Rain Dance

Its been pretty dry here in Texas over the past few weeks! At a recent consignment sale here in Fort Worth I bought Seth some rain boots hoping he would get some good use out of them. Seth loves to wear these boots...everywhere and all the time. The other day he wanted to wear them to the kids club where I drop him off so I can work out for a bit...it was about 90 degrees haha (I am letting him have some freedom in dressing himself lately). So here's hoping it rains alot this year! Below is a picture of Seth just after waking up, he wanted his boots on almost immediately!Here is a picture of Seth wearing his boots this evening as he's eating his dinner (hot dog, bun, applesauce and pears...we have turned a corner with the eating!) As I am writing this...a storm is brewing outside...Praise the Lord!

A Day in the Life of Seth Plumlee

A lot happens at our house with this 22 month old! Never a dull moment! Here is our day in pictures...

yogurt for breakfast

this is how I find the yogurt after turning around for just a minute!

He found the wrapping paper--someone is ready for Christmas!

Dancing to music!

playing outside---everything goes on his head!

he's so talented!

after naptime--pretending to be 'Bob the Builder'

trying to turn the TV on --unsuccessful

Dinner date at our house with his friend Emma

studying thier words after dinner!

Spencer's blog!

http://www.spencerplumlee.com/

This summer Spencer decided to put his sermon series "Tough Questions" in blog form. He answers tough questions that Christians are sometimes bombarded with and left frozen and speechless when confronted by a non-believer...or even a new Christian. He has also started blogging about passages that hit him hard during his quiet time that day...take a look and read!
So proud to have such a godly man leading our family!

So Long Summer...Hello Fall!

Labor Day in Texas brought 80 degree temperatures! A great relief from the 100 degree temps all summer! It really made it feel like Fall! We can finally go on walks again in the morning and Seth can play outside again...he is loving it! Seth and Daddy playing outside
Labor Day breakfast!



Celebrating the final day of 100 degree weather by skinny dipping in the pool! (we were out of swim diapers)

Enjoying his final swim of the summer!

Thomas and Friends

Over the past year Seth's love of trains has grown! I knew when he played with the train table at Barnes & Noble that we had to get him at least a small track to play with. He got his first train on his first birthday as a gift and he has loved them ever since. He loves to watch the real trains go by close to our house and he'll point and say 'Te' (trying to say train). So I began my research of train tables just to see how much they were....not cheap thats what I found out! So I kept checking craigslist (a way for people to sell their used items online. Kind of like Ebay but you don't have to bid). After a few weeks of looking and not finding anything good, we finally found this one!! It was so cheap and had barely been used AND came with extra trains! Spencer and a friend of ours drove to north Fort Worth to pick it up after church on Wed. night. We put the track together so it would be ready when Seth woke up! Talk about a happy boy...he loves it! I eventually glued the tracks and other pieces down. Happy early Birthday Seth!!

watching Thomas the Train while holding the Thomas DVD cover and a train

about to ride on the Trinity Train

playing trains with Gran

putting his first train set together

this boy loves trains!

Privacy Please

We are by no means starting the potty-training process, but wanted to get Seth comfortable with sitting on a small potty. I wanted to get one that didn't look like a toy so I got the most plain one I could find (thank you Target!) He really liked it and seemed pretty comfortable trying to sit on it in his diaper. When we put it in his bathroom he pulled up his shirt and tried to pull his shorts down! Thats a start! Anyway we probably won't start the full process until next summer....I've heard it takes boys a little longer than girls so we will wait. Just wanted to share these pictures...he's growing up too fast! He loves to put the lid down!

sitting on his potty all by himself


lots of clapping and cheering from momma and daddy (seth clapped for himself too)

we have a long way to go!

he wanted to take it to the living room and to our bathroom

12 hours...

...12 hours. That has been the time difference that separated Spencer from Seth and I for the past 12 days. When it was morning in Thailand it was evening in TX, which actually made it easy to figure out what time it was over there. Since Seth was born Spencer has been on a couple of long term trips, but this one was different than the others. This time Seth was able to realize that 'Dadda' was gone. He would walk around saying his name and using his play phone more often. He even got a pouty lip when we had to say good-bye when we 'skyped' on the computer. (skype is like using a video phone).

This trip was also a little different because Spencer was so far away and couldn't come home quickly or Fed Ex me an extra set of keys if I happened to get locked out of the house or the car. So this time I was extra careful and made sure not to lock myself out! Success! I also used this time to try to explain to Seth where 'Dadda' was everytime he said his name. I would tell him that Dadda was far away telling people about Jesus and how much He loved them. Never too early to talk to Seth about missions!

Over the past 12 days we filled our days with lots of activities with friends and family! Gran (Spencer's mom) came and stayed for 5 days! It was really nice having an extra set of hands. We went to the splash pad, rode the Trinity Train, tried to see Winnie the Pooh, and went swimming in the backyard! Gran and Seth had fun playing trains and going on lots of walks!

Seth also went to the splash pad with his friends Hope and Hadden....it was a good time for the mommies too! Later on in the week my friend Jana and I ventured to take our boys to the Science Museum in Ft Worth on half price day...FUN! The boys loved all the things to look at, touch and explore! So glad we went. Jana and I also went to Starbucks one night for her birthday without any kids and talked for about 3 hours!

And to round out the week, Seth and I spent a couple of nights with my parents since he had not seen them in awhile! He loves to feed their dog and play out on the porch!

Over the past 12 days I had several friends and church members call or text to check on me to see if I was ok or needed anything...so thankful for my church family!! Here are some of the pictures from the past 12 days...some from Thailand and some from TX!

And as I write this, Spencer is on his way back to Tokyo, Japan and then he will fly to Dallas and land tomorrow afternoon! We can't wait to see him! Oh dear military wives, my hat goes off to you for being so strong while your love is away....don't know if I could do it!

the sign seth made (with my help) for daddy when we see him at the airport

spencer with his group in Thailand
spencer (in blue) during the basketball camp they lead

Seth (in front) and Hope (in back) at the splash pad

Seth playing cowboy with Papaw

Seth loved the water spouts at the science museum
Seth loves to splash in the water

hello mr. turtle (at the science museum)

Ethan and Seth driving the ambulance at the museum

bubbles in a tube!

playing with a giant "light bright" (a popular 80s toy)

Gran and Seth getting ready to ride the miniature train!

he loves the water hose

swimming with Gran

Gran and Seth putting together his new train tracks!

Arkansas

The week of the 4th of July we went to beautiful northern Arkansas with Spencer's family! Lots of time spent in the water, outside, walking, playing games, etc. But most of all Spencer and I are missing all the trees!