Little Loves

We have a busy weekend coming up and I am so excited about it. 

Saturday, I'm singing in one of my BFF's weddings.  I'm looking forward to being part of the beginning of Amanda & Chris's forever.  I know all my boys are going to love dancing and socializing at the reception, too.

Sunday, we are finally going to get to make our trip to Jacksonville Zoo.  We were going to go this past Sunday, but I was having some issues with my car and we didn't want to drive the truck since it's a gas hog.  Thankfully, though, we were blessed to be able to get me a new car.  I love it, too. :)

We could have had my other car repaired, but it had so many miles on it and over the past couple of months, little things continued to occur.  I know I'm silly, but I kind of teared up when I was cleaning my old car out.  There's been so many wonderful memories made in that car.  It brought both my babies home from the hospital after they were born.  That's the sweetest memories.

Anyway, just wanted to share that little bit of exciting news.  Happy, happy, happy!

Moving on...

These boys of mine are growing up too doggone fast!  Gentry is talking up a storm and is saying any & everything, Jubal is going to K-4 in a couple of months, and each will celebrate a birthday soon.  Gentry in June and Jubal in July.  We are in full bloom toddler days with Gentry and little boy days with Jubal.  Where did their "baby" days go?

I can't believe how self-sufficient Gentry has become almost overnight.  He now tells us what he wants to eat, what has hurt him or made him cry and what makes him happy, too.  The older he gets, the blonder his hair gets and the bluer his eyes get.  He is a little heart breaker.

On a cooler Spring day. Daddy makes sure his boys are warm. ;)

Chocolate face.

Jubal is too smart for his own good.  I swear he amazes me every day some way, some how.  He still loves his mama more than anything in this world, thankfully, and says he will always be my baby. :)

Face painting at Mickey D's. My Spider-Man.

I love these little boys more than myself.  Always have and always will.  God truly blessed this old  sinner.  I am so humbled to have these two little loves in my life.  I'm looking forward to watching them grow into kind, compassionate, young men.  Good Lord willing.

There's that "cheese" face again. Ha!

Can you tell Gentry wasn't happy that Jubal got to wear the hat, too?

Forever my babies.

School Catch Up

It's been a minute since I updated the boys' school days, so I guess I'll try to get caught up now.

My sweet Gentry was acting a little funny when I picked him up on a Monday afternoon a couple of weeks ago.  He was clingy and whiny, which isn't like him at all.  Later that evening, he pointed to his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and said, "Boo boo."

I took a look at his little tongue and it looked as though he had maybe bitten it at school or something.  He wouldn't eat or drink anything.  That night, bedtime was awful.  He usually drinks a cup of milk before falling asleep and because he wasn't eating or drinking, he couldn't and became very fussy.  I think he finally fell asleep around 10:30, crying himself to sleep.  He woke up crying several times throughout the night, too.  I think we got a total of 3 hours sleep that night.  Maybe.

We took him to school the next day thinking he would be ok, other than being a little tired.  He did pretty good, but was fussy.  He literally fell asleep while sitting in the floor playing.  His teacher sent me a picture of him where he just fell right over into a deep sleep.  Bless it!

She immediately sent me another picture to assure me she had gotten him moved to his little cot.  He was so tired.  I felt so bad for him.

The following day, Wednesday, we ended up taking him to the doctor.  His pediatrician gave him what they call "Magic Mouthwash".  Seems like the bite on his tongue and then him putting his dirty little hands in his mouth caused yucky ulcers in his mouth.  After starting the mouthwash, though, it was gone completely within the next two days.  Yay!

Other than that incident, everything has been pretty uneventful at school.  They both have fun playing and learning new things every day.

Playing with play dough...

This is his "mama" turtle.

His "snapping" turtle.

Making music...

Playing on the playground...

They love getting to see each other at recess.

And playing inside on rainy days...

Jubal & Gentry both love this thing. 

Luckily, they both have birthdays coming up. ;)

Jubal is so excited to be going to the zoo next Sunday. 

His teacher said he sat and played forever with the animals,

telling her about his upcoming trip. :)

That about gets us caught up.  Now, we're just looking forward to next Sunday.  Last year when we went, Gentry was too small to really enjoy it.  I'm hoping he loves it as much as Jubal does this year.  I'm very excited for both of them.  Jubal has been talking about it for weeks now.

I'll let you know how much fun we have when we get back.  Have a good weekend!