Has it really been a month?

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Life has been hectic with the new school year starting up again. It seems like I went from being excited about going to see The Wiggles to all of a sudden it being a month later and being back to school for 3 weeks (2 with kids back.) Anthony has been amazing this past month . It seems like he has mellowed out more. He still will have his typical 2 year old tantrums at times but he pretty much is just a fun loving 2 year old who loves to tell you that he loves you at random times and give you tons of hugs and kisses. He has adapted well to going back to school and if you didn't see my post on facebook then you ought to know that he welcomed school back by walking in and throwing his hands up in the air and yelling "I'm back!" Picking him up from school has to be one of the best things. As soon as he sees me his eyes get huge and he starts yelling to everyone "hey, it's my mom! it's my mommy! Yeah, it's MY MOM! he runs up and gives me a big hug and then says "bye friends" and waves as we leave. Our evenings our usually spent running around the house trying to get away from the crocodiles that seem to always be around trying to get us. We are always able to escape by hiding under the covers in the guest bedroom. Tonight Anthony and I sat together and made houses with his blocks, then we decided to get a bowl and use his blocks to cook. He mixed them up in the bowl with a big spoon and made all kinds of tasty meals. He made soup for mommy, macaroni for daddy, hamburgers for all of us and cupcakes since daddy requested some. We would pretend to eat them and then we would talk about how good it tasted and smelled. A two year olds imagination is endless and it doesn't take much to make them smile. Just this morning Anthony and Randel played for half an hour by simply having Anthony turn of the dining room light. He would turn it off and Randel would pretend he couldn't see him anymore. He would ask what happened to Anthony and Anthony would giggle like crazy and then suggest that Randel look under the table or above the light or behind the blinds. Randel would look in all the places he would suggest but never find him until Anthony would turn the light back on. Oh, and baylor bears football is back on! Both Randel and Anthony wore their baylor gold and cheered on the bears to victory today. Later, we went out to eat, he had fallen asleep on the way and when we got there Randel was taking him out of his carseat while he was just starting to wake up, I told him I liked his shirt and even though he was still half asleep he rose his head and said "Go bears!" I have said it many times before and I will say it again, this has to be the best stage so far. Each day we say to ourselves how lucky we are to have such a sweet loving son who brings tons of smiles every day.

Gearing up for the Baylor game


Happy birthday daddy!


Cheese!

Riding his motorcycle down the driveway

Playing in the rain in Houston

Washing the dog cage

Chopsticks can be used for anything

Reading up on the Wiggles before the show

Dancing with the Wiggles

Since it's been awhile...

i'll just bombard you with pics and videos.

Forgot to post this one with the other seaworld pics, Anthony was not interested at all in smiling.



Bubbles!







Bath time!

Happy face


Sad face



Blah face


Whoosh


Happy again

New Buzz Lightyear Pajamas, notice that they have wings already sewn in.

Oh, he got a haircut, no more curls! At least for now, they tend to grow back pretty quickly.

Superhero got pooped out from saving the world.

I still keep forgetting that I can't turn my camera when doing video on it but it's still cute to watch him dancing. Oh and at the end he is telling Randel to "get it going"

Hi

He was supposed to say "I got my haircut" but said "I want my haircut"

In case you were wondering what he was doing in those Buzz pictures, he was saying "To infinity and beyond"

Some more dancing fun!

Didn't get enough of him dancing to The Wiggles?? Well guess what, here are some more videos to make you smile.

After dancing it up in the car we headed out to Sea World for a couple of days.

Where to go where to go?

Dolphins! The swam right up to him.

He loved going back to look at the Clysdale horses.

Do the twist- wiggles

So Anthony is a huge Wiggles fan. I had heard the name before and told myself that I wasn't going to get him into it. But then one day we were at Blockbuster and he came running up to us holding a wiggles video and was so excited. Apparently they watched it daily at daycare. Since then we listen and watch The Wiggles nonstop whether it's a cd in the car or one of 6 dvds at home. He has the big red car to play with and has already visted Wiggles world at fiesta texas. In August Mia and Grandad got us all tickets to see The Wiggles Live!! I must admit that when we first popped in this dvd we felt like we were being tortured watching it but they grow on you pretty fast. We now find ourselves humming their songs even when Anthony isn't around. The other day I was in the living room and Randel came out of our bedroom (the wiggles was on the tv in there since Anthony had been watching it in there) he looked at me and said " I was walking by the tv and saw that I hadn't seen that part of the wiggles and stood there watching it until I realized that I was watching The Wiggles on my own without Anthony." So the Edwards are Wiggles fans and we aren't ashamed of it, walk into our house and you will probably catch us dancing along to them. In the meantime here is some video of Anthony dancing to his favorite song "the twist".


Excuse the mess, he had been "helping" me unpack things, which really means throw everything I just put away out on the floor.




This is a daily thing, the next day same dance except this time I kept having to restart it.



And just a random picture. He wouldn't go to sleep without all his tennis balls with him.

Sweet little helper

I just had to comment on what a sweet little boy we have. I was just laying in his bed with him after he woke up and wanted to be comforted. He asked me to hold his hand, that is his new thing, and it reminded me of all the sweet little things he does. We have been spending tons of time together and a lot of it unfortunately is at the duplex where I spend the day trying to fix it up while he has to find ways to occupy himself in an empty home. We can push each others buttons at times like him insisting to climb up the ladder and me telling him no or backing up into a just painted wall, but we make it through the day and a lot of it is forgotten easily when he does something to make me smile or laugh with him. Lately he loves to just randomly walk up to you when you aren't looking and give you a big hug and kiss. Do you know how great it is to be working and all of a sudden get a big hug and kiss? It's pretty awesome and it makes any frustration I was feeling go away. He also likes to come up and sit down next to me while I paint and say " I want to watch you mommy" then as I paint he will say "that is pretty mommy" or "good job mommy". He also loves to help, he will hand me a screwdriver or help "paint" by holding anything he finds and just stroking the wall. He has a little portable dvd player that we take over so he can watch his favorite show ,The Wiggles, and just when I am feeling tired and fed up he will come get my hand and tell me to dance with him or to lay on the floor with him and watch the movie. He also likes to randomly start singing the ABC's or twinkle twinkle little star and then says "sing with me mommy" so there we are fixing up the place while singing the ABC's. Oh and if I hurt myself he will quickly come over and ask if I am OK and then say "I will give it a kiss" and makes it better for me. So I guess I have to just say "Thank you Anthony for bringing smiles to me everyday and for "helping" me fix the duplex I couldn't do it without you."

So tired!

I took this picture of Randel and Anthony both passed out on the way home yesterday and thought it was cute. They just can't stay awake in a car.

Birthday Party

We celebrated Anthony's birthday this Saturday. I was so busy with things that I didn't take one picture so I had to wait for my Mom to send me some of the pics she took. If you took pictures send them my way. Here are a few that I have. Overall we think it was a hit. The kids splashed around in all the water activities and the food was good.
Excitement over one of his gifts

This is the only picture of us three so if you have another send it to me.

Eating his cake beach cupcake that Mia made.

Hitting the pinata.

Pooped out at the end of the day.