AWWWW!

Conversation in the car between Johnny and Corban.
J: Corban, who loves you?
C: God loves me.
J: Who else loves you?
C: Jesus
J: That's right.
C: God loves Caden
J: Who else loves Caden?
C: Jesus.

Usually, when Johnny asks him that, Corban says, "You love me Daddy." I think we both like this way better!

I didn't lose it!

My wallet that is (my sanity has been gone for a long time). Today I was headed out to the grocery store and bent down to pick up the reusable grocery bags and there they both were , sitting two feet from the front door under those bags! I was so relieved - $80 did not get lost, I don't have to replace Caden's insurance cards. Too bad I spent $12 on a new license and used my $10 off coupon to buy a new wallet. And too bad that my high from finding my wallet didn't last through a big grocery run with both boys. That teaches me to never forget the snacks and drinks again! The boys weren't very happy, Caden was doing his screaming thing, and I forgot I had to fix something for a pot-luck. People were giving me nasty looks and cutting me off b/c of that big cart (the one with the extra seat). The checkout girl was not happy I was using reusable bags, and she kept moving the turntable before I could get my groceries off. She even caught my belt loop as I was leaning over trying to grab my bags. Oh well, I'm home now and it is a beautiful day and both boys are down for a nap!

Speaking of the boys, Caden is giving out kisses now. He grabs my face and plants one on me. I love it! It's still open mouthed and slobbery, but it's too sweet! Corban was a wonderful little boy in church yesterday, even with me in the nursery with him. That made me feel better after he was a little devil boy in KY last week.

We went to Texas Roadhouse with Craig, Diana, Luke, Nadine, and Christina last night. We had their mom and dad keep the boys, so that was nice being able to eat dinner and not worry about them the whole time. I think I ate about 8 rolls while we were there. And of course had to think of Jimmy in my head every time I asked for "more rolls." Well, Johnny and I need to eat lunch and we're hoping to watch a show too!

Our trip to KY was pretty good. We were kind of between both places because my Mom and Dad hadn't moved into their new house yet. We pretty much were at Ann and Jerry's to sleep and then we were at the new house most of the other time. The hayride was cancelled, so I missed out on that. We were still able to get together with Larry, Lynn, Kerry, the Kenneys and the Marshes. Corban was a total nightmare the whole time we were gone and now he's having some potty issues. We're hoping to get that straightened out soon. Oh yeah, did I mention that my wallet was stolen in KY? I NEVER carry cash and I never let my purse out of my sight, but Mom and I were shopping at CATO and I was carrying Caden around, bringing her stuff in the dressing room, and I was incredibly hot, so I put my purse down on the stool for trying on shoes and left it. When I went to pay for dinner that night, no wallet. In fact, no wallets. I carried two with me and they were both gone. Pretty strong evidence that they were stolen instead of just one of my kids dragging it out of my purse. Johnny and I cancelled our cards, but the cash is gone. Dang it.

Right now the boys are playing here in the office and Johnny is at a coat drive. I'm not doing any of the stuff that I should be doing, but I'll get to that later I guess. I think Johnny's going to take the boys for a little bit after nap, so I'm looking forward to staying around the house alone for a while.

Caden is now saying, Daddy, Mama, Ball, and Juice. The other morning I'm pretty sure he asked for Nana and Poppy too! He's such a little cutie and smiling all of the time... until he gets upset and then he's a little monster! He loves to do this thing that if we pick him up under the arms and he doesn't want to be picked up, he puts his arms straight up in the air and we just about drop him. I just heard the toilet flush. I asked Corban if he had gone potty, and he said, "No, I just wiped Caden nose." Good grief! At least he's picking up the play room right now!

Yesterday we went to an orchard that has all of the fall festival stuff going on. We got there pretty late in the day because we let the boys take their naps and then it was quite a drive. We did a hayride and saw goats and other animals and played in the hay and went down these tube slides that they have built underground on a hillside. Then we bought a pie and went to Craig and Di's for supper - chicken parm that was really yummy! Tonight we're having a couple from church over for chicken noodle soup and apple pie - this one I made. I've got a lot of stuff to do, and so does Johnny before I come to KY on Thursday. I hope that we can get it all done!

Just now Caden was standing on the toy kitchen playing with an Elmo phone on top of it. I was calling Johnny in to see him and he turned around and fell off backward. This boy is such a little monkey; I know it won't be long before he climbs out of his crib. (Since then he has climbed up on the tool bench and also fell off). When we asked Corban what he learned in Church today he said, "how to be a good boy." I guess this month's lessons have been on obedience! He seems to be doing a little better about not biting Caden, of course I'll say that and he'll bite him 5 times this afternoon. I had better get my pie out of the oven.

We have an Art Bush concert at church tonight. He was supposed to be here at 3, called about then to say he would be here at 4, and just showed up at 4:49. The concert is at 6:30. Not that it's a big deal, but Johnny's got to miss supper now. I just finished the bulletin, but I'll print it while we're at church tonight. I did kind of clean up my kitchen and supper is in the over and I think I have a load of clothes in the wash.

Corban has been good as gold lately. I took him to the doctor yesterday because I felt like he had an ear infection. The nurse practitioner we saw really ticked me off, speaking down to me and not listening to what I was saying. Oh well, she did see some infection so he's on antibiotics. Then we went to JoAnn Fabrics and the mall. We had to pick up the pictures we had taken with the Watfords. I don't think that Paulette reads my blog, so I'll try to post some of those, they really did turn out pretty decent, considering we had 2 two year olds and 2 one year olds. What was my big idea with that anyway?

Caden has been the opposite story from Corban. He has been so whiny and cranky lately. I do remember Corban going through that, but I could handle that better, probably since I only had one to deal with. I'm hoping Caden gets out of this pretty quickly because he's starting to really make my nerves wear thin. All of their cuts and scrapes are healing up nicely, so I'm not so nervous to take them out in public - ha ha.

I am officially coming to KY next Thursday. I did decide to go ahead and have Johnny drive me halfway. I'm pretty sure I could have made it, but I spend a whole lot of the time turned around in the car while we're traveling trying to take care of the boys, so I'm just not sure how pleasant any of us would be when we got there if someone wasn't able to do that. We'll be in until Tuesday, and we're not sure yet where we'll be staying. Mom and Dad were hoping to get in this weekend, but that's not happening, so we might still be at the Brunker's. Well, I've got to get supper out of the over. Have a great weekend everybody! I think we're taking the boys to their first movie tomorrow. There is a free Christian film festival here and they are showing a kid's movie that isn't even out yet. We shall see how that goes!

So, people are going to start thinking I abuse my kids. Caden fell off my bed yesterday and has a huge knot on his forehead and some scrapes all across it. Dang it, I thought he was passed that! He looks so adorable with his new haircut. I'll have to get some pictures put up soon. They both got cuts yesterday. Caden sat in the seat by himself and did great while I had to put Corban on my lap and hold his head so that she could get at him. That was stressful, to have them both getting their haircuts at the same time. We also did some shopping yesterday because I had realized that Corban only had about 3 long sleeve shirts for just wearing around the house. I caught a decent sale at JCPenny and I had a 15% off coupon, so I didn't do too bad. Today we went to Target because we needed new phones in the house and I had a 10% off for there. I bought Corban some more shirts, a few picture frames, and the phones.

Last night I went to a Pampered Chef show while Johnny watched the kids. Second night this week that he's had both of them for dinner and to put to bed. It's been nice, especially since I'll be headed to KY in a few weeks and will be doing a lot more of that on my own. Which brings up a question. I am thinking about making the trip in by myself with the kids this time. I'm pretty sure that I can do it, but Mom and Dad are having a fit. I hate to have everybody end up taking two days off to get me there and back - we meet halfway and switch over. What are your opinions? It's a 7 hour drive, but it usually takes closer to 8 hours. I would go through Ohio because Alicia lives there and she would be backup if I needed her. We usually just stop once for gas and to eat.

Oh, and Corban is pretty much potty trained! He wears pull-ups for naps and nighttime, and he just had an accident, but it was because he was trying to go and couldn't get his pants down. Other than that, we've been accident free for over a week now and he tells us when he needs to go while we're out. I'm so excited! If I would start using the cloth diapers on Caden again, my diaper bill would go WAY down!