Jet Lag Be Gone!

Ah, the joy of being home and seeing our two precious boys is tempered by the fact that we're not as young as we used to be, and international travel is not as easy to get over the jet lag as it was before! :) Amy's feet and legs hurt for two days after getting back from all of the walking that we did, and neither of us have been sleeping well! The first night we were both awake at 2A, and the second night was 3A. That night, Amy actually got up and started paying bills at 4AM just to be somewhat productive! It has slowly been working its way back to normal, but jet lag is just not a good friend! Oh well - small price to pay for all of the fun that we had!

As promised, we thought that we'd post some of the cute happenings that Grammy shared with us via email from the home-front while we were in Europe (most are these all relate to Zachary as Kaleb was feeling under the weather for part of the time that we were gone, plus he's not yet verbal!):

Who gave Zach his driver's license anyway? Bad enough he is bossy now he is telling me how to drive! "The light is green Grandma--GO!" (doesn't matter that there are 20 cars in front of me and the line isn't moving yet) Or "Grandma the light is red, you didn't stop" (even though I am at a dead stand still - and worse yet, when I turned right on a red-boy did he yell at me!)
We were singing and I keep singing "Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam"--except I can't remember all the words, so I started to sing it -- again and Zach said,"Grandma, you can't remember the words!" I about died laughing. He said,"Well what else do you want to sing Grandma?" He always asks to sing 'Jesus Loves the Little Children' which was one of your (Amy's) favorite songs (done in the southern twang).
I asked him what he was doing up and why he wasn't taking his nap. He said "I did." "Well," I said, "no you didn't, you weren't in there long enough." He replied, "I tried and tried hard, Grammy - I just couldn't sleep!"
When I was putting Zach down and we were singing, I had read the story of David and Goliath so thought we should sing that song, so I started singing, but forgot how it went, so kind of hesitated, and Zach pipes up and said "Grammy, did you forget the words again" Smartie pants! It started to thunder so he had to check and see if it was raining. "Yep, it's going to rain pretty soon! I don't like funder, he makes me cry, right Grammy?" I assured him it just startles us. After we were singing, laying in bed, I forgot again to pray, so left the room. He got up and came out and said "Grammy, we forgot to pray!" So we did and he now prays for you to be safe and for Kaleb to be better from his fever! God must enjoy hearing those sweet innocent prayers.
I get so tickled when he gets so excited to tell me something, but his mouth goes faster than his brain, and I can't understand a word he is saying, but then he will say, "Right Grammy?? Hmm I could incriminate myself agreeing with him!! or he'll say, "Does that sound like a good plan?" (especially if he knows I will say no - to video,etc.)
Zach went into the kitchen to get his water and brought it back into the bedroom and put it beside my glass (he usually drinks mine). I was carrying on a conversation(between the 2 waters) and Zach was just laughing his head off. Thought it was quite funny! Never know what will entertain them!!
We have added verses to 'Night Night Zachary' and also 'Jesus loves the Little Children' and he wants to sing it over and over. I was starting to sing 'This Little Light of Mine' and he started singing 'Jesus Loves the Little Children', and we started laughing so hard neither one of us could sing. These are the precious times to remember.
We have altered a few of the songs he sings for bedtime, so don't be surprised if he continues on with new verses!! and a few action songs in high speed! Crazy kid. He laughs so hard I hate to sing them as it wires him up instead of calming him down. When we were praying, and I added the "Help Zach sleep good." He said, "Why do we always have to say Zach have a good sleep -- EVERY NIGHT??" I said, "Because I want you to sleep good so you won't be crabby tomorrow". He said, "Well, I might be crabby today!!!"

"Cool" Kaleb with Auntie Kelli's sunglasses

Amy's Cousin Erin, husband Shane and baby Morgan

Zachary on his maiden voyage of taking his trike actually out in front on the sidewalk (our deck has been the extent of his world thus far!)

The Z family (including Amy this time!) preparing for a bike ride