The start of our busy December weekends!

Well, first off- the dentist went great! Brycen was AWESOME! He just climbed up in that seat and did everything they told him to do. I was so proud of him! The hygenist was awesome w/ him and kept telling him how great he was too, so I'm sure that helped. I've always been very fond of his teeth- lol, he has perfectly straight and very white teeth, I often say too bad I wasn't blessed w/ great teeth like that... I had braces, eww! Anyway, no cavities and the dentist said he has a great mouth full of teeth. Just what mommy (and daddy too) likes to hear! He had to call Daddy & Mamaw Reece when we left and tell them what a big boy he was! He was pretty pumped about the monster truck stickers he got too. lol. We ran to Wal-Mart after his appt. & then I took him to get ice cream (hey no cavities and being a big boy = a trip to DQ!) Plus, i wanted some. lol. We took one of our prosecutor's a blizzard too at her Jasper office & visited with her. Brycen enjoys being spoiled & I don't think Beth minded her blizzard either :). When we got home it was 4pm & almost time for Daddy to be home. B was so excited about that- he loves when it's time for Daddy to be home. Oh yah, at the dentist they said, "Well he was such an angel!" Brycen looked at them so serious and said, "I can't be an angel, only girls can be angels, I'm superman!" lol. Such a boy!

Friday night we didn't do much of anything- just lounged around. Um... there was one accident... Brycen kinda sorta broke the screen on our big screen TV... oops. Neither of us were in the room & so I don't know exactly what happened. He came and got Ryan and showed him right away and when Ryan asked him what happened he said, "I pushed on it." He KNOWS he isn't supposed to do this... and it felt like a super big deal at the time and I was really mad... but then I thought about it, and really, it's just a tv... yah, okay, an expensive one, BUT when it all comes down to it, I have a precious, almost 4 yr old, that is healthy and loves Jesus and really, that's the most important thing... the TV can be fixed or replaced (it actually still works, just has a huge crack down the screen that we know is there). He was really sorry and he did get in "trouble" and sent to his room to think about why it happened, but I also had to make sure he knew that it was just a TV and that I was just glad he was okay and safe and healthy and to make sure he knew that mommy & daddy loves him so much more than a stinky old TV... so anyway... that's how our Friday night went.

Saturday morning we slept in until NINE. It was so awesome... & then we watched Daddy Daycare on tv... that movie always cracks me up. Ryan hadn't ever seen it and Brycen thought it was funny... hope he didn't get any ideas (like swallowing bubbles to blow out his mouth!). That took up our morning and I kept thinking that I should be cleaning, but cuddling with my boys on the couch was much more fun! After the movie was over Ryan worked on the bathroom and I did get all my cleaning done. Brycen "helped" both of us! :) Ryan had to run to the hardware store & let me tell ya, this is like a treat for B. He loves that place like most kids love a toy store! It really cracks me up. So Ryan got the "new" toilet all put in... and yah, it was cracked and water went everywhere and needless to say he was a little upset! We had to get ready b/c we had the big Lengacher family Christmas dinner. That went well & Brycen was glad to see Mamaw & Papaw Gizzy. He had fun playing w/ his extended cousins too. We left there & headed to Jasper to Home Depot to get a new toilet. Oh what fun. We got one and headed home. I was exhausted & so was B (he hadn't had a nap!), but Ryan thought when we got home would be the perfect time to install the new toilet... um yah, okay, it was passed nine pm! He said he felt like he hadn't accomplished anything that day since the other one didn't work, so who am I to trample on that? lol. He got it done and it went fairly fast anyway. Sooo now the bathroom is just waiting on a cabinet... hmm... anyone know a cabinet maker?? :) j/k j/k, I know he is a busy man at work. It's nice to have a toilet in our bathroom again, then I don't have to go all the way to the other one (okay, that might sound lazy, but when you get up six times (and no, i'm not exaggerating!) to go pee during the night, it makes a difference!). I am so thirsty these days and that's definitely contributing to getting up so often, but whats a girl to do?? Anyway enough about my peeing habits.

Yesterday, we got up and went to church & then Rich & Melissa invited us for lunch for chili. I LOVE CHILI! And I love them and their kiddos. Brycen was really excited to get to play w/ Isaac, especially since it wasn't a planned thing, a good surprise. What a nice Sun. afternoon spent w/ great friends. We got home & Ryan took a longggg nap while B and I watched a movie and did puzzles. B napped on the way home from Montgomery & couldn't fall back asleep. We normally go to my parents on Sun. evenings, but my mom isn't feeling good, and I don't really want to take a chance on catching something if I can help it. Sooo we stayed home and made homemade pizza (YUM!). And then watched the "house show" (extreme home makeover). B loves to watch them bulldoze the house... who would of thought?? haha. At church his verse was "A Savior has been born." He ran around screaming that all day- how perfect for this wonderful season & time of the year.

My sleep habits have gotten better since Friday night... Fri. night my legs were insane and I thought I was going to go crazy if they didn't stop moving and jerking around. Ryan found this peppermint leg gel that I had bought from one of those party things... its really for achy tired muscles, but I was willing to try anything. He rubbed that on my legs & it helped so much... it took awhile, but not near as long as most nights... I didn't know if I was just worn out from all the movement or what, but he did it again on Sat. and last night and it helped! I hadn't been able to go to sleep before 1:30-2am in weeks and now it's been more like 11pm! Still not as early as I'd like, but what an improvement!

So I know over the weekend B said a million things that made us laugh SOOO hard and I just knew that I was going to post them on here, but I really can't remember them now... They will come to me and I'll have to post them then.