Breanna and her friend Amaya were chasing "bad guys" around the other day and were quite the team. Amaya would play the flute to get them to sleep and Breanna would "shoot" them with her flashlight. The sunglasses were so she couldn't see her shadow. Fun times :)
We're on round 2 of colds for the kids. Ethan has NOT been a happy camper today with a cough that makes him kinda throw up b/c it's so hard of a cough....he also has a runny nose and a tiny fever......and to top it all off, his 1st tooth!!!
Yeah, Ethan! It made me a much nicer mother this evening after a LONG fussy day, when I discovered the pointy tooth just breaking through his gums :( So, he got held a whole lot b/c he's got that pain on top of the whole yucky cold.
Well.....it's been a nice two days short of 7 months with a happy, content baby boy. Please help me, I don't want it to change, but I think with the beginning of teething, life is about to get a lot more challenging. (If he's anything like Breanna was as a teether.)
Please Ethan, surprise me and stay the little angel that you are!!!!
Her birthday was on Jan. 28th! I can't believe my little girl is 3!!! Wow, the years have flown and crawled by (some days are SOOO long and then others I don't know where the time went :) I love you Breanna, you are so strong willed, a good listener, happy and a big helper. You love your little brother so much and sometimes too much for his safety :) You are loved by us tons, we're so glad you came to our family.
*At 3 she weighs : 31.2 lbs. (our scale....i don't know how accurate)
*Loves playing with trains, outside, running around, jumping, riding a trike, scooter.
*Loves ravioli, pancakes, all fruit, chicken nuggets, chicken, ANY sweets, broccoli, cucumber.
*Thinks it's VERY important that "Mom matches Breanna and Dad matches Ethan."
*Favorite Color: Pink
*Favorite Book: Thomas the Train
*Favorite Movie: Barney
*Favortie Toy: Trains
*Sleeps 12 hours a night :) Has not napped in 4 months....now she takes a "rest"
*Loves music
*Very bossy, wants to tell everyone, everthing to do
*A know it all
*Loves nursery, sings Follow the Prophet (while marching around). Today at Stake Conference we sang "I am a Child of God" and she knew all the words and loved singing it.
*Always wants to know when it's her "turn" on the computer
*Loves "Skypeing" Grammy.....but doesn't want to talk to ANYONE else
*Loves to answer my cell phone, but doesn't want to talk unless it's Grammy
*Says she's "yittle" and has "yegs" (can't say her "L's")
*Favorite Animal: Elephants
I'm sure I'll add more, but need to get this post up now, or it'll never happen later....or in Breanna's language, "yater".
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I seriously LOVE when Ethan gets a chance to get a little revenge for all the "love" Breanna gives to him..........
So.......have any of you ever read the book "5 love languages"? I'm reading it right now and it's REALLY good. You can use it not only for your hubby, boyfriend, or KIDS too :) Everyone has a different "love language" and we all want to be shown love in different ways.
Um......FYI....I've been showing Rob love in the COMPLETELY WRONG way the whole time we've been married!!! So, my love language is a mix between "quality time" and "acts of service". So, that's how I show love to him........his love languages are "gifts"...and probably "physical touch". So, me spending time with him and cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc. is NOT his love language. He honestly could care less if I get that stuff done.
I should have caught onto this, but the book makes you think about this stuff.....I was thinking about it, on our 1st date he gave me a present! He ALWAYS gets me stuff for birthdays, v-day, holidays, and just randomly too. Obviously he's showing me love the way he wants to be shown love. I would rather that he just spent time with me talking going on a walk together or......I know this is lame, but did the dishes, or picked up his clothes, rather then gifts sometimes!!!
Great book, I highly recommend it. I'm not done, but I'm trying to think of what type of love language Breanna is, maybe she's too young cuz she seems to be quite a combination of lots of different ones. Ethan is DEFINITELY "physical touch" or "quality time" right now :) He LOVES being held, played with, etc....but he is only 6 months old.
Here's a link where you can take a quiz and see what love language YOU are :)
http://www.5lovelanguages.com/assessments/
Ethan slept without waking up for the first time in his whole young life last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I fed him at 10:45PM and he slept until..........7AM!!!!!!!!
What a wonderful day :)
WOW! What a crazy morning!!!
Rob and I both went to the gym but at separate times....he left earlier and I went 30minutes later when the daycare opened up. Right before he left I said DON'T leave me the van (it was FILLED with TONS of boxes with all our vending stuff for our vending business and there was NO room for the kids). He left the other car for me, yeah :)
Then we worked out at the gym......I saw him when I got there and then did weights with him for 20 minutes, then left to do cardio by myself, said goodbye to him b/c I knew he would be leaving soon, and then going to work.
When i walked out of the gym i was FOR SURE that he had left b/c of the time (it was way after the time he usually leaves to get to work on time)and so the first thing i saw was the van and i was like, "you've got to be kidding me......he left me the van, how in the world am i supposed to fit the kids in here there's no space!!!" i didn't even look for the focus!!!!!
i had told him that morning that i would empty the van, all the vending stuff, later during the day and so i thought he left the van.
where in the world am i supposed to put the kids?
i was not too happy, so i called him like 5 times and no answer so then i put the kids in illegally and told breanna she had to duck down as we drove :)
then i saw rob walking out of the gym as i am illegally leaving the parking lot with the kids in the front of the van with me, and i was like, what the heck?????
Rob, said, go, go, I'll meet you at home.
then i drove home......i was wondering what was taking him so long to get home, b/c he was already late for work (which he never is), but i was busy b/c breanna bit ethan as soon as we got home, so i was dealing with her, brought ethan upstairs, nursed him, put him in his crib and then went down to talk to breanna. I told her she had to do chores and help me unload the van before she could play b/c she had bit ethan.
that's when we saw rob......I had left him the other car.......but NO KEYS!!! he had to run home from the gym! he raced up the stairs, showered and left for work in like 5 seconds. so, i had no car for the day b/c it was sitting at the gym all day.
talk about a lot of miscommunications :)
