We had another wonderful convention and heard so many good things! I thought having three little ones at convention was going to make it nearly impossible to hear much, but Joe and I had a pretty good system worked out! When Sammy wasn't content to sit in my lap (which is less and less!) Joe would usually take him and walk with him or give him a ride in the stroller close enough that he could hear. Joe is so good at bouncing Sammy and would get him to sleep quite often!! We had one problem when I took Sammy into the nursery to nurse... Joe had Chloe and Elijah and Eli had to go to the bathroom, of course! Joe didn't want to leave Chloe, but he didn't want to bring her into the men's bathroom either, so he asked Chloe if she knew where the nursery was and she said yes, (she had never been in there!) so he sent her in while he took Eli to the bathroom. I was sitting quite peacefully listening to the speaker in the nursery since Sammy had fallen asleep when another mother came in wondering if I was Chloe's Mom because there was a little girl named Chloe that was crying and lost. Apparently what happened is that Chloe went into the dorms but couldn't find the nursery and then was wandering around outside (in the rain!) when someone found her, but didn't know who she belonged to and she was so distraught that he couldn't understand who she said her Mom was... It was just lucky that he went up to Joe and asked whose daughter she was!!
The other "exciting" event was when Eli decided he had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the lawn in the middle of the afternoon while everyone looked on laughing!! Soooo embarrassing!! There was nothing I could do except go help him pull up his pants and smile at all the other parents with my cheeks flaming red! I'm sure he's not the first, and won't be the last little boy to pee on the center lawn at convention... I'm just hoping it's not Sam in a few years!
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| Sweet Sammy |
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| Chloe's almost ready... |
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| What a handsome little boy! |
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| She's going to hate this picture in a few years, but right now she thinks it's incredibly funny to do things like this when I'm trying to take her picture! |
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| An unwanted hug from big sister! |
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| So cute in their Sunday best! |
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| Brothers! |
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| Our personable little girl! |
omigosh, i love your stories shana!!!! you & joe are one good team... someday we'll have to come to you for tips:) i love chloe's little buns & sammys little hat & eli's 3-piece suit!??? what a stud muffin!! (anna)
ReplyDeleteLijah is definetly a Strassburg boy... It's in the DNA to find a spot and pee...it was soooooo funny!!!!! I love the picture of them all sitting together...
ReplyDeleteGreat convention stories, though I feel sorry for Chloe, poor thing, she must of felt horrible looking all over the place wondering WHERE that nursery was at????????????? Oh, my! And yes, the embarrassment of Eli peeing in the middle of everyone at convention, it won't be the first or the last time you'll be embarrassed, but the stories you'll have to share and to remember are great and one's the kids will laugh about til they cry when they're older! Keep 'em coming! Pam
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