First Words!

Micah said his first word yesterday!  Well, I guess it qualifies as a word!  He dropped something and then looked up and said "uh-oh!"  I was so proud!  He has since said it many times and mostly in context so I guess we now have a budding little talker!

A Day Out with Thomas!

We have a passenger train that runs near by us and while we were spending all day hanging out at Chick-fil-a the other day, my Sis-in-law Jenny and I were talking about how much fun it would be to take the kids.  When we went online to check it out we found something even better!  Thomas the train was coming to town! So we bought our tickets and headed out to see Thomas! 

Now I thought Micah would enjoy the experience, but what I didn't expect was for him to have more fun than any kid in the place!  He had an absolute BLAST riding the train!  There were also lots of activities there that we were able to see and do and Micah even got to have his first funnel cake, yum!

Decked out in our train clothes and ready to go!

Hey Cuz!  Can you believe Thomas is really here!  This is AWESOME!



Posing with Thomas ad friends with our two little stow-aways!



Micah and Mommy getting ready for take off... or whatever they say for trains!

This is SO cool!

And look there is an airplane!

The conductor gave this especially to me!

Thanks for the ride, Thomas!

One Year Photos

FINALLY got the 1 year photos done.  I didn't get to do everything I wanted because I couldn't keep up with the little guy all by myself on the first try, but you will see that they are true to his personality right now... In to EVERYTHING!  Looking at the camera and smiling was definitely not a priority when there were rocks and sticks to be had.  But that is what I love about them, that they tell the story of his personality now! Most of the smiles you do see are a result of Grandma.  Micah loves his Grandma! Enjoy!

Having a good ol' time!

We have loved having warmer weather and have been getting outside a lot as it is Micah's favorite thing to do!  Tonight we sat outside on the patio at where else, but Chick-fil-a to eat dinner and Micah was a riot, entertaining everyone around us!  The drive through line goes right beside the playground (don't worry, there is a fence separating the two!) and Micah thought he was the official Chick-fil-a welcoming committee.  He waved and yelled "Hi"  to almost every car that came through!  It was one of the cutest things I have ever seen!  I got a video of it after he had been doing it awhile, but it is not the best since I was behind him.



We were eating with some friends that we happened to run into there and I don't know who was entertaining who more, Micah or her older boys!  He thought they were just too funny!  Here is him enjoying himself immensely:

First 100!

I had quite an adventure last week.  We will start at the beginning...  I have always liked Chick-fil-a as much as the next girl but never quite understood those with the obsession.  Well, until I had kids.  Chick-fil-a has good food.  You can eat healthy.  They have indoor playgrounds, so you can go even on a rainy day.  They have the best high chairs. They have plastic mats that stick to the table for the kids to eat on so they don't get germs.  If they see you have your hands full (of baby and accouterments) when you order then they will offer to bring your order to your table for you.  If you run out of drink they will come to your table and refill it ( so you don't have to get up with your baby, purse, diaper bag and balance the cup just to get a refill.) They are clean and friendly.  Many of them have infant play places and offer Cheerios for little ones.  Now I am obsessed with Chick-fil-a.

When I arrived back in Texas I started hanging out a good bit with my friend Naomi and her two boys.  She shares the obsession and introduced me to something I had never heard of before.  The Chick-fil-a First 100.  Basically with they open a new Chick-fil-a the day before the first 100 people that get there by the designated time and camp out there for 24 hrs get a years worth of free Chick-fil-a.  I was intrigued and luckily there was a grand opening coming right up.  Some how I managed to rope my sister-in-law Jenny into doing this with me so last week we packed up our bags and headed for the camp out.



In order to qualify to be in the First 100 we had to be there by Wednesday at 6 am.  I dropped Micah off at Grandma's Tuesday night and headed out to Chick-fil-a in Montgomery Plaza, near downtown Ft Worth at 5:15 am.  When I got there there were LOTS of people there.  Hmmmmm I guess we underestimated it being spring break!  At 6 am they escorted us on the property and put us in groups of 25.  We were counted and given raffle tickets.  Only 100 would be allowed to stay!  They called out numbers and we got really lucky!  My friend Naomi ended up being number 10, I was number 26, and Jenny was number 90.  There were well over 250 people there that morning so the fact that we all got in was very lucky!



After they called the numbers you have to go in and register (aka sign the sign your life away forms) and then you are allowed to go to your car and get your things for your stay.  We went and got our things and were back pretty quickly.  Wow, were we woefully unprepared.  Everyone had a tent but Jenny and I! 





It was tent city!  Luckily for us since out of the 10 people in my friend Naomi's group only 4 made it they had some spare tents and we camped out with them!  Once your time is up for getting your stuff you must stay in the roped off area of the parking lot until 6 am the next morning, the only exception being short bathroom breaks inside Chick-fil-a. So our adventure began. 

Now with Jenny having 3 kids and be having Micah, but neither of us having them there, it was much like a Mommy vacation.  The weather was awesome and we sat and read and I learned to play 42 (dominos) with Naomi's family.  Around 9 am (3 hours in) we were asked to line up in numerical order.  We would get really good at this over the next 24 hours.  After they did a "line check" to make sure no one left, we walked through the drive-thru and were served our breakfast, a chicken biscuit!  How fun!  This was repeated at noon for lunch where we were given chicken strips and some chips.  Then at dinner we got to dine in the restaurant so their staff could have a practice run for the next day and were allowed to order a combo meal.



After dinner they had a DJ there playing music and they hosted a 4 square tournament and a scavenger hunt.  All in all, a relaxing fun day!  No diapers and someone cooking every meal for me!  At 8 we got a snack of chicken nuggets and then at 10 they had an ice cream sundae party.  Then the DJ wrapped up and we went to bed for the night. 

The next morning we woke up around 5:30 to pack up and were then lined up for one last line check.  They then handed you a bag with a Chick-fil-a First 100 T-shirt, hat and pen.  When that was finished we were paraded through the restaurant and what ensued I can only compare to a graduation.  You were being applauded by the entire staff, there were a bunch of guys in suits and some news cameras, and you followed the line to get your "diploma" or your box of coupons as a guys in a suit shook your hand and handed it to you.  Kind of an odd experience!

All in all, we made it!  I am rich in Chick-fil-a and see great amounts of it in my future!  It was fun and honestly almost like a vacation.  So one adventure has been laid to rest!

Holy Moly (or Molar!)

Well to my surprise Micah has not cut just one but now two molars!  One on the bottom right and one on the top right.  Wow.  I didn't have any clue his molars would come in before his other teeth!  (he currently only has two on top and three on bottom.)  The good news is my sweet boy was back today and the two headed dragon child went back into hiding... for now!

The teething saga continues!

Lately the only word I have for Micah is unpredictable.  He is so much fun then all of a sudden and for no reason it is melt down!  We just haven't been able to attribute the behavior to anything in particular other than those 5 teeth he is still working on.  I just seem to think it just shouldn't be so emotional to get teeth.  Well today when I stuck my finger in the mouth to feel what was going on in there I found a surprise!  The lower right molar has at some point in the past two days broken through!  Little did we know that on top of the 6 other teeth he is getting the molars are coming in too.  I guess that is a good enough reason for all the drama.  We will let it slide for now.... one molar down... ??? to go!

Spring has sprung!

The weather has warmed and finally we are able to get out and enjoy ourselves!  Micah could spend every waking moment outside.  As a matter of fact, while he is inside he will almost constantly be pointing at the door asking to go outside!  We got to spend this week with a dear friend, my former college roommate, and her family in Houston. Since she has a three year old boy him and Micah spent lots of time chasing each other around outside! On our last day we got a special treat!  Opening day at the strawberry patch!  We got to fill our buckets with fresh ripe strawberries!  Micah loves strawberries and as you can see, he couldn't quite wait to get done with the picking and on to the eating!  What a great end to a great week!