Uh Oh Mommy

Foster has truly hit the toddler stage. He is always on the go and does not stay still unless he is sleeping. He says many words now, but most recently his favorite saying is "uh oh mommy" I have come to know that when I hear this there really is an UH OH.

Tuesday mornig while getting ready for work, I heard Foster shuffling around by my night stand. I turned to see what he was doing and before the words "Foster, NO!" could come out of my mouth... my glasses were snapped into two. My first reaction was anger but as I walked over to him he stared at me with those big brown eyes and while blinking inocently he ventured to say "uh oh mommy, uh oh." Of course I couldn't resist that little, sweet voice so I kindly said "please don't play with anything on mommy's nightstand anymore."

Little did I know that letting him off the hook with his new favorite saying was to lead to the next few adventures.

Foster and Charcey dumping out a box of straws all over the kitchen floor at my Mom's house. Did he get in trouble? nope, all he had to say was
"Uh Oh MEME"
In less than 3 seconds he cleared an entire bookshelf all the while yelling "Uh Oh, Uh Oh."

In the car with a container of snacks, from my rearview mirror, I see cheeries flying through the air. I turned and looked at Foster in his seat... you guessed it. "Uh Oh Mommy" (this picture does not do it justice)

After all the uh oh's he finally crashed out on his couch.

Our new lesson for the week is to learn the true meaning of UH OH, that is, things are only an uh oh when it is an accident not an excuse to get away with everything.

I'll let you know how it goes :)

Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This year we went to the Black family ranch and enjoyed a good ole country feast. Foster loved playing on the tractors and "mooing" at the cows. He also got to go into the horse barn and feed the horses (however he was much more interested in climbing on all of the hay) Once we returned from the farm we spent the rest of the evening with my family.

What a humbling day, we truly have so much to be thankful for. The Lord has blessed us abundantley, though we are so undeserving. I hope you all took time to reflect on everything you have been blessed with and are thankful for.

"Praise be to God who has blessed us indeed"

Happy Halloween

This year Halloween was especiallyof fun. Foster and Charcey were old enough to enjoy it, they dressed up, walk around, and received a lot of candy. Foster dressed up as a giraffe and Charcey dressed up as a dragonfly. We celebrated Halloween by attending "Halloween Happening" at Randall High School on Thursday night. Friday night we visited friends houses and enjoyed the carnival out at Lake Tanglewood.

This is one of the only pictures we have of Foster wearing his giraffe head, he wasn't too fond of it.

The Dads and Kids at Halloween Happening

One of the few times where us moms are actually in a picture

Foster trying to figure out his costume

It's a zoo out there

I know I am terribly late at posting these but a few weeks ago we went to the fair with my parents, Jenifer, Jeremy and Charcey. The Amarillo fair, as you know, isn't all that spectacular but the kids really liked the petting zoo. Foster also loved sitting on the huge tractors and pretending to drive. We had a great time and enjoyed a lot of fried foods...yum.

Sorry, you will have to tilt your head to watch the video :)

Hair Cut II

Foster got another hair cut, most kids don't even get a hair cut until 1 year old. This is Foster's 2nd haircut and should have probably been his 3rd. I waited as long as possible but the chia pet look was driving me crazy. Here are some before and after pictures.

Tractor

Foster got a tractor for his birthday and he loves to push it all over the house.

Oh Deere, Foster is One

Forgive me for taking so long to post, but we have had a lot going on.
Foster Kade had his first birthday and I can hardly believe it has been a year since this sweet little boy arrived...where has the time gone (REALLY). People say that the first year goes fast but I didn't understand that until now. This last year has been such a joy and tremendous blessing.
Because Foster has such a love of anything big and motorized, we celebrated with a John Deere birthday party including all the trimmings. Foster had a John Deere shirt, cake, cupcakes, decorations and party favors! We got to enjoy his birthday with family and friends at our house; It was so much fun.
The pictures below are of Foster eating his cake and then getting hosed off, and opening his gifts.

A side note:

Foster is very, very close to walking on his own and is saying all kinds of words:

Deer (because we have a stuffed one hanging on our wall)

Duck (because it is on our wall too... does that sound redneck or what?)

Bird (again, on our wall)

Mama (unfortunately not his first word)

Dada

Ball

Cooper (the dog)

Tractor ( loves motors... such a boy)

more (he wants more of everything)

Quack Quack

up (so I will pick him up and take him where he wants to go...I know, I 'm a sucker)

please

thank you

and many more. He also got his two front teeth in this week. (YEAH!!) now maybe we can go back to sleeping :)