Fat Tongue!

Ok. This picture seriously does not do it justice. It is nausea inducing to say the very least and my neighbor described it as gnarly! Yea, real gnarly dude!

When I picked Henry up from Mrs. Brenda's today she said he'd had a little accident. Fell down, bit, his tongue, bled a bit, cried some, and was on his way. I chalked it up to him being tough and headed home. When I got him to the car I asked him to stick his tongue out. And OH MY! I really do not have a weak stomach usually, but maybe since it's my child it's different. My stomach turned and I felt queasy. It hasn't phased him a bit! He's been drinking juice, eating popsicles and goldfish and hasn't flinched.

I've called his pediatrician and there's really nothing to do for mouth injuries other than watch for fever and swelling, etc. He said the mouth heals rather quickly and he should be fine!

My boys soooo TUFF!!!

SNACK???

TOMATOES???

This is what my boy ate as his snack yesterday! What?!?! I HATED tomatoes until around the age of 18! I was cutting some vine-ripes for my mozzarella and tomato salad for dinner and he kept snatching them off the counter.
I guess a little bit of lycopene(sp) never hurt anyone :)

Rainy Days and SUNDAYS....

...are perfect for a little dancin' and puddle jumpin'!

Farmers Market Downtown

The three of us went downtown to the Farmers Market at Marion Square on Saturday morning. It was crazy packed b/c of a Piccolo Spoleto event, but so much fun to roam around with the masses. There were tons of local vendors with fresh fruit, flowers, veggies, and homemade jewelry. We didn't purchase anything this time, but i'm definitely headed down this weekend to pick up some goodies for the week! Henry spotted the 4 HUGE jump castles and we made a beeline for those asap. The pic above is of him in it, but you can hardly see him. They had one especially for toddlers and he was in heaven!

Brad gave Henry $2 to give to the lady selling tickets. He handed her the $$$ and he said thank you (with a little prompting!)

Counting his "green!"

Such a fun thing to do as a family!

Henryisms

A few things worth remembering:

• scoop over (scoot over)
• stam up (stand up)
• Buzz Wire (for Buzz Lightyear)
• get some more at the grocery door (whenever he wants me to get something he reeeeaaally wants)
• this is my mofa (mother) - tells this to random people walking by
• has started calling Brad Dad - where did that come from?!?
• has also started referring to Brad and me as Shelby and Brad. cracks me up every time.
• standing in the kitchen cooking last night after Henry had gone to bed and around the corner he comes with his hands sortof in front of him turned up going "where's my daddy go?" Scared me to death!!!
• Mimi's house (ONLY refers to Mimi and Pop's house as Mimi's house. Pops just laughs and says yeah, I just rent a room here). Too funny!
• Loves to point to my car and proclaim "Mommy's Car!"
• "Mommy help you!" when he wants me to help HIM with something.

Nana and Papa Come to Town

Nana and Papa came for a visit on Saturday and Henry, of course, ate up all the extra attention. I think he was completely shocked and thrilled that Papa got in the sprinkler with him after his nap! They were so funny to watch running in and out of the water.
We had a FAB dinner Saturday night and I appreciated all the extra help while Brad was in the mountains for a guys weekend!

Thanks so very much for coming! I love and miss ya'll so much!

Preliminary Potty Training

We've been discussing the potty and making a huge deal out of it for a while now. I've had it just sitting around for Henry to get used to the idea. He likes to sit on it every now and then, but only for a few seconds. He'll sit down and then pop right back up and go "Not yet, not yet". But about 2 weeks ago he came into our room on a Saturday morning and said he needed to go poo poo on the potty. So we stripped him down and told him to have at it. Well all of the sudden he looks down and says "Dat's NASTY". We jumped up and lo and behold he had done #1 and #2 in his green potty! We screamed and jumped up and down and praised and fed the boy countless N and M's (M&M's) before the hour of 7:00am. Well that was it for a week or so until this week. He did a little "nasty" in the potty yesterday morning and then some tee tee last night. And yes, everytime he gets N and M's. I hope he knows you don't get N and M's EVERY time you go potty your whole life. We'll cross that bridge later, I guess.

So, I know we're no where near complete indepence on the john, but hopefully we're on our way!!!

Mothers Day in Brevard

So I'm finally getting the motivation to update the blog. So sorry i've been out of touch! Sometimes you just get un-inspired, ya know?

This was the second year we decided to head to the mountain house for Mothers Day Weekend and once again it did not disappoint! The Earnsts II (Brad, Shelby, and Henry) left Friday morning and made our way up with several stops along the way. We stopped in Hendersonville for lunch and did some shopping and walking. We arrived at the house at around 3:30 and just chilled on the porch until the Earnsts I (Mimi and Pops) arrived at 6:00ish. Headed to the Clock and had some mean chili cheese burgers and fried chicken. Yeah, we kicked off our weekend of BAD eating right then and there!

Saturday we went to the J. Crew distribution Clearance Store in Arden, NC and totally LUCKED out! Well, Mimi and I did. I'm sure the boys felt otherwise, but they were sports and dropped us off at my version of heaven on earth. They were having a HUGE clearance sale and the line was wrapped around the building with people waiting to get into the warehouse. They had millions of boxes with EVERYTHING $20 or less. You just had to basically fight your way in and DIG through each box to find your size, etc. No rhyme or reason to any of it. I racked up with 2 pairs of pants, 1 turtle neck, 1 dress all for under $50. Amazing! Mimi hooked my little preppy boy up with some cute little duds (see above pic). Too cute!

That night Brad prepared a delicious Mothers Day dinner and we were all in bed by 10:00. A sign of a good day. And a sign of a baaaaad little 2 year old. Hearing NO 5 million times and putting your child in time-out 2 million times wears a mama out! He was in rare form that weekend, but luckily we're outta that devil phase for now and I've got my sweet little boy back.

But doesn't he look cute in his prep attire and slicked back hair? My my he's handsome! I've said it before and i'll say it again: "He's lucky he's so cute!"

And no trip to the mountains would be complete without the boys trying to teach Henry how to tee tee off the porch. They seriously DO NOT urinate indoors while we're there. Even if it's 20 below. I just don't get it!

All in all, this trip was a success and we realize how lucky we are to have such a special place to go and make memories!

Self Portrait

In an effort to entertain Henry on one of our little side trips in the mountains, I let him play with my camera.

Up Close and Personal!!!

4 Years!

Happy Anniversary Babe! I love you and the life we're livin'! May the next four be as great as the first four!

Happy Birthday NANA

Happy Happy Birthday! We hope your day was wonderful!
We love you so much!

Brad, Shelby, and Henry

Future's So Bright

Date with "Wivia"

I was beyond elated and excited when Christine called me last week and asked me to pick Olivia up from school on Monday! I mean, I seriously had more fun than Olivia and Henry and really just felt so good to be able to do ANYTHING to help out my friend in this CRAZY time that they are in.

I took them to the park and set up a nice little picnic! We played for a couple hours and then we headed back to our house. "Wivia" (as Henry calls her) was a perfect angel and it was so nice to have someone to help me entertain the big boy.

Olivia is Chase 's older sister and anything I can do to help her keep some sort of "normal" life is my pleasure.

This family is the epitome of STRONG/FIGHTERS/POSITIVE and I am proud to call them my friends. You can follow their story at www.carepages.com/CHASETOWNE

Is she not the cutest little blondie!

Summertime is Callin' Me!!!

Brad and I have been doing some heavy duty yard work this weekend and Henry is reaping the benefits with the sprinkler!

The yard is looking presentable, the grill has been cranked up big time, and the front porch happy hours are in full force! We are LOVIN' springtime and ready for the summer heat!