Andrew at 5 weeks. This is the best picture of him to date with his eyes open. You can't really see it, but he
has this fabulous little double chin that I love to kiss.
- This has been a roughish week for our little Kate. She is still my little cute girl, just not the baby anymore and she can tell. As we speak she is cuddled in next to me on the couch watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. ( I am making a choice here not to shower or do any number of things that are also screaming for my attention.)
The other day I was on the phone and Isaac and Kate were fighting and Kate was screaming so I got after them a little. A few minutes later Kate started screaming bloody murder and I figured that Isaac had hit her or something so I got after him and held Kate for a minute or two. As I held her I noticed that her fingers were black, but figured it was from playing outside. It wasn't until I walked down the hall and noticed her little purple hairclip sticking out of the light socket that I realized what happened. It was black just like her fingers and the breaker to our room had been tripped. I feel so badly! That must have been quite the jolt.
The next day Kate was trying to climb on the couch while I was nursing Andrew. She asked me for some help so I tried to help her by pulling her up. I'm sure you all know what happened next. I pulled her arm out of socket. Not a happy thing. Yup... feeling like mother of the year over here.
- Moving on... Can I just say how embarrassed I was the other day as I watched a show on TLC as I was nursing. The show was about outrageous kid parties, outrageous to the tune of $25,000. I was embarrassed for these moms throwing the parties, but even more embarrassed that the two being featured that day were both from Utah. I can't even imagine putting that kind of money into a birthday party, let alone a wedding. It would be nice to have that kind of money to burn, but not on a birthday party. Those poor spoiled kids!
- Isaac has decided that his birthday party is going to be something like the party one of those kids had. He told me we could do a car party and I could give him a car like the little girl got since he doesn't have a car that he can drive (a child's size car, not the matchbox size). Heaven help us!
- I'm sure it doesn't need to be said, but my heart is just breaking for the sweet Japanese people who are going through so much right now. I had a roommate from Japan before I went on my mission. I learned a bit about her culture and am sure that they as a people have many of the wonderful characteristics that she has. She is/was such a hard worker with no sense of entitlement, very humble, very concerned about other people, and very much concerned about not putting people out. As I watch the coverage of the disaster I think about Mika and want to just cry for these people.
- I got such a kick out of hearing Isaac play tour guide yesterday afternoon after having been to a birthday party at Thanksgiving Point. Apparently he loved the dinosaur museum. He was doing just what the guide did. I could hear him saying things like, "Here we have the American Shark. It lived in this time period." (My favorite was him pointing to a pretend map and telling Kate that the "made up name" dinosaur lived here.) Kate kept nodding and saying wow at appropriate moments. Priceless.
- Better end now... there are lots of things needing my attention right now. Hope you are all well and are having a happy St. Patty's day!!
The other day I was on the phone and Isaac and Kate were fighting and Kate was screaming so I got after them a little. A few minutes later Kate started screaming bloody murder and I figured that Isaac had hit her or something so I got after him and held Kate for a minute or two. As I held her I noticed that her fingers were black, but figured it was from playing outside. It wasn't until I walked down the hall and noticed her little purple hairclip sticking out of the light socket that I realized what happened. It was black just like her fingers and the breaker to our room had been tripped. I feel so badly! That must have been quite the jolt.
The next day Kate was trying to climb on the couch while I was nursing Andrew. She asked me for some help so I tried to help her by pulling her up. I'm sure you all know what happened next. I pulled her arm out of socket. Not a happy thing. Yup... feeling like mother of the year over here.
- Moving on... Can I just say how embarrassed I was the other day as I watched a show on TLC as I was nursing. The show was about outrageous kid parties, outrageous to the tune of $25,000. I was embarrassed for these moms throwing the parties, but even more embarrassed that the two being featured that day were both from Utah. I can't even imagine putting that kind of money into a birthday party, let alone a wedding. It would be nice to have that kind of money to burn, but not on a birthday party. Those poor spoiled kids!
- Isaac has decided that his birthday party is going to be something like the party one of those kids had. He told me we could do a car party and I could give him a car like the little girl got since he doesn't have a car that he can drive (a child's size car, not the matchbox size). Heaven help us!
- I'm sure it doesn't need to be said, but my heart is just breaking for the sweet Japanese people who are going through so much right now. I had a roommate from Japan before I went on my mission. I learned a bit about her culture and am sure that they as a people have many of the wonderful characteristics that she has. She is/was such a hard worker with no sense of entitlement, very humble, very concerned about other people, and very much concerned about not putting people out. As I watch the coverage of the disaster I think about Mika and want to just cry for these people.
- I got such a kick out of hearing Isaac play tour guide yesterday afternoon after having been to a birthday party at Thanksgiving Point. Apparently he loved the dinosaur museum. He was doing just what the guide did. I could hear him saying things like, "Here we have the American Shark. It lived in this time period." (My favorite was him pointing to a pretend map and telling Kate that the "made up name" dinosaur lived here.) Kate kept nodding and saying wow at appropriate moments. Priceless.
- Better end now... there are lots of things needing my attention right now. Hope you are all well and are having a happy St. Patty's day!!
5 comments:
Love the updates. Isn't it such a unique thing to be a mom...everyone wants to be with you (like in your pocket), fights to climb all over you and you haven't even showered. I don't know any other circumstances that can compare. You're doing just fine. (And good news, Kate won't remember a thing.)
I am loving Kate's new haircut. So cute.
Bless you, you darling mommy of three. This is seriously, how it goes. Most of the fightings/fallings/breakings happen while your'e nursing. It's just how it goes. You're feeding the baby on one side while holding your bleeding (or broken) toddler on the other. This doesn't make it any easier, but at least you know you're not alone :)
I love to read the stories on your blog, even if I've already heard you tell them. Good luck with the car thing for Isaac's birthday. I think of Mika too, when I think of the people in Japan.
Andrew is so sweet! I pulled my daughter's elbow out of socket when she was 2...I'll gladly hand the mother of year over to you. ;)
Sounds like it's time for some socket plugs eh?
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