Well I shall be without internet for a couple weeks. Hope you all won’t forget me in that time, but I figured I’d at least give you a heads up rather than “reappear” magically later. 
I’m actually looking forward to being “unplugged” for a little bit. I’m sure I’ll be able to get much more other things done without the feeling that I need to be in constant contact via e-mail, blog and Facebook. So I look forward to catching up once I come back. In the meantime if you need me, give me a good ol’ fashioned phone call. Ta ta!
Archive for April, 2009
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Gone, gone, gone
2009
04.19
04.19
Coffee Quote of the Week
2009
04.13
04.13
For all of you going through withdrawal from my coffee quotes, this one is for YOU!
“I believe humans get a lot done, not because we’re smart, but because we have thumbs so we can make coffee.” ~Flash Rosenberg
Vocalizing
2009
04.06
04.06
That’s what my lads are doing more of these days. Qade is so funny! His vocab is growing by leaps and bounds as well as his ability to communicate more clearly to us. I can see the wheels in his head turning as he tries to come up with the best way to tell me whatever it is. He’s been adding his own syllables to words he knows to create a “sentence” and it sounds something like this: I say, “Go get your drink. It’s in the kitchen” his repeat is, “Yo-ee, yo-ee dink, yo-ee yo-ee yo-ee tichen.” 
It cracks me up! Another thing he does is call everything he has no word for “dis.” So he’ll ask me for something and vaguely point in some random direction all the while saying “dis” and even adding “peas” because he knows that asking politely is the best way to get something, but often I have NO idea what he’s asking for. He is getting better about being able to “show mommy” what he’s talking about. He recently learned the word “feeners” (fingers) and tonight while riding the wheely bug, he stubbed his toe on something, and was fussing. I didn’t come “rescue” him so he finally came to me and bent down grabbing his toes and saying “Feeners” so I knew he hurt his toes, but had to laugh at them calling them fingers. He likes to say, “Oh man!” but it sounds more like “Aww, Meen.” Stu taught him the phrase “Cool beans” this week too, only when Qade says it it sounds like “Cold Meat” that is hysterical!
Myles on the other hand has also been practicing his voice. He has this high pitched squeal that he can “say” for quite a long time. He also has recently learned to ‘fake laugh’ and that cracks me up too. He also likes to just “talk” to us but doesn’t really use any consonants yet. It’s mostly “ah-ah-ah-ah” with an occasional “duh” thrown in. It’s fun to talk to my monkeys. I remember thinking, before Qade was born, that it would be so cool to hear my child say “mommy” and it really has been amazing. I have a little person, well 2 little people in my life and they love me, and now Qade has the ability to tell me so. At bed time he’ll pop his thumb out and whisper, “low you. Nigh-night.” Oh… just melts my heart every day.
So anyway I have an enormous list of “to do’s” for myself tomorrow. Not the least of which is making cinnamon rolls and some Hawaiian bread to share with special friends! Woo-Hoo!!!
A Shopping I will go
2009
04.04
04.04
Today I did some summer shopping, though the weather seemed hardly in the mood! It was blustery and cold all day, it even threatened to rain, but I don’t think any of us parched Arizona people would mind that! Still I went, and saw, and conquered! You all probably know that I am NOT the queen of shopping. In fact the least I can do of it the better in my mind. It’s even worse when it comes down to shopping for clothing for myself. I have a hard time. So today the goal was to find some clothes for summer since all of my pre-baby clothes have seemingly vanished, and even if they hadn’t I’m not so confident I should wear them anyway! I had low expectations for what I would find today too. Not that I wasn’t hopeful, but trying to be realistic knowing my track record. Well, I was pleasantly surprised and elated when I managed to find 4 or 5 tops (can’t remember how many now) and some capris and a pair of jeans (on sale!)!!! It was a successful shopping excursion to be sure! I’m so excited for the warm weather to arrive permanently so that I can actually put to use some of these things! Yay for me! Oh, and I might as well mention that all the shirts very neatly hide my muffin top, though I am still working on loosing it altogether! 
Hope you are all having as swell a weekend as I am. Toodles for now!
Not ready to be roomies
2009
04.01
04.01
This is what I learned last night. Here I was, gung-ho mom, ready to conquer the challenge of getting the boys to sleep together. Maybe I was so gung ho about it because this in my mind was a way to help ME sleep better without a teeny roomy myself. Hmmmm…. Well selfish or not I decided to try it. It didn’t start out well at all. Myles, the first victim, did not seem to want to go to sleep in the crib in Qade’s room. I worked with him and eventually he gave up. Fast forward about 45 min when it’s time for Qade to hit the hay. I’m thinking that he’ll go down easily, he’s had a long day, blah blah blah. Oh-no, not this little nearly 2 year old! He starts up this HUGE fit with screams and all because, get this, the door was still open. What!?!? Finally he gets deposited, still screaming, into his bed, but by this time Myles is also screaming because he is not usually awakened so rudely. I work with Myles for awhile, and Stu works to calm Qade down, but it was all futile. Qade does eventually go to sleep, but Myles has started screaming SO hard that he’s practically choking! I’ve never heard him scream like that before. I finally cave in and give him his bottle early. I think that the reason he was so upset was because typically when he gets woke up at night it’s for me to give him that last bottle, so he didn’t understand why he was awake, by a screaming sibling no less, and then Mommy just sat there and wouldn’t give him a bottle. Poor little dude. By the time the drama and ordeal was all over, this momma was so wiped out that I put myself to bed as well. *sigh* So I think I’ve learned that when your kids ain’t ready, they AIN’T READY!! Myles will continue to be mine and Stu’s roomie till he’s eating solids regularly and can forgo the late night bottle. And that’s okay too!
This weekend past I got to meet my very own first ever niece!! Helen is such a cutie and so itty-bitty!! I had warned my bro that when he next saw Myles the boy would look like a monster baby to him compared to his own little one. It was true! Helen has a FULL head of dark brown hair, and dark eyes. She’s got a sweet little baby doll face, and I’m very happy I got to see her when she was “brand new.” She and her mommy seem to be getting along just fine, and the daddy has recouped well too. Now all we need to do is wrangle everyone into the same place at the same time for a family photo. Your job, Mom. Hee hee!!
Hope y’all’s week is doing great things for you. I’m still a bit tired from my trip, but happy to be home!! Today I made some “King’s Hawaiian Bread” it is delicious!!! Numm-y!! I’ve decided that I LOVE bread baking as long as I can let the machine do the hard work! Today it mixed and kneaded the dough and then I split it up into loaves and baked it in the oven. Worked great! Tasted even better! Wish you could have some with me. Tood-a-loo!
