On Sunday the 22nd, Korben and I headed off to spend spring break at my mom's house. After Aaron missed a few days of work due to the stomach virus, he said was going to be working double time during spring break. He said he would miss us a lot, but he would use the alone time to work twice as hard on ministry work and spend time with students while they were on their spring break. (Apparently he was playing basketball twice as hard with his students on Wednesday night because he has one heck of a sprained ankle. It has been 9 days since the sprain and he can still hardly walk!)
We made a stop in Heber Springs to see Mopsy and Poppy, and spent all afternoon playing with them. Korben showed them all of his new tricks. He can now throw a ball (Side note: It is the cutest thing in the world- he just holds it up high in one hand, flicks his wrist, and drops it! We discovered he had this talent during the stomach virus week. He and his daddy had their father/son first ball-throwing experience on Thursday of that week, and it almost brought tears to Aaron's eyes.) Korben pointed out the Don and Julie's dog and said "Dog" multiple times. He will always say "Arf" after saying dog. I love to hear him bark! HaHa! We also went on a walk and let Korben drive his little red car. He loves his car.
Korben had a great time playing at his CC's house. To our surprise, he even learned to say "CC!" He loved going up the stairs, standing at the coffee table playing with his toys, and playing the piano! The highlight of my week at my mom's was getting to spend time with my three favorite little cousins in the whole world: Carson (6), Jackson(4), and Anderson(2). It was Carson's spring break, and they spent two nights at their MeeMe's house across the street from my mom's. We spent all of Monday playing together and we had the BEST time. Carson absolutely ADORES Korben, and Korben mutually ADORES him. Korben thinks everything Carson does is the funniest thing in the world and he tries to lunge out of my arms for Carson. You will see a picture below of Korben's uncle PawPaw taking Korben for his first ride on the Mule (not the kind that HeeHaw's). He absolutely loved it. He just grinned the entire time as the wind blew in his face!
My grandmother has been in a nursing home for the past several months. She has Alzheimer's and has not been doing very well. My mom brought her home for the day so she could see all of the kids. Even though she was not doing very well, she seemed very happy to see all of the kids. I'm so glad we were able to be there for this homecoming.
Time just FLEW by, like it always does when I'm home. Naps and mealtime take up so much time, it is hard to figure out when we can run around and see people. We spent Monday and Tuesday just playing with the boys. On Wednesday we rode with my Aunt Tommie Sue and Uncle John to Georgetown, AR to meet my Aunt Althea and Uncle Jim for dinner. We went to the best catfish restaurant in the world in Georgetown, AR. My Dad loved this place, and he would have been so proud of his little grandson because he absolutely LOVED his first bites of catfish. He ate SO much that night... Catfish, all the french fries off of my plate, an entire pickle, peas, crackers, and a piece of birthday cake. His tummy handled it all perfectly. I guess he is just a growing boy.
Speaking of Korben's tummy...I will spare you all of the details, but I am 99.9% sure that Korben is lactose intolerant. We had more evidence of this while I was at my mom's, but in my heart, we've had evidence of this since he was 2-3 weeks old. So, if you are ever around my child, please don't give him dairy. We will all pay for it! As for now, we are thanking the Lord for giving us soy as an option!
On Thursday my mom and I went to park plaza mall. We didn't really "want" to go to the mall on spring break, but we had some things that needed to be returned. Well, I only had room in my car for Korben's little red car. I didn't bring a stroller, so I decided to just push him around the mall in his car. Y'all, all of the little kids heads were turning! All of the kids being pushed in their strollers were so jealous. We were even in an elevator with a little boy (who looked wayyy too big for his stroller, I might add) who said, "Momma, I want to ride in a race car." She said, "you wouldn't sit in it!" to which he replied, "I would tooooo!!!" My mom and I cracked up every time we passed a little kid, because they were all staring Korben's car down. He was having the grandest time pushing all of the buttons (blinkers, radio, turning key) all through the mall! Great memories!
He is now saying: Uh Oh, Uh Huh, Puppy, Poppy, Baby, Dog (Arf!), Thank you, Here ya go (I think), CC, and of course Mommy, Daddy, and Hey. I'm not saying that he says these things everyday, but he definitely has said them! He goes through phases where he says the same thing all day long and may not say it again all week. On Saturday, he said "baby" about 5,000 times. I haven't heard it since.
We headed home on Friday morning, anxious to see the daddy. Korben nearly jumped out of my arms to go to see him. It did all of our heart's good to be back together as a family. It probably did Aaron's heart the most good, considering he now has some help!
Here are a few pictures from our family time:
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Glad to see you're back blogging! I've missed your updates and cute Korben pictures.
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