Just the beginning...

I know that it is inevitable...that Case is growing up...but today's events made me realize that we are going to experience many days like today!!

It was a great day, Case and his friend Rhys spent the day together playing tractors and Thomas the train, running around the house playing hide and seek, eating the same things for lunch and most of all just enjoying each others company. The boys haven't seen each other all summer, so today was good for both of them. They are six weeks apart, Rhys the younger and they have pretty much been around each other since they were a few months old.

Surprisingly to me we did not have one fight over a toy, or anything of that nature...they just sat in floor playing and hanging out in one of Case's favorite spots...the playroom!! They conversed about all sorts of things while they played and their imagination was seen in all sorts of scenarios...from playing "pow" with a plastic screwdriver and a hammer (it is amazing that boys will be boys and find anything to play "pow" with) to reading books to each other in the floor. It really was great to watch...

So, today's events just have me pondering this afternoon...that this will be the norm before long...Case will have friends over to play , spend the night, and some that will go and do all sorts of things together with us.

Through the years Case will have a few that friends that he will experience great memories with and cherish them and the memories they make for a lifetime...you know those friends that you call your "best friends"

Today I think I witnessed the beginning of one of those friendships...with Rhys.

Do you ever wonder what he dreams about??

Well I can guess a few things...but if I had only one guess to choose from it would be...

TRACTORS!!

BTW...If you did not know it already Case is crazy about TRACTORS!!

This is the way I found him taking his nap yesterday afternoon. And all I could do was smile and think...he fell asleep playing with his tractors...I went to get my camera and had a thought...is he dreaming about playing with tractors, or about riding his motorized tractor around in the yard, or about riding the big orange tractor with his Daddy?

I guess he could be dreaming about all sorts of things...but to know that our little boy loves tractors so much that he keeps them close to him while he sleeps just made me smile inside and out!! But I guess most of all-finding him this way just reassures me that...he is HAPPY, he is LOVED, and he is ALL BOY!!!

What do you dream about??

Take a boy, add water and dirt...you get MUD STOMPING FUN!!!

Case never ceases to amaze me.
He loves the outdoors...and maybe more than that he loves water!!
So if you put the two together...this is what you get!!
A boy having a great time in a puddle of water...need I say more!!

Welcome!

Hello everyone,

Well after much thought...and the fact that Yahoo pictures website is closing down...I had to find another way in which I could keep everyone updated on Case... So here goes a try at blogspot!! You can find your way here by using this web address. www.ourliljohndeerelovinboy.blogspot.com
With that being said... it is my hope that through this blog I can keep you updated on Case's latest adventures and upload recent pictures as well.

Just a little on Case (since that is why I created this blog)...

Case is TALKING up a storm!!! He just amazes Trace and I daily with his vocabulary!! His reasoning is also extraordinary...just today he found a small light bulb and told me we needed to change out the light in the fan...I told him Mommy can't reach the fan to change the light bulb...he told me... " We can get a ladder to reach it" Remember he is just 29 months!! He is also very INDEPENDENT!! He doesn't mind telling you regularly "I do it myself!!" He also loves to talk on the phone...just ask his Gram Gram...she will tell you that he called her the other day to talk...and he did just that by pressing buttons on my cell phone until he finally dialed a number that happened to be his Gram Gram...then they had a conversation while we were in Wal-Mart. He frequently picks up his pretend cell phone to call his Daddy at work, or his Nanny, and his Ma Dene.

He has really adjusted well to the new house...even though he still will not sleep in his own bed!! We are still trying, but rarely get more than a few nights where he will sleep by himself. Case still loves the outdoors and regularly attempts to get out there in this extreme HEAT!! Just the other day, I opened the door to take some garbage out, before I knew it he had on his crocs and was out the door, on his motorized john deere tractor and riding around on the driveway...within 15 minutes he was beet red and sweating bullets!! I told him it was time to come in, it was to hot out here...the told me "I not too hot...I ride my tractor...I not go inside...I not hot out here" It is hard to reason sometimes with a two year old...but Mommy knows best!!

Well it is my hope that you have enjoyed hearing about us and and you will continue to visit this blog to catch up on the latest going on with us!!

Here are a few recent pictures of Case...