Cruisin'

At first, Chuck did not really care about his Christmas present that Marmee and Poppy gave him. Now, we LOVE it. Today we drove up and down the street collecting rocks ( notice the pile of asphalt on the back of his 4 wheeler.) We have been roaming the street all day. A neighbor came out and asked how the "neighborhood wanderer" was doing today. Chuck is notorious for walking around/through people's yards, up on their porches and all in their bushes. Hey, if it keeps the kid entertained, I could care less!

Stressball

It is my last day of spring break ( alone) and somehow I am a huge stressball. I think I have had Dr. home for so long that I don't know how to do things by myself anymore. I am totally stressing on having Chuck all by myself tomorrow.... for one day..... really? I have had him all by myself for three weeks straight at one point and I am having anxiety about tomorrow.

I think I am actually becoming scared of this two year old. He is just like his daddy and is totally NOT a morning person. In fact, this morning when I woke him up he reached up and gave me a nice smack on the face ( yep, slapped the shit out of me.) Now granted daddy doesn't do that but daddy does not like to get up in the morning at all. I fear the tantrum or the punches/kicks that are in my future. We will be two in one week and I don't think this stage is going to be over anytime soon.

So we have someone looking at the house today. I cleaned all day yesterday and today, emptying out closets, moping, dusting, and fixing things. Most of the stress comes from showing the house and with Dr. working that means I have to keep up with it... alone. I keep thinking that in 10 weeks if not earlier, we will be closing on a new house, I will be out of school, and most of the stress will be gone.

This person has GOT to give us a decent offer. I am going bananas over here knowing that our time frame is getting shorter. Now would be the perfect time for an offer.

On a happier note, our inspection on the house in Tyler is today! We aren't expecting anything since the house is about 5 years old. Positive thoughts.... ahhhhh. On Sunday, we are taking Chuck to New Orleans to see his cousins and to celebrate his 2nd birthday with Dr.'s family! That's about all the kid is getting for his birthday. Although, I can't help but want to buy him a bouncy house or a play house. He has so much fun playing outside. He would sleep out there if I would let him.

Now, I am going to do some final touchups before the people arrive. is it illegal to listen to them on the baby monitor. :) I would put (j/k) but I totally am not kidding.

Eating Out

If anyone know our child you know that eating out is pretty much impossible. While in Tyler, we ate at McAlisters and Chuck sat the majority of the time. We decided it was because we were outside and he had a coke. Today, we decided to do dinner as soon as Chuck got home from school. We went to Sal and Mookies to get pizza and pasta and to sit outside.

Well folks, it didn't last long. By the time we got our food, Chuck had already had a coke, eaten his dinner, had some ice cream, and flirted with the ice cream girl for free M&M's. So we got a doggie bag and came home. He did really wonderful eating his meal but after walking around for about 30 minutes we decided we would spare everyone in the restaurant! His first cup of ice cream wasn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be. He ate the whipped cream off and passed on the ice cream!

I love this little guy.

The Boom Boom

Yeah, yeah. We bought a house. No biggie. ( Now we just gotta sell the other one!) And we are home safe.

Chuck slept about 4 hours on the way home. I thought for sure tonight would be a bust. Over the weekend he stayed up with Marmee to watch Saturday Night Live. Tonight, he went down at 9:30 without a fight.

He still had enough energy to have our nightly parade. I guess he learned this at the Mardi Gras parade. This is definitely a nightly occurrence that he forces upon us.

A new place to call home!

We have a house! We offered at 6 and had accepted a counter offer by 9:30! Poppy and Marmee are bringing Chuck back to Tyler tomorrow and we are going to show everyone our new house! We almost made an offer on another one but a cute little boy kept coming up and the house we made an offer on is more fit for Chuck ( like no white carpet).

So all in all, Chuck is going to have a place to live. I mean how could this thing not influence your decision?
















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On the road again....

Well I tried to get you a video tonight but it just didn't work out.

Chuck really went strong with the whole terrible twos this week! Phew! With the worst of the terrible twos came about 50 new words. Today I asked him if he had a poopy diaper or gas and her told me gas. So I take him to change his diaper and sure enough, no poopy. The little guy really did have gas.

He is huge into playing in a "tent". We get under the covers and hike up the covers with my foot and play under there. Today he was just talking like crazy when we were under there. I told him we were going to see Poppy this weekend. He usually calls him Pop Pop but today he smiled and said "Poppy". Then I told him we were going to see Marmee too and he said "Marmee". I then said "Poppy and Marmee" and he said "I like".

He also pointed to my behind and said "hiney". What? Ok Chuck Chuck. He laughed at that.

I started laughing hysterically thinking about Poppy and Marmee taking care of Chuck this weekend. They are not going to have any idea what he is saying because they aren't really around him enough to know his thinking processes.

Chuck also got a drum/instrument set for Christmas. I am not sure where he learned this from, but he gives us each and instrument and makes us follow him around the house and have a parade. It is so funny. Sometimes we are ordered to march for 30 minutes! I sometimes wish I was a fly on the wall in this house.

Ok, so we are going to Tyler this weekend to find our next home! We will leave right after school and arrive around 8-8:30. We will house shop Saturday and Sunday and meet our banker on Monday. Chuck Chuck will be living it up in Texarkana with the grand/great grand parents.

We don't know when we will be back since Drew has been subpoenaed but I am thinking we are probably heading home on Monday. Surely we will be able to find our next house by then.

Busy as a Bee

Chuck and I headed to Mobile this past weekend. I would share some pictures but that darn boy moves too fast! I have family members that can vouch for that! Chuckster wore out 5 grown ups and 2 young girls this weekend. Phew. He is also right smack dab in the middle of his terrible twos.

This coming weekend, we head to Tyler to house hunt. Chuckster will stay one night in Tyler with us and Marmee and Poppy. Then, they are headed back to Texarkana to get the full effect of the Chuckman. Get your 5 hour energy drinks ready Texarkana ( you actually might need about 20) because he is a-comin'. And here is where I take back the statement wher I said he was in his terrible twos. He's a lovely lad. ( Actually he is better behaved when his mama isn't around, so I hear.)