"Day Day"

Dear JJ,
Tonight, as I snuggled you to bed, when you were all warm and cuddly, and smelled so clean after your bath...

Mindful that before I'm ready you'll be too big to fit in my arms, I called you my sweet baby and my angel.

 You sleepily insisted, "Day Day".

(Too bad, buster, you are STILL my sweet baby and my angel!)

Good night, Lily!

Dearest Lily,
I don't know how old you will be when you read this blog, but in case you needed a little bedtime advice....


If you are ever having trouble getting yourself to bed, just pretend you are a puppy! When you are a little girl, you can sometimes have an attitude, but puppy Lily does whatever she's told immediately, provided you talk to her as if she is a puppy!

Tonight, from start to finish, puppy Lily and mommy accomplished in 5 minutes that which can take 3.5 hours on other nights!

Good puppy!!!

Mommy My Leg Hurts!!!

Anna, Lily, and JJ,

All 3 of you have now had a time when you faked inoperable legs.

I'm not talking about your typical toddler boneless legs when they don't want to do something... I'm talking about standing in one spot, fake crying, insisting that you can't walk (but running when someone mentions candy!)

Your dad and I have NO IDEA what it's about but all of you, independently, without knowing the other did it, faked that your legs didn't work.

You dad and I just laughed last night when JJ did it.  We couldn't believe all three of you came up with this!!!

We love you all!

All Threes with the Ones and Twos!!!

Two weeks ago tomorrow, we potty trained JJ.

I used the same 3-Day method as with Lily, and he had it down within about 2 days!

Just like Lily, he's not going to be perfect for a while, but he's doing a great job!

We've had some major, major issues with part of it (I won't go into the gross details) but as of today I feel safe saying we're on track!

Go JJ!!!

Littly Lily

Lily,

You alrady know how to use your eyes, which is a little scary.

Cute thigns you say:

The fact that you say Desinitley all the time (Definitely)

Sweekwet (Secret)

Youkickorn (Unicorn)

You are so patient but so dramatic at the same time.

We have tried (not as hard as we should) top break you of your thumb.  Most of the time you will go along with it and “hide your thumb” when we ask you to but there are times when you just glare and turn away and keep on going.  We don’t push it becasuse, well, if you need it that badly, you really need it.  You are dealing with an emotion right now that takes some help and that is okay. 

You are still in your head all the time and you could make a 20 minute adventure using two paper clips.

You still talk about your “honey” who is your imaginary friend.  Out of nowhere, you’ll say where she is sitting or get concerned that you left her at home.  You don’t tell stories about her insomuch as you make us aware of her presence. 

Lily is so Morbid!!!

Here's what her beloved babysitter, Miss Kim, wrote today on Facebook:
"I babysat again today, and the beautiful looking four your old girl, big blue eyes, long eyelashes, pink poofy lips and yelllow blonde hair made me a "card" with some squiggles on it. She read it to me -- "I love you so much. I love you so much I will even love you when you are too too old and dead." 

She's talks about pretty morbid things frequently as if they are no big deal... which at her age and understanding, they're not!

More cute things (Other than nearly everything that comes out of her mouth):
-Spunting = Something
-Slushsdoitulkdnflks = Frustrating.  How she says it isn't even intelligible and you have to figure it out using context but it's darn stinkin' cute!

She still talks about her "honey" (invisible friend) all the time. Sadly, "Honey's" parents are apparently deceased.  More Lily morbidness!  She has several moribd explanations for how that came about!



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Tonight

Tonight...
Is the very last time I will go to sleep having a one year old!
(sniff.....)

Oh man.  Mom moment!!!!

Interview with Lily, Age 4

Here is an interview with Lily, Age 4.

What is your:
1) Favorite color? Blue and Purple mixed togethler!
2) Favorite book? Pfrozen
3) Favorite movie? Pfrozen
4) Favorite food? Ice Kweem
5) Least favorite food? Sauce
6) Favorite fruit? Honey on Bwead
7) Favorite vegetable? Dus Peppers
8) Least favorite vegetable? Well I'm dus gonna show you the yuckiest vegetal. (Takes a package of cream cheese and chive crackers out of the pantry)
9) Favorite TV show? Barbie - De New kind of Barbie
10) Favorite song? Twinkle Twinkle Little Tar
11) Favorite thing to do with mom? Play
12) Favorite thing to do with dad? De same thing, and play
13) Favorite game to play with friends? With de Barbies
14) Favorite store? De Food Tor
15) Favorite sport? Sword
16) Favorite bible story? Wearing bible story
17)Favorite place to go? Molly and Ben's
18) Favorite restaurant? Pizza Hut
19) Favorite toy? My bicycle
20) Favorite thing to do with Anna? Play
20.5) Favorite thing to do with JJ? Play
21) Favorite drink? Duice
22) Favorite thing to do at school? Play
23) Favorite thing to do outside? Play
24) What do you want to be when you grow up? A mom! (Mommy loves to hear this!)
25) What can you do now that you are 4? Sing a song (Twinkle Twinkle)
26) Who is your best friend? Molly
27) What is mom's job? To clean up
28) What is dad's job? To clean the laundry
29) What does mom always say? I can't say that one.
30) What does dad always say? Moon
31) What is your nickname? You gotta sink about it. (?)
32) What makes you laugh? To do a soke (joke)
33) What makes you sad? If we hurwt me.
34) What are you thankful for? God
35) What does mom love about you? Mine harwdt , Yea because our harwdts is important. (You are exactly right, my dear!)

Then I asked if she had questions for me:
Shakes her head.

Interview with Anna, Age 7

Here is an interview with Anna, age 7.

What is your:
1) Favorite color? I don't have one
2) Favorite book? Harry Potter
3) Favorite movie? (Shoulder Shrug)
4) Favorite food? (Two Shoulder Shrugs)
5) Least favorite food? Guacamole
6) Favorite fruit? Grapes
7) Favorite vegetable? Carrot
8) Least favorite vegetable? Broccoli
9) Favorite TV show? (Big Should Shrug)
10) Favorite song? Wake Me Up-Avicii
11) Favorite thing to do with mom? Hop on Pop
12) Favorite thing to do with dad? Hop on Pop
13) Favorite game to play with friends? Freeze tag
14) Favorite store? (Shoulder Shrug)
15) Favorite sport? Soccer
16) Favorite bible story? I don't know
17)Favorite place to go? Six Flags or Dauphin Island
18) Favorite restaurant? Red Lobster ("You know that one!")
19) Favorite toy? Snuggle Comfort Puppy
20) Favorite thing to do with Elizabeth? Play pretend
20.5) Favorite thing to do with JJ? Snuggle
21) Favorite drink? Hot Cocoa or Root Beer Floats
22) Favorite thing to do at school? Go to Music
23) Favorite thing to do outside? Ride Bikes
24) What do you want to be when you grow up? Dress Designer
25) What can you do now that you are 7? Snap
26) Who is your best friend? I don't know...Sophie, since I knew her first
27) What is mom's job? Taking care of us
28) What is dad's job? Taking care of us
29) What does mom always say? I don't know
30) What does dad always say? I don't know
31) What is your nickname? Anna Banana - (She hates it)
32) What makes you laugh? Dada
33) What makes you sad? When I get into fights with friends
34) What are you thankful for? JJ
35) What does mom love about you? That she is helpful and responsible. (She made me answer this one.)

Then I asked if she had questions for me:Nah Uh

Lily is a swimmer!!!!

As of today, our little Lily can SWIM without her floaties!

She's not perfect, of course, and she tires easily, but as soon as she was brave enough to swim all the way underwater she was ZOOMING like a fish!

She swan half way across the shallow end of the indoor YMCA pool!

Way to go, Lily!!!!