It's just another Manic Monday!

From BabyCenter: Your 15 month old "Doing errands around town is harder than ever with a pint-size explorer in tow. Being strapped down in a car seat or stroller is the last place your toddler wants to be: Expect an earful — usually accompanied by an arched back and flailing arms and legs — when it's time to buckle up. This is partly because about 90 percent of all toddlers are walking by now (late walkers will catch up in the next month or two), which means they'd much rather be practicing their footwork than sitting still."
Let's see.....He is NOT walking and we are going to be in the car for approximately 8 hours for the next two days....LOVELY!
Wish us all luck with the trip tomorrow.
Nate is defending his dissertation tomorrow at 8:30. Pray for him!
Marilyn is the copilot and kid pacifier in the car. Pray for her!
I am going to try to drive and tune out the kiddos in the back and HOURS of Bob and Larry singing! Pray for me!

Two days and counting!

We move on Monday. I recommend everyone move every six years. We cleared out two truckloads of trash and two truckloads of donations. Our basement looks AMAZING! It's too bad we didn't live like this before. I told Nate (after dumping our last load)...you know in two months we have Ethan's birthday----which means TONS of toys. Then, two months later, we have Christmas---tons of toys again. THEN, four months later we have Linky's b/day. It is never ending! We must make a conscience effort to keep the junk down to a minimum. I think moving into a townhome with smaller rooms will for force us to!
Ethan is getting excited. We are going to have a "toy room" off the living room. Today, I told Ethan we would be able to put his kitchen in the toy room. He looked at me really puzzled and said, "I don't think my kitchen will fit in the car."
*****I know this blog has nothing to do with Lincoln, but the picture of Link was adorable****

I didn't do it on purpose

Ethan understands that if he says it was an accident or he didn't do it on purpose we will tell him it was ok. Today after HUGE temper tantrum because he didn't see a train on the tracks on the way home, he was sent to his room. When we went upstairs later for nap I noticed about 5 or 6 books thrown all over the room. I told him I understand that he was mad that he was sent to his room, but we don't throw our books when we are mad. He looks at me and says, "It's ok Mommy. It was just an accident...I didn't do it on purpose!"We went to the playground on the base today. It is such a gorgeous playground. Lincoln was in heaven crawling around. He did not want to go home.

Shoot Guns

Marilyn bought Ethan some "Shoot Guns".Nate got the "shoot gun" on the patio.
Ethan had to "help" Nate get it off the roof.
Let's keep the "shoot gun" off the patio.

DENIAL!

Monday is the big move day! We said good-bye to the Cerminaro's last Thursday and I still tear up everytime I think about them. Luckily, Nanny lives very close and they promised, promised, promised that we will see them often.
Today, we met Molly and the boys at the Greene Mall. Molly tried to get me to tear up while we were talking at the bookstore, but I held up and didn't. I do get to see her one more time. I think having kids with your friends makes it sooo much harder to leave. I still remember when Amy and Tony brought those adorable little twin boys outside for the first time. Then when Amy had Zoe Ethan was just a few months away from being born. They are so much like family to us! Ughhh I am going to miss seeing them grow sooo much!
I can't even describe how much I am going to miss Molly. What in the world am I going to do at work without her there? It is so hard to believe how fast these years have gone. It seems so much like yesterday that we were all pregnant and complaining about our horribly fat bodies together.
I am going to miss you all so much. You are such a BIG part of our lives. I know that we will be friends for life! I love you all!

You gotta keep um separated!

So Marilyn and I finally figured out how to have happy, sweet, content little boys! SEPARATE! I went to the chiropractor today and Ethan asked if he could go. He was such a little angel! He was so sweet and lovey. When I got home, Mar told us that Link was so content and happy. He didn't scream or whine! AMAZING! :)
Lucky for us-when we were all joined back together everyone was still great. So...maybe it's just a great day for both of them.

Oh My Little Linky....

Will you ever walk????

We weighed Lincoln today. He has gained a whopping 2 lbs since June 10th! HURRAH!