Halloween Costumes

I just had to write about this. I've seen several news stories this year about halloween costumes for little girls and teen girls becoming "too sexy." I'm dumbfounded at the absolute stupidity, yes stupidity of people who make costumes for this age group. Now, I don't agree with grown women wearing these costumes out in public either but right now, I'll just talk about young girls. There is so much wrong with this that I don't know where to begin. People wonder why we have so many sex offenders, child predators, rape, & child pornography. Duh! Because this kind of mess continues to go on. No wonder some grown men are attracted to little girls b/c they are not even allowed anymore to be "little girls." Women now are suppose to look like girls and girls are suppose to look like women which means there's a hard distinction between what is a child and what is a grown-up. It's also going to put in young girls minds that they are always trying to impress men and that if they wear a certain thing, no matter the age of the man, he will think she's cute thus resulting in the possibility of dire consequences, i.e.,rape.

I know that this is an issue that I'm sure God is very, very sad about. God did not create women to be mere sex objects, but women are created in the image of God. Is this what the image of God looks like? Women are called to a higher calling than this and I wish that all women, & men for that matter, everywhere could take a stand against mess like this. In the meantime, I guess the only thing we can do is to pray. It's as simple as that, pray.

More Pics

This is Luke after his bath.

 

Wesley carving his first pumpkin. We didn't do it last year. Note how his face looks after touching the gooey pumpkin for the first time.

 

A very rare picture of them together.

 

Luke.

 

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch when my mom & dad were here on the 21st, which happened to be their 30 yr. anniversary. We had a fun time but Wesley just will not take any still pictures whenever they are here. I always have to get him in action. I was hoping to get some pictures of the family and him and Luke, but that didn't happen. Anyway, here are some of the ones I got.

Me & Luke

 

Luke in the pumpkins.

 

Mark & I.

 

Wesley sliding down the slide at the playground they had there.

 

Day Out with Thomas & birthday

Well, today is my 29th birthday and I had a really good day. Mark has been very sweet. He took today off just to be home for my birthday. He would have fixed me a cake and supper, but I'm on a diet & trying to lose the rest of what I gained with Luke. I don't feel 29 and still feel like I'm in my early 20's. Only one more year to be in my 20's. I use to think that people in their 30's were not old, but not young anymore. Now, I think being in your 30's is still young, don't you?

We went on a day out with Thomas on the 17th. We all had fun. Wesley loved riding the tram ride I think more than he did riding the actual Thomas train. I think his favorite thing was playing with the train tables they had there of thomas. He could have played there all day. When we were on the train, he was actually saying he wants to get off and play with the trains. I'm like, great, we just payed almost $20 a ticket and you want to get off. That shows that just the simplest of things are most of the time better than things that cost money. While we were there, Wesley played putt-putt, went through a maze made of bails of hay, and jumped on a jumping house thingy. I jumped in it too with him. It was fun. He also enjoyed some cotton candy as we were leaving. Another thing that happend when we were there is that I had to change Luke's dirty diaper. When we are out like that I usually wait as long as I can to change it unless its dirty. So, I went in a porter potty station that they had turned into a baby changing station. It was clearly not very clean in there. So, some of you other moms out there may know how hard it is to get the wipes out of the wipe holder if you have your hands full and with boys, you have to cover them up so they won't pee everywhere. Well, as I was covering him up with one hand and trying to get a wipe out, he somehow managed to pee all over himself and me. When I showed Mark my big huge wet spot on my shirt, he just laughed.

This is our new stroller. It converts to either have 2 full seats or a sit n stand, like it is in the picture where Wesley can sit on a little platform on the back or stand up and hold on. He loves it.

 

This is Wesley in front of Thomas pulling up his shirt for the camera. I think he was acting a little shy when the man was taking his picture and this was his reaction to it.

 

Luke enjoying the train ride.

 

Wesley in a thomas train made entirely of leggos. I think he was waving to the little girl.

 

Perry Fair

We went to the Perry fair last Thursday. We have been talking about it with Wesley for a very, very, long time. We were reminding him of how he rode the rides last year, saw all the animals, and saw fireworks at the end. He was real excited and talked about it for a while. Well, the forecast was calling for "isolated" thunderstorms. On the radar, it had already gone over. So, we decided to go on. We met my mom, dad, Megan, and Violet there. We got there and Wesley was able to see the tractors, ride the sky buckets, with my mom and dad, and ride the paddle boats, with me and my dad(which he really didn't like that much). We ate and soon after it started raining. I don't mean raining a little, I mean really pouring to the point of flooding. Wesley also got to play golf with my dad at a little Home Depot display they had there,which he really enjoyed. He wanted to ride the ferris wheel so bad and also the "care bear" ride. I felt so bad but it really didn't seem to bother him that much. He was just glad that he was with Pa & grandma. So, we all hung out in one of the buildings for a few hours, along with everyone else who was at the fair. We kept waiting for a good time to leave, but it didn't happen. Well, at about 9:30, when we would have left anyway, the rain stopped. It had rained so much that it was flooded at one part of the fairground and we had to walk around it. Water was up to the door of a car that had parked close to ours. We later found out that there was a cloud right over Perry just going round and round. We are going to go to the fair here in Albany in November. I told Mark I won't go if there is even a chance of rain this time. One positive thing about the rain, my dad pointed out, was that maybe that was God's way of protecting someone there. Maybe one of the rides would have injured or killed someone. B/c of the rain, they stopped all of the rides.

Luke is doing good and is growing like a weed. Every once in a while for a feeding, he'll drink 6 ounces. I weighed myself on the scale then held him to see the difference, and he already weighed 12 lbs, which is probably not as accurate as the doctor's office, but still. He is staying awake more during the day, and likes to be held alot and would rather sleep in someone's arms than anywhere else. Thankfully, at night, he's not like that and will sleep in his bassinet. With Wesley, I was very picky about not holding him while he sleeps, so he wouldn't get use to it, but with Luke, I'm more laid back and figure I need to enjoy those moments, even though they might backfire later. We'll break him of it, if we need to, after his first birthday.

We are going to see "A day out with Thomas" tomorrow. Wesley is very excited about it, and so are we. I will post pictures of it later.
Wesley in the washing machine. He likes to help wash clothes and put the clothes in the dryer too.

 

Me, Wesley, and my dad on the paddle boats. They guy that helped us in fell in the water while he was getting our boat. I felt sorry for him.

 

My mom, dad, and Wesley getting off the sky buckts.

 

Wesley on one of the many tractors they had there.

 

Luke & Violet pics

Violet giving slobbery kisses.

 

 

 

 

We celebrated 100 years of the church of the Nazarene on Sunday. All the Nazarene churches around the world celebrated it and had communion too. It was a good Sunday. We had a cook-out after the service sunday morning out on the church grounds. Wesley had a great time. He was literally running around the entire time. Him and a little girl about his age, Cameron, were having a big old time. She kept chasing him and got upset when he stopped or went back inside the church. It was cute.

Megan & Violet,(my sister-in-law and niece) came by Monday to visit. My brother stayed in Murfreesboro and had to work but will be down for the weekend. Violet has grown alot since last time I saw her. She has more hair now and is almost 7months old. Megan's family insists she looks like me but Mark doesn't think so. She was very interested in watching Wesley and Luke. I'm going to put up some pictures in my next post, where she is sitting beside Luke. She kept acting like she was kissing him and also tried to lick his hair. His hair was wet after I picked him up.

Me & Luke.

 

Mark & Luke.

 

Pa with all 3 of his grandkids for the first time.

 

Wesley and the little girl at church, Cameron, on Sunday. They were looking at a lady bug.

 

Overdue update

Well, I haven't posted in a while b/c I've been a bit tired lately:) Luke eats about every 3 to 3 1/2 hrs. He has already grown alot since he was born. Wesley was hardly a baby for long and I guess that's how Luke will be too. He eats about 4 ounces every feeding now. He seems to be a pretty good baby. He doesn't really cry long cries when he does cry its just more like "whaaa" for a second or two and then he stops and kind of grunts. It seems like Wesley cried more and longer than him. It may be b/c Luke is more laid back or it might be that I'm just more confident now in my "mothering" skills. I'm alot more laid back this time myself too. I guess that's normal the second time around.

Wesley is doing pretty good with Luke. He loves for him to watch him do things like, go around & round the backyard with his mower, run in circles, swing, pretty much anything. He says "watch baby Luke." I can tell he's proud of himself when his little brother is watching him. The other day Luke was hungry and was crying and Wesley patted his foot and said "it's allright baby Luke." Wesley still does not like touching him much, but he is getting better at it. Tonight was the first night he just came up and patted his head.

Well, Fall is in the air, my favorite time of year. Even though there is not really a "Fall" here in south georgia. The leaves don't change, if any leaves, til about late november, early december. This is when I miss being in Tennessee. I LOVED it in the fall at Trevecca. Sometimes, some of the professors would have class outside. Ahh, I miss my college years. One reason I'm feeling reminiscent about Trevecca is b/c we just got finished with revival at our church with a man from Trevecca who is an adjunct professor. We knew him while we were there and him being here just made me think of my college years and really miss being there. I miss those late nights when I was an R.A. and I stayed up until 2AM making sure the doors were locked and everyone was in safely. However, I don't miss my alarm not going off the next morning and thus me forgetting to turn off the door alarm and waking up the R.D. Oops! I miss how Sonic & Jack in the box was right down the road for a late night snack. Oh, and Krispy Kreme too. I miss the spirit there at Trevecca and the chapel services. I miss driving down the road with my friends, Janet & Robin, and rolling down the windows listening to oldies music. I miss Mark and I going to Starbucks late, when we were dating and Mark sitting in the lobby with me during lobby duty. I miss going on a missions trip to Africa with other Trevecca students and experiencing the culture there. However, out of all of these wonderful memories I have of being at Trevecca, I would not go back and relive them b/c I am happy with where I'm at now and thankful to the Lord for bringing me this far and blessing me with a great family. It is good to think about these things every once in a while though.

I'm going to leave ya'll with a few pictures. Oh, and we went to the peanut festival in plains georgia, where president jimmy carter is from last saturday, and realized that we will probably need to get a double stroller. Wesley does not like to sit in strollers much anymore but when we go for longer walks, he likes to run away from us so we need to get one. My question is, mainly to Tori and Amanda, who I know have double strollers & 2 kids, do ya'll have one of those sit n stand strollers or one of the ones with 2 full seats in them? We can't decide which one would be better.


This is of Wesley & Luke with their matching "big brother/little brother shirts." It's hard to see them in the picture. Wesley started all the way at the other side of the chair and I told him to gradually move closer and he did, reluctantly.

 

Wesley likes to play peek a boo with Luke when he lays in his crib.

 

Luke's first bath. I tried to get both of them in there but it was hard. Wesley also has a busted nose and did it Sunday morning at church.

 

Wesley in his Thomas overalls that nana got for him.