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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Ruby and Lucyisms
Just a few things I have got to remember about my two little girlies.
RUBY:
Oh boy, where to even start. Well a few days ago she named her feet. One is Alyssa and one is Ballerina. She ran around all day saying, Come on Alyssa, come on Ballerina. She literally kills me she is such a character. She is also 100 percent convinced that she is a boy. Not sure how to handle that one.
I tried potty training this week for exactly 1 day. She told me it was boring and that she would NEVER EVER POOP in the potty. She is SO stubborn. Its got to be her idea, so we will see when that ever ends up happening. I also have to remember how amazing she is at saying hello. For example when she goes to nursery, and then comes and sees me or Trent, she FLIPS OUT! Running up screaming MOM or DAD or LUCY and gives such a big hug it almost knocks you over. She does the same thing with most of our family, and I'll tell you what nothing makes you feel better or more special than a freak out Ruby hello. She also likes to tell us that we are killing her. Wonder where she heard that. :) She was Supergirl for Halloween and was SO GROUCHY all day until she figured out trick or treating got her so much candy. Then she didn't want to come home. She is terrified of dogs, and will not go to sleep without marching to her room singing, Daddy did you take my purpley binks. WEIRD. But it works so I won't complain.
LUCY:
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy. You are my angel. Your 6th birthday was a week and a half ago and we had a blast. I have been helping out in your classroom and its so fun to see you loving school. You were a scary, darling mummy for Halloween and loved every minute of it. We had a pajamas and pizza party with 13 of your friends and it was so much fun. I'm so proud of what a good girl you are, who makes good choices and cares about everyone's feelings. You love the monkey bars and are really into reading the Magic Treehouse books right now. One of your favorite things to do is tumbling and you are always practicing anywhere and everywhere.Your teacher finally tested your reading level and said that you can read and figure out any word, so now we are working on analyzing the stories instead of just reading them. I love hearing you laugh out loud at a story and just get so into a book and love to read just like me. It makes me so so happy. We had our primary program on Sunday and you knew every word to the songs. I was so proud of you.
BABY:
IT'S A BOY!!!
Well we are having a baby boy and are so excited. It seems so weird to me sometimes its like I don't even know how to buy boy clothes. I go into that side of the store and just feel out of place! Lucy and Ruby will be such good big sisters, now just to come up with a name! This pregnancy hasn't been the easiest. I've got a terrible herniated belly-button that can be really painful if I do too much. I've heard every pregnancy gets a bit harder and I'm finding that to be the case for sure. Maybe its just me in my old age. Luckily I get a lot of help from Lucy and Trent. And am halfway done and SUPER glad.
We are looking forward to the holiday season and spending time together as a family. Sometimes life is hard, but I am so lucky because at least once a day I look around at my family and just think how blessed I am and how much I love being with my husband and kids. They are the light of my life and there would be no meaning to anything I do without them. Cheesy but true.
Until next time.
RUBY:
Oh boy, where to even start. Well a few days ago she named her feet. One is Alyssa and one is Ballerina. She ran around all day saying, Come on Alyssa, come on Ballerina. She literally kills me she is such a character. She is also 100 percent convinced that she is a boy. Not sure how to handle that one.
I tried potty training this week for exactly 1 day. She told me it was boring and that she would NEVER EVER POOP in the potty. She is SO stubborn. Its got to be her idea, so we will see when that ever ends up happening. I also have to remember how amazing she is at saying hello. For example when she goes to nursery, and then comes and sees me or Trent, she FLIPS OUT! Running up screaming MOM or DAD or LUCY and gives such a big hug it almost knocks you over. She does the same thing with most of our family, and I'll tell you what nothing makes you feel better or more special than a freak out Ruby hello. She also likes to tell us that we are killing her. Wonder where she heard that. :) She was Supergirl for Halloween and was SO GROUCHY all day until she figured out trick or treating got her so much candy. Then she didn't want to come home. She is terrified of dogs, and will not go to sleep without marching to her room singing, Daddy did you take my purpley binks. WEIRD. But it works so I won't complain.
LUCY:
Lucy, Lucy, Lucy. You are my angel. Your 6th birthday was a week and a half ago and we had a blast. I have been helping out in your classroom and its so fun to see you loving school. You were a scary, darling mummy for Halloween and loved every minute of it. We had a pajamas and pizza party with 13 of your friends and it was so much fun. I'm so proud of what a good girl you are, who makes good choices and cares about everyone's feelings. You love the monkey bars and are really into reading the Magic Treehouse books right now. One of your favorite things to do is tumbling and you are always practicing anywhere and everywhere.Your teacher finally tested your reading level and said that you can read and figure out any word, so now we are working on analyzing the stories instead of just reading them. I love hearing you laugh out loud at a story and just get so into a book and love to read just like me. It makes me so so happy. We had our primary program on Sunday and you knew every word to the songs. I was so proud of you.
BABY:
IT'S A BOY!!!
Well we are having a baby boy and are so excited. It seems so weird to me sometimes its like I don't even know how to buy boy clothes. I go into that side of the store and just feel out of place! Lucy and Ruby will be such good big sisters, now just to come up with a name! This pregnancy hasn't been the easiest. I've got a terrible herniated belly-button that can be really painful if I do too much. I've heard every pregnancy gets a bit harder and I'm finding that to be the case for sure. Maybe its just me in my old age. Luckily I get a lot of help from Lucy and Trent. And am halfway done and SUPER glad.
We are looking forward to the holiday season and spending time together as a family. Sometimes life is hard, but I am so lucky because at least once a day I look around at my family and just think how blessed I am and how much I love being with my husband and kids. They are the light of my life and there would be no meaning to anything I do without them. Cheesy but true.
Until next time.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Here we go again
Insomnia has plagued me a bit as an adult. I just know the nights when my brain won't stop working. It's about ten times worse when I'm pregnant. I can't believe its time for baby #3! We are so excited to add another crazy to our little family. I'm 16 weeks and finally feeling better. We should find out if it is a boy or a girl in the next week or so and I can't wait. I'm so impatient. I want to put this insomnia to good use and make sure I'm keeping a better update on all of us. Lucy has a week to week update of her baby years, and sorry Ruby you got kind of hosed.
This week was fall break and we spent it trying to have as much fun as possible. Thursday I took the girls to Cornbelly's with Erin and her kids and Jord and Sam. We had a fantastic time and ended up staying most of the day. It is one of my favorite things to do with my kids in the fall, there is so much to do and they think it is Disneyland! Ruby had so much fun playing with Sam and June and Lucy was loving life too. Erin and I accidentally let Macy, Owen and Lucy go through a haunted house (in our defense the girl said it was not scary) on their own while we stayed with the littles. Long story short, all 3 of them came out hysterically bawling. Parents of the year. We tried not to laugh, but it was just too embarrassing and hilarious. #parentfail. Of course now Lucy has been telling everyone ALL about it.
Friday I took the girls up to meet Leah at our fav Mcd's play place in Centerville. We don't get together often enough and its crazy to me to think that we have been friends since Lucy was born. The kids are getting so grown up too fast. That night I was driving home from my parents and of course my pregnant self had to veer off to grab some Mandarin food. I'd been craving it forever and it did not disappoint. Saturday Trent ended up working all day and most of the night so the girls and I did Parks, Slurpees and some cleaning. We had fun but man, this was the 3rd Saturday in a row with no husband and it wears on you!!
Lucy's birthday is in a couple of weeks and she wants a PJ and Pizza party, so we are in the middle of planning that and Halloween and all of my favorite fall things. She loves kindergarten and her teacher Mrs. Greene. I get a full report every day of all the things that happened, who got tickets, who got warnings, who didn't wait their turn on the monkey bars. :) I will take the info as long as I can. She is reading like crazy and right now is loving the Littles series and the American Girl doll books. She does reading testing in the next few weeks and I'm anxious to see what level she is. I just want to keep challenging her because she is definitely ahead of the game. I'm so glad she loves to read like I do, it makes me so happy. She has some cute friends and is loving tumbling and soccer. She is an angel daughter and so sweet and tenderhearted. She lost her first tooth and learned to ride her bike the same week kindergarten started. I cried so hard - it was too many firsts for this mom. She loves writing in a journal, any kind of art or craft and making lists. Ruby loves to play with her and when I hear them laugh I feel like I am in heaven. She told me a few weeks ago that she was a member of the church of Saturday Laints and I just about died. She is my sleeper and honestly does not ever wake up before 9 - usually later like 9:30 or 10. She is a full on teenager and first grade is going to rock her world next year getting up so early.
Ruby Jane is my up and down baby.. She goes from the funniest, cutest most hilarious toddler to an absolute nightmare in 1 second. No middle ground with this one. She is teaching me patience and making me realize that I had it easy the first time around. I love the way she is saying so many new words - this week her tea party was and I quote pretty scrumptious and she found an "accuvum" (vacuum) in her book. Her latest trick is telling me she CAN'T do something. Anything and everything. I CAN'T take a nap. I CAN'T be nice. I CAN'T be reverent when we are at church. It is like what do you say to that? Hahaha she has the most mischievous little face and loves to smile at me while she does something that she knows she isn't supposed to. She also love playing ball catch - and would do it all day long if I had the patience for it. She loves to sing, and is obsessed with her softies, blue blanks, and purpley binks. She sings to her binky when she takes naps and goes to bed. She is an expert on the Ipad thanks to a mom who needs breaks from her drama, and also is totally afraid of dogs and animals. This is coming in VERY handy for me now that Lucy is constantly asking me for a pet. Ruby loves to color and draw and usually is drawing rocket ships. She also loves to play magic wand and turn people into T-Rex.
2:36 - should try and get some sleep....
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
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Glimpse
I figure if I don't look back at what I've missed maybe the return to blogging won't be so overwhelming?? So here is a small look into what our lives look like on July 30, 2013. Where to begin. It's nice to finally feel settled in a home and neighborhood that we love. It's so strange to feel so grown up all the sudden. Jobs, kids PLURAL, mortgage. Nobody ever tells you that growing up is a trap of responsibilities! Sometimes it feels like they never end. But we are happily enjoying what each day brings now that we are in our ahem 30's.
Trent is halfway done with residency and loving the Moran. He is the hardest working person I have ever met. He literally does not have an OFF switch. Its everything I can do to keep up with him and I usually always fail. He comes home from a 12 hour work day and starts WEEDING. I mean come on he is ridiculous. I'm glad he gets time to burn off steam and go biking. He is such a good dad. We're lucky to have him.
Lucy is too dang smart for her own good. She is such a fabulous reader and doesn't miss anything. She remembers the most random facts that I may have mentioned MONTHS ago. She really is 5 going on 25. She loves playing with friends and that's all she wants to do. Its a hard adjustment for me, because some days I just want her all to myself! Is that too much to ask? She is so excited to start kindergarten in a month. And is so patient with her little sister. She may be the best big sister I have ever seen and rarely loses patience with Ruby, which is pretty insane. She is so sensitive with such a sweet heart. The other day she made Trent and me stay in bed to bring us breakfast complete with a Diet Coke and a Mountain Dew respectively. Such a doll. She is a special girl and we are blessed to call her ours.
Ruby Jane. Where do I even start? The most personality in a tiny person that I have ever seen. The most random toddler in the world. She is either the happiest or the most angry and that changes in an instant. If you make her mad - watch out! She loves her big sister, but loves to bug her. She gets so excited about everything and man is she good at hellos. She runs up (swinging her left arm) and gives you the best hug you have ever had. I can't help but smile when I think of her. She says the funniest things - I have to be better at writing them down so I don't forget.. Here are a few to jog my memory.. Oh my gosh, singing Taylor Swift mean, my ABCD's, sissy bit me, I could go on and on. Man I am lucky to be her mom. Seriously, even on the days she is on one. Did I mention she is also SO LOUD?
I am still working for Mirabella and liking it, trying to balance it all gets harder and harder but somehow we make it through the days in one piece. I am trying day by day to treasure the times with my littles before they grow up. It happens too fast for me.
Well there we are - maybe we are now back to bloggin????????? Hope so.
Trent is halfway done with residency and loving the Moran. He is the hardest working person I have ever met. He literally does not have an OFF switch. Its everything I can do to keep up with him and I usually always fail. He comes home from a 12 hour work day and starts WEEDING. I mean come on he is ridiculous. I'm glad he gets time to burn off steam and go biking. He is such a good dad. We're lucky to have him.
Lucy is too dang smart for her own good. She is such a fabulous reader and doesn't miss anything. She remembers the most random facts that I may have mentioned MONTHS ago. She really is 5 going on 25. She loves playing with friends and that's all she wants to do. Its a hard adjustment for me, because some days I just want her all to myself! Is that too much to ask? She is so excited to start kindergarten in a month. And is so patient with her little sister. She may be the best big sister I have ever seen and rarely loses patience with Ruby, which is pretty insane. She is so sensitive with such a sweet heart. The other day she made Trent and me stay in bed to bring us breakfast complete with a Diet Coke and a Mountain Dew respectively. Such a doll. She is a special girl and we are blessed to call her ours.
Ruby Jane. Where do I even start? The most personality in a tiny person that I have ever seen. The most random toddler in the world. She is either the happiest or the most angry and that changes in an instant. If you make her mad - watch out! She loves her big sister, but loves to bug her. She gets so excited about everything and man is she good at hellos. She runs up (swinging her left arm) and gives you the best hug you have ever had. I can't help but smile when I think of her. She says the funniest things - I have to be better at writing them down so I don't forget.. Here are a few to jog my memory.. Oh my gosh, singing Taylor Swift mean, my ABCD's, sissy bit me, I could go on and on. Man I am lucky to be her mom. Seriously, even on the days she is on one. Did I mention she is also SO LOUD?
I am still working for Mirabella and liking it, trying to balance it all gets harder and harder but somehow we make it through the days in one piece. I am trying day by day to treasure the times with my littles before they grow up. It happens too fast for me.
Well there we are - maybe we are now back to bloggin????????? Hope so.
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