Bring on the toys! :)

This picture does not really do justice to the state my living room has been in today, but it gives you an idea. I am totally not a get all the toys out and make a huge mess kind of person. Judson knows that we play with 1-2 things at a time. Then put them away before playing with something else. Well with 3 boys in the house on Tuesdays it is a little harder. Especially with one of them only being 18 months. But today there is no hope because it is 115 outside with the heat index so there is not much other choice but to stay inside and play. So I am letting them play. And they are making a huge mess! :) But we will all survive the day this way! :)

4th of July weekend

Laura going on a ride with her sister

Nate had to work Saturday and Monday of the 4th weekend. But we were still able to fit in some fun!! Saturday when he got off work we drove up to Clear Lake to spend some time with friends there. Then on Sunday after worship and lunch we went to the fair. Judson enjoyed people watching and thought all the rides were great. But we did not take him on any.

Judson hanging out with Sam

There was a playground in the middle of where the carnival was. Judson thought it was a great place to play. And I thought it was great because it was not $5 a ride! :)

This was a pretty tall slide and Judson climbed all the way up by himself and would go down unprompted. He is very adventurous!! It was so much fun to watch him play!

We came back late Sunday night and Nate had to go work Monday morning. Judson and I however got to go to a birthday party. It was at a great park with a fun playground and sand volleyball court that the kids could all play in. Judson had a great time playing with all of his friends. But he really loved the cupcakes!!

Then that night we were invited to cook out and watch the fireworks with friends. It was a fun night. We bought Judson some sparklers to do. It was funny to see his reaction with them. I really should have taken video but it was hard enough to take pictures with a 2 year old and fire involved! He did seem to like them, and really liked the fireworks!

It was a very busy weekend! But it was fun to spend so much time with so many friends!

New Room

We decided to go with a ball theme, even though that is every little boys room.
We feel it is something he likes now and that can grow with him.

Same letters we had before, I just painted them blue.

He loves to drive his cars around, so for now we have both of his car mats on the floor.
There is also a book shelf full of books that I had when I taught. It is so much fun to be able to cuddle in his bed and read books at night!

He is so excited about his new room!!
There is not much on his dresser, but I am sure that will change as he gets older! :)

A place for his toys. Actually I can not decide if I like this shelf better or just a regular book shelf. He has trouble getting his toys out of this one. And we already keep his toys in tubs so when I rotate toys into his room I have to store the tubs. So this may be taken out and replaced with a different shelf!

He also like his little chair. It helps him to be able to get in and out of his bed too.
He also found his slippers in the closet. So it did not matter that it was 90 outside, he was wearing fuzzy bear slippers.

He seems so small in this big kids bed! But it is so much nicer to put him to sleep at night. I do not have to bend down nearly as far, and with my growing belly that is nice.

It has been a good transition, and has actually been easy too. It is nice that he has so much more space too. This room is bigger than his other was. So that is great for being able to play toys in his room!

Birthday Pary Fun

Last weekend Judson was invited to a birthday party. It took place at a park and there was a "Natural Playscape" there that the kids were able to play on/at/with!

Judson enjoyed building with the wood.

He also enjoyed walking through the hollow log.

There was also a water feature to splash in. Judson really, really like that. But the water was so cold and it was not a very warm day.

He really enjoyed jumping in the puddles that were formed from the water that ran out of the water feature when you splashed in it.

There was also a great sand pit to dig in. It even had fossils buried that you could discover.

There was a small pond that the kids could walk around in too. Judson like the puddles better and never got in the pond. Not that I blame him, like I said it was not all that hot outside.

All the birthday party friends together!

Judson getting the birthday boy in on the splashing action!

This was a super fun birthday party. Judson loved getting wet and dirty. Every little boys dream right! :) After all the kids played for awhile we went back the the family's campsite and ate smores and opened presets. I thought smores instead of cake was a very creative idea! I did not get any pictures of the mess made with the smores though because I was just trying to keep Judson away from the fire and not a total mess! :)

First Movie

I know!! Not a great picture!

We took Judson to see Cars 2 last night. It was an adventure for sure!! He did pretty well though!! It was his first in theater movie. Really his first full length movie ever.
We made sure to take his special blanket and lots of snacks. We also went with the youth group so he had lots of laps to sit on and cute girls to cuddle with!! He even held one girls had for awhile, it was pretty cute!!
He did so great at sitting through all the previews, but there were SO MANY!!, so by the time the movie actually started we had already been sitting for so long.
After each of the previews he would say "cars now?". He was ready for the movie!! And when the cars were racing he would yell out "go guys go!" it was so much fun to have that experience with him!! I LOVED IT!! Even though there were some moments that I just had to wrestle him!
I do have to say though it was a cute movie, I liked the first on better!

Please pray for Josie

Our friends Katie and Troy had their beautiful little girl on Tuesday!! But she and her family are in need of prayers. I took this from Katie's sister's blog, to be able to share more information.

Josie needed a little help with oxygen intake and was shortly after birth taken to the NICU. While in the NICU Josie was showing improvement, when she suddenly "crashed." Doctors and nurses worked on sweet Josie and got that little heart pumping again - they saved her sweet life!! Praise God for those medical professionals!! After her crash, Josie's little body went into a sort of shock, and she has since had us on our knees petitioning God on High for healing. Josie is on a respirator, although she has done a little breathing on her own. She has had 2 EEGs that show quite diminished brain activity. But she is stable and seems to very slowly be showing some hopeful signs of improvement. Today she was taken off her blood pressure meds and they have slowly been warming her little body back up (they've had her on thermal blankets to cool her body from the trauma of the arrest). She even sucked on a pacifier for the first time tonight! Tomorrow Josie will have an MRI to get a better look at her brain. PLEASE LIFT HER TO GOD OUR FATHER, THE GREAT PHYSICIAN. Josie's Daddy, Troy, has been talking of Jesus' first miracle, where he showed only a glimpse of His coming glory. We have been seeing glimpses in Josie's short life of the glory of Jesus, and now we want to see it all unleashed in full, spectacular view!!

Puzzle time!

Judson has always loved puzzles, but lately he has really enjoyed doing them. And can actually do them independently, which is nice for me!! They are what he most wants to do at the library and even will sit at home and play with them for long chunks of time too. It is so fun to watch him figure out where the pieces go and then get so excited once he completes the picture. Now I just need to find some new puzzles because he will be tired of the ones we have soon.