We still don ' t have a lot to say right now just moving through the days, staying warm, and having fun with Fuller... I ' m just going to ask if you don ' t read my personal blog, Always, Alli , please head over there to read about tomorrow and pray for our family tomorrow... … View Post »

And he keeps reminding me he missed me when he went to Grandpa Albert ' s house on the 7 (which means the 7th, which is the day they left last week)... However, with all this missing me, it is still difficult to get him to come home with me from friends ' houses or Sunday school... ~Fuller is obsessed with the magnetic calendar we have... He kicked at the dog, took off his seatbelt while we were on the interstate, and had a monumental breakdown at library time... ~Damon has started wrestling with Fuller during commercials of Auburn games... ~Last evening we had pizza for dinner... … View Post »

Of course, on the picture heavy day of the year, I can ' t get pictures to upload to Flickr... But you all already know what Fuller ' s costume is, so just imagine that and lots of candy... Ever since Fuller first put on the amazing Captain America costume, we have been counting down the events where Fuller "has" to wear the costume and then retire it to the costume box where Fuller can then put it one whenever he wants... And you would think tonight would be the final event, but it isn ' t... Fuller is currently conked out in bed, having fallen asleep soon after hitting his pillow... I can ' t say I blame him, since we started our fun yesterday at the library, where costumes were encouraged during the Halloween themed story time... And finally, this evening we headed to the Sunders for trick or treating and a pizza dinner/ birthday celebration... I hope your son runs for president someday so they can exploit those awesome pictures of him in the campaign literature."... … View Post »

Last week ' s Library Storytime theme was all about travel... I held an internal giggle when Miss Halee was asking about kids and their trips because really, we average a trip a month in our family... The books varied on all aspects of travel- airplane trips, donkey rides, going all over the world, and packing our luggage... When we entered the library we were immediately whisked behind the librarian ' s desk to have a picture shot for the morning ' s craft... I was in charge of both Fuller and Liam that day, so it was tricky getting them to wait their turns... The craft involved making their own "passports" which both boys opted to not color that day and when we returned home for lunch Damon put Spider-Man stamps in each book, making it a treasure for always... Or at least that ' s Fuller ' s take on the item... It also mentions acorns falling, which is a different element than sticking to leaves and apples... … View Post »

Yesterday morning our family dressed Fuller in his Captain America costume and drove over to the National Guard Armory and set up another photo shoot of Fuller... Damon called the armory first to ask about the possibility of us coming over and taking pictures... so we figured marching in with a three foot Captain America and our camera equipment (which included a step ladder) wasn ' t a great idea... day... Yesterday was the magic moment... The sunlight was great, the gates were open, and the people were fine with us climbing all over the "tanks" (they were actually Howitzers) with a four year old who inexplicably has a fear of heights... My favorite moment was when I, the pregnant lady resembling a beached whale, got down on the ground to shoot upward to get the American and Tennessee flags in the shot... All you have to do is go here and then scroll down to the widget... … View Post »

When the opportunity to review a book by a Nigerian author, Kunle Oguneye, I jumped at the chance... Rinnie ' s husband, Erik , also grew up in Kenya is is quite involved in the African technology/ blogging arena (check out Ushahidi , his project to help track violence in Kenya and South Africa)... The story, By the Zambezi River , is a familiar one to me, a retelling of the Bible story The Good Samaritan ... It brought in geography (the story takes place in Zambia along the Zambezi River), new vocabulary (with an excellent glossary in the back and pronunciation keys in the story), zoology (various animals are the main characters in the story), and the mention of the Ku-omboka Ceremony which is explained in further detail in the back of the book... Maybe he ' ll actually get to go there one day... … View Post »

Two weeks ago the story time was dominated by the theme of "apples."... The kids started story time with the craft- painting paper plates red and applying a green leaf or two... Here is our run down: Martha Speaks - This is the last Martha Speaks book I will let Fuller check out for a while... Fuller loved helping me "read" by remembering what food was on each day... The Subway Mouse - The story of a mouse trying to make it to the end of a tunnel was one that stuck with Fuller for quite some time... We illustrations we detailed and gave Fuller even more of a picture of what it would be like to be in the tunnels of the subway... I tried to convince him a subway and the train we took in Atlanta were the same thing, but he didn ' t really get it... I like the idea of preparing Fuller for his new brother using books and this one was great for pointing out the baby will not be coming out of me and be ready to play super heroes... … View Post »

I cried with happiness when the ultrasound technician typed the word BOY on the screen... I think it will be difficult to convince Fuller of this since he is still thinks we are having a girl... We are happy he has made a breakthrough in pronoun usage, but it will have implications when he figures out he gets a brother, not a sister... Sorry to my sister who is also expecting a little boy... And in the last conversation we had about the subject, we decided to keep the information to ourselves until Baby Boy 2 makes his appearance in February... … View Post »

Almost a month ago (by weeks, but not date) our family went to see the baby on the ultrasound... Our friend Amanda is still the only person we know who knows for certain (besides the ultrasound tech, the nurse, and the doctor)... Her generous bidding in the world of ebay will ensure we get the baby a car seat... She gets that privilege until Thursday, the 23rd, when it will be officially a month after the ultrasound... So, please leave a comment and let us know if you think Fuller will get a sister or brother... … View Post »