaand likewise, Nana made some fabulous egg-free cupcakes for Owen, and this was his reaction-








SERIOUSLY?! Maybe next year will be different :)

So, a fruit roll up was his birthday dessert... who could ask for more?

BeHiNd

Im so dang behind on blogging. Ill blame it on Nathan taking the laptop to work a lot lately, but I probably wouldnt have done much blogging anyway :)

A lot has happened, including traveling to Denton to buy a minivan. Honda Odyssey to be exact. And yes, Im in heaven. I love the way it looks, love the power sliding doors, love the dvd player and leather, and LOVE the space! 3 additional people can ride with us even when we have the boys in the car. So fabulous. We got to stay with Nana and Pop, which is always a treat. We even got to see Aunt Tracy and Uncle Claudio, and we got to visit Samantha and Brandon and meet their new baby boy, Ben. Quite the trip to the hometown.

We also went to Florida for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time! The boys got some good time with Grandma and Grandpa, got to visit Aunt Sissy and Aunt Beth and Uncle Larry, we had a great meal, and we did lots of shopping! Yes, we hit up Black Friday and had a great time! Here are a few pictures of our family celebrating Owen's second birthday which is tomorrow, December 5th.








Owen is one blessed munchkin.

yuck

we are so yucky around here. both boys are super sick, not sleeping at night, and mommy and daddy are exhausted. we know the sickness is coming for us, its just a matter of time.

owen was very interested in playing with caleb today, which means this sort of thing-




i dont know if i should have thanked him or disciplined him :) love him!