Playdate

Today was another Playdate at Sophia's house. These two just get along so well. The thing I think is SOO sweet is that they always leave each other with this BIIIG hug at he front doorits soo adorable! and they plat so nice together. You would think there would be yelling and screaming, I admit thereare times and tantrums, but theyre two year olds, of course there are goona be that, - but thats the cue for naptime and time to go home. we go over around 11:00, stay for lunch, play, then its naptime, then leave. If the next day is a good day, we'll play again, if not, then next time. Sophia is such a sweet girl We love playing with her. Here's some more pics of these two.

Easter Party

Today the Apartment complex had an Easter Party for the Kids of the complex complete with and Easter egg hunt, the Easter Bunny and Easter Baskets and games and prizes. I thought this was kinda sweet. The kids had a blast doing it, the parents helped out finding the eggs for the kids, and helping win prizes for the games, like beanbag tosses, and hoop toss, and fishing games, there was pizza inside for the kids with drinks and after, every child got their very own Easter basket filled with goodies to take home with them compliments of the Apartment complex. They also got to get thir picture taken with the Easter Bunny himself if they wanted, But Thomas has this thing about Mascots - whether it be the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse,Or any OTHER 6-8 foot tall person dreesed up in a costume, he wants absolutely NOTHING to do with them - he is absolutely PETRIFIED of them! Dont know why, some people are afraid of spiders, as am I, his thing is mascots. he goes near them , he gets bug eyed, he stares, his knees buckle and he gets terrified. case closed. don't even ask if he wants to take a picture with him- he'll burst into tears. Anyway, He had a fun day playing games and collecting loot and scarfing pizza, It was a bit chilly and breezy, but nice for a spring day. I had to coax him a buncha times that the the Easter Bunny was a good Bunny and that it was Ok, and he'd be gone soon..LOL Hopefully he'd grow out of this phase soon -its getting a bit tiring..Anyway, What counts was we had a very nice time at the Easter Party At the clubhouse at our Apartment Complex today.

Bought a House

So we actually bought a house! I am so psyched! we get to get out of this apartment and move into an ACTUAL house! whoo -hoo! Tom has been dealing with a real estate lady down in Florida and talking with his mother for quite some time now because she has not been well,and the rest of the family have been talking, I don't know exactly about what, because mostly whenever he talks to them, he goes in the other room and shuts the door. I hear alot of yelling and screaming and muffled talking, then comes out. So whatever transpired in there is anyones guess. But anyway, as of late, His sister said she saw this real nice house down there thats real roomy and he just HAD to check it out. SO he did.He flew down there, liked it, and bought it. Just like that.He faxed the parework fromhis work and credit stuff to the lady went down there to sign papers and stuff went down there and brought his camera, came back and showed me pictures, and it IS real nice. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a large family room,, living room, dining room, large backyard- and ACTUAL backyard for Thomas to play in! That got me! Im sold ! a lanai - or porch to eat outside in- I had no complaints whatsoever- just that we'd be moving even FURTHER from my family- but they dont visit now anyway- I'll NEVER SEE them now! but was assured we'd visit them every other Christmas or Thanksgiving- guess itll have to do for the price of wanting a home.Price was great too- 250? cant beat that. there's kids on the block too for Thomas to play with too - everything I wished for was here! I'm soo Psyched-Apparently Tom is working a deal with his work to work remote and still keep his job- that would be great if he could swing that! Live in florida AND keep the job youre working at? Sweet ! So as soon as we got the funds to move down , we're here! In the mean time , to keep the house - to buy it now, so no one else does, Tom's dad is gonna live in it until we're ready to move down- smart idea. We bought it with savings and we'll save up enough to move down and thatll be that.I can't wait. My baby's gonna have a house ! My baby's gonna have a backyard to play in and be near Miickey! and have real frieennds! ..Just a lil bit buddy and weeere there!

Fast Friends

Thomas met the swetest little girl at the park today. Her name is Sophia. She has a little brother named Alex. Sohia and Alex live in our Apartment complex where we live, and we met them at the park thats there for the kids to play at. Thomas and Sophia met each other and just seemed to have "clicked" right away- Thomas usually has a hard time making friends because he is so shy.but for some reason he got along really well with this sweet little girl. They played "store" and on the swings, went down the slide together,just had an all out blast together. I bet it won't be long till these two are best friends. Just watching them brings a tear to my eye because its so sweet to watch them play and finally see Thomas have a friend in the community to play with and not stuck at home playing with mom! He finally has someone his own age to play with!

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Thomas is two years old today My little boy is growing up! I feel kinda bad that we didnt have a big party for him since all our relatives are either in New York, or in Florida,and its just Me and Tom and Thomas, But we had a nice quiet party for him anyway. with an ice cream cake, and balloons, and presentssimple and sweet. . In May we're gonna go down to see grandma anyway and go to disney, so that should make up for things... Anyway, Happy Birthday Thomas! I love You Sweetie!

Favorite Jammies

There's something about a child and a favorite pair of jammies. Thomas' just happen to be his "star and the cloud and the moon jammies" He won't want to be put in any other ones besides these! We have racecars, we have teddy bears, green ones, blue ones, even a cute Elmo one. He like this one. So much so it's beginning to get a hole in the toe where his big piggy is beginning to peek out from being worn so much and he's growing out of it already. I have looked around for a replacement, but I'll be darned if I can find another like it or where I even found it to begin with! ah well, gotta love kids andand their favorite things , no matter WHAT age they start at!

Thomas' Big Boy Bed

The time has come where Thomas needed To get his very own "Big Boy" bed Yes I know, he's only 18 months old, but, he can't sleep in the crib anymore- not the way he sleeps! this boy starts off in the normal sleeping posistion, then his head goes to the foot of the bead, then goes sideways, then head is at the top again, then all through the night he travels up and down and sideways. He does this until his feet finally get stuck inthe cribrails and in the middle of the night he's crying once again and we gotta get up and come to his rescue and free his foot or leg whichever is protruding through the rails.Sio in order to get a full nights rest for the wole family, we finally went out and got Thomas a Fire Engine toddler bed he like at the store. It's nice because it has high sides where he can't fall out, it has a night light and a cute friendly face, and rounded sides so he can't get hurt while playing on it and one cut out to get itn and out - its perfect! Thing is first few nights, Thomas fell out a couple times due to his way of sleeping - {how he fell out of the cut out ib beyond me }but we put one of his story books in the cutout after he went to bed and a pillow on the floor just in case and problem solved untilhe got used to the bed-didnt fallout anymore. He absolutely LOVES this bed! And sleeping? Sleeps all through the night, and so do we! Thank goodness! My little boy's growin up! *sniff*

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Saturday we celebrated Thomas' 1 year Birthday!We did it a couple days early because his birthday fell on a Tuesday this year so no biggie-close enough.. I can't believe My little boy's a year old already! Since he seems to be into Clifford the big red dog- He gets all excited when I put PBS on the T.V.- he stands right at the tv and practically hyperventilates when the show comes on it's so cute! I figured he has a thing for Clifford so I threw him a Clifford themed Party ! Clifford hats, and cake, and streamers, and blowouts, and balloons, cups, and plates- the whole nine! And to share it with Family, My sister in law Stephanie offered to have the party at her house - she has a house big enough to fit the whole family- I thought that was real nice of her. Thomas I don't think had a clue the party was actually for him, but boy did he DIG the cake !LOl forks? what's that? I'll just use my hands ! Everyone had a real nice time and we had great weather and everyone got to be together again since the Christening, Jackie brought Thomas' new cousin Dylan who is just adorable as can be! All the kids got along just great and got to leave with Clifford goodie buckets filled with toys. Can't forget the kids now! I try and think of everyone, not just the guest of honor! One year old . Where'd the time go? He's getting so big. MM Mmm MMM! My lil Chubster! He was so well behaved too! Like he knew he was around family and loved to be around family as much as I do !That's my Boy !:)

Thomas' Christening

My goodness the time flies! I know we should have had this done months ago,but there was the issue of me having sarcoidosis to deal with postpardum to get over with,-my legs and ankles blowing up like balloons all the way up to my knees where to the point I could barely walk, never mind barely carry a baby, going back and forth to doctors to have it taken care of to the point where it FINALLY went away thank Goodness. Now I can FINALLY baptize my son! We looked into a church here, but I really wanted my family at such a blessed event, so I managed to write to Tom's church In New Hyde Park and was able to pull some strings to have the church here in Centreville sign a transfer to be able to have Thomas baptized there in New Hyde Park. It was so nice seeing everyone again.We had such a nice time.And Thomas was soooo good! He barely even cried when the Holy water was poured on his head{and I believe I mentioned how he doesn't like water! }LOL Even at the reception he was a complete angel! Tom even gave him a taste of beer, and boy, I wish I got a shot for the camera- the look on his face of pure grossness at the tast of the beer! It was priceless! he was like "I'll stick with my milk thank you!" LOL it was so much fun - getting to see everyone in one location- I didn't want to leave or say goodbye to everyone because Lord knew when I'd see them again..:( But life has to go on.. I just thank God for blessing me with such a beautiful day -Cold , But beautiful and thank him for allowing me to share it with such wonderful family and friends that I am so blessed with.

Feeding Ourself Already??

There are so many things I can say about this little boy. He is smart, he loves to play, He loves to talk- - he yammers all day long to his little pals in his room -I can't describe how adorable it is.. I'll just stand in the doorway and watch him yammer away at his Looney Tunes mobile and he'll screech away and coo in delight its so adorable! But getting back to the case at hand-This boy already knows how to feed himself! he's only 6 months old! - I don't know if that's developmentally right on, But I am impressed! I am so proud of him! He makes a bit of a mess, but so what! he's a baby! I just give him the spoon, and show him how to scoop, and he'll scoop it into his mouth! And uses the sippy cup too! What a big boy! I feel so proud! And that big toothless grin!! Oh you just wanna squeeze those cheeks! He's such a lil meatball! How did I end up with such an adorable lil boy?? God really did bless me!My goodness I really can't describe how I love this little boy!