I had forgotten how productive I used to be in the mornings.....
It has been a long time since I have seen the early hours of the morning. I woke up at 615am and went running at 630am for 4 miles. It was exhilarating. I remember the days when I used to think that I would NOT get up early in the am for less than 6 miles. OH boy those were the days. That are OVER. If I get up at all, I consider myself exceeding all expectations :).
Well anyhow, I went running. It felt good.
Then I got home. I did 2 loads of laundry, emptied the dishwasher, loaded the dishwasher, picked up the girls toys, fed the kids breakfast..... all BEFORE 830.
After all that, I had a nap.
Doug asked the girls the other day what was their funnest memory of when Granny and Grandpa were here. After we went to Jeepers, Bounce U, Ice skating, had an Easter egg hunt, and a trip to Target where the girls got matching outfits....
Savannah said, "When Brody chased me and when Brody by me (by me= lay by her at bedtime)"
Mikenna said, "When we went for a walk."
Ah, the simple things. I wonder at what age we get so spoiled that we forget about the simple things in our life. When do we stop appreciating the things in life that are truly important. Really, it doesn't matter what brand of clothes we wear, how big our house is, what kind of car we drive, or what big activities we plan. It is the simple things. Like spending time with family. Like reading story to the kids. Like making "projects" as the girls call any activity requiring glue, paper, and scissors, or taking a few minutes to lay by the girls.
This morning, Mikenna was begging me to go for a bike ride. Lately, this is her new thing. She LOVES to go on bike rides and BEGS any chance she gets. SO the long awaited bike ride came this afternoon. I needed to pick up the house, make dinner, feed Isabella, and get ready for work.... I had a million things to do. I thought to myself.... hmm what is she going to remember, that we had chicken alfredo and the house was clean? OR will she remember that I took her on a bike ride? And if she does remember one over the other, which one will she care more about? So on the bike ride we went, messy house, leftovers, and a bottle for Isabella (and I forgot my planner, checkbook, and cell phone at home). BUT WE GOT THE BIKE RIDE.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sleepless Nights
Last night as I was holding my baby girl, she was SO fussy. I just couldn't get her to stop. I think she had a belly ache. It was really sad. For her. And me. We were both so exhausted as it was about 1am....
Sometimes when I am holding Isabella in my arms or in the middle of the night when I get up, I get "confused." Often I will forget it is Isabella and think it is Daxton, when he was a baby. I will nurse her and I get the feeling it is him. Or I will be up in the middle of the night and my mind will revert back to the sleepless nights I was up with Daxton when he was first born.
Interesting how your mind plays tricks on you. Well mine does anyway. So as I was up with Isabella, my mind wandered to what I used to do when Daxton wouldn't go to sleep and was fussy and I just couldn't hold him anymore. I would take him into his bedroom, place him in his crib (crying mind you) but I couldn't bare to let him cry alone. I just knew I couldn't hold him anymore. So I would lay by him on the bed beside his crib and I would put my hand on his and I would stay there until he calmed down and went to sleep. I miss that.
If there is one thing I have learned in all this, it is that life is SO very fragile. It can be taken away at any given moment. Any given second. I often make myself sick with worry when I put Savannah on the bus or drop Mikenna off at school or put Isabella down for a nap or drive in my car. Anything. I continue to remind myself that each day is a new day and I should be grateful for every one of them I have.
Sometimes when I am holding Isabella in my arms or in the middle of the night when I get up, I get "confused." Often I will forget it is Isabella and think it is Daxton, when he was a baby. I will nurse her and I get the feeling it is him. Or I will be up in the middle of the night and my mind will revert back to the sleepless nights I was up with Daxton when he was first born.
Interesting how your mind plays tricks on you. Well mine does anyway. So as I was up with Isabella, my mind wandered to what I used to do when Daxton wouldn't go to sleep and was fussy and I just couldn't hold him anymore. I would take him into his bedroom, place him in his crib (crying mind you) but I couldn't bare to let him cry alone. I just knew I couldn't hold him anymore. So I would lay by him on the bed beside his crib and I would put my hand on his and I would stay there until he calmed down and went to sleep. I miss that.
If there is one thing I have learned in all this, it is that life is SO very fragile. It can be taken away at any given moment. Any given second. I often make myself sick with worry when I put Savannah on the bus or drop Mikenna off at school or put Isabella down for a nap or drive in my car. Anything. I continue to remind myself that each day is a new day and I should be grateful for every one of them I have.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Ode to the FUN!!!
Ok there are going to be a lot of pics!!! This is for Doug's family who weren't able to make it this last week. WE had SO much FUN! It is too quiet in the house today.
Well I can't figure out how to copy and paste pics in a different order, only move them and that takes FOREVER. So these are out of order, but still super fun. We saw RED at where else than Red Robin. It was really fun. He is there on Tuesday nights from 530 to 730. The girls loved him. The boy? Not so much :).
OK so we went to Jeepers. $5 fun. SERIOUSLY.... It was AMAZING. Ok not really, but for a little kid, it is almost as fun as Disneyland, because there are about 7 rides to go on and you can do them as many times as you want, and if you go on a Wednesday afternoon, NOBODY is there, so there is NO lines. It really is fun. Back to Savannah. This picture is her on the "bumper cars." She was so hilarious. Every time she was bumped it was like she was going to jump out of the seat. It was also really great when was bumped the first time by a little boy she didn't know. She pointed her finger at him and in her most grown up Savannah voice began to cuss him. I about died laughing.
The spinning monkey barrell. I wondered why they all looked a little sea sick when they got off this ride. It goes around and around and around in circles and if that isn't enough round and round for you, then you could spin yourself inside like the tea cups. Oh man.
A little choo choo train. Just perfect after the roller coaster which was INSANE!!!
While the little kids played on the rides, the big boys were playing video games, winning tickets to buy something special for their wives :). Thanks honey!! But truly what make me happy is to have my girls happy, so they decided to buy the girls these little squeaking duck puppets. It was perfect. Especially for the car that had the three squeaking ducks......
Granny orchestrated a MARVELOUS easter egg hunt. The kids walked away with a loot of prizes; lip gloss, bouncey balls, barretts, bows, but most importantly CASH!! Mikenna used that in combination with her birthday money to buy "Thumbelina," the new Barbie movie.
Reading "Poohs Easter Egg Hunt" before we went across the street to look for ours.
For those of you who don't know my husband very well. He is HILARIOUS. Since he has been married to me, this has calmed a bit (because I am SOOOO boring), but when he gets back with his family he reverts back to the man I fell in love with.
This along with many other funny moments was.... well. Also disgusting. With so many boyz at our house, this was bound to happen. Our toilet was plugged. I had Doug use our plunger and then borrow my parents.... well they both worked. NOT. So he gloved up as you can see, and took care of the problem. I know. Gross. But when you are a poor college student on a Sunday with a plugged toilet you revert to drastic measures. This is not the case now, but my husband, always the fix it guy, took matters into his own hands.
The funniest part about this is Savannah in the corner, whom you can't see, was chanting and yelling, "Good boy" "Great job" "You're awesome" and clapping with some serious delight. Hopefully she doesn't put two and two together and plug the toilet, just so she can see her daddy glove up and save the day.
Here are the boys sucking on lemons. Yes. Lemons. From the lemon tree.
Yes folks, you saw correctly. It is the middle of March and they are SWIMMING! Lest you be confused that it is WARM here enough to swim; the water is about 68 degrees. They were CRAZY!!! BUT it was good fun.
Swimming and Ice Skating all in the same day? Wow where do we live we can do such two extremes. Aren't we lucky?
The last few weeks we have had many a trip to the cemetery for picnics. Here is the picnic with the Kunz's. The girls are sporting their new sunglasses :) Thanks aunt Gel!!!
All the cousins, well T, A, Sav, and Mik were playing Barbies, games, and in the kitchen. I was amazed at how well everyone got along. T was so good with Sav, it was really great. And Mik had SO much fun with A. Truly two peas in a pod. This is T reading the girls a story. Wow that will sure be nice when Mik can read! (by herself)
It was sure fun to have you all here!!! Thanks for you help; doing dishes, laundry, changing sheets, making beds, cooking lunch, and most of all THANKS FOR A GOOD TIME!!!
Well I can't figure out how to copy and paste pics in a different order, only move them and that takes FOREVER. So these are out of order, but still super fun. We saw RED at where else than Red Robin. It was really fun. He is there on Tuesday nights from 530 to 730. The girls loved him. The boy? Not so much :).
OK so we went to Jeepers. $5 fun. SERIOUSLY.... It was AMAZING. Ok not really, but for a little kid, it is almost as fun as Disneyland, because there are about 7 rides to go on and you can do them as many times as you want, and if you go on a Wednesday afternoon, NOBODY is there, so there is NO lines. It really is fun. Back to Savannah. This picture is her on the "bumper cars." She was so hilarious. Every time she was bumped it was like she was going to jump out of the seat. It was also really great when was bumped the first time by a little boy she didn't know. She pointed her finger at him and in her most grown up Savannah voice began to cuss him. I about died laughing.
The spinning monkey barrell. I wondered why they all looked a little sea sick when they got off this ride. It goes around and around and around in circles and if that isn't enough round and round for you, then you could spin yourself inside like the tea cups. Oh man.
A little choo choo train. Just perfect after the roller coaster which was INSANE!!!
While the little kids played on the rides, the big boys were playing video games, winning tickets to buy something special for their wives :). Thanks honey!! But truly what make me happy is to have my girls happy, so they decided to buy the girls these little squeaking duck puppets. It was perfect. Especially for the car that had the three squeaking ducks......
Granny orchestrated a MARVELOUS easter egg hunt. The kids walked away with a loot of prizes; lip gloss, bouncey balls, barretts, bows, but most importantly CASH!! Mikenna used that in combination with her birthday money to buy "Thumbelina," the new Barbie movie.
Reading "Poohs Easter Egg Hunt" before we went across the street to look for ours.
For those of you who don't know my husband very well. He is HILARIOUS. Since he has been married to me, this has calmed a bit (because I am SOOOO boring), but when he gets back with his family he reverts back to the man I fell in love with.This along with many other funny moments was.... well. Also disgusting. With so many boyz at our house, this was bound to happen. Our toilet was plugged. I had Doug use our plunger and then borrow my parents.... well they both worked. NOT. So he gloved up as you can see, and took care of the problem. I know. Gross. But when you are a poor college student on a Sunday with a plugged toilet you revert to drastic measures. This is not the case now, but my husband, always the fix it guy, took matters into his own hands.
The funniest part about this is Savannah in the corner, whom you can't see, was chanting and yelling, "Good boy" "Great job" "You're awesome" and clapping with some serious delight. Hopefully she doesn't put two and two together and plug the toilet, just so she can see her daddy glove up and save the day.
Here are the boys sucking on lemons. Yes. Lemons. From the lemon tree.
Yes folks, you saw correctly. It is the middle of March and they are SWIMMING! Lest you be confused that it is WARM here enough to swim; the water is about 68 degrees. They were CRAZY!!! BUT it was good fun.
Swimming and Ice Skating all in the same day? Wow where do we live we can do such two extremes. Aren't we lucky?
The last few weeks we have had many a trip to the cemetery for picnics. Here is the picnic with the Kunz's. The girls are sporting their new sunglasses :) Thanks aunt Gel!!!
All the cousins, well T, A, Sav, and Mik were playing Barbies, games, and in the kitchen. I was amazed at how well everyone got along. T was so good with Sav, it was really great. And Mik had SO much fun with A. Truly two peas in a pod. This is T reading the girls a story. Wow that will sure be nice when Mik can read! (by herself)It was sure fun to have you all here!!! Thanks for you help; doing dishes, laundry, changing sheets, making beds, cooking lunch, and most of all THANKS FOR A GOOD TIME!!!
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