I have been capturing more video to send to Chris in Iraq and I just had to share this with all my friends. I hope you laugh as hard as I did! You'll have to tell me if Soren wins the funniest baby award!
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Today we celebrated Tristan's BIG BOY party. He has successfully been potty trained!! YEAH! I was still a little nervous about BM's but right before dinner tonight he went on the toilet. He was still a little hesitant and nervous but I told him my arm had magic powers and if he held onto it he wouldn't be afraid and it wouldn't hurt. It seemed to help because he later said " I pooped and mommy's magic arm helped me" kids are so funny.
The babies are practicing sitting up. Barrett has a better center of gravity but Soren has more of a desire to be sitting up. I am thinking they will be sitting on their own within a couple weeks. Probably about the same time they really get the hang of rolling over.
The dogs are doing great. Thankfully not shedding as much. Bella is going to be Tristan's best friend. She lets him climb on her, lay on her, wrestle her and more. We are fortunate to have two very well tempered dogs.
We had the missionaries over for dinner and afterwards we sat out on the patio and played with the kids on the trampoline. Tristan got a hold of the hose and wouldn't listen the million times I told him to turn off the water. I told him to take the hose out of the patio into the back yard. He kept spraying through the screen so I went out to take it away and what did he DO??? He soaked his mother! Yes, the war was on...I chased him all over the yard and took the hose and soaked his little behind. Eliana wanted to get in on the action. We were putting on a fun little show for the missionaries and the grandparents. Ahhh, fun in the summer.
The babies are practicing sitting up. Barrett has a better center of gravity but Soren has more of a desire to be sitting up. I am thinking they will be sitting on their own within a couple weeks. Probably about the same time they really get the hang of rolling over.
The dogs are doing great. Thankfully not shedding as much. Bella is going to be Tristan's best friend. She lets him climb on her, lay on her, wrestle her and more. We are fortunate to have two very well tempered dogs.
We had the missionaries over for dinner and afterwards we sat out on the patio and played with the kids on the trampoline. Tristan got a hold of the hose and wouldn't listen the million times I told him to turn off the water. I told him to take the hose out of the patio into the back yard. He kept spraying through the screen so I went out to take it away and what did he DO??? He soaked his mother! Yes, the war was on...I chased him all over the yard and took the hose and soaked his little behind. Eliana wanted to get in on the action. We were putting on a fun little show for the missionaries and the grandparents. Ahhh, fun in the summer.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Momma's boy's
I just love these guys! I know every mom thinks their little ones are the cutest ever. I just happen to think that my children got blessed with cuteness. I have no idea where they got it from! Not mom and dad for sure!
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Fantistic 4
Yes, I am referring to my children. I feel like I am already falling behind on documenting all the fun happenings with my kiddos. Life has been very busy with my parents here. However, the chaos levels have greatly decreased. I have a nanny (grandma) who had stolen my babies. I am actually missing the boys because she hoards them all day. No really, she has been wonderful to take such great care of my little ones so I can spend precious time with Eliana and Tristan. My older two have been feeling neglected and were acting out. I can tell a huge difference in there attitudes with all the individual attention I have been giving them.
Eliana constantly loves on the babies. She will be thrilled when they can sit up on their own so she can be more interactive with them. Tristan is finally starting to notice the babies and be sweet to them. But his interest is very limited. He still can not tell the babies apart. He just doesn't look at there faces to identify them.
The babies are growing in size, personality and dexterity. At their 4 month check up they weren't even on the charts. In the 0%. I stopped nursing and now at 6 months they are in the 50%. They are only a couple weeks behind on rolling over. They are SO close but only spinning around and scooting on their backs. Soren desperately wants to be sitting and it kills him that he is limited. He will be running before I know it. Barrett is my happy go lucky chillin' child. I will post more about these babies later.
I have to say...my kids are great at silly faces!
Eliana constantly loves on the babies. She will be thrilled when they can sit up on their own so she can be more interactive with them. Tristan is finally starting to notice the babies and be sweet to them. But his interest is very limited. He still can not tell the babies apart. He just doesn't look at there faces to identify them.
The babies are growing in size, personality and dexterity. At their 4 month check up they weren't even on the charts. In the 0%. I stopped nursing and now at 6 months they are in the 50%. They are only a couple weeks behind on rolling over. They are SO close but only spinning around and scooting on their backs. Soren desperately wants to be sitting and it kills him that he is limited. He will be running before I know it. Barrett is my happy go lucky chillin' child. I will post more about these babies later.
I have to say...my kids are great at silly faces!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Check out this blog!
I just love to read my friend Charlene's blog. She is Witty, intelligent, funny, and always has topics of great interest on her blog. I especially like her latest and EXTREMELY long post titled Pistachios and female scorpions. Trust me, you will love this read.
Busy, busy, busy!
My parents came into town on July 3rd to stay for the whole month. I had an extremely long list of projects that I wanted to do while they are here. So not only have my poor parents been slaving around the house my mom has gotten a good dose of being full time grandma to these babies. She will hardly let me hold my own babies!! Not really, she is just helping to the fullest. My dad has helped with all the yard work and landscaping. Which is not easy on a half acre lot. We ripped out two trees and took a full load to the dump in the poring rain.
Reasons why I have been too tired to post:
-painted Eli and Tristan's room
-moved ALL toys upstairs to the new playroom
-cleaned out office, kids room and babies room to have carpets cleaned
-moved kids beds downstairs
-pressure washed patio, play set and play house then reassembled upstairs in the new playroom
-spent 3-4 hours organizing toys and getting the playroom just right
Tomorrow is a play day. I think i will take Eliana and Tristan to the movies. Tomorrow night we are expecting some good friends to come visit for the weekend. Lana Taylor, hubby Tommy and two girls, Jocelynne and Kaylie are our friends from Arizona. Jocelynne is Eli's very first best friend. Eliana is SO excited. Oh and did I mention that Eli is beside herself with EXCITEMENT!
Well, my list for the morning is to find out why our water bill tripled this month, call the IRS to clarify a tax amendment, make some (other)important phone calls and balance the checkbook. I guess the fun can't begin until the dirty work is done.
My next post (hopefully tomorrow) will have all kinds of fun news about the babies and how fast they are growing. Oh...and pics of our new dog Bella.
Reasons why I have been too tired to post:
-painted Eli and Tristan's room
-moved ALL toys upstairs to the new playroom
-cleaned out office, kids room and babies room to have carpets cleaned
-moved kids beds downstairs
-pressure washed patio, play set and play house then reassembled upstairs in the new playroom
-spent 3-4 hours organizing toys and getting the playroom just right
Tomorrow is a play day. I think i will take Eliana and Tristan to the movies. Tomorrow night we are expecting some good friends to come visit for the weekend. Lana Taylor, hubby Tommy and two girls, Jocelynne and Kaylie are our friends from Arizona. Jocelynne is Eli's very first best friend. Eliana is SO excited. Oh and did I mention that Eli is beside herself with EXCITEMENT!
Well, my list for the morning is to find out why our water bill tripled this month, call the IRS to clarify a tax amendment, make some (other)important phone calls and balance the checkbook. I guess the fun can't begin until the dirty work is done.
My next post (hopefully tomorrow) will have all kinds of fun news about the babies and how fast they are growing. Oh...and pics of our new dog Bella.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
A day for the BOOKS
Today flowed smoothly until evening came. This morning I was a little sad because I had to take Lanie to the vet to be groomed and her new owner was going to pick her up. So I gathered her things and the kids and headed out the door. After sending Lanie on her way I dropped Eliana off at her friend Laurens house. They were headed to the HUGE water park at HAAF (Hunter Army Airfield). Tristan the babies and I hung out today playing on the trampoline and running around with toys. Our neighbor Christy invited Tristan to go to our local pool here in Buckhead. So I showered and got things ready for tonight. I was invited to a Pampered Chef party and my friend Kayleen offered to watch Eli and Tristan for me. Without all the silly details I was back and forth between picking up pizza, kayleens house, picking up Eliana, back to Kayleens house. Feeding babies then finally on my way to the party...30 minutes late! I get to Kayleens house around 8:30 to pick up the kids and she has a story to tell me!
Tristan was in underwear instead of his pull-up. He and Zachery were jumping on the trampoline and Tristan pooped! It ran down his leg and into his sandal. He must have thought it felt good because he proceeded to jump and squish poop all over the trampoline. You know...all the little crevasses! My heart sank as she told me about bathing them and cleaning up. I was pleased with how she handled Tristan. I hope he felt really bad. She said he kept apologizing over and over. What am I going to do with this boy! As usual it was a battle getting the kids to leave their friends house. Finally at 9:30 and on our way home when my truck starts to act funny. As I let off the break to turn into our neighborhood my computer chip starts to go on the fritz. The engine light came on and the truck was coasting. I managed to get into the neighborhood and pulled off into the grass on the side of the road.
The tears started to surface as I listen to two crying, hungry babies, grumpy kids saying "mommy why are we stopped?" and wondering if I was going to have to walk home. I try calling Robyn and went straight to voice mail. I called Bro. Sparks and got a machine. Called Muthu Alletto and she was coming to my rescue. Just as soon as I get Soren out and hold him I realize that I am being watched over! Bro. Sparks drives by and stops. 30 seconds later the Christensen's (my home and V.T) drive by and stop. What are they doing out at 9:30 at night! Then Muthu and her hubby (bishop) show up. I then had 4 cars to my rescue all at once. How amazing! I know without a doubt that Heavenly Father is very aware of me and my little family. He has provided so many mini miracles and this was one of them. Muthu, bless her heart, stayed to help feed babies and get kids to bed. Then she helped me clean my kitchen and wash bottles. I can't express how grateful I am for wonderful friends who are always there to help.
It is almost midnight and I just got done paying the bills and posting this blog. I think it is time for me to crash and hope tomorrow brings better fortune.
Tristan was in underwear instead of his pull-up. He and Zachery were jumping on the trampoline and Tristan pooped! It ran down his leg and into his sandal. He must have thought it felt good because he proceeded to jump and squish poop all over the trampoline. You know...all the little crevasses! My heart sank as she told me about bathing them and cleaning up. I was pleased with how she handled Tristan. I hope he felt really bad. She said he kept apologizing over and over. What am I going to do with this boy! As usual it was a battle getting the kids to leave their friends house. Finally at 9:30 and on our way home when my truck starts to act funny. As I let off the break to turn into our neighborhood my computer chip starts to go on the fritz. The engine light came on and the truck was coasting. I managed to get into the neighborhood and pulled off into the grass on the side of the road.
The tears started to surface as I listen to two crying, hungry babies, grumpy kids saying "mommy why are we stopped?" and wondering if I was going to have to walk home. I try calling Robyn and went straight to voice mail. I called Bro. Sparks and got a machine. Called Muthu Alletto and she was coming to my rescue. Just as soon as I get Soren out and hold him I realize that I am being watched over! Bro. Sparks drives by and stops. 30 seconds later the Christensen's (my home and V.T) drive by and stop. What are they doing out at 9:30 at night! Then Muthu and her hubby (bishop) show up. I then had 4 cars to my rescue all at once. How amazing! I know without a doubt that Heavenly Father is very aware of me and my little family. He has provided so many mini miracles and this was one of them. Muthu, bless her heart, stayed to help feed babies and get kids to bed. Then she helped me clean my kitchen and wash bottles. I can't express how grateful I am for wonderful friends who are always there to help.
It is almost midnight and I just got done paying the bills and posting this blog. I think it is time for me to crash and hope tomorrow brings better fortune.
Dust storm
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My DH emailed this morning with pictures of this massive sand storm. When he took the pics the visibility was poor but he said today it was well below that. I'm glad I don't live in Iraq! I have a hard enough time dusting my own house. That dust covers everything and every crevasse. Even through the dust and squinting eyes, it is GREAT to see pics of Chris. The kids just light up whenever dad sends anything our way. Thanks DAD...keep them coming. We miss you like crazy!
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