Yesterday morning, I woke up to the sound of a little girl coughing. I grabbed her out of her bed and got her a drink. It was still early so I laid her in bed with me. She was so sweet. She lay there holding my hand with one hand and rubbing my face with the other. Her little hands are soooo soft!! I kissed her on the cheek and said, "I love you" so she kissed me on the cheek and said "I Wuv you too!"
We were soon joined by bubby. We all just laid in bed together all cuddled up. It was great. We had no where that we had to go and had all the time in the world. I love moments like these! I love being a mom!
Last night while tucking my little guy into bed he says to me, "mom, I love you as big as a rock!" I smiled and said "I love you as big as a rock too!" He asked, "how big a rock? I love you as big as a huge rock!"
My heart melts everyday for my children! God has blessed Andrew and I beyond measure! He is so good to us! Thank you God so much for my wonderful husband and two perfect children!
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Information overload
So much has been going on and coming up that I don't know where to start. So I am just going to do a brain dump
*Friday I fly out for St.Louis to attend Pampered Chef's spring launch. I am going all by myself. I am excited, but getting really nervous especially with talk of daddy heading out of town for work. I have a baby sitter on stand by, but not sure I can leave my babies for 3 days.
*Lately, Lexie refuses to call me mommy. She will just call me daddy. When I say, "Say mommy" she will say, "Ok Holly". She has no problem calling Andrew daddy though.
*somehow Lance has really gotten off his sleep schedule. He is staying up till 11 and waking up at 9. I am trying so hard to fix this. When I go up to tuck him in he is playing and just not tired. He will give me every excuse not to go to bed. I'm hungry, I got to pee, read me one more book, I didn't tell daddy good night, are just a few of the excuses that I get. I have even started the bedtime routine earlier and it isn't really helping.
*diets are going very well. We joined the Alaska Club this past week and our taking advantage of everything they offer. Some locations even have a pool. Yesterday, after church we took the kids swimming. They had a blast. Lance had his goggles on and was swimming everywhere!!! I mean, everywhere!! He was like a fish. He wasn't scared at all being in water that was over his head. Lexie had fun but was cold most of the time. She rode on daddy's back and just enjoyed being held my mommy.
*my brother, Matt, and his wife, Stephanie, are due with their baby girl in just over a week. We are so excited for them to have their first child. So many of my friends are pregnant. It's exciting!
*speaking of babies, Jason and Ashley found out this past week they are expecting number two!! We are thrilled. Super surprised, but absolutely thrilled for Amelia to become a big sister. We already have 8 (well almost) nieces and 2 nephews. I wonder what this one will be???
*Lance's second soccer game went okay. He is all excited at first then half way through the game he just wants to come sit with mommy and daddy. This is all new to him. He doesn't understand the concept of team yet. Most the other kids are in daycare full time and are used to playing with each other. Lance goes once a week for about 4 hours. He will catch on the more he plays. I have to remind Andrew that Lance is only 3.
*our days are getting longer and longer. We are gaining about 30 minutes of daylight a week
*we have had a short cold snap. Saturday stayed around 0 degrees and Sunday was -18 on the way to church and warmed up to 0 later in the day. It will continue to get warmer throughout the week and we even have some snow in the forecast.
* yesterday Lance wanted to stay in church with us for the worship service. Lance absolutely loved it! He couldn't help but dance and clap. At times he was in a trance just watching the band play. Everyone got a kick out of the little boy standing in the pew dancing and clapping.
*Lexie is over her separation anxiety, Thank God!! She now loves new places and even meeting new people. She is very attached to Lance. Anytime he goes somewhere she will ask me "Where's Wance?" The other day he went with dad somewhere and when he got home she was running around yelling "Yeah! Wance Home! Wance home! Yes!"
*Lexie is continuing to do wonderful using the potty!
*The kids continue to keep growing. A shopping trip is in our near future. Lance's 3T jeans are way too short! Speaking of jeans, Lance hates jeans. I have to practically force him to wear them, then the second we get home he rips them off. Lexie's 2t clothes aren't exactly cutting it either. She has a few things that do but not many. We have already sent several outfits and lots of shoes to cousin Amelia.
*daddy hasn't had to travel too much lately with his job. He did make a day trip down to Homer last week, but that was the first in a while. There is talk of him maybe leaving Wednesday for a week, but we will see.
*spring is just around the corner. We can't wait for the warm weather, because then we will have visitors. Lance is super excited to have all his grandparents come to visit. We have told him when the snow melts they will come. So we hear the question, "when is the snow going to melt?" quite often.
*Friday I fly out for St.Louis to attend Pampered Chef's spring launch. I am going all by myself. I am excited, but getting really nervous especially with talk of daddy heading out of town for work. I have a baby sitter on stand by, but not sure I can leave my babies for 3 days.
*Lately, Lexie refuses to call me mommy. She will just call me daddy. When I say, "Say mommy" she will say, "Ok Holly". She has no problem calling Andrew daddy though.
*somehow Lance has really gotten off his sleep schedule. He is staying up till 11 and waking up at 9. I am trying so hard to fix this. When I go up to tuck him in he is playing and just not tired. He will give me every excuse not to go to bed. I'm hungry, I got to pee, read me one more book, I didn't tell daddy good night, are just a few of the excuses that I get. I have even started the bedtime routine earlier and it isn't really helping.
*diets are going very well. We joined the Alaska Club this past week and our taking advantage of everything they offer. Some locations even have a pool. Yesterday, after church we took the kids swimming. They had a blast. Lance had his goggles on and was swimming everywhere!!! I mean, everywhere!! He was like a fish. He wasn't scared at all being in water that was over his head. Lexie had fun but was cold most of the time. She rode on daddy's back and just enjoyed being held my mommy.
*my brother, Matt, and his wife, Stephanie, are due with their baby girl in just over a week. We are so excited for them to have their first child. So many of my friends are pregnant. It's exciting!
*speaking of babies, Jason and Ashley found out this past week they are expecting number two!! We are thrilled. Super surprised, but absolutely thrilled for Amelia to become a big sister. We already have 8 (well almost) nieces and 2 nephews. I wonder what this one will be???
*Lance's second soccer game went okay. He is all excited at first then half way through the game he just wants to come sit with mommy and daddy. This is all new to him. He doesn't understand the concept of team yet. Most the other kids are in daycare full time and are used to playing with each other. Lance goes once a week for about 4 hours. He will catch on the more he plays. I have to remind Andrew that Lance is only 3.
*our days are getting longer and longer. We are gaining about 30 minutes of daylight a week
*we have had a short cold snap. Saturday stayed around 0 degrees and Sunday was -18 on the way to church and warmed up to 0 later in the day. It will continue to get warmer throughout the week and we even have some snow in the forecast.
* yesterday Lance wanted to stay in church with us for the worship service. Lance absolutely loved it! He couldn't help but dance and clap. At times he was in a trance just watching the band play. Everyone got a kick out of the little boy standing in the pew dancing and clapping.
*Lexie is over her separation anxiety, Thank God!! She now loves new places and even meeting new people. She is very attached to Lance. Anytime he goes somewhere she will ask me "Where's Wance?" The other day he went with dad somewhere and when he got home she was running around yelling "Yeah! Wance Home! Wance home! Yes!"
*Lexie is continuing to do wonderful using the potty!
*The kids continue to keep growing. A shopping trip is in our near future. Lance's 3T jeans are way too short! Speaking of jeans, Lance hates jeans. I have to practically force him to wear them, then the second we get home he rips them off. Lexie's 2t clothes aren't exactly cutting it either. She has a few things that do but not many. We have already sent several outfits and lots of shoes to cousin Amelia.
*daddy hasn't had to travel too much lately with his job. He did make a day trip down to Homer last week, but that was the first in a while. There is talk of him maybe leaving Wednesday for a week, but we will see.
*spring is just around the corner. We can't wait for the warm weather, because then we will have visitors. Lance is super excited to have all his grandparents come to visit. We have told him when the snow melts they will come. So we hear the question, "when is the snow going to melt?" quite often.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Leave a mark
Everyday I set aside time to teach the kids. They are both so smart and enjoy learning. I strongly believe kids should learn by reading and writing not by sitting in front of a TV with loud colorful objects and music. I mean, when they get to school they are going to have to sit and be quiet. I have been working with Lance on his letters. He has been picking it up really fast and learning what sounds each letter makes. He knows how to spell mommy's name, HOLLY; he knows both of his grandma's start with the letter 'S', he even knows how to spell his name. Up until yesterday he had always put all the letters of his name randomly on the paper. Yesterday he spelled his name all by himself in order from left to right. I am so proud of my big boy! He is getting so smart. He is all about learning! When we are driving he loves to point out the shapes of the sign. He will say, "mom, that sign is a rectangle!" as we are driving by.
I love hearing him with so much excitement say "that letter is in my name" anytime he sees a L A N C or E
I am still working on Lexie. She loves to repeat things she bears her big brother saying. She can almost count to 10 now. She knows 1 2 3 4 5 and 7 8 9 but we can't quite get it all in a row and add the 6 in there. She will get it soon. She has almost all of her colors down. When we are driving I ask her what colors the cars are that go by. If it is a weird shade or she doesn't know it then it is automatically "pink".
Yesterday, Lance was using a permanent marker to draw. I allowed him to use it, but explained to him not to write on himself or the table because it won't come off. He did very well with it. Well, at some point Lexie got the marker and did not do so well. She drew on her face of all places. As daddy was coming home from work I told him to be prepared when he seen Lexie. Daddy stopped by the store and bought the kids colorful WASHABLE markers to use. They love the new markers.
We love learning time! We read lots of books and talk about what is in each one, especially ones about animals. We count, we draw, color, sing songs and even take a break for exercises. My favorite exercise to do with the kids are jumping jacks. They are so dang funny. I am sure they think the same thing about mommy.
I love hearing him with so much excitement say "that letter is in my name" anytime he sees a L A N C or E
I am still working on Lexie. She loves to repeat things she bears her big brother saying. She can almost count to 10 now. She knows 1 2 3 4 5 and 7 8 9 but we can't quite get it all in a row and add the 6 in there. She will get it soon. She has almost all of her colors down. When we are driving I ask her what colors the cars are that go by. If it is a weird shade or she doesn't know it then it is automatically "pink".
Yesterday, Lance was using a permanent marker to draw. I allowed him to use it, but explained to him not to write on himself or the table because it won't come off. He did very well with it. Well, at some point Lexie got the marker and did not do so well. She drew on her face of all places. As daddy was coming home from work I told him to be prepared when he seen Lexie. Daddy stopped by the store and bought the kids colorful WASHABLE markers to use. They love the new markers.
We love learning time! We read lots of books and talk about what is in each one, especially ones about animals. We count, we draw, color, sing songs and even take a break for exercises. My favorite exercise to do with the kids are jumping jacks. They are so dang funny. I am sure they think the same thing about mommy.
Dinosaurs
Lance and Lexie love animals. We have tons of books all about them. Lately, Lance has taken a real interest in dinosaurs. Last night while putting him to sleep he ask me, "Mom, where do dinosaurs lives?" I said, "Hun, dinosaurs are extinct. That means that they aren't alive anymore." O my goodness! If I would have known the type of reaction that I was going to get, I would have answered way differently. He then Got very upset and asked, "why aren't they alive anymore? Who shot them?". I then said, "Nobody shot them. There wasn't enough food for them to eat because dinosaurs are so big". He then asked, "what do dinosaurs eat?" I said, "leaves and trees". This is where is gets so sad. He then starts crying, yes crying, like real crocodile tears, "Why can't dinosaurs live here? We have tons of trees! But I've never seen one and I really want to see one!" I then Start explaining how crocodiles, alligators and lizards are all types of dinosaurs and next time we go visit grandma and grandpa we will go to the zoo and see them. No, that wasn't good enough. Still sobbing, "but I want to see a long tall colorful one! I'll never get to see one! I wanted to shoot one and eat it!" Haha can you tell we talk about hunting allot!
O my goodness! It was the craziest conversation I have ever had. Seriously, what would you say?
O my goodness! It was the craziest conversation I have ever had. Seriously, what would you say?
Monday, January 21, 2013
Snow much fun
Yesterday was a very low key day. We enjoyed some great family time. Most of the day was spent outside playing in the snow.
It seems like anytime we are out with the kids all the neighbor kids come out to play too.
One of the kids had a great idea to build an igloo. We quickly organized a way to make one. It was lots of fun playing with all the kids.
Playing in the snow really wore out the kids. They slept so good last night!!! We really enjoy the snow and looking forward to more snow fun filled days.
It seems like anytime we are out with the kids all the neighbor kids come out to play too.
One of the kids had a great idea to build an igloo. We quickly organized a way to make one. It was lots of fun playing with all the kids.
Playing in the snow really wore out the kids. They slept so good last night!!! We really enjoy the snow and looking forward to more snow fun filled days.
My little soccer champ
Saturday morning was Lance's first soccer game. Lance was so excited all morning. He got pretty nervous when we got there. he had never performed in front of so many people. He met his team mates and coached. They started out by discussing what could be their team name. Lance said he loved dinosaurs and another little boys said Raptors were super fast, so Lance's team became the Raptors. Then they each were given their uniforms. Their colors are baby blue, and Lance's number is #2.
The coaches briefly explained to the kids what they would be doing and then gave each one of them a ball to try out. It was pretty funny watching the five kids trying to kick the ball into the goal. Lance's goal was to kick the ball as hard as he could. He would sit the ball down, back up to get a good run at it and then kick it with all his little might. It was awesome. This didn't work so well in the game though. While he was backing up to kick it another kid would come running and kick it before he got a chance. Lance wasn't discouraged though. He would just run along with the other kids. You could tell he was really having fun. He smiled the entire time. Well till the end when him and another boy crashed heads with each other. By then he was pretty wore out and hungry.
Our first soccer game was a success. We all had so much fun. Lexie can't wait to be able to play with big brother. I am enjoying being a soccer mom! Daddy loved cheering on his big boy. It is crazy how fast time has flown. God continues a to bless us with these special moments. We love our little babies so much!!
The coaches briefly explained to the kids what they would be doing and then gave each one of them a ball to try out. It was pretty funny watching the five kids trying to kick the ball into the goal. Lance's goal was to kick the ball as hard as he could. He would sit the ball down, back up to get a good run at it and then kick it with all his little might. It was awesome. This didn't work so well in the game though. While he was backing up to kick it another kid would come running and kick it before he got a chance. Lance wasn't discouraged though. He would just run along with the other kids. You could tell he was really having fun. He smiled the entire time. Well till the end when him and another boy crashed heads with each other. By then he was pretty wore out and hungry.
Our first soccer game was a success. We all had so much fun. Lexie can't wait to be able to play with big brother. I am enjoying being a soccer mom! Daddy loved cheering on his big boy. It is crazy how fast time has flown. God continues a to bless us with these special moments. We love our little babies so much!!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Big helpers
I have the best kids, I mean the best. I love them so much and we love including them in everything we do.
They are both such good helpers.
Lately Lexie has really started being mommy's big helper. She loves to help me unload the dish washer, put away clothes, pick up and cook. Anytime I am cooking she will get in the utensil drawer, grab a spatula and say "I wanna make".
Lance has always been a big helper. He loves helping mommy and especially daddy. Lance loves being one of the guys.
Tonight the kids helped me make no bake cookies. We got a little messy, but they helped clean up so it was no big deal.
Andrew and I love our big helpers so much.
They are both such good helpers.
Lately Lexie has really started being mommy's big helper. She loves to help me unload the dish washer, put away clothes, pick up and cook. Anytime I am cooking she will get in the utensil drawer, grab a spatula and say "I wanna make".
Lance has always been a big helper. He loves helping mommy and especially daddy. Lance loves being one of the guys.
Tonight the kids helped me make no bake cookies. We got a little messy, but they helped clean up so it was no big deal.
Andrew and I love our big helpers so much.
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