pics of the birthday party

Sarah and John Abraham had a joint birthday party this year, and of course, I forgot my camera.  Luckily, a sweet friend took some pics for me.  My little man LOVES batman!

I feel bad because I didn't get a pic of Sarah blowing out her candles.  The cup cakes were from her cup cake tower, shown below.  And as you can see from Madelyn's face... delicious!

Only me

Somehow, I just signed up to follow my own blog. 

Ahh, the idiocy of me.

Whatever

not a mama's boy anymore

Im frowning right now.  Actually, its not a frown, its a sad face...pouty lips, furrowed brow.  Sappy, sappy, sappy.  Today, after I buckled John Abraham up in his seat after picking him up from pre-school, I asked him for a kiss, just like I do every time I pick him up.  His response, "no".  In his cutest of all voices ever to hit my ears, he responded "no mama, I don wan to kissie kissie you today."

This   is   not   happening.

Two nights ago as we were getting ready for our family worship time, John was sitting in my lap.  When Steven sat down, he bolted from my lap and sat in Steven's.  I felt the twinge then.  The sting.  The jealousy. 

I know this is normal.  This is a good thing.  It is healthy for his development.   It's the way it should be.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH   HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that my boy is in love with his daddy.  I want my boy to be a boy.  I want him to be strong like Steven.  To be a leader.   I just didn't expect him to leap from my skirt hem to be Steven's wing man so soon.  I am having to fight the urge to force my love and kissie kissies on him.  All I could think about today was wanting to hold him and coddle him and make baby talk to him.  (Steven will make a sickened face when he reads that line no doubt).  But I am going to resist.  Im going to try and find some good wholesome advice for mothers in my situation. Surely James Dobson has written something about people like me.  Maybe that will relieve my woes and make me feel a little better.

If it doesn't, I am going to snatch him from his bed in his sleep and hold him all night.  And while he is sleeping, I can give him kissie kissies galore.

God help me.

New house!

We bought a new house!  We will close at the end of May and will be moving in sometime in mid June.  Im so excited.  And I just can't hide it. 
Lame, I know.
But I really am giddy about the whole thing.  God really helped us find the perfect fit for our family, and everything so far has gone very smoothly.  THANK YOU LORD!  Steven is excited that we are only painting one room in the house.  I am excited that I get a nice big kitchen to cook in.  The kids are excited that they get their own rooms.  Well, Sarah is anyway.  Madelyn is a bit sad at the thought of sleeping in a room alone.  But hers is the room we are painting, so Im hoping that the pink explosion Im planning for her bedroom will be enough to distract her from tears.  We will be minutes from the Galleria, the kids school, and three of our favorite restaurants (seafood, bbq and mexican)  Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm. 

What was I saying about cooking in a new big kitchen?  Jubilee Joes is already calling my name. :)