On The Move

Well it is official. Kaden is "ON THE MOVE!!!!!!!"

He started crawling yesterday and has taken off. Today he pulled the fan down onto himself. Pulled out DVD's. Played with electrical cords. Pinched his finger in a drawer. Bonked his head. Pulled all of Aubrie's hair accessories out and onto the floor. Played with Aubrie's headbands for about 20 minutes and pretty much exhausted his Mommy! I have a lot of baby proofing to do and my times of sitting and watching him play quietly on the floor are O-V-E-R!!! I'm so excited for him and so excited to see him grow and change. I love him more every day!!! Can't wait for Grandma JT and Pop-Pop to come and see him in December. Grandma is going to have SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS LITTLE BOY!!!

Welcome To The Family

I would like to take a moment to welcome to additions to our extended family. First we have Grandma and Pop-Pop's new puppy, Herky. He is a Westie-Poo (I think.) Aubrie affectionately refers to him as "Herky The Turkey!" Next we have Nannee's new puppy, Darby. She is a Shih-Tzu. Aubrie affectionately calls her "Darby Kalarby!" I have a picture of Nannee and Darby but unfortunately I don't have one of Herky since he chewed through the camera cord right before Grandma JT could send the picture. Oops! :-) Welcome new puppies!!! Aubrie talks about them every day and has now declared that she needs two new "Stuffed Aminals" to add to her collection. One that looks like Darby and one that looks like Herky!!!

Exciting News

Well, not really. My sister, Katie, was bored reading the same blog entry so she told me to update...so...here goes.

This past weekend I FINALLY put my maternity clothes away in a big black trash bag in the basement! Yeah! Go Me!!!

Aubrie fell asleep tonight before I could even make it upstairs to kiss her goodnight! Yeah! Go Aubrie!!!

Kaden is super close to crawling. He gets so close and then flops down on his face and looks at me with a big smile. Yeah! Go Kaden!!!

Steven had off on Monday and is taking off on Friday to be with his family. PLUS...he's reading a book...not a magazine...a real book for the first time in years! Yeah! Go Steven!!!

Max...well...he's just Max and we love him! Go Max!!!

Bailey...oh dear. It's a good thing you can't see Bailey. Steven tried to "groom" him this past weekend and it didn't go well so we took him to the real groomers to get "fixed" and he looks absolutely AWFUL! Oh well...we love him anyway! Yeah! Go Bailey!!!

Okay...Katie...is this better??? :-)

New and Improved

Aubrie has never been a good sleeper. I think she suffers from some kind of insomnia. She DID NOT get that from me!!! I love to sleep.

She's been doing better about going to bed since she started Kindergarten. I would even go as far as saying we have made GREAT strides in simplifying our bedtime routine and encouraging her to stay on a good schedule.

Tonight did not go quite as well...But I did learn something about Aubrie that apparently I did not know before. I understand now that I am not a very observant Mommy. This was our conversation.

Aubrie: (With tears streaming down her face) "Mommy...I need to tell you something I've never told you before."

Mommy: (Feeling that moment of panic that something might be terribly wrong) "What is it honey...you can tell Mommy anything."

Aubrie: "Mommy...I've been sick since I was three years old. That's why I can't go to sleep at night. My nose is stuffy and I keep having to wake up to get tissues. And, Mommy, that is a long time!!!"

Mommy: (Quite relieved and trying hard not to laugh in her face) "Oh dear, it sounds like you are very upset about this. Do you need a tissue now?"

(Aubrie scampers off to the bathroom to get a tissue and Steven and I try not to laugh too loudly.)

Daddy: (After a quick trip to our stockpile of tissues) "Aubrie, I have a box of princess tissues. Would that help you sleep?"

Aubrie: "Yes, but I still don't have anyone to snuggle with...not even Kaden, Max, Bailey, Mommy or Daddy!"

Daddy: (The ever-patient problem solver) "MAX...Go upstairs with Aubrie!!!"

It's so wonderful to see Aubrie using her imagination to create new and improved excuses. It's so sweet to see my husband running to get a box of princess tissues for his little girl and it's so nice to have Max...the ever loyal...ever patient friend to make Aubrie feel special.

Blessed to have a truly wonderful family...and lots of reasons to laugh,
EMT