11.11.2009

Melt.My.Heart.





Tonight during our bedtime ritual my heart skipped a few beats...this little boy ceases to amaze me.

"I kiss Mommy"
Thinking he meant for me to give him another smooch, I leaned over and gave him a kiss
"NO Mommy! I kiss Mommy belly."
I crouched over for his little lips and arms to reach my belly. A hug and kiss later...
"I kiss Mommy Harry [in] belly. I love Harry."

Harry loves you too Parker!
So does Mommy...

11.09.2009

Potty Training. Take 2.



Here we go again.

I suppose I cannot complain too much. Parker has been practically 100% potty trained since his first day out of diapers. We go months without a single accident. Sure, they still happen- rarely.

Finley. Oh, Finley. We ran out of diaper last Friday and I am refusing to buy anymore. Ever. Well, for her at least. There is something strange about wiping a little butt while said little butt is talking in full sentences and narrating the entire thing. I mean, if you can tell me in complete sentences that you are going, that you've gone, and that you would like to be changed, you are done with diapers. Period. End of story.

Unlike Parker, Finley requires a pull-up. From all the reading and research I did on potty training I swore that I would never ever use these. Parker didn't/doesn't and neither would Fin. HA. Finley naps and sleeps in them and when we leave the house I have been putting on her big girl underwear with a pull-up over them. The simple truth is that she's just not quite ready. BUT there's no turning back now!

From the past four days I can tell this is going to be a very long road. A long and messy road. From what I've read, a road that is no less messy now or in a year from now. Godspeed little girl.

11.05.2009

The Helmet

Lately Parker has been obsessed with helmets.
Bike helmets. Batting helmets. Football helmets.
You name it and he wants to wear it.



The obsession has become so great that we can no longer leave the house without wearing one.
This makes for a very special looking boy.

11.04.2009

Can I put up my Christmas lights yet?

Halloween is over. Thank God. Call me scrooge but it's just not a favorite. A whole lot of hulabaloo for two hours in a lame costume to get a few pieces of penny candy. Lame lame lame.

Thanksgiving is alright. I'm not big on turkey or pumpkin pie- or football. I mean a house full of family can't be beat but Christmas. That's what I'm talking about. A month of yummy food and fabulous parties. New Christmas outfits and pajamas. A house filled with people and lots of sparklies- smelling like pine trees. Decorating every inch of home inside and out. Ornaments to hang and lots of good carols to listen to. Wreaths and lights and singing and presents. Oh, glorious presents...big, small it doesn't matter.  Wrapped in beautiful paper with bows and ribbons. The excitement of Christmas Eve and jubilation of Christmas morning. Mmmm...I can smell Christmas coming. I can feel it around the corner.

I've started buying presents. I just can't help myself. The babes are getting soo many fabulous things this year- bikes, a dollhouse, a foosball table, a wooden train, dress up stuff. I cannot wait to see their faces...only 51 more days!

I'm hosting our first holiday party on December 4. Is it too early to decorate?! Maybe I'll just pull out the tubs to get a whiff of Christmas air...

11.03.2009

Changes

Ok. So me and my blog have always had a love hate relationship. Now it has taken on a whole new element. As I'm sure you've noticed my blog has been undergoing a makeover of sorts. I had a vision (don't you hate when that happens?) of what I wanted it to be and then after finding someone who said they would do it for me at a set price by the time he was finished the price had tripled. My vision had not changed. Hrmph. Web people. Then I found someone else but they couldn't make it a reality. So now I'm doing it all by myself. When you want something done right, best to do it yourself...

I'm making a ton of mistakes and have succeeded in totally messing up my HTML along the way but so far so good. I've removed that terrible blue blogger bar at the top, changed my border dividers to be bigger polka dots instead of lines, removed the border on my header, and a ton of other things that you probably didn't even notice- the borders are gone from my posts. Never bugged you right? Well, these are things that keep me up at night...wondering what the right code is to change such small and ridiculous details.

No. I'm not done. My new title is totally lame and needs to be changed (which is good because I own a domain name on WordPress and they won't give it back to me to use on Blogger so I have to buy a new domain anyways...forget the hype WordPress blows).

I changed all my fonts to handwriting (which took me FOREVER) and then realized I hated it and had to delete all the HTML I had worked so hard to type.

I'm still in the process to adding links below my header- which I found is possible just slightly more difficult than I'd like. And then there's my header that I need to make into a link so that you can click to be redirected back home but when I try to do this it shrinks my image to a barely there speck of grosgrain...

All of this and you could could probably care less. I know, I know. But I felt like I needed an explanation to all the randomness...

11.02.2009

My Littlest Angel


That's not the lighting. That's a halo over her head.

10.31.2009

A Pirate, a Princess and a Lame Camera


Parker does not like to have his picture taken.
I'm not so sure about a tracksuit under a princess costume, but it was cold.
The princess hood was necessary.


Unless it is an action shot and he is saying "ARRR"


An hour (I was impressed too!) and lots of "HAP HA WEEN"s and "TRICK TREAT"s later we arrived back home to enjoy our spoils...we ate lots and lots and lots of candy!

Parker only accepted candy at doors. All other 'treats' were deemed totally lame and unacceptable- can you blame him? Who gives out pretzels anyways? One house was giving out candy apples. The very nice man and woman placed one into his pumpkin candy sack. Parker quickly removed the apple, walked to the box where they were being kept and chucked it right back in, shouting very loudly "NO APPLE" as he did so. At the age of two, I think he gets what this holiday is all about. Candy. No fruit.



Enough sugar to keep us up until TEN O'CLOCK at night- our latest bedtime EVER!

10.30.2009

Six Meeks and a Patch of Pumpkins



  Two little ones in Uggs. Someone pinch me. The cuteness is too much to handle.


 Have I mentioned that it is our destiny to one day own a horse? My children are beyond obsessed! ...and, after all, Daddy did promise...


 A mommy, a daddy, and three babies...Finley is very into all things 'family' right now- pumpkins not excluded!


 Mimi, Pops and a pumpkin pyramid


This picture is so unbelievably Parker- it reminds me of this one.
The far off, pensive gaze with wheels turning; a constant thinker.


What's a pumpkin farm without a jack-o-lantern?!

10.28.2009

Our First Haircut

We had our first official haircut this past weekend.
Mom has been doing her best to keep mullets at bay using the kitchen shears but it was time.

Finley did not move once.
Parker thought the whole thing was a riot.
Finley looks like she has a bowl cut. It is terrible.
You pay for what you get when you go to Great Clips.

10.27.2009

Blog Crazy

I know, I know...my blog has been crazy as of late. One day it's redirecting you to WordPress, the next it has a bird, and then it's asking you to sign in. I'm trying to rearrange and change all of my HTML and it's making a mess of things...

Soon it will be beautiful...it just might take awhile! Until then disregard all things going on...it is staying here, open to everyone. If you get a strange message check back the next day...or maybe the next!

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