Been a while...

Well it's been a while since our last post. We've been busy with our everyday routine plus a few other treats (but nothing really exciting enough to blog about). Yesterday was a big day in Tucker's little world. He spent the morning and early afternoon at Mother's Day Out as usual, but he was suprised when daddy got to pick him up. The machine was down yesterday, so Matt took advantage from some overtime earlier in the week and spent the afternoon with us. Tuck was playing away when we walked into his classroom, but when he saw his daddy he went crazy. We then talked daddy into a trip to the playground where Tucker went down the slide MANY times. Tuck screamed with delight each trip down. He doesn't like anything but the slide, so I think we may have to ask Santa for one. We then went home for a short nap before heading off to church. Like most Wednesdays, Tucker goes to bed early from all of the excitement that he experienced.

Tomorrow is Tucker's first dentist appointment. This should be interesting. However, he then gets to spend the night with nan and pa while we go to Tulsa for the football game. Hopefully the fun from the night away will cancel out the dreadful dentist appointment!

Halloween

Last year's Halloween was pretty low key considering Tucker was only a couple of weeks old. He slept in his stroller through the entire carnival. Well this year we pulled out all of the stops...and Tucker loved every minute of it. He went dressed as a monkey. He was absolutely cute despite sweating a lot due to the warmer weather. We began the fun on Wednesday with a trip to Ada for the Trinity carnival. Tucker loved the duck pond. He screamed when we had to let other kids have a turn, so we broke the rules and returned for a second time.

Friday was a big day for all. We passed out candy to a few trick-or-treaters before heading to the church carnival. Tucker had a ball going to the various booths and even won the cake walk a couple of times. He got lots of candy for mommy and daddy to enjoy...even though Tucker snuck a little taste Saturday morning. While washing dishes I noticed that Tucker was quiet. I peeked around the corner to see that he had found the candy bowl and was helping himself to a mini-reese's cup. He enjoyed half of it while I fished the wrapper out of his mouth. Later, we completed the weekend of Halloween fun with a trip to Ada for Ada's official trick-or-treat night where he got a mega-size bag of M&Ms. Wow, I'm thankful that we get an extra hour of sleep tonight!

Today's Accomplishment

The next time yo usee Tucker, please ask him how old he is. He will raise one finger and say "un". I'm one proud mommy!

Creative

I am so excited about Tucker growing up in that I get to use some of my stored up teaching creativeness on the little guy. I decided after waking up this morning that it was going to be a "Fun Friday". This morning we made grape flavored kool-aide play-dough. He was a little unsure of it at first, but ended up having a great time. I was shocked that he never put it near his mouth. We don't have many fun plans for this afternoon...a visit to Wal-Mart and naptime. But the fun will continue tonight with a trip to Tulsa with Gran and Papa D to watch Uncle Derick play football. I can hardly contain my excitement!

Snotty Nose Kid

Tucker has a terrible runny nose! We tried giving him some "Uncle Benny", but it hypes Tuck up too much. He has been a wild man! I think the other moms in storytime this morning were wondering when I was going to take my brat out of there. We made it though and completed the outing with lunch with daddy! I think we're going to sneak to the playground this afternoon to enjoy one last day of nice weather before the cold front arrives.

Accomplishments

Our latest accomplishment...Tucker puts himself to sleep in his crib! He doesn't want to be rocked or have "juice" before napping! We've come a long way!

A Year in Review

Wow! I was just sitting enjoying some peace (Matt's at work and Tucker's napping), and I can't believe it has been a year since Tucker was born. One year ago, at this very moment, I was in the delivery room only minutes away from meeting our sweet baby boy. Where has the year gone?

I'll never forget when sweet Tucker was born. I was overwhelmed with so many emotions. My sister teased that in the first few pictures that she saw, I was crying. I never knew you could love a human being so much. I remember those first few moments so clearly...like they were yesterday. Matt showing him off to the grandmas...while they played the role of the papparazzi. He got to meet a few other family members, who had been at the hospital all day anxiously waiting, before being whisked away to the nursery. That night was a complete blur...I hadn't slept in 3 nights. I remember having to wake Tucker to feed him, and him not wanting to eat. The nurse had to strip him down and rub him with a wet cloth to wake him to eat. The next day was complete with many visitors as well as our trip home. I remember my mom asking on the trip home if he knew how to cry. I'm so thankful that Tucker has kept that sweet temperament (with a little attitude a times) over the past year.

I will always cherish his first tooth, his first bath, when he began crawling, when he began pulling up on things, his first meal, hearing his little giggle, and all of the other precious qualities that he has. Nor will I forget the fact that he didn't sleep through the night until he was 9 months old and a few other undesirable traits (his biting stage).

It's 4:36...One year ago Tucker was born at this very minute. I am so thankful that God chose us to be Tucker's parents, and I pray that we will be blessed with many more days like today!