Category Archives: Cutler

All things Cutler

It’s A Boys World

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Melanie had to fly to Australia for what she claims is work this past Friday night and now the boys and are living the college life for the next two weeks.  This includes eating nothing but dip and burgers for the super bowl, ordering pizza, running from sporting event one after the other, and turning our underwear inside out in order to use them just one more time before having to do the laundry.  Ok, that last part is a joke…we just go commando.

At first I was a bit stressed at the thought of dealing with these two monkeys by myself for two weeks, but it is actually turning into a pretty good time…aside from missing Melanie terribly that is.  It started a bit rocky on Saturday, but after having several discussion with the boys that involved pleading for peace between the two of them, things have started to go really well.  That being said, it is still very early in the trip and we can not wait for Melanie’s return.

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At the airport hiding our apprehension as we said good bye to Melanie.

Turning On The Switch

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Cutler is now 7 games into his indoor soccer season and despite playing somewhat aggressively he has not scored a goal…until today. Something happened and that somewhat aggressive went to full aggressive mode and he put in not one but two goals today and almost finished off with a hat trick but his buddy finished off his work when he got the ball to the goal mouth. Of course he waited untold Melanie was out of town, but at least he got it done. Hopefully he saves a few for when she returns.

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Don’t Let Them Grow Up

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As I watched Cutler walk himself down the long hall to his classroom on Friday I thought to myself that I wished time would stand still and he wouldn’t get any older than he is now.  While both he and Mason were babies and getting older I was always very careful to never say to myself “I can’t wait until they grow out of this stage” because I realized that at some point it was going to be the last time that I got to enjoy those stages with them.  With Cutler and his battles we missed out on some of late night bottle feedings and watching him learn to crawl that we did with Mason.  These were our last chances to enjoy those stages forever…at least until our grandkids come around, but that is never a given.  So on Friday after thinking of it, I realized that our boys may have hit the “perfect” ages for us to hold on to them forever.  Mason is old enough to be pretty self-sufficient, he enjoys sitting down and watching an entire sporting event, he can read and comprehend at a pretty high level and discuss intelligently what he reads, and more importantly he still likes to cuddle up with his parents and isn’t afraid to tell us he loves us.  Cutler is at the age where he still calls us momma and dada, he loves on us and regularly accepts the love in return, he still enjoys holding our hands when we walk, yet he doesn’t require us to do everything for him, and everything new he experiences brings out a new glistening of joy in his eyes.  But that was Friday.  Today the boys bickered nonstop with Cutler pushing Mason’s buttons every chance he got and Mason always having to be right…about everything.  As aggravating as it got, I won’t say it and I never will.  I still don’t want them to grow up.

 

 

He Knows Everything

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This morning on the way to Cutler’s soccer game we were discussing some topic that I don’t remember, but he was essentially arguing with me based on something one of his fellow four olds told him. Apparently I am not nearly as educated as his peers. I told him that his friend doesn’t know everything and his reply was “you’re right, but I know everything because I have two belly buttons!” I guess his gtube helped him ingest nourishment for the mind three years ago.

Washing Away The Brown

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Last night I got home from Mason’s batting practice and went into Cutler’s room, who was already in bed, and started talking to him and I asked if he took a bath.  He told me he did and that he “washed away the brown”.  I asked him if he was that dirty and he told me he was brown in a couple of areas.  I assumed it was his way of telling me he was dirty until he took his bath…that was until I spoke with Melanie this morning and she informed me that he had accidentally pooped in his pants and in an attempt to clean himself he had gotten all over himself.  She thought that she had cleaned it up and put him in the bathtub and then looked in the water and saw the color quickly changing to brown.  Apparently when Melanie said he had it all over himself, he really had it ALL OVER himself.  Fortunately by the time I got to him in bed, he had washed away all of the brown.

 

Disney Cruise – Meeting The Characters

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So we went on a cruise the week before Christmas, a Disney Cruise to be exact, and today I realized as part of my 365 days of posts I should be pushing to not procrastinate on these types of posts as well.  So, I will start off with the simple post of the different kids pics meeting the characters.  Unfortunately Disney likes to charge $4000 for all of their digital photos taken on the boat, fortunately they let this non professional take photos after they take theirs.

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Perspective

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While I was watching tv tonight Cutler came into the room and asked what I was watching.  When I told him it was Survivor, without pause he looked at me and said “I’m a survivor”.  No matter how many times I hear him say that, it reminds me how blessed we are and it is good to be reminded.

On that note, I wanted to share this story from abc news in regards to some amazing progress being made in the battle.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/gene-therapy-scores-big-wins-blood-cancers-21134203

Our real survivor.

Our real survivor.

If you’ve got some spare time

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Go to this link http://www.customink.com/photos/scarying-away-cancer-one-smile-at-a-time and rate our photo from the light the night walk.  If we win this weekly photo contest we get $100 towards our next purchase with CustomInk.  By the way, if you are looking to have some custom shirts made, I can’t recommend this site enough.  They are quick to answer questions, use quality materials, and even donated to our fund raising.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!