Fun

Today was a fun day despite the cloudy, rainy weather. We started off the day like most Tuesdays by going to lapsit storytime at the public library. Tucker was a little wild throughout the 45 minutes. He insisted on laying on the floor and spinning in circles most of the time, but he enjoyed himself and that's what it's all about. We met daddy at McDonalds afterwards for "A Day of Love" where we enjoyed 59 cent cheeseburgers before heading home for naptime.

This afternoon we had to get out in the rain to run a couple more errands. We went by the cancer center to get daddy's signature where Tucker walked around greeting all the nurses. His favorite has a special stash of toys for Tucker in her desk drawer that he always remembers. We then got to go to the bank. I had a few things to take care of today, so we went inside rather than going through the drive through. Much to my horror, the teller handed Tucker a sucker. The Kate Gosslin in me came out when I noticed Tucker was wearing a fairly new shirt that is primarily white. I pride myself in keeping clothes stain free. We have only had one outfit ruined due to stains in Tucker's entire 16-month life. Rather than unleashing a complete screaming fit, I let him eat the sucker. He kept himself remarkably clean. I could hear him slurping it all the way home and telling me that it was "Mmm, Mmm" from the backseat.

After getting home and following him around with a wet wipe trying to keep his sticky paws off the furniture, I decided that the fun needed to end. He was NOT a happy camper, but got over it once I offered him a "cacker". He's been all hyped up ever since!

Here's some random pictures I finally loaded onto the computer today.

Eating his favorite meal...spaghetti o's with wieners.

Eating queso at Ted's. He loves to dip!

Wearing daddy's jacket.

Honored

Tonight I attended the board meeting for McAlester Schools because the faculty for the school that I taught at last year was being honored for our API scores for last year. We were each recognized in front of the board. I started having flashbacks of my gracefulness in high school when I fell down some stairs at an award assembly. I didn't fall, but I did forget to shake the superintendent's hand. The mayor has declared that next Tuesday is Emerson Elementary Day in McAlester. To top off the evening, we were each given a $2,000 check from the state of Oklahoma. Your tax dollars at work!

I came home and decided to catch up on my blogging when I stumbled across a blog about a 10 month old little girl that died Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer 3 weeks ago. I can not imagine what that family is going through. I couldn't image losing Tucker. Enough for tonight...

Beautiful Weather

The weather has been beautiful this weekend, so we decided to get out of the house some. We spent the day Saturday in Tulsa shopping. We hit lots of Spring sales as well as picked up some new playground equipment for the church's toddler playground.

When we got home, Tucker was full of energy. He and daddy used some of that energy to practice t-ball. (It's never too early I guess). While playing Tucker went from sitting to standing on his own. He usually has to crawl over to something to pull up on, but now he can get up on his own.

Sunday afternoon Tucker was invited to a birthday party. We came home to play outside with daddy afterwards. Tucker rode his 4-wheeler and walked all over our neighbor's yard (he likes her yard better than ours). I love this weather and getting to play outside. Hurry up Spring!

Busy Monday

We had a very busy day in Ada yesterday. We started the day by taking Aunt Wendy and the boys out to lunch to celebrate Wendy's birthday. We had the express lunch at Chili's where Tucker and Sam had a messy time dipping their chips in ranch dressing. Tucker gets his chips dripping wet and then eats off the dry side. It is such a mess!

Tucker had his 15 month checkup yesterday afternoon. The doctor was concerned about the size of his head. He asked if my husband has a large head. Matt does have a large head, so more than likely it's hereditary but we go back in 5 weeks so they can measure it again. We also found out that Tucker is going to have to have a small surgery sometime before his second birthday to correct a problem from when he was an infant. We will find out more when we go back in another 5 weeks, so I'll post more when I know more.

We wrapped up the day with class followed by dinner at Polo's with the family for Wendy's birthday. Whew! It was a tiring day! Enough for now...we have errands and story time to attend today.

We escaped!

We finally got out of the house today. This was Tucker's first time out since we went to church Sunday night, and I my first time since my run to Walgreen's Monday. Matt treated us to dinner at Chili's and then a quick trip to Wal-Mart. It felt so good to get out of our pjs. It's sad when you get excited over a trip to Wal-Mart!

Ice Storm

Yuck, ice! This ice storm has taken me down memory lane a bit. During the horrible ice storm that hit McAlester in January 2007, I lost our first child. As we were hunkering down this past Monday preparing for the worst, my mind kept going back to Matt and I huddled in front of the fire knowing that we were losing the baby and there was nothing we could do to stop it. I shut myself off from much of the world that week as I battled with God why He would take away something we had wanted for so long. Little did we know that God had BIG things in store for our little family the very next month as we found that I was once again expecting.

Fast forward two years later and here we are with a 15 month old bundle of joy! Looking back on that awful time in our lives, I know that God was showing me that I needed to rely on His timing instead of doing things when and how I wanted them. Yesterday, my sister sent me a link to a blog that I was so drawn through that I read from beginning to end throughout the day. Little did Wendy know just how much I needed the words in that blog yesterday. Thanks Wend! One major quote that spoke to me most said, "And I know there'll be days when this life brings me pain, but if thats what it takes to praise You Jesus bring the rain." Wow!

It's been a rough week!

Our rough week all started a week ago yesterday. I made the decision to let Tucker skip Mother's Day Out in order to visit the children's museum in Seminole. He was a bit fussy the entire day, but I chalked it up to getting some new teeth and we had a great day. After arriving back home, Tucker was still fussy, so I put him down for an additional nap. A bit later I heard funny noises from his room, and discovered that he was breathing strangely. I also discovered that he had a pretty high temp. To make a long story short, after a scary hour, his breathing returned to normal and all was well.

My parents came for lunch on Saturday to celebrate my birthday. Then Matt's parents came to keep Tucker so that Matt and I could go out to dinner. We went to The Melting Pot in Jenks. It WAS AMAZING! After completely stuffing ourselves, we arrived home to find that Tucker was again acting like he didn't feel well. Later that night (or should I say early morning) Matt was up sick as well. So I did double duty Sunday as a single mom and made it through the day.

Both were still sick on Monday. By Tuesday, I also was sick. By yesterday we were all back to our normal routine. I'm praying that all sick bugs stay away from the Eidson house for a while!