now i know why

You know how they never stick anything in your ear smaller than your elbow? Well, I have learned my lesson. Don't do it, not even innocent looking q-tips. Seriously, the pain is awful. I don't think I did anything to my eardrum but maybe broke some skin inside or something, not really sure. I had no idea the ear was so sensitive...it hurts like the Dickens. Thank goodness for ibuprofen.  I'm told that it'll start getting better in 3 days! 3 days! Ughhhhh

Moral of the story...nothing goes in the ear.

blog happiness

I have been a bit absent on the blog world. I just did some catching up on some of my friend's blogs and my heart definitely smiled. It's fun to hear and see the happiness in their lives and even though there weren't any heart felt struggles shared this time, I don't mind reading those either. I love getting a glimpse at their lives...things that don't always come up in conversation. I love blogs.

Anyway, I have a one year old. And I swear she changed over night from a baby to a one year old. She crawls, walks and DANCES!? I honestly don't know when that happened. The first time I noticed it was on her birthday. She is throws tantrums already. So crazy. She giggles when I sternly tell her "no".  She is going to be a handful, I know it. But I think she will be a fun handful. She loves to laugh.

Boo has been spending hours drawing and coloring everyday. Today she asked when she could have a stand to sell her pictures. haha. I guess she loved having a lemonade stand with her friends.  Her friend was selling cookies at the garage sale. One of the customers asked if we had something and Boo said, "no but we have cookies." What a great salesman!

 I sure do love my girls. I am a happy momma. Sometimes, a stressed, anxious or frustrated momma. But a happy momma. What a blessing to be a mom. It makes me sad when people don't know the blessings of being a mom, it's the happiest feeling in the world. That love that fills my heart makes me feel more alive than anything....and the best thing is that I know I can enjoy that love and happiness forever, when others believe it ends when we leave our bodies but I know it goes on and on.

under the weather

I need to write somethings that Boo has been saying. First off is that "throat" is sickness...sore or throwing up I think. Second is one day she said "I can speak Spanish". I asked what language she normally speaks, "Languish". .

Boo is under the weather and caught a stomach bug. She has only thrown up twice: once when she swallowed toothpaste and the other when she gagged herself trying to eat cold spaghetti that the scouts served at a spaghetti feed. This was the first time she threw up because of illness. And boy did she moan and cry all night. sadly, we had to let her cry. I started sleep and I'm pretty sure I woke up to crying, " Heavenly Father, are you really there?" And then a loud cry....which we found out was because she had made
A mess everywhere.  Later on while she was at the toilet I hear her pray,  "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Please take away my throat. And help me not be sick....Amen." oh my heart. I prayed that he could answer this little girl's prayer but knew she has to go through this and that it will be over soon. So sad.

conversations

In the car tonight:

Boo: "mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

Me (highly doubting it): "well, what are you thinking?"

Boo: "about unicorns jumping!"

:)

She dreams and thinks unicorns.

Earlier today she and I were just chatting and she was trying to remember a name of something and she couldn't she ended up saying something like "meri...i.pole. we'll just call it meripole" and just went on about who knows what.

GG mentioned that sometimes we think our kids are cuter than they are. That's probably true but it's fun to be a parent and watch your kids learn new skills and communicate. One of funnest things about being a parent.

Ps. I know funniest isn't a word but "the most fun" just sounds awkward...and besides, didn't they add it to the dictionary yet?

t.r.o.u.b.l.e

This sweet little thing is transitioning to t.r.o.u.b.l.e.

She doesn't walk yet but she can crawl and she can stand very well and she is into EVERYTHING

(granted this is a small thing she is into but that bottle top that she has in her mouth is from a drawer she rips apart daily.) She's at the age where she wants what she isn't supposed to have. It's maddening to have all those toys right there and she screaming to get what she can't have.  And she's at the age where she knows crying is a useful tool. If crying doesn't get what she wants, it usually makes the situation change in one way or another, for better or worse.  oye.

Then there are meal times.....

What a mess! She likes to spit out her food and her favorite is when she can get the food out on her lips and then raspberry it so that it gets all over. I just got done attempting to feed her breakfast. She fought for the spoon. She raspberried her food so that it ended up in her hair. So we gave up on breakfast. I figured she wasn't hungry enough to want to eat it. And p.s. this girl doesn't like cherrios. What child doesn't like Cherrios?

Even though she is becoming a bit crazy but she can be so sweet. She loves to cuddle.  I love it when she puts her arms around my neck. She's a bit of a sour patch. First their sour and then their sweet...except usually she plays it the other way around I feel like.

One other thing about this adorable trouble babe. Yesterday I was doing a bit of  Richard Simmons to loosen up my muscles. At the end of each song they clapped for the band playing the music in the video and Little miss would start clapping with them. It made me giggle. And then I did some Jillian. Little Miss started to cry. I looked over and she is crying as she tries with all her might to pick up 5lb weights. She was getting so mad that she couldn't move them. Haha. poor girl. I guess we've got an aspiring  heavy weight lifter in our family.

rhyme time

Boo has a set of words she keeps on repeating...and working hard at remembering what the words are. I can't figure out where she learned them but she keeps on trying to remember them. I first heard "cheese please". I asked why she said it and she said "it rhymes!"  I was surprised because I had tried to introduce her to rhyming but she was just not picking up on it. Anyway, as she went on with her words her next ones were "humble bird, flower."  And I'd say, "that doesn't rhyme". Then she continues on with a bunch of her made up words.  She has been making up words with odd sounds for I'd say a year-ish.  I think it's funny that she routinely goes through those words, tapping her index finger on her palm of her other hand as she tries to remember the words.

deprived

You know your daughter needs more friend time when you ask if she wants to go to story time at the library and you explain that there will be other kids there, in which, she very excitedly responds, "and I can play with them?"

Little miss' nap time isn't very convenient for playing with friends. Miss needs two naps still apparently, so it makes outing times available during lunch and late afternoon...not necessarily convenient. I'm torn between really trying to alter her schedule. I love two naps because that means two breaks for me, however it makes playing and story time difficult for boo.