i'm a big boy now...

The season's here are amazing, and like nothing I had every experienced in Louisiana. Last weekend we went to a state park to walk some trails into the wilderness. It was very quiet and relaxing to hike the trails and enjoy he nature that surrounded us.
The leaves are changing, and it is so beautiful...

We enjoyed our time together in the natural trails! Hope you enjoy the pictures I was able to snap!!

Our Juju bugg is just shy of 25 months old and, I am proud of announce that he is 90% potty trained. Today has been day two of big boy undies, with no rubber pants over, and no accidents. Julian is familiar to the sensation of having to potty, and tells his daddy or myself before sprinting to the bathroom with his undies half way down his legs. haha!! 9 times out of 10 he uses it when we put him on the potty, and has just learned how to move his "birdy" from side to side to make his "stream" move and splash against the toilet bowl! BOYS will be BOYS!!! :)

Julian is rewarded with a sticker for his chart and his body..along with a M&M. Julian then proceeds to get off the potty, flushes it ( says and waves bye bye to his 'business') takes his potty seat off the big potty, and closes the lid- after he does that we put his undies back on, and wash our hands! I can tell he is proud of himself, and senses how absolutely amazed we are!!!

I can't believe ""he is a big boy now!!""

enjoy...xoxo

GEAUX TIGERS!!!

This weekend was the big game!! We were all excited and have been having this weekend planned for over a month now, haha. Friday Josh had duty, so early Saturday morning we went get him from work. We grilled, did some laundry and just hung out around the house for the most part of the day. Afternoon time, we started to get ready to head to Newport News for a big get together of LSU Tiger and Florida Gator fans.

We stopped at the grocery on the way to Newport News to pick up a few things, and my sleepy lil tiger fell fast asleep!

It was really good time, with a great group of people ....OH and LSU WON!!!!!! Josh & I's adventure back home was one for the books-- to say the least!! Let's say it involved getting lost, peed on, finally making finding out way after almost a hour of being lost...

Sleeping in the next morning was a must-

and another low key day was in store. Julian was in such a goofy/talkative mood.

Here are a few pictures I snapped of him.

Saturday, Julian received his Halloween package from his mawmaw and pawpaw. It included a light up pumpkin, a really cool light up, orange cup.. popcorn balls, another book, Halloween card, pumpkin mickey bubbles, and a few other toys.
On Sunday Julian snacked out on his first popcorn ball, and he absolutely enjoyed every second of it.









It was overall a good weekend! Julian and I are very pleased to know that tomorrow is a holiday and Daddy will not be going to work! So hopefully we will fill our day with a fun family event! :)
Enjoy xoxo

God's jumping creatures

It's hard not to spend majority of our time outdoors, when the weather is so inviting! Yesterday, Julian and I sat out back waiting for Josh to get home from work, and BBQ dinner for us. While sitting out back, Julian noticed a little green, one legged grasshopper. he was so intrigued by it, he sat and watched it for a while. Once he turned brave enough to reach out and touch it, of course the cripple little creature hopped away!

it hopped right into my flower leaves, where it was perfectly camouflaged! It took us a while to find it, and through the duration of our search, Julian kept repeating, " uh oo" "uh oo". He seemed so concerned for his little green friend!

( Just in case you didn't stop him in the last picture..)

After eating dinner, we headed over to the pond to feed the duckies!

The big ugly duck was harassing me and Julian for our bread- so Josh entertained it, off to the side so we could enjoy feeding the cute, nice duckies.

:) aren't they cute?

There was even a white duck, just like the Aflac duck that appeared- but of course my camera died before he came to see us. He was so soft looking.. i wanted to pick him up and hug him! It would jump up for the bread if Josh held it up above it's head! It was too funny- never had I saw a duck jump before! On our way back home we came across two fluffy white tailed rabbits that were sitting in the tall grass. Julian took off running after them, and of course they haled tail!!!!

Our eventful day was full of God jumping creatures....

Grasshopper

Duckies

and Bunny Rabbits!

:) enjoy xoxo

it's heree...

Fall is certainly here, with the cool weather, bare tree's and the grass covered in green, brown, yellow, and orange leaves. Of course my back yard isn't covered in the pretty colored leaves, but leaves non the less. Halloween is quickly approaching and I have been thinking of how we will celebrate this holiday. As you already know from reading previous blog post, I am striving to keep Julian's life as normal and simple as possible. Similar to the birthday obstacles, Halloween will be another annual holiday that we have to figure out ' how to make easiest' for our diabetic son. We are certain that it is a holiday that we want to celebrate, and want Julian participate in. It will be a challenge until he is old enough to understand that he can not engorge in candy like most kids do the second they get home with their bags over flowing. I have considered maybe just dressing Julian up and letting him give out candy until he is old enough to understand, or maybe bringing along a bag and letting him go door to door and me slip something in his bag instead of the lady standing there at the door with a bowl food of sugar and carbs. I figured by the time Julian is old enough to understand ' mommy isn't suppose to be giving me stuff in my bags' he will be old enough to understand WHY I had been doing so for the previous years.
It is with out a doubt something that has to be thought through, and decided on by both Joshua and Myself, and what we think is the best way to go about doing whats healthiest for Julian. Hopefully, we can come to a conclusion soon.

Julian's last appointment on the 29th, his doctor and I discussed Julian getting a pump to help control his diabetes. He would wear it all the time and change ports every so many days. He would also be wearing a meter that to would check his diabetes though out the day. His doctors think this would help us better to understand what foods and times of the day Julian is having peaks and lows, and what causes them. There is alot of education needed before making this step, but his doctor insures that he thinks it would def. be beneficial to us and Julian to proceed in giving it a trail run! Julian is also being tested for Celiac this week, and has been put back on milk and juice, and was mighty confused of why the PCM asked us to do that in the first place. He also told me that he believes the bumps Julian continues to get on his body( that the PCM said was bug bites) is actually hives(HMM pretty sure i said that) :) Dr. Scouten believes Julian is doing fantastic, and reassures me that we are doing a great job maintaining his diabetes.

We are glad to welcome a new season full of new adventures, holidays and fun times.

Here are some pictures I snapped of Julian as I sat out and took in the beautiful 59degree weather!

xoxo Enjoy

rain rain go away & bring Fall-ish weatheR

It has simply been miserable in Virginia Beach the last couple of days. We have been stuck in the middle of a huge rain cloud that was to stubborn to move on along to another place. We have been inside doing inside things, and going crazy trying to keep entertained. I have watched way to much Barney and picked up toys so many times i could not count if i wanted to.
With many trips to the potty, this is how we spent our rainy days..

he has a buzz Mr. potato head and he was making him fly.... i love this picture because if you look close.. you can see the drool falling out his mouth as he made 'jet' noise.(as if we dont hear enough of that living right near Oceana. HAHA)

Finally the rain gave it a rest, or the cloud rain out of water.. either way.. it stopped long enough for Julian to go outside in his rain boots and enjoy the outdoors for a bit.

He found that the chairs in the back had held water, and thought it was be a blast to get completely soaked, such a typical boy.

He noticed many leaves had fallen from out tree. I think he might be a little confused of why they are falling down..

After he had his fill of outdoor play, i told him he had to take his boots off outside, and this is the face i got. He was not happy about it, but obeyed.

As he was playing, I enjoyed the sloshing sound of water the was inside his rain boots. He must had liked it too, because he stomped extra hard when walking, and giggled when he heard the sounds. I wished there was a way to record the measures of joy it brought me to see him having so much fun and taking in the small things in life. When he was taking off his boots, i snapped a picture in hopes of showing some of the water that poured out. .. and thankfully,... I did.

OH let me not forget to announce, Julian finally learned how to pedal his Tricycle. However, he goes backwards..LOL.