Feather Head

I have so much to update, but I couldn't wait to post these pictures.

I bought this hat a couple of weeks ago and she wore it to church on Sunday. I think it is adorable!

Brothers

Guess Who?

Potty Training Judd

For several months now I have been debating when to start potty training Judd. He has sat on the potty and does well going tinkle and #2.(many of you know that I don't call it any of the normal names.) I just couldn't figure out when to make it official. When do we move ahead and never turn back....

Early this week, Judd brought me a diaper in the morning so that I could change his wet diaper. So I changed him and then he went to the other side of the room and filled it up. He then came back and wanted me to change him again. It was at that moment I knew it was time. My window of opportunity was open and I better not miss it.

Yesterday morning, I went to change Judd and realized I was out of diapers so instead of getting a new pack I decided that we would start training right then. We went immediately to the potty and we have never looked back.

Once again I am following the modified version of the 7 days and $75 method. The general idea is parents stay at home with the child for several days and allow the child to walk around the house naked all day long. The potty is put out so it is constantly available to the child. Parents regularly remind the child to use the potty when necessary. Rosemond argues that children won't tolerate urine and feces running down their legs, and will quickly learn to go to the potty to avoid accidents. The $75 is for carpet cleaning.

Judd's first trip to the potty he didn't go. I set the timer on the microwave for 20 minutes. When it beeped we ran to the bathroom. He sat and went just a little. Set the timer again...it went his pants....timer beeped. Set timer....HE WENT! He smiled so BIG! It was great..This went on for three hours. He would tinkle a little and then he would have an accident. So his reward is to flush the toliet and wash his hands. He was pumped!

I guess you are wondering if he went #2. Well here is that story: right after dinner we sat on the potty. I knew that he would have to go #2 because he ALWAYS does after he puts food in his mouth. so we tried. NO luck! So we sat and read books. Finally, I realized what we were missing.....rewards!!! Jake was allowed to blow out candles for going on the potty and I hadn't determined what Judd's reward would be before starting. I thought for a second and I knew my Judd would LOVE candy. He never gets candy so I knew this would be the greatest reward. I grabbed some SMARTIES. I sat on the stool in front of him and said, "Do you want some candy?" His face lit up and he said YES! I told him to push it out of his bottom and he could have some, low and be hold, he shot a rocket out of there, and looked at me and said "candy, candy." A few seconds later, I said "do you have anymore". He said "no", I said "do you want more candy?" another rocket :-) as you can see I figured out Judd's secret to success...smarties! When he was finished going #2 in the potty and he is off looking in the toilet to see what just happened. I did the potty dance and everybody joined us to see what Judd had accomplished.

I am not quite sure if I would declare this day a "success," but it was a great start!

10 Predictions

Top 10 Predictions

1. The Bible will still have all the answers.

2. Prayer will still work.

3. The Holy Spirit will still move.

4. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.

5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.

6. There will still be singing of praise and worship to God.

7. God will still pour out blessings upon His poeple.

8. There will still be room at the cross.

9. Jesus will still love you.

10. Jesus will stil save the lost when they come to Him.

Isn’t it great to know the ONE who is really in control?

*I saw this on this blog and thought it very appropriate to share today.

Yes, I cling to my religion....

P is for Pumpkin

This week we have been learning the letter P. Monday we "p"ainted "p"umpkins that we made out of brown lunch bags. Jake and Judd loved making them. Today we glued "p"asta on a "p"ink P traced on to a "p"urple 'p"iece of "p"aper. Judd didn't enjoy glueing the pasta as much as he enjoyed eating it. While the pasta was drying we played with "p"laydooh making "P"'s and pumpkins with cookie cutters.



Judd is supposed to painting the stem green, but he thought it looked better on the pumpkin.

I must say Jake was very serious about his pumpkin. He did a great job following directions and he painted his pumpkin all by himself.



Oh the fun with the letter P. Maybe I should have saved the letter P for when we start Potty training Judd...



Did you enjoy the emphasis on the letter P?

My Crazy House

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks of my crazy life:

Yes, that is a bounce in my house:-0


This is what mommy teaches the boys while they are eating their night time snack when daddy has to work late:-) Just so you know, I taught him to put the pretzels in his mouth, but he decided to make up his own way!

The Hearts of Man

As I read my Bible today, I was studying the persecution of the apostles right after the Day of Pentecost and I became so burdened for our country. I know many of you that read this blog have already decided who you will vote for, but I fear that if the wrong candidate is elected in 7 days we may very soon face this same persecution as Christians.

As I was reading, I saw that they were persecuted over and over again. Then I read “that they rejoiced that they were considered worthy to suffer shame for His name”, “that they kept right on preaching Jesus”, and “take note of their threats and grant Your bond servants may speak Your word with all confidence.”

There will come a time when we will suffer for His name, but I pray that just as in Acts if we preach Christ many will come to know Him through a real relationship. My God is a powerful God that can bring the dead to life and I know that He can change the hearts of man.

Sweet Baby Girl

Six months! How can this be?
my sweet baby girl is growing so fast and changing everyday. She has two teeth, says da da, rolls all over the house, loves laughing at her brothers. She loves smiling at everyone she sees. But don't try to take her from her Mama. She loves her mommy and her mommy loves that she loves me so much. If I am in the room no one can hold except for me. Secretly, I love being the only one she wants especially since I know one day very soon I will wake up and she will be

Lunch Time Prayer

This was Jake's prayer at lunch today:

Thank you Jesus for my family
Thank that my mommy and daddy spank when I disobey
Thank you that that don't spank me when I do obey
In Jesus Name,
Amen

Family, Fun, and the Fair

We arrived home Thursday night at 12:00 central time. It was a good drive home. We have found that driving while the kids sleep is the easiest way to travel.

We had a busy trip to Georgia. Friday night we celebrated my mom's 50th birthday. I planned a surprise party for her and we spent several hours hanging out with her friends and family. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, October 18.

On Saturday we met Jim's family at the Perry Fair. There were 19 of us herding around the fair grounds. It was so fun. For those of you that don't know me I LOVE THE FAIR!!! I didn't get to eat everything on my list, but I did get a Granny's Apple Dumpling. YUMMY to my TUMMY!

On Sunday, Jim started a revival at Heritage Baptist Church in Douglasville. The boys stayed with my mom Sunday and Monday. I went back to Warner Robins to go to Dr. Alex Bell. This is a totally different blog entry. I then brought them back to Atlanta for the rest of the week.

We stayed with Jim's parents and commuted to Douglasville every night. Sunday through Wednesday was very long and exhausting.

It is nice to be home. We enjoyed seeing family, but it is nice to be home. We can't wait to be at Crosspointe on Sunday.

Here are a few pictures from our week in Georgia.

Of course, Mema was on the phone....


Fun at the Fair
This is a picture of seven of the cousins.
Hot mama and Dan the Man....
The boys LOVED this slide. Judd would just cackle all the way down.

Rabun was very interested in the fair. I am sure that it bored her since she was there everyday:-)
Isn't she adorable?
This is the buddy system at work. Thank you girls for all of your help.

Tennis Ball

I just loved all of the comments concerning the tennis ball. However, it doesn't look like we have a real answer. I do believe a new tennis ball is optic yellow and I am starting agree that it may look green once it has been used for a while.

Just like Jim commented, the madness ensues... I wonder who will win the kiddos over to their side. I guess I need to start singing tennis balls are yellow to them every night.:-)

Once and For All

Jim and I have this on going debate in our house. We can't seem to agree on the color of a tennis ball.

Let me ask you: Is a tennis ball green or yellow?

Who's the Boss?

Jim and I are so proud of Judd. He is almost 22 months old and he is becoming a chatter box. He really didn't say much until after the tubes were inserted and healed. It is truly amazing how much he is saying. Jim said the other day "I think that Judd is learning new words every hour." In his newly found language skills, he has become somewhat expressive of his opinions, some people call it bossy. I would like to share a dialogue that I overheard between Jim and Judd.

Judd came running up to Jim. Judd is looking up at Jim with his arms stretched high.
"up" "up" "da da"
Jim picked him up. Usually we would have made him say please but it was early and we were still trying to wake up:-)
"out" "out" "out" as he was continuously pointing to go outside to see the cat
Jim's response in a kind, fun, yet firm voice: "Judd man you are not the boss. Daddy is the boss."
Judd replies "no me boss"

Don't you just love them!

5 month update

My baby girl is growing too fast. I cannot believe Anna Kate is already 5 months, almost six months, old. She is such a blessing to our family. She seems to be growing and doing everything so much faster than to boys. As of 5 months, she eats cereal, she rolls over both ways, holds a bottle on the occasion that I give her one, graciously gives smiles and kisses, she has starting rocking on her knees acting as if she wants to starting crawling, sleeps until 7 on occasion, and my least favorite, her first tooth broke through last weekend. Yes, teeth. I can't believe I only had five months of the beautiful toothless grin that melts my heart. As I type, she is very fussing because the second tooth is trying to break through. :-(





I am scared to blink because she will be walking, talking, and blowing out her first candle.

all is fair in love and football

When God moved us to Tennessee He allowed us to live in this great house and He even decided to bless us with wonderful neighbors. We love their whole family but they just happen to be Alabama fans.

All day Friday all of our kids played together and as we left to go home we discussed and imaginary line that wold be drawn between our yards Saturday morning. Neither one of us, wanted to go into enemy territory :-) My last words before walking in the house Friday night were, "I should paint a white line down the middle." Well the is what we woke up to on Saturday morning....
The black line was added by Jim later in the day. (just in case you are wondering, they painted in their yard not ours)



Just to through salt on the wounds, we came home from church on Sunday to find a Alabama flag on our rocking chair.

Did I really start this off by saying we love our neighbors??? :-) Yeah, we do! We enjoy good old fun!

Lessons Learned Through Laryngitis

It is interesting how the Lord is answers prayers.

I have been praying that I would be more intentional in my training of the boys and really try to teach them. I think one way in which I struggle is by yelling from one end of the house or raising my voice to get their attention. The Lord is quick to convict my heart, as soon as I do it I know that I should have gone to them and looked them in the eyes, spoke the direction so that I knew they understood what I needed for them to do. I can give many excuses as to why , but I think it is best described by saying, this is one of those Romans 7:15 moments,"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." I know that the Lord is working through me, but He has chosen an interesting way of teaching me this week.

I AM LOSING MY VOICE....

I am now forced to walk to them, knell down, look them in the eyes, speak softly and clearly. I must ask myself, "Self, why don't you do this every time?" God is growing me and everyday I need to remember that I have to decrease self and He must increase.

However, speaking softly is hard when Judd is in the neighbors yard playing and I think he is going to run into the street. I am sure I sounded like a dying cat tonight screaming JJJJUUUUDDDDDDD! either way it got his attention:-)

Top Ten Favorite Days

Top Ten Favorite Days
1. November 23
2. Feb 27
3. March 19
4. April 9
5. Dec 14
6. March 9
7. November 27
8. December 25
9. Easter
10. Dec 10
11. May 18

Can anyone tell me why ALL of these days are my favorite in 2008?

Gas vs Diesel

This morning while we were waiting for Jim at church Jake went into Anna Kate's class to visit with her and her teacher. A few minutes later several of the preschool ladies were laughing very loudly. One came and got me and told me to go talk to Anna Kate's teacher because she had a story to tell me.

Here's the story:

Sally (name changed to protect identity):-), Anna Kate's teacher, was holding Anna Kate and she began to smell something. She said "Anna do you have a dirty diaper" and after completing the one finger diaper check she realized Anna Kate was still clean. She then said, "Anna Kate did you have some gas." Jake said "huh" so Sally being funny looked a Jake and said " Well, Jake did you have some gas"

Drum roll....
Jake said "No, I have diesel"

Will you be my friend?

I can't believe I now have a Facebook. I think this is SO Funny. I am not sure how much I will do with it, but it is an interesting thing. How weird is it to "ask people to be your friend?" I don't remember the last time I had to ask someone to be my friend. Will you be my friend? "check yes or no."

Time to update...

WOW! It has been awhile since I last posted. I have so much to say, but I have been a busy lady chasing the boys around and feeding Anna Kate.

Last weekend Nana came to stay with us and help Jim take care of the babies while I went on a Women's Retreat with some of the ladies from Crosspointe. I had a great time on the retreat. I loved hanging out with the ladies and hearing Priscilla Shirer teach the Word.

I came home on Saturday afternoon and we decided to let Nana give Judd his first hair cut. He did very well. Here are some pictures of my big boy.

Friday Favorites

1. Little boys that can hear
2. Buying gas for $3.44
3. Getting a little bit of rain, but not to much
4. Watching a movie with my man while the little ones sleep
5. 90 degrees vs 106 degrees
6. Making new friends and talking to old ones
7. Only having 4 more baby lbs to lose:-)
8. Flip-Flops
   
9. Receiving flowers from my mom after two long weeks:-)
10. Knowing the God is in control even when I feel like everything is out of control

"Comment Me" a Memory

This was on my friend Kate's blog so I thought I would play along:
Who's going to be my friend and play along:

Comment Me A Memory.....
Come on, take a moment to think. (You know you want to.)

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

My Boys and Tubes

My day started at 4:15 am. Jim and I got up and prepared to have the boys ready to leave for the hospital at 5:00 am. Today is the day we have been looking forward to for six weeks. Both of our boys were scheduled to have tubes put in their ears at 8:00, and of course that means we had to be at the hospital at 6:00 am. Could someone please tell me why you have to be there 2 hours prior to your scheduled surgery?

Both of the boy's surgery went very well. We dreaded the nurses taking them to the OR but they both walked away with the nurse and neither one of them cried. It was so great! Here is a picture of them walking around in their gowns. Aren't they adorable!

This is Jake playing with his mask while his is waiting to go back.

This Jake walking back.

I must admit recovery was the hardest part. The nurses called me back for Judd and he was very confused and upset. He didn't stop crying until he got cup of ice.




Jim went to get Jake and he was crying and complaining. They both have minor infections so they are on one more round of antibiotics. Hopefully, this will be the last for a while. Even with the difficult recovery I must admit the whole experience wasn't as bad as I thought it would be after talking to people.

They slept for a few hours when we got home and after lunch they were running around like "my boys."

Summer Vacation Part 2-Jackson Lake

We arrived at Jackson Lake on Saturday. Sunday morning Jim preached at Rock Springs and we had some friends come visit us. It was great to see the Cleghorns and the Biebers.

We spent the rest of the week on the lake riding the jet-ski, in the boat, or just hanging out the all the babies. It was a wonderful vacation.

Here are a few pictures from our time at Jackson Lake.

101

This is post 101! I can't believe that I have posted 101 times. That isn't a lot compared to many people, but I think it is a good milestone to celebrate. I think that I am going to try to make my blog into a blurb at the end of this year. (Hint: This is a good Christmas gift idea:-))

Have a great day! Thanks for reading all of my 101 posts!

By the way, I have 101 posts and 352 comments! I wonder how long it will take me to get 500 comments???

Summer Part 1-Elko

I can't believe that summer is coming to an end. It seems like school was over just last week and now all of the kids are going back tomorrow. I am amazed at how quickly time flies.

This is a recap of the Perdue summer.

July 3 we left and went to Georgia for vacation. We spent a few days at my mom's in Elko and then we went to Jackson Lake to spend some time with Jim's family. We loved being home and seeing our family.

These are pictures from the few days in Elko. My dad and aunt came over one day to take the boys fishing.It was hot and the fish were not biting so it wasn't a good experience for them, but I had a great time.

Digging For Worms

3 month Pictures of Anna Kate

Here are a few pictures of Anna Kate at 3 months. I can't believe she will be 4 months on Saturday. Look at her eyes!