Things I never want to forget #41-#45

All Gabey

41. Few things Gabe says that I love:

• Nakin (napkin)
• Fivety (fifty) and Fiveteen (fifteen)
• Cut it out (my dad says this)
• Sumpin (something)
• He says her where he should be saying she. it's cute
• Picture me/us mama

42. After finishing his superhero Popsicle Gabe asked me to read the joke on the stick. It said "What kind of flower gives the best kisses?" Gabe answered "YOU MAMA!" LOVE that feeling

43. Into knock knock jokes. They don't make any sense but boy does he think they're hilarious which actually makes it really funny.

44. Wanting to know if things and people are real (Cartoon characters, God, animals, etc.)

45. Gabe's been sneezing all day today. I said to Bryan "I think he's got a cold." Not knowing he was listening to me he says, "No I don't. It's sneezing day today. Some days are sneezing days. Some days are tooting days...ya know. "Bryan said "no everyday is tootin' day" ;)
Poor kid was so tired tonight and not feeling good he was melting down over everything. I could have put him down at 6:30. At about 6:50 I took Jayce out and daddy laid with him and he was out by 7:15. My poor guy.

Weekly phone dump

- Being silly with my little man before nap
- Bath time
- Driving in the Snow doing errands for mamas b-day with my sista (Jan 17th)
- brotherly love
- Homey G brushing his teeth
- My beautiful Mama and I at her 60th B-day party
- Fun antique decor for mama
- riff raff hiding in the laundry
- Daddy brought us home gifts from San Fran

Gabey asks Jesus into his heart

So I was downstairs in the basement and I heard some pretty loud banging coming from Gabe's room. When I went up to figure out what was going on I found him climbing back into bed after just having drug his heater right up against his bed/blankets. Suffice it to say I was upset because he could have possibly started a fire and if I hadn't checked on him it could have been really bad potentially.

So Gabe got a little freaked out because I was freaked out. He started asking about if he would go to heaven if he died. I asked him if he asked Jesus into his heart. He told me, but that he loved Jesus. I told him that loving Jesus is good, but the only way to be able to go to heaven is to actually ask Jesus into his heart. He asked if that is how mommy's grandma and grandpa went to heaven and I told him it was. I asked him if he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart and he said that he did. Gabe has always had this thing about asking Christ into his heart because he keeps thinking He would be in his real physical heart and he wants Him out of his heart cause that would feel weird. I asked him when he thought of loving mommy and daddy where was it he felt that he loved us. He told me it was in his real red heart not his actual heart. So I told him that he needed to accept Jesus into his real red heart where mommy and daddy are.

I was being really cautious though because I didn't want him to accept Christ based off of being scared of going to hell so I told him he didn't have to do it if he wasn't ready. I then asked him why he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart. My fear was he was going to say because I don't want to die and go to hell, but to my happiness his response was "Because I love Him".

The next step was then to have Gabey repeat the prayer with me. Now typically, Gabey doesn't like to pray and if he does then he does it quietly and shyly. I told him he needed to pray and ask Jesus into his heart and he of course countered with he wanted me to pray for him. I explained to him that this was definitely one prayer I couldn't say for him. He had to do it for himself because he wanted to. I agreed to say the prayer for him only so he could repeat it with me because he didn't know what to say. I was trying to figure out how to get him to understand he needed to just repeat it with me. So Gabey likes to occasionally tease me and mommy by constantly repeat what we say and then he dissolves into giggles. I asked him if he likes teasing mommy and daddy by repeating what we say. He of course giggled and said yes. I told him that that is all he needed to do to pray to Jesus with me. I prayed with Gabe and he repeated everything I prayed and when we got done I asked him how he felt and he said "Good".

Over the course of Saturday and Sunday he was telling everyone that he had accepted Christ into his heart!!

Daddy - (Mommy wasn't home)

Teammates Weekend

Went to Teammates this weekend. It was such a refreshing weekend away sans kids. Lots of laughs with friends, Starbucks, sleeping in, dinner with the Akiyamas. Sun and Snow. Good times! Thanks mom and dad for taking care of everything at home!!

Preschool

I've been so behind on my blog, but how could I NOT document Gabey's first day of preschool.

When I first started thinking about preschool for Gabe, I had three I wanted to check out. Gateway, Open Door and SSC Early Learning Preschool. I got information from each. My friend Teresa's daughter went to SSC and that one I had to apply for even if I decided not to go there because Gabe was out of the district so we were put on a list.
I heard about Open Door from my cousin who sent her kids there. I had no doubt that it is a great school, but they were the most expensive. SSC was the cheapest, but we still weren't sure if Gabe was going to get in. We were told that he was #13 on the list. I decided to pursue Gateway too. My sister was sending Jaden to Gateway too. That's where her and Janell went when they were that age. I wasn't feeling right about putting Gabe and Jaden in the same class. I know that Jaden would do well and grow, but I just felt that Gabe would cling to Jaden and not grow, reach out, meet others etc.
We ended up finding out that he got into SSC PTL. He was in the afternoon class. At first I was ok with that, but ended up getting on the list for the morning class. He was #1 on the list. Everything seemed to fall right into place and we found out that he got a spot in the morning class. Besides a couple hard mornings he loves it and LOVES his teacher, teacher Kristen. His face lights up when we walk in each morning. It's been a little difficult for me. I would like to sit in the class a little longer in the morning, but it's hard with Jayce. He wants to stay and play too. He screams and tries to get into everything. Thankful there is an observation room to watch how they do. I want to actually spend more time watching and hopefully find a time where I can volunteer in the class. Find someone to watch Jayce.

I can still remember kissing his lips the first time I saw his newborn face, like it was yesterday. Really. And now he's off to a real, preschool, and I wasn't even sure I was into preschool a few years ago. But I feel almost completely comfortable with it all. I know it's not like he's started kindergarten. (Coming way faster than I want it too though) I didn't need to send him with any supplies or even lunch. But I do have to drive him about 20-25 minutes away as opposed to my roll out of bed, hold Jayce in my arms and drop him off for 2.5 hours. I'm always worried about being late picking him up and so far I've only been late once by 5 mins and he was all smiles. phew.

I love love love being a mommy...through it all. Hard times, sad times, but most of all the good times!

Gabe's 1st day at Preschool (October 4th, 2011)

Pumpkin Day (October 19th, 2011)

Gabe made his very own biscuit