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!

Spot

We have a new cat. We picked her up two weeks ago. We have a mole problem in our back yard and we hope that she will get them. Jim named her Spot. She is an OUTSIDE cat. Jim and I aren't cat fans, but we dislike moles more. Actually, Spot is very sweet with the boys.We are trying to teach them that when she meows it is not a good sound, but prrrrr means she likes what they are doing. It is a hard concept to grasp especially when meow is so funny. So far we know that she can swim and that she doesn't like to hang by her tail.....

Friday Favorites

1. A Clean House
2. Having Friends come to visit
3. The Movie National Treasure
4. I love the beach, but I don't like the sand or the salt water.
5. Looking at old pictures
6. Talking to my mom
7. Getting gas for $3.66
8. Going on a date with Jim
9. Anna Kate is eating every 4 hours now
Drum Roll...
10. Realizing that Judd doesn't chew his raisins ....

Going Out: Covered Up but not Made Up

Last night Jim had a late meeting and I needed a few things from the store. I never go to Kroger, but they had Chicken on sale so I decided to pick up my needed items and some chicken breasts. Around 5:30 I packed the kids up and off we went. Did I mention that I had on a hat, t-shirt, jean capri pants, flip flops, and NO make up. You know that you have experienced those days that you hope you can make it in and out of the store without anyone seeing you, this was one of those days:-0 (Yes, I am sure you know where this is going)

Well, I get all of the babies in the cart and walk in Kroger. I was in the produce section discussing the proper way to behave in the grocery store with jake when, you guessed it I saw someone I knew..... We smile wave and I just chuckle thinking how hilarious I look with all of these children in Kroger. Several aisles later I see some one else I know, then some one keeps staring at me and I think maybe I know them too, then I see two more ladies that are picking up a few things before dinner. WOW! I am starting to think everyone was at Kroger. I love seeing people out, but I would prefer having looked a little more presentable.:-)

As a mother of three children ages three and under, make up and hair don't always make it to the top of the list everyday (most days). I can't promise that I will be made up, but I do believe that God desires for us to be covered up. I believe that modesty should be a desire of all women and that mommies and teenage girls need to honor the Lord in the way we dress. Summer is always hard especially when it is 106 degrees, but just like I used to tell my high school girls on youth retreats, if it isn't for sale then you shouldn't be advertising it.

Watermelon Fun

Last week some one in our church gave us two watermelons. I cut them up and then I let the boys eat the rest on the front porch. They had so much fun. We all LOVE watermelon! We have several watermelon plants in the back yard. They are finally growing two watermelons. I will post pictures of the vines soon. They are huge.






Anna Kate didn't want to try watermelon this year:-) Maybe next!

Thanks to all my readers

I enjoyed reading your comments and we beat my old record. :=)
Have a great weekend.

Friday Favorites on Saturday

1. i LOVE my church
2. Our Unite Devotions
3. Summertime. I love the extended days and countless hours outside.
4. Reading Karen Kingbury books
5. Taking a nap
6. A glass of sweet tea from McAllisters or McDonalds
7. Taking a walk with my family
8. When God answers prayers
9. Hearing the silence of a sleeping house
10. The boys sleeping until 7:30 a.m.