Upside Up

Upside up? Why the opposite of Upside Down of course-as in;
Jack: Look at me, I'm upside down (hanging off the couch with his head towards the floor). How do I get upside up?

Me: It's right side up.

Jack: No Mama-it is UPSIDE UP!

Who could argue with that?!

I love it and I hope that he says that always! I feel like we are all finally upside up. This past week has had us all turned upside down, me especially, and now we are back-upside up. Moving out of our house, living in the car for 2 days, staying in 2 different hotels and moving into our new house, but having it look like a bomb went off made us all a little crazy. Throw in a car accident and I was completely upside down. Again, me especially. Jack was just not himself when we were in the hotel in Greenville and now he too is back. Let me back up a little.....I have recovered from my accident (emotionally that is). I have gotten back behind the wheel, returned to the scene and been able to laugh at myself for creating another layer of annoying stuff for us to deal with since we moved. My car-will be ready in about 3 weeks-ouch! Tom has his work car and I have a rental until his Acura arrives (got a call that there will be a delay with that-so hopefully by the end of this week). The moving truck arrived and started unloading on Monday morning.

Quick side note: I got a text from Tom Monday morning (I was still at the hotel with the boys, while he met the truck) and it was a long text, so the only part I could read was- "took the wrong truck and it is empty". My heart literally stopped! NO, NO, This can NOT be right! As I backed up to read the full message, I was filled with a sense of relief-OUR movers had been talking to OTHER movers for the same company that had taken a truck from VA to TX and upon arrival realized it was EMPTY! YIKES!!

Ok back to OUR story-
I swear our stuff multiplied during the drive down. There is no way we had this much stuff in Providence. I have tried to stay calm and not let the shear volume overwhelm me. The movers that drove our stuff down were awesome-unpacking at my pace and stopping when I said stop. They are hired to unload and unpack everything and take away all the boxes/paper/trash. I let them unpack about 50% and then I told them to stop. Alas-we are left with our 2 car garage about 2/3 full of boxes still packed! By today, I have managed to get the kitchen mostly under control, the living room set up, the playroom and dining area off the kitchen in good shape, the boys room almost done, the bathrooms all set (minus a trip to target :)), and our room is 90% put together. My goal is to feel like the house is manageable by Friday, so that we can go out Saturday and get a Christmas tree and bring in the boxes with all the Christmas stuff this weekend. I think we will be right on track! I bought the Michael Buble Christmas Album today on itunes and have been playing it all day, trying to get myself and the boys out of moving mode and into Christmas mode! I love this time of year, the lights, the smells, the goodies, the shopping and I have been so preoccupied with moving that I haven't taken any of it in.

I AM READY NOW!

And onto the boys....

Jack has started eating-completely blowing us away. He had 4 waffles yesterday for dinner after eating a significant breakfast and lunch and a whole sleeve of graham crackers! Looks like cutting the whole milk down to 2% is having an effect. For those of you who don't know Jack, he doesn't eat and when he does, it is one of like 10 things. No veggies, no meats, but would drink milk constantly if I let him.

Tonight, I asked him what he wanted for dinner-he said "Special Milk" (translation, Carnation instant breakfast-one of his staples) and toast (Cinnamon toast by Pepperidge Farms). I told him that was a great choice and asked him if he wanted to help make the toast (his favorite part). He started to pull the stool over to the counter and looked at me and said-"Mama, you can start getting the milk ready". Where does he come up with this stuff?!

Meanwhile, across the kitchen, little Will sat in his highchair stuffing pieces of cut up banana and puffs into his mouth while I made his dinner. He has been crawling like crazy! He has realized that when he lifts his belly up off the floor he goes farther and faster. When he sees something he wants, he is on a little mission to get there. I love to see him move and see how fast he goes. He is babbling more and more and I swear he said 'DaDa' to Tom as he was walking by him tonight. Will has had a little stuffy nose and a bit of a cough for the past few days, but seemed to wake up a lot happier and less snotty this am. Will's other new trick is making this puckered lip face. He puckers up and sucks in, sort of like he ate something sour, but he looks like a little old man without his dentures in. I love it and call it the kissy face. :)

I love seeing the two of them together. Will gets so excited when Jack is near him. He starts flailing about and smiling and cooing. He loves giving Jack 'kisses'-a big opened mouth, slobbery attack that makes Jack squeal. Jack is so sweet to Will and gets upset if Will is crying or sad and trys to come up with ways to make him feel better. It truly melts my heart to see them together. I can already see the best friends that they will become.
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We are hoping for the rain to stop so we can maybe meet some neighbors and get out and explore more.
I will try and post some pics of the house by the end of the week. I changed the commenting for this blog, so you don't have to be a user or whatever it made you do before.

I will leave you with one more little Jack-ism that makes me smile.

A few months ago, Tom had Jack in the car running errands and Jack had his trusty pal "Little Buzz" with him. Little Buzz is a 6 inch tall hard plastic Buzz Lightyear. Jack was looking out the window and banging Buzz on the glass as they drove. This is what followed:

Tom: Jack stop banging Buzz on the window.
Jack: But he is a hammer Daddy.
Tom: No, He isn't a hammer, he is a toy.
Jack: Noooo, He isn't a toy-He is a SPACE RANGER!
Tom (defeated): You're right.


So that is all for now.....have a good rest of the week!