“Ship!”
Rockin’ his new Birthday pajama’s a present from his buddy Salvador. I was surprised to see my little Captain fill out a size 3T so well, although I shouldn’t be surprised considering this guy’s appetite! What shall he be for Halloween? Is the big question! Taking suggestions…..saw an awesome shark costume at Pottery Barn Kids…but I just can’t justify $59.99 for a one day event….maybe I can make him one??
Mama’s sick so I’ll take my down time and try to rewind Arlin Jack’s fun for the past several weeks. May be jumbled (cause lord only knows my head feels that way!)
Arlin at my Mom’s house in AZ. I’d say emailing this picture to Papa might just have been the reason the Captain scored this RC car for his Birthday…
slight size difference, but you know how Papa is when he does any shopping for the Captain!
checking out Tombstone…looking for the horses and a pair of Cowboy boots.
and as you can see the Captain did just happen to score some Cowboy boots as an early Birthday gift from Pamaw! (along with some new Halloween skivvies)
Arlin made new friends. He really thought Ms. Jane and Mr. Bill were really neat. They even made him his own bucket with his name on it.
shoot, the Captain scored all kinds of toys from neighbors! Even this “Tow-Mater!” truck he rode everywhere…
we went on walks to collect pine cones off the golf course,
we went swimming in 90 degree sunshine weather…
we cuddled and watched cartoons…
we attempted blowing bubbles in Pamaw’s backyard, really we just made a mess.
we checked out a nearby park playground to blow off some energy…
we talked to Papa and Stella on video skype…this is Arlin kissing Stella…too damn cute.
we took the Captain to a local mall for a ride on the fire truck…
spoiled by Pamaw’s back rubs…he now lifts his shirt and says “tickle pee-ease?!”….
AND…boy genius decided to stick a pea up his nose at dinner the night before we were scheduled to fly home. I’m not kidding this pea would not dislodge. With my Mom and I holding him down…a turkey baster, tweezers, q-tips, baby nose suction thangy, you name it…after a failed attempt with an ER visit I was bound and determined my Mom and I had to get it out. We laid him down on the bathroom floor and poured saline solution in the nostril that had the pea stuck in it then we blew air up his open nostril while trying to cover up his mouth. All this fussing really mad Arlin mad and right when we thought we’d give up Arlin let out a wail of a cry and coughed shooting the pea right out onto my arm! We laughed… now that the pea was out it was really quite funny.
Pamaw says ice cream always makes boo-boos feel better…I think the Captain agrees 100%!
We were really sad to leave Arizona. It’s never easy leavin’ Pamaw and her gracious hospitality…or her hugs, back rubs…and yummy snacks! Arlin misses his Pamaw! And Oscar the blimp too!
Arlin’s make shift get away car…I drew in the details with a sharpie marker while the Captain gave it some sweet pencil finishing touches.
the license plate reads: Colorado: CAPTAIN
check out the RIMS!!
and the windshield wipers…of course Mama made it a JEEP!
while Arlin held onto the faux steering wheel we went V-room- vRoom! as fast as we could around the dining room table till the bottom of the box fell out.
this is what happens when you take a corner to hot (fast) thank gosh for stuffed animal co-pilots, they offer plenty of padding for spills like this!
GO.Go.GO!!! Arlin says!
getting the Captain ready for bed… two sausages in one casing…just doesn’t work!
but we sure did get a good laugh out of it. All three of us.
Yeah…Mama needs to learn to call it quits when she’s over tired. After this episode she sliced her finger open on her rotary blade fabric cutter. Ouch!
another week has come and nearly passed, it’s been busy to say the least. Arlin’s wearing a new shirt I bought him from Old Navy, they’re having a crazy blow out summer sale…I figured for $1.99 I couldn’t pass it up, we’ll just add a long sleeve under it for Fall.
mmm, beans…this was our last dinner with Papa before he had to leave again for business. All Chad’s recent work travel has been rough on the Captain, and it makes me realize just how awesome of a Papa Chad is. This morning when we left for school Chad put him in his car seat and said …“Papa’s gotta get on an airplane and go to work o.k.?..Papa see you in awhile buddy…I love you.“
As we drove around the corner Arlin started crying…”Papa!Papa!” he cried the whole drive to school, real crocodile tears *ugh* and when we pulled up to school all he was saying over and over was, “work,work,work.“
this is pretending to be a “truck” one with a forklift…with he’s food tray, it’s great fun.
I took him shopping Tuesday when it was raining to pick him up a cheap fire truck toy of some sort, something that maybe made sounds and was small enough for travel. I thought it’d be good to have some visual/verbal lessons because Arlin Jack can’t seem to say the word “truck” correctly, we’re working on it though…”cruck”, is what most often comes out, however, the other day when moseying up and down the isles of Big Lots it was “caw-ick” sounds like “cock” he was very animated and repeating the word over and over… louder and louder. I couldn’t toss a fire truck into his lap of the shopping cart fast enough!…I was dying laughing and so were the other shoppers around me.
O.k. o.k. shhhhhhhsh. Arlin here’s a fire “truck” just for you…
Arlin’s favorite words this week; “yeah” (means I want), Paw-mer (Palmer), cruck (truck), cracker (any food he sees), Peee-ease (please), tank u (thank you), Mama, Papa, work, poo-poo…and of course “No.”
snack time this afternoon before we picked up “Sissy” from summer camp…he loves California Cutie tangerines!
dinner, pizza on the patio.
I must have said…”sit down Arlin” 20 times.
thought he was pretty clever till he found out his big noggin couldn’t squeeze through.
swinging like a monkey he thought he could swindle his way out…
and the nut-roll begins. Mama to the rescue!
Could you say no to this face? Especially when he says…”Elp…Peeease” and he signs it too.
fed and ready for some water play, Arlin Jack chases both Stella and the dog.
oops… got himself.
a few times!
Stella spiking up the Captain’s hair.
my guy. He’s had a rough couple of days. Dealing with a little separation anxiety from me (Mama) not sure where it’s coming from but, I’m hoping it’s just a phase cause it breaks my heart to have him break down when I drop him off at school, this morning I cried as I drove away. It’s just not like him. In this picture above I was actually trying to get a close up shot of his chin, moments before we left to get Stella today Arlin Jack fell off one the barstools onto the kitchen slate floor as I was putting the left over snacks into the fridge…Uh, the cry he let out, I thought for sure when I lifted him up off the ground his arm was going to be broken then looking at his face he had a bloody lip. My heart sank, I literally thought I was headed to the emergency room-Again! Really dude?Twice in one week??!… I calmed him down and then pinned him down for an examination, all good except a goose egg on his chin and I think he bit the inside of his lip, causing it to puff up a bit, but all teeth and jaw were intact. I’m telling you all now, this kid is going to shave years off my life if he keeps this pace up!
Chad’s flight was cancelled, and he’s stuck in Montana, as he describes it- stuck in the Napoleon Dynamite movie…we’re all going stir crazy waiting for him to get home. Poor Arlin is missing Papa like crazy, he calls for him through out the day and wears or carries his shoes around the house.
I promised Uncle Joel to post these pictures he captured on his phone when we hung out the Friday before the 4th of July. Uncle Joel babysat Arlin Jack so Chad and I could have a nice lunch out and enjoy a sunny afternoon! Thanks Joel!
…”speed fast and take chances right?!”
the Captain get comfy in the driver seat…
thank gosh we’ve got a few years ahead of us for them litt’le legs to reach the pedals of pure speed. *sigh*
outside the house…just chillin’…
this one is for Master Sarge. yes, the Captain is sitting on your bike- the Ducati…
Arlin rockin’ his new sunglasses. It doesn’t matter which way he puts them on there on the right way! (although he looks like a bug!)
My gentle giants. Awww, doesn’t get any cuter than this.
All of us went to the Concours d’Elgance… a car show. This is Captain Jack wearing his skis…Uncle Joel’s shoes 🙂
I spoiled Arlin Jack with some of my frozen vanilla custard… while teething he loved it!
walking in his skis was virtually impossible but he still tried.
Wishing Uncle Joel a safe drive to Texas! Say hello to Kirk for us….and we will see you guys soon……..”yeah! Babies!” :-))
Lunch at the Larsen’s
Grapes…these monkey’s love grapes!
Palmer Sioux was over for the afternoon. It was so nice to have a yard for the two of them to kick around a soccer ball. I got some better pictures of the two of them, I’ll try uploading them tomorrow…Chad and Stella are frantically waiting for Mama so we can START the movie!
In the high chair to join us at the kitchen island for some pasta and meatballs!
PEEK-A-BOO!
Stella, Chad and I got a few good laughs out of this peek-a-boo game…pasta sauce was E-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e!!!
funny guy.
and my handsome guy.
These pics were from Friday night when Stella got here just in time for dinner. It’s Tuesday now and Pamaw (grandma) is here…and the Captain is having more than a good time showing off for “Pamaw”… we’re definitely testing Mama’s patience!
