Funny Boy

When you get shoes and socks for Eli he starts smiling because he knows generally that means he's going outside or he's going somewhere. Yesterday, I got them and I headed to the area where we usually sit down and them on. I put my socks on and told him to come get his shoes on. What I meant, was for him to come over so I could put them on. He came over while I was putting my shoes and and picked up his shoes. He started to walk off and I said, No, No, No. I have to help you put them on so he walked over as close to me as close as he could get and shoved the shoes in my face and then just sat down with a hard thump and a grunt. It was kind of like...I did what you told me Mom, I don't understand.

Eli is my copycat. I guess that comes with being a second child. He's so funny, though! The other day Chris was carrying him and Chris spit so Eli made the same sound and tried to do it, also. Quite hilarious!

The last couple weeks Dylan and Eli have had colds. Dylan was never real good at blowing his nose up until recently. Now, he's really good at it. While we were on vacation he would find a Kleenex lying around and he would put it up to his nose and make the same sound with his mouth. He was immitating. So...so funny! This week, since we've been home if I go toward him with a Kleenex he starts to actually blow his nose before you get there. He usually has it dripping almost to his mouth by the time I get there and then he'll let you wipe once but if you don't get it all the first time you'll have to chase him and hold him down. He doesn't want to stand still to get it all.

When we're all playing around and one of us starts laughing, Eli almost always laughs and then claps his hands like he knows why you are laughing. Half the time we are laughing at him which makes it even funnier.

Today, Eli had already eaten lunch but since I was eating he wanted to continue eating. If you don't know Eli, that's him. He's my eater and if anyone is sitting at the table eating, he thinks he needs to be doing the same thing. I gave him a piece of bread to snack on. I had torn in up into pieces but toward the end he kept grabbing for the remainder of the piece. He didn't want it torn up anymore. Reluctantly I handed it to him as I was getting up from the table. I was going to clean off my place and put dishes away. He did very well for the first several bites actually chewing parts off and he had such a huge smile on his face, I thought he'd be ok. Then, I started making snacks for his bag for church tonight. I usually have a small bowl of cheerios and puffs and then one small bowl of nilla wafers. I have to break the nilla wafers because they are too big for him and he can't actually take bites out of them. He was me doing it and wanted some. He kept pointing at me and the nilla wafers, then he would put the bread down and point again. I told him he had to eat the rest of the bread before he could have a cookie. (That's what I call them!) He took the whole rest of the piece which was a pretty good chunk and stuffed it all into his mouth and then reached out for a nilla wafer...kind of like, ok now bring me one. Before I could get a handful of the crunched up pieces he started choking on that big huge piece of bread. I get there just in time to help pull it out of his mouth as he puked into my hands. Yes, he did! If you're a parent you've probably been puked on many times and I can't count how many times Dylan or Eli has puked in my hands or Chris's. But you know what! I laughed at him because it was actually quite funny even with stinky puke in my hands.

After he finished his wafer I put him on my bed while I did a few things in my room. When it was time for nap, I reached my arms out for him and told him to come here. He smiled really big and then layed his head down on my pillow. He knew it was nap time but he didn't want to go to his bed.

He's my lovable boy. He loves hugs and laying on you especially right on your face while you are trying to talk to someone or watch TV. I am really enjoying him and trying my hardest not to rush his growing up.

Long Time

So, it's been a while since I posted. I've been busy! Mostly gone, but also busy. On Aug 25 my "Jaquess" family took a vacation down to Stillwaters Resort in Branson. It's just a few miles past Silver Dollar City although we didn't visit SDC during this vacation. SDC was closed preparing for their next festival. Our vacation started Sunday afternoon as soon as church was over. We ate lunch together and caravanned down. Dad did a little magic and some stories for the kids and then talked to us adults about properly raising kids for our evening services. We spent the next two days swimming, eating, fishing, and relaxing...probably in that order. It was a great time! I plan to post pictures on our beesonfamily.org website. Everyone went home Tuesday night except Dad, Mom, Emma, me and my 2 boys. We went to ride go-carts and play putt-putt on Wednesday with lunch at McDonald's before heading home for afternoon naps and evening services back at Wilson Creek.

We were home for a few days before Labor Day. We dug holes for a privacy fence to connect on one side of our house to the neighbor's fence. I don't know how much help I was but the boys sure had fun playing in the holes after they were dug, especially when we put water in the holes. They were both muddy messes but grinning from ear to ear.

Chris went back to work for the remainder of that week but took off early on Friday, Sept. 5 and the family headed to KC. My most wonderfulest sister-in-law helped me pack for vacation and I actually didn't forget anything. We ate dinner with some very fun friends, the Swearengins and hung out in the back yard for a while before heading to our hotel near the airport. Saturday morning we flew out to California. We had a great time. I will be posting a link on my beesonfamily.org website that has pictures and kind of a "what we did" with highlights. You can check it out if you are interested. Hopefully, I'll be able to get to it tonight or tomorrow. It will require help from the computer nerd in the house, so if I can actually remember to ask for help, he'll gladly do it.

We've just now been home 3 days and I haven't caught up on sleep, yet. We went non-stop and the time change also has got me messed up. I do like being home in my own bed with my own pillows, though. Routine for the day is also nice because the children do so much better.

I'm looking forward to going to our church tonight. Out-of-town churches are nice because at least you have somewhere to go but nothing is like your church at home. Your kids are more comfortable and it makes things so much easier.

I joined facebook this week because of a little peer pressure. I don't know how that will go. I'm still learning how to get around and not succeeding at some of the things I've tried to add. I also don't know how it will be having another place to post stuff, but it will be a great place to keep in touch with some friends from around the world. I do enjoy reading posts from the missionaries serving on the field that I have only met once or twice.

So, for now! That's what I have!