Photo Weirdness!

I don't know what's up with the pictures...I always center but today I switched it up. Never again!!

What we've been up to...

Not much really besides our daily trip for free ice cream in the blazing heat! Maggie Moo's gives free ice cream for 98 minutes when the temp reaches 98 degrees. Needless to say we've had a lot of ice cream this week. The kids continue to enjoy each other a bunch, scratch that, Addie continues to adore her brother, while Wyatt spends a lot of time playing in his room hiding from the destroyer of all train tracks and towers! He sure loves her though. We have taken a few trips around St. Louis enjoying the free stuff too! We really enjoyed our picknick lunch at the botanical gardens. We're off to CA in one week. See you all then!

Problem Solved

At least I have figured one thing out today! I have changed the color scheme once again today in my efforts to bring back my hyperlinks that disappeared for a day. Apparently they needed a rest. I can relate.

Today a good friend of mine watched Wyatt ( no strings attached ) for the morning so I was able to go finish my Target shopping with minimal fits this time around! Yippee. I had a great time. Thanks Courtney!

Summer Slowdown

Addie with Nana, David's grandmother.
DISNEYLAND



Addie and my Aunt Janet.




Watching the really fast train!


Addie enjoys a snooze on "It's a small world."


Wyatt and my cousin's daughter, Jenna, enjoy a nice sunset together.


Addie sits up on the plane by herself!

Well I must apologize for the complet lag in blogging. I feel like I have nothing important to say...I don't know why. We have many things going on and Wyatt and Addie are constantly doing new things, but I just can't seem to make the time to write them down. I know that is a really lazy thing to say to all of you who use this blog for family updates.

I feel that I am in a rut or something, so this is my slow attempt to reenter the blogging world. I haven't said anything of substance or importance, but I did add some pictures so enjoy! Perhaps I will feel more inspired later in the week.

Until then, enjoy the dog days of summer!

Is this for Real?

Your Personality is Somewhat Common (ESFJ)

Your personality type is generous, accepting, humble, and considerate. About 11% of all people have your personality, including 15% of all women and 7% of all men You are Extroverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

So, a friend of mine had this personality test link on her blog. She said it gave her the exact Meyers Briggs indication in twelve questions. If you have ever taken the Meyers Briggs (which takes hours) you'd realize how great a twelve question test really is. So, I thought I would see what it predicted for me. This test gave me the exact same results too! So, Dr. Douglas, why didn't you tell us we could actually get our Meyers Briggs results in five minutes or less? Click the link and take the test for yourself!

The Last Hoorah!

Today was our final day of train riding with Jack and Jeb and Will. Hilary and I took the boys to the zoo to ride the train and they loved it. We rode on Gordon and had a fun time with the kids. We leave for Ohio tomorrow and they leave for Colorado where they will make their new home on Tuesday. We delivered presents for the car ride tonight and Wyatt stood very quietly. I think he knows they are moving and understands, but they aren't really gone yet so it is hard to comprehend. Mommy, on the other hand, was hiding her tears tonight. I don't even want to think about it! I can't imagine our Gulf Drive life without the Mathews. So long for now, we'll be back in the blogging world in a few weeks after travels.

Two Down, One to Go!!!!

David just completed his second year of seminary! It is so hard to believe that we are almost done, yet very exciting too! This is such a joyous time of year as all of the seminary wives breathe a sigh of relief that our husbands and daddys are home a little more often, but for us it is also very sad! Our dear friends are graduating and moving on. We are so happy to see where God is calling each and every graduate but it is always a bit sad to say goodbye. Poor little Wyatt has no idea what is about to come! Jack and Jeb are moving in about ten days. His whole little world is going to change in an instant. We have already begun talking about a road trip in the fall. Wyatt may miss his buddies, but his mommy and daddy are just as sad! Michael and Hilary are such dear friends and we can't even imagine life at Gulf Drive without them. We have been so blessed by God to have fostered such a wonderful friendship!

We look forward to a bit of a more relaxing summer. David is working a lot and also taking summer school, but he feels like it will be very manageable and is really looking forward to his class!

Praise God for his provision in our lives too! We have been blessed by several different supporters and are going to get a minivan to accomodate our growing family! I am thrilled to say the least. We have shared the Saturn for seven years now except for a brief stint where we had a second vehicle for under a year. We've been patient and tried to be good stewards with the resources we've had. The Saturn has been a great car, but I am beyond excited to get my own vehicle!!!!! We'll show you some pics when we pick it up this weekend!
God Bless in the coming summer months. We hope they will be refreshing for you all too.

Addie and Amelia

The Girls of Gulf Drive

We had a wonderful dinner with our friends, Jen and Steve and their daughter Amelia, last night. Addie and Amelia our only days apart and are six months old now! It's hard to believe the time has gone by so fast and so much has happened. The girls had fun ooing and ahhing at each other and we had a great time catching up with Jen and Steve. They will be moving in August or September to Nashville, TN. We'll miss them. Addie is already sad!

Solo Zoo Trip

David is busy working on the last few tests that he needs to complete for the spring semester, so I decided to brave the zoo all by myself with the two kids. We met a great friend (our former next door neighbor) who recently moved a few miles away. Wyatt doesn't get to see Taylor as often as he used to so we had a great visit at the zoo. We all rode the train, James of course, and even Addie loved the gentle breeze! In the first picture you can see Wyatt already has an arranged marriage! What more could parents want then to marry their children off to their trusted friends offspring! In the second picture you can even see the budding interest of little Addie on the train ride!

Drinking Fountain

Who ever knew the DHL truck delivered fresh spring water from the bathtub in the form of a drinking fountain?

The Bible Once Again from a Two Year Old

The other night I was reading about Mary and Joseph and the birth of baby Jesus. When we got to the page with the illustration of Jesus lying in the manger...Wyatt said, "Look, Mommy, Jesus is in the french fries!"

Addie's Six Month Birthday

This weekend Addie turned six months old and to celebrate, she got sick and decided that she needed some extra TLC in the middle of the night. So I was up with her about every hour and a half. Although she had a rough weekend, she has been showing her age in many ways. She now rolls around the house, smiles endlessly, and is sleeping between 10 and 12 hours a night without waking (when she is healthy of course!) She loves her solid food too. She is such a little peanut and quite dainty! She loves her brother and despite the many bites, hugs, and overall roughness he exudes she always seems to light up when he is around! Happy six months, Addie!

Brother and Sister

Wyatt

He is Risen

Not the greatest performance we've seen, but the chior has trouble performing on command! This is part of the doxology that Jack and Jeb learned at church and sung during Easter time. They taught it to Wyatt who now likes to sing "He is Risen" around 6am when he wakes up in the morning. The first time he belted it out from his bed, I felt like giving the age old response that we declare at church of Christ's resurrection...He is risen, He is risen indeed! Indeed, our little Wyatt makes it very clear when he has risen!

Addie on the Move

Addie is showing off her new found motor skills!

Blissful Brew

Last night I made it to costco to buy coffee among my list of other items that we consume too much of too quickly (trash bags, diapers, detergent, PT, TP, etc). Pretty much everything you see on the morning news show segments about things we aren't suppose to consume a lot of for fear that the planet will combust. Now don't get me wrong, I am all for reduce, reuse, and recycle and believe me we make our concerted effort. I have even been known regularly to leave my poor infants in their soggy diapers from the night until right before their morning nap in an effort to save just one diaper. I must admit that my motivation might stem more for making their dent in my wallet smaller than the dent they put in landfills, but the environment runs a close second to our tight budget!

David had class last night so while at costco, we had dinner (me and the two kiddos alone!). Of course, we are eating our hot dogs and pizza and Wyatt needs to pee, so I attempt to pack everyone and everything back in the cart to go to the tiny restrooms that aren't big enough for carts. Just what was I suppose to do with Addie? Leave her in the cart to watch over our recent purchases??? Did Wyatt pee? Of course not...the monstrous flushing noise of public restroom toilets has petrified him and he only pees when in public when he is desperate or bribed! Thus, resulting in many restroom trips before he caves.

We made it home and the kids went down well. On a side note Wyatt has recently been diagnosed with seasonal allergy asthma related problems. We now have a huge regimen of inhaled perscriptions to help us out and keep the wheezing at bay. Many of you remember last year at this time our trip to the ER for the same thing. So given the repeat this year the docs think it is a seasonal issue. Anyway, last night after 24 hours on steroids and inhalers the wheezing wasn't going away, so we ended up having to wake him throughout the night to continue treatments. By midnight I settled in to sleep and at 2 I woke to give another treatment.

And here comes the irony folks...Addie slept through the night! Yippee we all say except for my complete frustration that I had the worst night's sleep in weeks on the second night she was able to sleep through the night. Thus the blissful brew came in real handy! Perhaps there's hope for the near future.

So today we ended up at the doc's to just have his oxygen levels checked once again and all seems to be returning to normal! We went to Target following the appointment to fill another prescription. We had lunch while we waited and yes...it happened again. Yet another hurried trip to the bathroom in the middle of lunch. This time I propped the main bathroom door with the cart so I could view Addie and our purchases while propping a screaming two year old on a public toilet promising endless amounts of cookies!

One final thought...this was a great week for having a sick child to need lots of new prescriptions! Target pharmacy was offering $10 gift cards on all new prescriptions this week with their coupon from the weekly ad. Round total folks...I received $40 in gift cards. Now don't get me wrong...I would rather have a child not in the doc's office three times this week, but at least something good came of it!

Perhaps my title should've read something like: "Mad Moddy Money...how one stay at home mom gets paid!" If you are confused on the word "moddy" scroll down below. Happy Spring to all!

Hiro is my Hero

David and I were discussing what we are looking forward to in the return of "Heroes" this evening and our discussion ended up on the unlikely somewhat goofy character, Hiro. If you watch "Heroes" you know that Hiro's power is to stop time as well as other time related tricks like traveling through time. The only problem is that without the Kensei sword, Hiro had begun to lose his powers. In the last episode that aired a while back, Hiro recovered the Kensei sword and so regained his powers. We have seen tidbits of the sword wearing Hiro in previous episodes and he is totally a different character. Instead of the goofy and almost clumsy time traveler, we anticipate almost a warrior like demeanor. David is especially excited to see this Hiro come to life! As for me, the warrior thing doesn't do it for me, but I sure could go for some time stopping right now. I might even wind up with say seven or eight hours of uninterrupted sleep!

Why go brown?

I think that I must have been longing for my dark, strong and very caffinated coffee when I chose the color palate for the blog this week. This weekend we ran out of regular coffee. We still have decaf, but nothing with the get up and go in it. So, while I am enjoying the taste of my fresh brew each morning, I am literally unable to get motivated to do anything until naptime. Tonight, the only reason I am still awake right now is that Heroes is about to come on in twenty minutes. It will likely be Thursday before I can get the caffinated stuff, so I am already not looking forward to tomorrow morning!