Par-tay!

Tomorrow is party day [I'll be sure to post pics later of that] and I can't believe Adam and I have been on this journey for TWO WHOLE YEARS!!! Yikes.

He's so amazing and fun. There are some days where I'm soooo bored during nap time that I can't wait until he wakes up so we can play some more. So I can hear him sing songs some more. Watch him shout out animals that he knows or have really serious conversations on his play phone. I adore it!! He's the most wonderful thing in my life. I've always loved him with everything I had to love him with but we definitely had some struggles together. He is a very strong willed, active, crazy little boy. It was hard at times. I'm so glad that we're over those humps. I know there are more to come, I'm not naive. It's just nice to have a break from it. It's also nice that when he's starting in on a tantrum we can ask if he wants to go to time out or his room and he'll sniffle/cry and say no and tries to calm down so we can work through this.

I love that he can finally communicate to me a little. We haven't reached the talk back part and we're working on getting him to say 'sorry' when he does things that hurt others which is waaaay harder than I had anticipated. But we'll get there. Now time to get some rest for tomorrow's big day!

I might be jinxing myself

So I might be jinxing myself with saying this BUT Viktor has been so much more fun lately!! We haven't had a ton of tantrums. At least not any that couldn't be easily/quickly defused. No unnecessary grumpiness. Talking more. Listening well. It's amazing!! As much as I love nap times the age he is at I sometimes am just sitting around waiting on him to wake up.

It's so fun to watch this guy grow developmentally. To do better at expressing his desires. To watch him get amped up is even more fun. Like if we're about to go to the park he throws his little hands in the air and says in a deeper loud voice 'paaaark!' He does the same thing if he's about to eat waffles or bananas. Getting him/hearing him imitate things is even more amazing.

I can't believe that practically 2 years ago I gave birth to this little man with such a huge personality! He makes me excited to play and teach and learn. He makes it worth waking up every morning. He makes me want to be a better person. He makes me care. Perhaps one day I'll print off these blog posts I made about him so he can enjoy them too. Boys are a lot different than girls though so I doubt he'll value them like I do. Or even value them like a daughter would. But I have a feeling my rough and tumble mama's boy will grow up to be an amazing man like his father. Strong and gentle. Sweet mannered but driven by goals and aspirations.

I wouldn't trade my house full of boys for anything! [now if only I had a photo of a family photo complete with our male animals too].

More birthday

I'm sure this won't be my last bday party planning post but argh! I had picked a day that I don't think will end up working out. Lame. Hope all the people who already said they'd go can still go.... Last year I reserved a shelter for Vik's birthday in DECEMBER! And now, with only a month to go I'm scrambling to find a place. I think I found a park that I like. But I need to go there to play to do a test run of sorts and see what shelter I want [that will also be available]. I also need to start collecting the type of items to have at his party as far as food and games and such.

I'm very new to this. I want the other kids to have fun too. And now that it looks like Mister Viktor's party will be on a Sunday again I'm going to have to factor in the church going crowd. Plus, give Adam's family time to commute to Greensboro. So much work. Sheesh. I'm not a good party planner. Why can't my friends who are amazing at this stuff live in NC?? *cough Marie, Eva, and Michelle! cough*

Thankfully the lovely Miss. Leah has offered up help too. I also need to come up with what kind of desert I want so Adam's mom can make it. She is the designated cake lady after all. Gotta give her some notice. Which I'm still undecided on that too. So I guess no more blogging and facebooking and time to get my butt in gear!!

Oh, and I think I'm going to start a new book series. A Song of Fire and Ice [it's the saga that Game of Thrones is based off of]. So thanks dear sister for the Amazon gift card you got me for Christmas that I barely used! Haha. I knew there was a reason I was being a hoarder.

Hopefully the next time I post I have a lot more planned for this party!! Whoo!

Birthdays

So this year has been a warm year in comparison to last. We already had a 90 degree day! This concerns me because I have a little boy turning 2 next month and we need a party spot. [Which means I'm sure I'll repost part of this into the mommy forum I'm part of to get some ideas]. I wanted to do something outside again... maybe not the same park but someplace with a good play area for kids, maybe get some water balloons and silly string for the bigger kids. Which I doubt there will be many of them... But I'm not sure who all on my guest list will be able to make it. With the party only a month away that also means I need to get some invitations mailed out! Yikes...

I was really hoping my sister was going to be able to be there but due to other stuff she won't be able to. And my brother won't be making a trip to NC at all this year [in preparation of his move to France]. So basically the only people at the party will be Adam's family and our friends. But I'm trying to arrange to see my family in July which I'm very excited about!

Well, off to research party places and poll people for some indoor party places for a 2 yr old that doesn't charge an arm and a leg. Sheesh.

Blogging

I swear one day I'll get good at it! I just don't always have things to blog about. Or what is going on isn't blog worthy or more personal than I care to throw out there. People don't need to read when the boy has upset me. Haha! Or heck, when I've upset him.

Of course as I write this I have my little munchkin trying to shove between me and the keyboard in an attempt to get my phone [that's just out of reach behind the keyboard]. His language has been blowing up lately too! Yaaay. I was really worried about him. I was wondering why he didn't seem to be talking as much as other kids. Granted, most of the kids we end up around are girls and/or have older siblings. He had a good understanding of what was asked of him so I knew it wasn't a hearing issue. But it seems he's saying a new word everyday and I couldn't be more ecstatic!!

Daddy has been out of town all weekend. He did a combo driving trip to Houston with a buddy thus leaving me and the boy from Saturday-sometime today. Hopefully earlier rather than later... Now I must depart to try and get ready to head off to coffee this morning. We'll see if I actually make it. hehe


And my favorite part of blog posts... leaving a picture of my son [a before and after shot of his hair cut]::

Valentine's Day

A day to remember to that "life's too short, so love the one you got". **music reference anyone?**

I have two great Valentine's. They are some of the cutest boys ever. Then again, I'm pretty biased. Adam and I actually celebrated our Valentine's Day last night. Even though I was an uber grump most of the day and had to take a nap to be worth being around. And even still we ended up at odds with each other, but we were able to resolve them before going out to dinner. We went to Outback and it was mighty dead. I was a fan. I really hate going out to eat on the weekends because it's always so busy. I think Friday and Saturday make for a stupid date night. Perhaps this is because I work weekends as a waitress so I know that service isn't as top notch as it would be on Tuesday. Not that it's BAD but you're drink gets refilled faster and your food usually comes out faster and with less chances for it being messed up. I mean, I'm not necessarily at my best when I'm juggling a 6 top and 4 other tables. But that has a lot to do with how much each table needs and at what point they came in. I hate it when I get a new table when I have 3 tables wanting to get their checks and pay at the exact same time and one of those tables is paying cash and the other wants to split the bill.

Tangent over. I just like having days off during the week because I can get more done. I don't have to take a day off to run business errands like some. Though I'm sure my views will change once Vik is in school and weekends are our time together. So how about we end this with a picture of Vik on his first Valentine's Day? Sounds good to me!

My son is so mechanical and I love it. I'm not sure if this is common in most toddlers or boys or what but I love that he wants to "fix" things. He just got done using a screwdriver on something i had unscrewed to get the batteries out. He loves using remotes. He even reaches up to the toaster to press buttons on it.

We barely let this kid watch TV [I figure get away with it while I can] yet he'll turn on the TV grab the remote crawl up in the recliner and try to figure out how to watch it!! **He's currently doing this as I type**
I love him. As stressed as he makes me I couldn't imagine NOT spending my days with this crazy little guy.

Him and I are about to get even MORE time together too. My time at Gap is coming to an end. The store I work at is closing and after five years I think it's time we go our separate ways. So now I'm hunting for other jobs that are more career oriented for me. I am just tired of selling clothes. It's been a good run though. So here's to hoping for something better and it not taking me a year to get it! Also, here's to hoping to turning into Suzie Homemaker in the meantime ;)