I have been struggling with things to blog about--and Mom reminded me the other day that I had never posted this story which still cracks me up. Most of you know that I have a tattoo across my lower back, which my father affectionately calls my "wallpaper". I often forget its there because I can't see it in the mirror....well, last spring at some point, Justin asked my aunt about what was written on the butt of his cabbage patch doll..she responded that it was the baby's name. She then asked Justin if he had his name written on his butt and he very matter-of-factly responded, "no, but my mommy does."
Well--I'm hoping tha tmy annual bonus will afford me the opportunity to have the wall paper removed from my back. I never had it colored because I didn't like how it turned out and I've been trying to figure out how to have it fixed. When I got my tattoo in honor of henry, the tattoo artist informed me that there was a great place for tattoo removal in charlotte. I am looking forward to a road trip to Charlotte to have my "name" removed.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Silly Kid Things that Make me laugh
My kids have reached the stages where they do the most adorably funny things that make mommies like me laugh and enjoy them all the more. OF late there have been a lot of these instances. Sometimes I wonder if anyone else will be amused by these things, but then, Barney told me I HAD to post about these.
Ada Grace--Well, She is learning to talk more and more every day. She has learned to say "burp". When she does so and I ask her to say excuse me, she keeps saying "burp" over and over again. She has also started to figre out where her nose, hair, eyes and ears are. When we ask her where her eyes are she squints and blinks at us. If you ask her where her ears are she'll point to her hair because her daddy always says "ding, ding" when he tugs on her ears. So, if you ask her where her ding, dings are, she'll pull on her ears and say "ning, ning". Finally, if you ask her where her belly button is, she will pull up her shirt, stick her finger in her belly button and say "beep, beep". How did she possibly get so big so quickly?!
Justin--We were on the way home from Donna's last night and Justin was having some gas issues. He was being very careful to say "Excuse me" each time that he passed gas and of couse, I re-inforced this behavior at every opportunity. That is when things got funny. Justin had one of those moments where you have a number of small poots that he needed to let go, as in, like 10, rapid fire, machine gun style gas. Things then turned to this "scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me. Mommy, I had to say scuse me again and again." It took all I had not to burst out in laughter at him. Not becuase it wasn't funny, but because he is the child that laughter is like putting a scratch across a record and asking it to skip for weeks. Laughter re-inforces his behaviors so he repeats them over and over again!
Ada Grace--Well, She is learning to talk more and more every day. She has learned to say "burp". When she does so and I ask her to say excuse me, she keeps saying "burp" over and over again. She has also started to figre out where her nose, hair, eyes and ears are. When we ask her where her eyes are she squints and blinks at us. If you ask her where her ears are she'll point to her hair because her daddy always says "ding, ding" when he tugs on her ears. So, if you ask her where her ding, dings are, she'll pull on her ears and say "ning, ning". Finally, if you ask her where her belly button is, she will pull up her shirt, stick her finger in her belly button and say "beep, beep". How did she possibly get so big so quickly?!
Justin--We were on the way home from Donna's last night and Justin was having some gas issues. He was being very careful to say "Excuse me" each time that he passed gas and of couse, I re-inforced this behavior at every opportunity. That is when things got funny. Justin had one of those moments where you have a number of small poots that he needed to let go, as in, like 10, rapid fire, machine gun style gas. Things then turned to this "scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me, scuse me. Mommy, I had to say scuse me again and again." It took all I had not to burst out in laughter at him. Not becuase it wasn't funny, but because he is the child that laughter is like putting a scratch across a record and asking it to skip for weeks. Laughter re-inforces his behaviors so he repeats them over and over again!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Back to work....
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Its back to work I go~~
I will be returning to work tomorrow, unfortunately. I hate the idea of going back to work and leaving the kids. I know that no one could love or take better care of them than my Aunt Donna. As it gets closer, my anxiety is going up, which my conscious mind knows its ridiculous, but my anxiety gets worse by the day.
I'll keep everyone up to date as things go along!
Krista
I will be returning to work tomorrow, unfortunately. I hate the idea of going back to work and leaving the kids. I know that no one could love or take better care of them than my Aunt Donna. As it gets closer, my anxiety is going up, which my conscious mind knows its ridiculous, but my anxiety gets worse by the day.
I'll keep everyone up to date as things go along!
Krista
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Updates...
Okay---so its time for some updates, and until now I haven't had much time to do them...so, here goes.
1--Ada Grace is a complete and total daredevil. She busted her lip 1 week after we lost Henry...She was bleeding profusely from her lip, so I rushed her to the pediatrician only to find out it wasn't deep enough to stitch or glue.
2--You've seen Justin's works of art and I posted about his escape trick--so who knows what's next.
3--I got a call from Duke, one of the perinatologists called to let me know that all of the results for all of the tests were back for Henry. He was completely, totally and utterly normal. Nothing showed on any of the tests as a problem/reason for his death, so basically, the assumption is that it was a "cord accident". A few people have asked if that makes me feel any better and the simple answer is, not in the least. I guess it would be easier for my emotions to accept if there had been something wrong with him...but knowing that he was perfect in every way, just like Justin and Ada Grace makes it harder for me, really.
4--I will be returning to work next Thursday, much to my chagrin. It is going to be incredibly difficult since I've kind of gotten used to being a stay-at-home mommy the last 5 weeks. There is nothing better than waking up to my kids voices every morning. And hearing their excitement when their daddy gets home at night.
1--Ada Grace is a complete and total daredevil. She busted her lip 1 week after we lost Henry...She was bleeding profusely from her lip, so I rushed her to the pediatrician only to find out it wasn't deep enough to stitch or glue.
2--You've seen Justin's works of art and I posted about his escape trick--so who knows what's next.
3--I got a call from Duke, one of the perinatologists called to let me know that all of the results for all of the tests were back for Henry. He was completely, totally and utterly normal. Nothing showed on any of the tests as a problem/reason for his death, so basically, the assumption is that it was a "cord accident". A few people have asked if that makes me feel any better and the simple answer is, not in the least. I guess it would be easier for my emotions to accept if there had been something wrong with him...but knowing that he was perfect in every way, just like Justin and Ada Grace makes it harder for me, really.
4--I will be returning to work next Thursday, much to my chagrin. It is going to be incredibly difficult since I've kind of gotten used to being a stay-at-home mommy the last 5 weeks. There is nothing better than waking up to my kids voices every morning. And hearing their excitement when their daddy gets home at night.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Houdini
Well--apparently Justin isn't just a budding artist but a magician as well.
This morning he woke up at 6:15 and told me he needed a new pull-up because he had peed in his (he isn't night-trained yet). I put a new one on him and he informed me that he needed to go back to bed and to sleep--I wasn't about to argue with him at that hour of the morning. I put him back in bed and tucked him back in...I also ended up falling back to sleep. Well, the next thing I knew, 45 minutes later, Ada Grace woke up. I heard a weird thumping sound downstairs, and yelled at Justin to get back up to his bedroom so we could get ready for pre-school. He yelled back up that he couldn't, he needed my help. I went flying down the stairs to see what he needed help with, and he was in the garage. Our doors don't unlock when you turn the knob, so he had locked himself in the garage. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm playing out here." He was only in a pull-up, and had dumped both of our golf bags and barney's bat bag as well. He had also gotten out his Shrek tackle box and dumped the weights in the garage floor.
Needless to say, when he was at pre-school this morning, I turned his door-knob around and put the lock on the outside of the door. Now, we can lock him in his room.
Before you all freak out and get upset with me, Barney and I already have a plan for if, God-forbid, we would ever have a fire. He is responsible for getting Justin out of the house, and I am responsbile for getting Ada Grace out of the house. We also have smoke detectors in every room and monitors in the kids rooms so we can hear if they need us, or if their smoke detecors go off for some reason.
I'm beginning to believe my friend Jessica who swears that with boys, they don't have terrible twos, but rough years that are multiples of 3 (ages 3,6,9, etc). Justin at age 2 wasn't an issue---age three might be the death of me!!!
Krista
This morning he woke up at 6:15 and told me he needed a new pull-up because he had peed in his (he isn't night-trained yet). I put a new one on him and he informed me that he needed to go back to bed and to sleep--I wasn't about to argue with him at that hour of the morning. I put him back in bed and tucked him back in...I also ended up falling back to sleep. Well, the next thing I knew, 45 minutes later, Ada Grace woke up. I heard a weird thumping sound downstairs, and yelled at Justin to get back up to his bedroom so we could get ready for pre-school. He yelled back up that he couldn't, he needed my help. I went flying down the stairs to see what he needed help with, and he was in the garage. Our doors don't unlock when you turn the knob, so he had locked himself in the garage. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "I'm playing out here." He was only in a pull-up, and had dumped both of our golf bags and barney's bat bag as well. He had also gotten out his Shrek tackle box and dumped the weights in the garage floor.
Needless to say, when he was at pre-school this morning, I turned his door-knob around and put the lock on the outside of the door. Now, we can lock him in his room.
Before you all freak out and get upset with me, Barney and I already have a plan for if, God-forbid, we would ever have a fire. He is responsible for getting Justin out of the house, and I am responsbile for getting Ada Grace out of the house. We also have smoke detectors in every room and monitors in the kids rooms so we can hear if they need us, or if their smoke detecors go off for some reason.
I'm beginning to believe my friend Jessica who swears that with boys, they don't have terrible twos, but rough years that are multiples of 3 (ages 3,6,9, etc). Justin at age 2 wasn't an issue---age three might be the death of me!!!
Krista
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Budding Artist
It appears as though Barney and I have a budding artist on our hands.....This is what Justin did during naptime yesterday
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Happy New Year
Here's hoping that this one is better than the last!!
Enjoy all the football this week!!! and GO BUCKS!!!
Krisat
Enjoy all the football this week!!! and GO BUCKS!!!
Krisat
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