Tuesday, September 28, 2010

SE Update

The days have been flying by recently. OU football started so weeks with home games find Sean working late and then working on Saturdays also. SE and I have been trying to stay busy, busy to pass the time without dada. So here's a few things SE has been up to:

Favorite foods: oatmeal, bananas, purple grapes, blueberries, strawberries, peaches (do we see a theme with fruit), Mickey snacks, tomatoes, carrots, and recently spinach. SIDENOTE: he will dip anything...his favorite dips include ranch and bar-b-q.

Favorite things to do: outside, going on walks, playing at parks, looking for the "baseball moon", watching Mickey Mouse, reading Charlie Bird (given to him by his favorite aunt Te-a) and the Eric Carle series Baby Bear, Polar Bear, Panda Bear and Brown Bear (he knows ALL of the animals along with their colors), play with any type of ball and he knows pretty much all of them...football, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer, etc.

Notable names he would like to name his baby sister: basketball, orange ball, bubbles. Quick funny story, I was wearing a yellow shirt the other day and SE pointed to my stomach and said "yellow baby sister". I laughed pretty hard at that one!

Favorite people: Nana, Papa, aunt Te-a, Colin, Stephen Pyle, Jill, Roberp (Robert), Lolo (Logan), Emma & Sophie Doke, Kerri & Gracie, Uncle G & Aunt Emma

Here are some pics...all from my phone, thus the weird angles:

First OU football game

Second OU football game (also the anniversary of Sean's mom's passing). We went to Sam's to pick out some flowers. SE picked these out all by himself and would not let them go. He held them like this in the car all the way home.

This is just the typical little boy he is...I looked back today in the car while we were at a stoplight and saw this and was thankful he kept his fingers up his nose long enough for me to take a pic!

Sean Edward Boyd, we love you so very much and are so very blessed to call you son. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank our Lord for you or that your dada's and my love grows for you. You are smart, funny and loving. There is already a wit about you that greatly resembles that of your dad's so much so I already have my hands full with it, and it makes disciplining you difficult at times. We love that you "jump for joy" and that you answer "Jesus" when we ask where our joys comes from. We continuously pray the love of the Father over you, that you will continue to grow knowing His identity for you and that you will learn to walk in His full power and authority. You are an absolute delight, SE!


Sunday, September 12, 2010

First bike!

SE is obsessed with, among other things, bicycles. Sean is a biker so we have several in our garage that SE sees. Whenever we see them while driving, SE will point them out with "bicycle" and then "more bicycle" if he sees another one. So I looked at what was available for SE to get as his bicycle, settled on a Fisher-Price "grow with me", and we headed to Target to get it. SE was super excited when I told him what we were going to do...he kept saying bicycle, first bicycle. We got it, Sean put it together, and SE rode it pretty much the rest of the day. His feet don't quite reach the peddles yet, but I figure with the way SE grows, he will be able to reach them in a couple of weeks!



Really that smile says it all! He was also super excited to tell his papa and aunt Te-a about his first bicycle!

Big transition!

With the upcoming arrival of our new little one, I wanted to give SE a head start with sleeping somewhere other than his crib...enter his big boy bed and the other changes to his room. We didn't really change the walls or anything, just took out his crib, the changing table and a bookcase and set up his big boy bed and a chest that has been in my family forever, and I decided to repaint and antique it a little. Here are the befores and afters!

SE's room before



SE's room after




Here is the chest's transition...it began white...
Then went to brown...
Then to red...
And finally the finished product!

I'm happy to report that really only after two long nights, SE is happily putting himself to bed now. Sean and I still accompany him of course, but he's actually excited to run into his room and jump in his bed and doesn't cry when Sean or I leave. Naps have been hit or miss, but I'm sure we'll get those down soon too. Oh and if anyone needs red, gold or brown paint, please let me know...I have a ton left over!