Catching up

So far behind on the posts and the fun...many Gotcha Day thoughts and pixs to post soon but let's start with our first berry pickin' adventure with buddy Ada. We had the fields almost entirely to ourselves and we ate our weight in juiciness...

Race Day

This year was Van's first of what I hope to be many "Race for the Cure" events. He enjoyed the ride and the great crowds of people and finally getting to meet Aunt Nancy! We had a fantastic day at this worthwhile and wonderful event. Next year maybe we get Van his very own shirt...

Daddy Day

Daddy certainly delivered on Diaper Day yesterday...Daddy did all things domestic-Daddy did dishes, Daddy depleted huge piles of laundry, Daddy dished up dinner and Daddy demanded that Mommy take a spa day...Dear Dear Daddy!! Today Daddy devoted his day to Van...what more does a stressed Mommy deserve?
The boys had a great day today despite remnants of yesterday's yuck. Things are certainly looking up around here.
Fun picture post as promised from our Friday Play Day...the threesome ruled the Water Play area.

Mothers Day = Diaper Day

So the whole 1st Mother's Day scene out of the movie in my head went something like this...sleep in while Daddy and Van play downstairs for a few hours, be blessed at my very first Mother's Day mass with our little man behaving angelically, enjoy the beautiful sunshiny day with my boys and finally try to ignore/mentally prepared for Van's "boy" surgery scheduled for tomorrow.
Now for the reality TV show version-6:30am Van wakes up screaming and tearing off his diaper...1st yuck of the day. 6:30-9am Van refuses to let mommy leave his sight...app 3 more diaper changes...losing count already. 10am Feeling much better, ready to dress Van for church...yikes more yuck...11am Mommy goes off to church without her boys :( 12:30 Mommy drives thru McDonalds for a fabulous Mothers Day lunch since fatty foods are the recommend for helping with the big D...funny McDonalds not so crowded on Mother's Day...go figure. 2pm Not napping surprise surprise. 4pm Playing outside and having fun...maybe we are done with yuck...5pm...oh no here we go again and now add the rash that goes along with the fun and we're screaming and we can't sit down...yes it's still Mother's Day right? 7pm still changing diapers...time to call the surgery center. They advise postponing the snip surgery...ahhh first sigh of relief for mom all day.
Despite the madness, I feel truly honored to be Van's mommy and Scott's wife on this day and every day. They light up my life with love and laughter and make even the yuck days in life the best any gal could have.
Love to all the moms we know and love out there today and every day.
Promise to post some fun pix from our weekend pre-yuck later this week.

Who Loves Being 3??

You guessed it!!
Van's mommy crush, Donna of http://twoheartsinguatemala.blogspot.com/ made him his very own 3 tee shirt today just like the ones that Austin and Logan have. He insisted on wearing it all night. Our crazy double flat tire day...yes two flat tires on the left side of the mini van this afternoon...ended up a fantastic play date day. Thanks again to mommy Donna and Nonnie and Austin and Logan. Oh yeah and Fletcher Tires for patching the two ripped up tires and only costing us 30 bucks...somebody is smiling down on all of us!
Happy Weekend.

Friday Happy Hour

The three amigos had several happy hours of play time on Friday night...they played outside, they played inside, upstairs, downstairs, everywhere. They shared potty time and tub time with lots and lots of giggles. Van is asking for them by name every day.

Love the squatting style

Van is lovin' it

Look at those gorgeous Austin lashes

Logan posing so nicely

Buddies for sure

11 is Heaven and Missing Daddy

Sure enough it's 11th months of Van today...so hard to believe...some days it feels like it's been a mere moment and others a lifetime of love. mmmmmmmmmmmm goooood...types Van as he assists me at the laptop! Guess he's pretty happy with how life is going...we certainly couldn't ask for anything better. His vocabulary keeps expanding and his personality continues to charm family, friends and strangers wherever we go.

This is our first extended time away from Daddy...Daddy is presenting at NAB in Vegas this week and Van is missing him terribly. Every morning he wakes up and asks for Daddy. But tonight we got a special treat...we actually got to watch Daddy present LIVE...thanks to the magic of technology. Van heard his voice and starting screaming Daddy Daddy Daddy so I missed most of the opening remarks but it was worth every second!

Van knew that Daddy took an airplane to go so he had his toy airplanes in hand to watch
That's my Daddy!

And of course clothing optional for this presentation