A Big Moment in the Lee House

A huge accomplishment has occurred at the Lee house! Jayden can now wipe himself after he goes poopy! I know....you're thrilled, but seriously, this is big stuff people! (Don't worry...I'm not posting a picture on this blog post!)

You see, Chris and I have been discussing this for awhile now. We have been trying to decide when he needed to be taught this skill, and we decided that it should be sooner than later because he will have to have it perfected by the time he starts pre-k in another year. So, one night last week, I knew that Chris was using the restroom, and I heard him start talking to Jayden. I heard him say, "See Jayden, you need to pull off about this much toilet paper. Then you fold it up, and wipe your bottom. Then, you check for poopy. You keep doing it until you don't see anymore poopy." It was hilarious...and I'm sure you're all glad that I told you that my hubby was going poopy! :)

The next time Jayden went number two, he called Chris in there, and they worked on wiping. He couldn't quite get the hang of wiping himself on the potty, because his hand kept almost going into the water. EEEWWW!!! So, Chris taught him how to gracefully "leap" off of the potty without wiping his rear end across the seat (which would be oh so gross), so that he can stand up and wipe. It is the funniest thing ever! He leans over to where his head is almost touching his feet, and he gets his toilet paper and folds it up, and tries to wipe. Sometimes he is successful, and sometimes you hear Chris say, "that was your leg bud...try again!" He always gets the job done though!

A Special Treat

Chris and I love quiche, and since he is home on one of his weeks off right now, I decided to try to make quiche lorraine for breakfast yesterday. It took forever to make (an hour and a half), but it was definitely worth it! It was delicious!!!

The mini quiche lorraine...hot out of the oven!

Yummy! All stacked up on a plate and ready to eat!

I think they turned out really pretty!

These did not stay on my plate for long. I think they may have lasted about 20 seconds on my plate before I had to get seconds!

My two favorite boys in the whole wide world!

I love them so much! I am so thankful to have been blessed by the most wonderful husband and son anyone could ever ask for!

True Athletes...

While on vacation in Missouri, we played several games of badminton with Chris' family. I had never played before, and I have to say, I was a natural (I hope you sense the sarcasm in that statement)! Seriously though, I wasn't horrible, and had a great time. This is possibly one of my favorite pictures ever taken of me! It absolutely cracks me up! (Please notice that I am totally in mid-air!)

Nichole and me showing off our badminton skills!

It's Been Three Months...

...since my last blog post, and I'm sorry. Life has been even more crazy than usual over the last three months, and my time has been wrapped up in my family.

What have we been doing the last three months? Well....let's see. Chris and I are another year older, as is my dad. Jayden has still been going to gymnastics and is loving it. We saw my sister for the first time in a year. Chris taught his first adult class at church-it was a singing class and was wonderful! Chris also finished his semester at OU, and made all A's and B's....something he id not think was possible. (I am SO proud of him!) Tornadoes hit my Nana's neighborhood/house and my parents house. They both got new roofs. Chris got Lasik on his eyes and is doing great and can see great! Chris has been working in Arkansas as a roughneck on a drilling rig. He works seven days on and seven days off. He works a total of 88 hours in seven days. This has left Jayden and I by ourselves for much of the summer...we are surviving though! I have a bottle tan and have become a bottle redhead, and my hair is getting long. I have also lost 28 pounds! My parents have lost almost 50 pounds each!!! Chris and I celebrated his birthday and our 5th anniversary in Dallas. We went to see Wicked while there. Jayden and I went with Nonni to Arkansas to see Chris and Papa John at the Lee's new house. We were there for four days and then went on to Sikeston, Missouri to see the rest of Chris' family. We had a wonderful vacation and Jayden got to meet a part of his family that he had never met before. There is a ton more that we have done, but these were the high points!

Enjoy some pictures from our last three months! I'm going to try to post more frequently again, but ya know...life happens, so I can't promise anything!

The house across from my Nana's house after the tornadoes.

Mmmmm...the yummy Crimson and Cream cake from Sooner Legends for me and my dad's bday!

The patio set that I used my bday money on! I love it!!!

Nonni and Papa John's new house in Arkansas.

The drilling rig that Chris is working on this summer.

Jayden, Chris, and I at a lake in Arkansas.

Chris and his Great-Grandma Lee. This is the first time that they had met!

The four sisters. Ruthann, Phyllis, Carolyn, and Tammy. (I do apologize if I have misspelled a name!)

I love this picture! Jayden holding a frog!

Jayden and Papa John riding the mule. He LOVED this and the four-wheeler!

Chris performed for us at a family lunch.

Chris, Jayden, Papa John, and Grandma Lee

Kirstie, Taylor, Montana, Chris, Hunter, Jake, Tristan, Addie, and Jayden (Again...I'm sorry if I spelled any of your names wrong!)

All Tuckered Out

Jayden spent the past couple of days with Nonni and Aunt Katie, and apparently, he wore himself out. He never falls asleep on the couch, so you can imagine my surprise when I walked into the living room this afternoon and saw this....

What a precious little boy. There is absolutely nothing sweeter than a sleeping child. :)

My Mom's Birthday Party

My Mom's birthday was on March 10, so we had her party this past Saturday. I offered to have the party at our house, so I worked all day Saturday to get everything prepared. I baked for five hours, and Chris cleaned the house. Anyone who knows me knows that everything had to be perfect, so it was a pretty stressful day. It turned out perfect though, and everyone had a great time!

I made these Lemon Buttons. They were super-yummy, and I think they turned out so pretty!

I also made this Chocolate Whole Wheat Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Strawberries. We are on the Sugar Busters diet, so I tried to make the cake somewhat healthy!

I love tulips! I thought they were such a pretty touch! This is also a picture of the Pomegranate Lime Punch that I made.

Just a picture of the table. Nothing fancy, but it works.

I had to throw in a picture of my new lamp! It was so inexpensive, but I think it adds such a warm feeling to the kitchen! It is my favorite new purchase!

Here's a picture of our new kitchen cart. You can't really see it, but it worked wonderfully to hold the punch and the flowers. The candelabra picture is new too! I purchased it at the Affair of the Heart last month.

Me and my Mom. :) She loved her party!

Jayden and Riley were busy playing during the party!

Kali and Jayden were very interested in the presents (well...interested in opening them)!

We got my Mom a framed picture of Jayden. She loved it!

Okay...I'm going to wrap this up. The rest of the pictures that we took of the party were pretty boring, and nobody but our family would be interested in them. :)

Should I be concerned???

...That my child sings "Pants on the Ground" and does this in public?!?

Our church service tonight was led by the little boys of the church. This is always a special event, as it is so much fun to see boys from age two up to about age twelve serving in this manner. The boys lead songs, read scriptures, and say prayers. Jayden led "Jesus Loves Me!" He did a great job, but it was funny, because he sang it so quickly, and the church attempted to keep up!

Here is a video of Jayden leading Jesus Loves Me. It's a little blurry, but it's the best I could do!

After the service, the boys who participated all lined up in the back of the church for everyone to come and shake their hands, and tell them what a good job they did!

When I saw my husband...I screamed!

You see...for the six years that I have known Chris, he has always looked like this:
(Notice the facial hair.) The last time that Chris was clean shaven was his high school graduation. I have never been one to much care for facial hair, but I have always liked it on Chris. Well, yesterday, Chris decided to completely shave. And, he didn't tell me about it. And, when he walked in, I screamed because it was the last thing in the world that I ever expected. He decided to make a photo documentary of his adventure.

The goatee is gone. Ugh...check out that 'stach.

Ewww. He looks like the people that I make fun of at the fair!

He shaved off the handlebar part.

I don't even know what to say about this. (Maybe he's trying to look French or something?)

And this is what he looks like now.

He's growing the facial hair back immediately. It's not that I don't like him without facial hair. I just prefer it to be there. Plus, I feel like I'm married to a 12 year old! (Oh...and he doesn't like it either.)

Terrible....Threes?

So I've always heard of the terrible twos, but we lucked out and really weren't affected by them. Well....let me tell you. We have entered into the terrible threes. It is not pretty. There is a lot of crying, a lot of time outs, a few swats on the bottom, and every once in a while, it is off to bed early. It is like a switch has flipped in my sweet little boy, and it makes me so sad. We went overnight from this....


To this....

I would never wish this precious time away, but I do hope that the temper and mood swings pass quickly.