Quote of the day!

I saw this quote and thought about my sister-in-law and I... we've both started being crafty... check out her site... http://kaileidesigns.blogspot.com

"Stop fighting your creative spirit that is struggling to break free inside you. You will not be the person you were meant to be until you free this creative spirit and find ways to put it to use. Freeing your creative spirit will not send you into financial ruin or cause havoc with your life, if you acknowledge the creative side of you and find ways to gradually blend it into your thought process. What will happen is that you will find happiness you didn't know existed and you will become the person you were meant to be."-- Edward W. Smith, The One Minute Motivator

"Go Bye Bye"

Last night while our family was over, Jeremiah and Alexis decided they wanted to go play with the stereo components. Now, this is a daily battle at our house. They are constantly turning on the CD player or changing something on the tuner. So when they touch it, it is a "NO, NO." Last night was no different. As the babies climbed up to the entertainment center and started touching the buttons, in unison we sang out the familiar chours of "no, don't touch" And as usual, their heads would turn, we would receive a big grin for our performance and then they will continue pushing buttons to entice us for an encore. This happened a couple of times before, daddy headed their way to remove them from the temptation. All the while our two year old niece was watching this unfold, and as she saw "uncle" heading towards the babies, she shouted out a warning to her younger cousins "GO BYE BYE" It was if she was shouting to them to take refuge, because they were in grave danger. In so many ways, I thought this was adorable, so I just had to share!!

Wordless Wednesday

a little guilty

Well, today I feel a little guilty. Jeremiah is pretty sick today, and still very fussy. So, you all must think I am a terrible mommy. Yesterday, must have been worse than normal for me to vent about the tears. Today, that I know he is sick, I don't mind as much if he is fussy. It's just so hard going out with him, because he doesn't want to be in the stroller & he doesn't want to nap. Every time we go out all he will do is scream. If I hold him, he will be quiet but then his sister wants to be held too and I cant hold both and push the stroller. (Well, I can but it's not easy) Ahhh... I guess I should stop venting about all of this and just deal with it. Sorry!



Cousin Kaia: This blog is sort of like my journal and scrapbook so I wanted to share a little about Kaia our niece. She started saying the babies names now too and it's so cute. She says "Aundy, Ugoo, Leki, & Miah" She sometimes just calls the babies "beeby." Her mom tells us that she looks at our pictures and repeats "Hi Aundy, Hi Ugoo, Bye Aundy, Bye Ugoo" Kind of in a sing song tone. It's cute, I've heard her do it a few times. She is definitely a huge part of our lives. And I am thrilled all the kids will have each other to grow up with and we will have so many shared memories. (Oh, one more thing. She cracks me up because she'll call my name over and over and over, when I ask her what she'll just point the one of the babies and say "beeby" or sometimes say nothing at all. So sometimes I have fun and do it to her, then she laughs)

TEARS!

My son won't stop crying! The names we have for him: Cranky, Mr. Crank, Fuss Bucket, Fuss Ball, Mr. Fussy Pants, Sir Cries A Lot, Crusty Crab, Little Noise Maker, Jerry, Professor Pouty, & I am sure there is more that I am forgetting. He is just so dramatic about everything. BUT when he is happy he is such a little charmer and flirt. He just wants everything his way, and he does NOT want anything or anyone interfering with his plans!!! Not only that... but he won't nap because he doesn't want to miss out on anything. So that just makes everything ten times worse. Alright, I am done complaining now. Thanks for your time!

(you may be wondering about the "Jerry" we use that because it is the ONE nickname we do not like and pray he never gets... so when we are at our whits end and starting to get annoyed, for some reason that name comes out... not sure why, maybe its a coping skill, disassociation or something)