Mice were alway so cute. Ratatouli, Feivel, Gus from Cinderella. Plenty of children's songs have mice in them and they are always frolicking through the fields or just being cute little mice eating cheese. And then, you see one in your house and they are not cute anymore. We have a recent increase in rats in our block and then saw a mouse inside, thankfully just when JB returned from Ireland. We trapped it on Thursday night and when JB woke on Friday to dispose of the trap it was GONE. There's nothing like a mouse with a spinal cord injury limping around your house. Luckily we trapped it the next day and got rid of it right away this time. Several days later when JB and Jackson were in Massachusetts and Link was at Beth and Matt's, I woke at 1am to the sound of scratching by my bed. After 30 minutes of fearful investigation I realized there were mice in the walls and then the attic. (On a side-note, I realize that I feel much braver when Jackson is in the house; my momma lion switch turns on and I am willing to protect him at all costs). I lay, wide-eyed in my room with a light on for the rest of the night and went to work the next day looking nervous, jumpy and strung-out. JB was a gracious husband and took the 'mouse side' of the bed when he got home and we called the exterminator to assist us with mice outside and rats outside (hopefully only outside). We have had peaceful sleep with no sign of mice since then! WHEW
J will finally sit down for some painting and coloring and we hang his art projects on the glass doors in the dining room. He is very proud and constantly points to his projects and smiles!
We enjoyed a weekend in Hatteras and finally got to spend some time with the Dozier twins, Virginia and Luke, who have the brightest smiles!!! We enjoyed good meals, lots of Settlers, laying on the porch, good conversation that was occasionally broken by toddlers running around, paddle boarding and rest. Happy birthday to Ross and thanks to Hannah for hosting! We are so blessed to have so many friends to go through life and raise our children with.
Dr. JB checks out his pint sized patient
"Chicks dig skinned knees"....and pink tutus.
Airplane
Courtesy of Ross (no worries, buddy), Jackson and I have been sick for 2 weeks which has been less-than-fun. J is also cutting his second set of molars and I really feel for this kid. We thought about working on eliminating his whining and clinginess this week but decided to delay it since this poor kid just really feels terrible. This has led us to spend most days inside, usually in just a diaper with a snot-rag nearby, and have some dance parties!
We try to have some Montessori Mornings and today's was cleaning the dinosaurs with his scrub brush
Finally, we are just amazed at how big our little guy is getting. He has grown another 2" in the past 3 months and is finally starting to lose some of his gigantic belly. He is no longer a baby and we just love our sweet, curious, kind toddler.
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