Chocolate Cake gone wrong

Here is Christian after having a little birthday cake to celebrate my birthday last week. Chris briefly put his hands to his head, so of course Christian had to follow suit....and here are the results.

A little name history

Here is a little background on the family names we listed in the earlier post

Robert Bruce (Chris' great uncle)
John Alfred (Chris' paternal grandfather and uncle)
Arch (Archibald) Anderson (Chris' maternal grandfather)
Charles Avery (Teri's Uncle)
Corneilus Lee (Teri's maternal Grandfather and uncle)
Mark (Chris' Uncle)
Benjamin (Teri's step dad)
Farrell (Teri's Maiden)
Hugh Oliver (Teri's Great-grandfather)

We have one submission so far...Farrell Anderson Wenck
If we get more I might set up a name poll.

What is in a name?

Now that we know another little boy is on the way, the quest for a name has begun.

I like names with meaning. Christian James has meaning for our family. He is named after his father, and both grandfathers.

When we didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl, we had a girl name all picked out. Well in truth we had the girl name picked out before we even knew Christian was a boy. Waverly Elizabeth. I love it. If this baby surprises us and is really a girl and the sonogram was a mistake, then Waverly Elizabeth she will be. Waverly because it flows so well with Wenck and I just think it is pretty. Elizabeth for my grandmother Juanita Elizabeth and my bestest buddy Tallie Elizabeth.

But now we are back to square one needing a boy name. Some things we need to consider...does is sound good with Wenck? Does is sound good with "President of the United States....."? (you never know) Is it easy to yell out when they will be in trouble? "Christian James get over here and pick up your toys." Does is flow well with Christian? So when we hollar out to both of them, is it easy to get out.

Some family name options are....
Robert
John
Alfred
Bruce
Archibald
Anderson
Charles
Avery
Corneilus
Lee
Mark
Benjamin
Farrell
Oliver

None of those jump out to us as "the one"...we again we are at square one.

You are welcome to email your suggestions...first and middle names. Who knows what we will choose...and we will probably keep it a surprise until the little guy gets here.

Good news to share

Today we had a Dr. appt and we found out what we will be having this time. Here is a clue...........

snips and snails and puppy dog tails

Daddies and cane poles

and sharing a fishing hole.

Lizards and frogs

and balancing on logs.

Adventure and delight

and campfire at night

Laughter and charm and trips to the farm

Bikes after school and playing it cool.

Fire trucks and hoses and freckels on noses.

Helmets and hats and footballs and bats.

Running and sliding and tackles colliding.

Feathers and vests and saving the west.

Dragons and dinosaurs

and guards for castle doors.

Friendship and fun and enjoying the sun.

Wiggles and hairuts and giggles and funny looks.

Hugs and kisses and middle-of-the-night wishes.

That's what little BOYS are made of.

So now we are just waiting and wondering. Will this little man have his big brothers red hair, pretty blue eyes and cute nose? Will he have his Pop's smile or his Dodaddy's hands? Will he have is Daddy's disposition or maybe his Mom's. Maybe he will have the best of both or heaven help us, the worst. Whatever he may be, he comes into a family full of love, anxiously awaiting his arrival.

Let our sons in their youth grow like plants ~ Psalm 144:12

Easter 2008

We are back at home after a nice Easter weekend in Wichita Falls. We had a great visit with Gammy and Uncle Mark. We were also able to visit with Aunt Jenny and Aunt Ruth. The funniest thing was when we would be sitting at the table ready to eat and Mark would be getting Gammy ready to join us, Christian would hollar "Gammy, come eat!!!" I think he was worried about her.

Christian enjoyed trying out the numerous slides at the park near Gammy's apartment. He also liked visiting with the Prairie Dogs at the park. Christian moves pretty fast these days and is sometimes hard to pin down. Luckily we were able to get one family photo (yes, I chopped off my hair recently).




Easter Flashback

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!!!!!

By the looks of this picture you would think Christian was a pro at hunting easter eggs and managing his easter basket. Well that is not quite what his teacher at school described to me when I went to pick him up today. They had an Easter Egg hunt for his class. Each child brought 12 plastic eggs with stickers or candy in them. Well when they all went out to hunt Easter eggs, Christian thought it was play time on the play ground. When the brought him back to get his basket he threw it down and wanted nothing to do with hunting eggs. Of course he brought home 12 eggs because all is fair in the Dove Room, but it made me laugh. Hopefully he will enjoy hunting eggs in the hotel room on Easter in Wichita Falls. Happy Easter to all!

St. Patrick's Day flash back

Happy St. Patrick's Day

There will be more to follow about the weekend, but for now.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy update 3/17/2008

It is official. We have a toddler. Christian was watching elmo and I was packing the car with his lunch and my work stuff when I heard "Good Bye Elmo", and then Christian walked into the garage with his milk. At first I wasn't sure what he was doing. Then he shut the garage door, and said "Oh no door, Oh no door" because he could not shut the door completely. Then he walked over to the car and I strapped him in his seat. Then I walked into the house to turn off the TV, but it was already turned off. Apparently, he saw me head to the car and turned off the TV and then shut the garage door behind him. On our ride to school we counted to 10, sang our ABC's, sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and sang the School Bus Song. He was not very happy when I told him I had to go to work. I guess he was spoiled with both sets of grandparents this weekend.

love,
Chris

"Grilled Cheese Please" ~ Daddy Update 3/12/2008

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life has been pretty calm, but that will soon some to an end. With St. Patrick's day and Easter coming up there should be more to blog about soon.

Here is Chris' Daddy update for today. To catch everyone up with this little story...I made Christian a grilled cheese sandwich for breakfast. Actually I made us all grilled cheese sandwiches for breakfast. Christian's was cut into 4 pieces and put on a Lightin' McQueen (CARS) plate. He tried to carry the plate from the kitchen to the living room, but I was able to assist him to his little blue table near the kitchen. The following happened when Christian and Daddy headed off to school.

Ok.. So the grilled cheese didn't end with him going to the kitchen to get his sandwich. When it was time to go he grabbed his plate of grilled cheese and headed for the door. Somehow I managed to get his jacket on him before we got to the car. I was actually going to eat some of that grilled cheese so I put the plate of grilled cheese in the front seat and gave him a slice.

But, he demanded the entire plate of grilled cheese be in the back seat with him. During the car ride to school he knocked over the plate and grilled cheese went everywhere. "Oh NO!" could be heard around the neighborhood coming from our car.

Once we arrived at school he got down from his car seat and picked up the plate.. Then he proceeded to put his grilled cheese back on the plate and was going to take the entire thing to class. So, I told him he couldn't take the plate to school.. He ended up with one grilled cheese in each hand walking to class.

Upon entering class he sacrificed one grilled cheese to his Lightening McQueen lunchbox.. I told him he could save it for lunch... That left one grilled cheese for his teacher to deal with.. I promptly said good bye before his teacher could say anything about that grilled cheese in his hand. :)

Love,
Chris

Blow the Whistle on Asthma

Dear Friends and Family,

As a family we have joined hundreds of others throughout our area raising funds for the American Lung Association of the Central States and the fight against asthma. We have signed up as participants in the American Lung Association's Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk scheduled for April 5, 2008 at The Shops at Arbor Trails in Austin. We have set a personal fundraising goal of $300.00 to help the Lung Association in its fight against asthma, and we would appreciate your support in helping us reach this goal.

Our little family is all to familiar with asthma. We know aobut the ER and hospital visits, the extra Dr. appts., and the once, twice or even more daily breathing treatments. Christian was officially diagnosised with asthma at 20 months and has been on breathing treatments since about January 2007. Even now his gets one to two treatments a day. He is a trooper, but I'm sure he would rather not have them.


Please join our whole family in our efforts to make a difference for the estimated 32,000 children and even more adults in our area who suffer from this life threatening disease. Your donation to the American Lung Association can help make a difference in their research efforts to find a cure for asthma.


Please visit Christian's personal web page and follow the instructions to make a secure online donation. He would appreciate any contribution you decide to make.

http://www.mrsnv.com/evt/e01/part.jsp?rid=767278&id=1757&acct=0713283824


Thanks so much for your support,
Teri, Chris and Christian

The 2nd Most Anticipated Move of 2008

So it has finally happened. There have been some big changes in the little man's life lately. Today was his 1st official day as a Dove. We had thought it would happen a while ago.

He has moved up to the 2-3 year old room (aka the Dove Room) at his school and is now in class with many of his long time friends. He is just missing his little friend Ethan, which we expect to move up this month too. He will be attending Chapel on Thursdays and will have bible story lessons. Very cute!!!


Landon


Rocky




These little guys have really developed a bond, even at such a young age. They get so excited when they see each other. We are very excited that Christian has moved up into the Dove Room with so many of his friends. I think I get attached to all the kids too and the great teachers Christian has always had at Abiding Love Lutheran CDC. They have all been wonderful and I get sad because I won't get to see them everyday. But then we get to meet his new teachers and we grow to love seeing them. I have the added benefit of having another one of the way so I will be see all his old teachers with the next one soon enough.