Colton Lee

December 27, 2007

7:59am

Best Day of My Life

well one of two at that point

God blessed me with my Colton Lee

He amazes me more and more 

EVERY.

SINGLE.

DAY.

Seriously

I'm not just saying that

This is the learning phase

Buckling himself up

Snapping his pants

Pooping in the potty

Picking up his toys

Putting together a puzzle

I am so excited to experience the 3's with him

(anything is better than his 2's)

I love this little guy for

 his smile

 his loving hugs

the way he picks his nose

and then hands me his booger

and his hair

(he got the good hair)

He is the best big and little brother

Now if only I could get him to sleep past 5am

things would be great

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

COLTON

Christmas Celebration

So it's the day after Christmas

The holiday is over

All the hoop-la has calmed down

All the stresses of

baking

shopping

wrapping

traveling

cleaning

GONE-FINISHED

so now what?

Now we relax and enjoy a week with the kids

A week off of work

A week of cleaning up

(wait, is that enjoyable)

From a decorative stand point

I put away the Christmas

and bring out the spring

I don't have winter things

But we still have a couple of months of cold weather ahead

When do you put away all the goodies from the season?

Usually I would do it over the New Year's time

and then go immediately into organization mode

but since we are traveling again...

So onto our Christmas day

Santa came

and left his treats for the boys

It looks so bare 

Colton came out of my parent's room at 6am

He was the first one up

Pillow pets definitely took first place

I had been up half the night with my sweet boy

He fever was sky high

Luckily we had a few moments throughout the day

where he felt ok

The Santa excitement was just all right

But when the unwrapping began

HOLY GUACAMOLE

It was a blast

That to me is what it is all about

That's the moment you dream of

as a mom

Colton is the PERFECT age for opening presents

He loved everything

His reaction to getting clothes was classic

"I got new shirt"

"I got new shirt"

He wanted to show everyone each and every thing

Here he is with Granny

Our day was filled with great family

good food

and lots of gifts

We were all very blessed 

We will be celebrating our "middlest" this week

Tomorrow actually

Can't believe he is turning 3

So for tomorrow

lots of cleaning and unpacking

A family lunch

Then I will either buy a gift or take him to the toy store

I know, nothing like being on top of things

Connor loves to go pick out his own gift

Colton changes his mind every day

I am still torn on his party

We had a birthday breakfast this morning before we left the folks house

We will have a family lunch tomorrow

He will have a small gathering in TX this week

And birthday cupcakes at school in another week

He has never had a "real" party

And I want so bad for that

But we don't know that many people

and he is having several mini parties

WHAT TO DO????

HELP!!!

We are leaving Wednesday for the Big D

Mark may go earlier

His Nana Lou is in the hospital

Lots of prayers for her

In my downtime I need to get my 2010 reflections on paper

Lots of thoughts on this year

and many more on the new one ahead

BTW....

my Frisco is so tired

He is passed out on the couch and hasn't moved since we've been home

Hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Eve

We survived the 500 mile drive to the folks house

moms and pops

always worth it

And before any Internet freak-a-zoids get a crazy idea

I have a bad ass alarm system

and some serious

old lady window watching neighbors

neighborhood watch

We have been to the grocery only half a dozen times

And the doctor once

My sweet baby Christian has been running a fever

and has some nasty green snots

This afternoon we spent our Christmas Eve

bundled up tight 

and riding the 4 wheelers

country life

We ate the traditional meal from when I was a kid

salty ham

AKA county ham

and biscuits and rice

now I am drinking about 2 gallons of water

but it was yummy

2 boys down for sure

waiting on Connor to fall asleep

so SC can come

The boys received a video message each from him today

Con got it

Colton, not so much

Granny read us "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

I tried to get everyone to sing some songs

It didn't work out so well

So tomorrow's the big day

I am always the most excited

I can't wait to see how the boys will react

We are heading back to my sissy's house for lunch

Lots more presents there

Playing with new toys

Probably some more riding through the woods

Sunday morning we are having a birthday breakfast for my middlest boy

Then we are driving home

Monday is Colton's birthday

3

can you believe it?

Merry Christmas to All

And to all

A good night

Found It

My camera 

(that is)

Right in the car

where I left it

where one of the boys moved it to

I went to upload my pics and I was out of space

WTH

google, you suck

So here is some photo overload for your utmost enjoyment

Had several oranges getting soft 

So I thought we would make some fresh squeezed OJ

good thing my boys are little

Because 7 oranges netted us about 2 swallows each

He didn't care

Been doing lots of things lately with 

Spider Man

or Bat Man

Or sometimes both at the same time

He even joined us for Christmas light looking

In TX we always drove through the "Deerfield" neighborhood in Plano

Nearly every house participates

I think you have to agree to it before you can purchase a home in there

Nothing like that out here in OKC

That we are aware of

But we found a few

Some nice tree lined streets

And the Grizwald award goes to this house

(It's all one house folks)

 These pics do not do it justice

nor capture it all

I would hate to have their electric bill

Baked Cindy's mint chocolate chip cookies over the weekend

By myself

My little helpers were misbehaving

I know, un-freaking-believable

So they were sent to their room

to terrorize each other

Christian like them though

Our freezing trip to the zoo yesterday

They are all paying the price today with snotty noses

And my card display

Weaker than ever 

Notice only a few left hanging

I will have to try something different next Christmas

And just in case you were unaware

You can use a 1/2cup measuring cup

to "kill someone dead"

(according to Colton)

Ladies, maybe we should stick one of those under our beds for protection

Oh

been meaning to mention

If anyone has ATT U-verse

They have the cutest Christmas channel

with movies, sing-a-longs, read-a-longs

and a Santa tracker

Laundry Day

Well I was going to do some posting

with photos of course

Cause that's how I roll

But my freaking camera is 

MIA

yet again

I have two and half snotty boys

Colton is green snotty

Christian has a fever

And Connor is just starting to get stuffy

NICE

4 days before Christmas

hours before we travel

The temperature was almost 70 yesterday

Yeah that's right

70

The day before winter starts

(or was it the first day?)

So I thought what else to do but go to the

ZOO

So we did

It might have hit 70 yesterday

But it was cloudy

and it was freezing at 9am

I almost thought

"what have I gotten myself into"

But we pushed through

By the time we left it was not so bad

I am finishing the laundry this morning

So I can pack this afternoon

We leave in the morning for

moms and pops' house

HOLLA

dogs and all

should make for a smelly 8 hours

I noticed Colton had been in the bathroom 

a bit too long this morning

I went in just in time

SERIOUSLY

the sink was filled to the rim

That's my boy!

I sure hope 3 is better than 2 for him

We be-headed a wise man this holiday season

I know Mickey, the elf, saw that ball

(that is not suppose to be thrown in the house)

go sailing through the air right into the guy

And he told Santa

I just hope sweet baby Jesus doesn't mind

We super glued his head back on

Since it's after noon now

And I can hear the baby waking up

I guess I better get started on that laundry and packing

If when I find my camera

I will share a couple of pics from the last few days

I must say though 

that I am loving all the Christmas cards

I started hanging them from twine from an entry way into the dining room

But so many of them kept falling

So now they are just piled up

I think it's funny to get cards the week of Christmas from people

Then you think

are they just slow in getting them out

Or did they only send you one because they recieved on from you

You know you keep a couple of extras to do just that with

you know who you are

I'm not gonna sass any names

I will say this about my bloggie friends cards

I loved the letter and photo from the Starnes

any pic of those kids is sure to be great

never can be sure if they will smiling or trying to strangle each other

Of course, Cindy has the cutest girls ever

I'm not partial or anything since they are my cousins

I really loved the heavy cardstock that Allison used

It was beautiful

And any picture involving a wedding dress

ranks high in my book

Merry Christmas to All

I can hear the laundry room screaming at me

Doctor Reports

Had to go to the doctor today

Me

(well not me, but I drove)

Christian

and 

Spider Man

 Christian insisted on squeezing into the photo himself

So first....

let me address the spidey issue

We eat, sleep, and breathe super heros at my house lately

The Batman costume we had for Halloween does not really fit

But good thing this 2 year old SM costume is still in 1 piece

It is worn daily

And often all day long

EVERY WHERE 

ALL DAY

It doesn't bother me

I think it's rather cute

Mark disagrees

He doesn't really think it should be worn in public

You have to pick your battles

I always say

And clothing is not one fight I choose to have

At least now I know what I think my little man will be receiving for his birthday

that's right....

new costumes

So on to the well check ups

Colton's-3 year

Christian's 1 year

Both are healthy and mostly happy

I can't remember exact numbers

only a few hours later

and this dumbass doctor doesn't write it down for you

(more on that subject in a bit)

Colton was 31-ish pounds?

and 35 inches tall?

I do remember saying 

"you're almost 3 feet tall"

My short boys

Barely in the 20th percentile

Whatever the hell those mean anyway

Got him some new cream for his eczema

poor baby

And he did suggest some benedryl at night if he has been itchy

Score!

Gave him some of the pink liquid already tonight

He should be asleep

with in 5 more minutes

Christian was 20 pounds 

and 29 inches

or so I'm guessing

He looked great

But had to get 4 shots

But my trooper

Cries for all of 8 seconds

until I say to him

"it's all over"

And that was it

He was done

Last time he didn't even cry

I really do thank God every day for my healthy boys

My non sleeping, still boob eating, crazy talking, web slinging, fighting over toys

BOYS

Wouldn't trade 'em for anything

(But I would really really love 1 night's sleep)

Ok so on to the doctor subject

I am not sold on this pediatrician I found here

When we first moved here

I got a couple of names from some moms off of "mamasource"

He was actually the only one who would meet with me

Seriously

no one would meet you first unless you are prego

WTH?

He seemed really nice

I mean he is nice, it's not like he's some a-hole

But we come from the BEST doctor

EVER

Seriously

If you live in DFW, any where

he is worth the drive

Dr. Berkowitz of 

Pediatric Specialist of Plano

In fact

I am thinking of making the 4 hour drive myself

Is that stupid

Keep him for well check ups

And find someone here for when the boys are sick?

Is that not letting go of Texas?

Or not embracing OK?

Anyway....

This new doctor

His office is all electronic

He does not walk in with a file

There is no taking notes

He is typing

ANNOYING

And he does not give near a thorough exam

I had to ask him to check Christian's balls

He had a cyst when he was a few months old

And the urologist said it could come back

But that our pediatrician would check it and know

Well, you can't know if you don't check

Dr. B always checked that sort of thing anyway

Obviously

he found the cyst

But today I had to ask

New dr would have known 

had he read Chris' file

The file I paid $25 to have copied

And then gave to him

needless to say

I did not hand over Colton's file

I came in with my list of questions

Like I always do

Because I have to write everything down

Or my little mind tends to forget

Nothing major

Silly things like

How can I get this 12 month old to sleep all night

or 

how can I get this almost 3 year old to 

NOT come into my room at night

The questions you know the answer to 

But love to hear it from a pro

So you know what he says to me

"It'll get better"

If I wanted an answer like that

I would have talked to the hubs

HA

If I had taken that same list into Dr. B's office

I would have left with a plethora of information

Lots of new ideas to try

and a 

"call me in a week if this doesn't work"

Dr. B talks to the kids

For a 3 year check up

He would have been asking

what color is this, how high can you count

NOTHING

that's what I got out of new dr

So I hate to keep taking the boys to new people

I guess I really lucked out with Dr. B

But with in 2 minutes of interviewing him when I was prego

I knew he was the one

I also new with in our first appointment

for Chris' 9 month checkup

that new dr was NOT the one

But I gave him another try

Now I really know

So there is my doctor rant

I feel better now!

On a funnier note

Here is our SC visit photo

We look like such a happy family huh?

He hates being away from me

I secretly like it

Guess where I went today

Go ahead say it out loud

You know the answer

That's right

TARGET

I needed diapers and cheese

$75 later

WTH?

$30 covered my 2 needed items

I grabbed very few grocery items to get us through the next couple of days

It costs an arm and freaking leg to eat

Next year I WILL get this under control

That's all I've got for now

Toodles

Rice Krispies Treat Christmas Cake

Bestie Amy just emailed this to me 

and I thought I would share

Looks super cute 

Easy

And good for the kiddos

Here’s the ingredients you’ll need:

~ 9 Tablespoons of Butter

~ 3 Packages of Regular Marshmallows

~ 18 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal

~ 2 Spring Form Pans (I used my large and small size)

~ Red Fruit Leather

~ 2 Candy Canes

~ Red Hot Candies

~ Candy Rope (such as Twizzlers)

Cake Assembly:

1. Make 3 batches of Rice Krispies Treats according to the instructions on the box or the “Original Treat Recipe” as listed on the Rice Krispies site. Do not attempt to make these all in one batch unless you have superhuman stirring powers.

2. Firmly press into buttered spring form pans and cool completely. Two batches in the large pan and one in the smaller.

 3. When completely cooled, remove from pans and stack the smaller “cake” on top of the larger

4. “Ice” the cake with fruit leather strips and candy rope.

5. Detail with Candy Red Hots and insert Candy Canes in a bow formation into treat layers.

6. Cut a slice and serve to friends and family!

Cookie Time

So I ordered cookie dough from Connor's school

What seems like forever ago

And it finally came in today

Usually I blow these kind of fund raisers off

But this dough was neat

It looks like play dough

And you can play with it first

Might be kind of hard to see it on their placemats

But there is

red, blue, green, and yellow

There is a kite

An ice cream cone

A dead frog

And some balls

The end results

These things got huge

But they are cute and super fun

So I have totally blown my diet this week

That's what happens when Big Daddy's gone

It is so much easier to be "good"

when there is someone else being good with you

After my $250 grocery trip for last week

And my $100 worth of food on Saturday

We are out again

And cooking for me and 3 little ones that don't eat

sucks

So I grabbed Little Ceasars

The whole family can eat for 5 bucks

Plus I really did not feel like cooking

shocker I know

Here is Chris enjoying his slice

And now it's gone

He ate the whole slice

A normal size slice

Boy likes his pizza

I know he's my kid

Unlike Colton

who insisted on a PBJ sandwich

and doesn't like raw cookie dough

And yes

for some reason 

I have been calling Christian

Chris

Another one of those things I swore I would never do

Praises to the Angels above

Connor has a playdate tomorrow

His BFF, Camden, from his class

I ask them to play alot

But it never seems to work out

Finally I asked his mom if he could come over

Maybe getting all together was too much

If it were not for their friendship

I would have pulled Con out of school

Yeah, Yeah

A pre-k drop out

But like I have said, written, and thought

42 billion times

Our schedule sucks with his afternoon class

But only 5 more months

Start your prayers for us now please

That next year we get the morning session

The Lenzer House happenings

Not much has been happening around here

It was

C

O

L

D

COLD

over the weekend

We stayed in

Except for, of course, the minimum of 2

trips to Target

I went at least once

and Mark made a stop as well

I still need to go back

Out of diapers

yet again

I swear

I should get a job there

I am there more than here

might as well be on the freaking payroll

wonder if they are hiring non seasonal staff

I don't look so good in red though

Any who...

found these little goodies

gingerbread man marshmallows

and they taste like ginger bread

The big boys made edible Christmas Trees

Supplies needed

ice cream cones

green icing

sprinkles or m&m's for decorations

Must have gone twice

Because found these little diddy's on another trip

The photo did not turn out

But they are green tree and pink star marshmallows

They taste normal

So we made s'mores

Notice only Colton made them

Connor was being a complete brat

Yes, I said that

And boy was he ever

But this is a happy post

So I am not going there

Yesterday was Colton's Christmas party at his Monday school

Today we went to see Santa at the mall

I will post that picture later when I can scan it in

Let's just say Christian has MAJOR

separation anxiety

Since the boys were all dressed up

I tried for a couple of photos by the tree 

Notice these sweaters

I bought them 2 years ago for the big boys

pre baby boy

Then last year Colton wore the larger size

Plus I did squeeze them into their original ones for a photo

So this year I am squeezing Colton into the large one just 1 more time

I never spend alot of money on clothes for them

My boys are messy eaters and players

And I am not a good laundress

(At ALL)

And kiddos grow so freaking fast

Plus seasonal things that you can only wear for a few weeks

I LOVE it though when I can get years out of something

Expect to see Christian wearing this another year or 2

(Dang he's cute)

Notice anything about the big boys

Well I kind of hope not

I got a little scissor happy

Connor just got a hair cut

But he has been wanting to wear his hair spiked

I always said I would never put gel in my little boys hair

But here I am

He has bad hair

It's not his fault

But to be spiked up, it needs to be shorter

So I went to trimming

It either still needs to be shorter

or I need some better goop to use

And while I had the scissors out

I decided to get Colton's hair out of his eyes

So it's a bit crooked

But the pro's make it that way all the time

He's 2

He moves A LOT

I don't like his hair short

He got the good hair
I am just not sure how long I want it to be
But I hate it in his eyes

All that cutting reminded me

I have not had my hair did in over 6 months

I have colored it twice

well my mom did

with my drug store color

And next week she'll be doing it again

Since the greys are back

But damn

6 months

that ain't right

This could lead me to a whole other post topic

But, again, since this is a happy time

I won't go there

I have spent the last 3 days sorting legos

I posted this on FB 

and got alot of "why's"

Here is why

I use to be a lego princess

I loved legos

But back in the day legos were a bunch of colored rectangles

you had to use your imagination

Now 

not so much

you buy overpriced "kits" 

and make the few items per kit

We have several kits

stored nicely in Ziploc bags

It works out well

unless your 4 year old doesn't put the stuff back into said Ziploc bag

oy vey!

I am pretty sure we are about to get lots more legos

So I have to be on top of this crap