Tiny rant-tantrum end. :)
Friday, May 17, 2013
Whaaaa?!
Can someone please tell me what is up with this pose? Seriously, don't understand why its so popular...just sayin'. I think its the combo of the hand in the hair and looking down and to one side....who does that?!
Tiny rant-tantrum end. :)
Tiny rant-tantrum end. :)
Another Bradenism to tempt the corners of the mouth...
So, Braden was sitting in the computer chair and the rest of the kids were orbiting him like smaller satellites. They were tickling and giggling and being their normal silly selves when all of a sudden Sam and I hear Braden telling his audience, "Don't touch there! Its my no-no rectangle!" Well, after that how are you supposed to maintain composure?! Sam and I could.not.stop.laughing...could not stop! I'm just glad that I wasn't drinking anything because either I would have choked or everyone in the splash zone would have gotten a shower. :) Of course, the kids got a hold of it and decided to milk it for all its worth and tried to come up with as many names as possible: private square (staying with the shapes theme), private spot, no-no spot, no-no rectangle and no-no square were ones I caught before I could stand the silliness no longer. Yet another peek into the inner thought process that is Braden's mind. :)
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
According to Zekey
Apparently a 4 year old and a 5 year old can make a 9 year old, but a 3 year old and a 5 year old just makes an 8 year old. :)
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wondering and sadness
Yesterday was Brea's 2nd birthday and it was a neat time just celebrating her. This past few days has been hard, though. I've been in a really bad habit of going to bed super late and getting up super late and throwing off our routine and just being out of sorts. I've been really sad a lot, too, mostly at night. I think that is why I've been going to sleep so late, sort of trying to keep myself occupied enough to not have to get overtaken by grief. It definitely caught up with me today, though. I've been crying off and on all day and just so, so sad. I was trying my best to get to bed at a decent hour so that I wouldn't be so grumpy tomorrow, but I can't stop thinking about my little boy. I keep thinking what does he look like? Does he have red hair like Brea and Braden or does he have dark brown hair like Zekes and Ailey? Or is he an anomaly with blond hair? Does he have freckles? Is he fair-skinned or darker? What does his voice sound like? Is he funny or serious? I wonder if he is full grown in heaven or is he a child? I ache to hold him and spend time with him and just be in his company. It makes me so sad that he isn't here to laugh and play around with his brothers and sisters, get irritated that they have a toy he wants to play with and just do life with us all. I miss him so much. So much. I miss all the things I won't get to do with him. He won't have birthday parties or turn 2. He won't have first words or learn to crawl and then walk. He won't learn his abc's and then learn to read and write. He won't draw me pictures to hang on the fridge. I grieve for the loss of all of that.
I had a friend share that as for the losses that she has experienced, it has actually gotten harder as time has passed because there are experiences you want to share with that person and you just can't and its heart wrenching. My new reality is that my kids' birthdays will be both happy and sad occasions for me because Moses won't ever be that age and his smiling face won't be in the pictures with his brothers and sisters. Its a painful and challenging perspective to have.
I had a friend share that as for the losses that she has experienced, it has actually gotten harder as time has passed because there are experiences you want to share with that person and you just can't and its heart wrenching. My new reality is that my kids' birthdays will be both happy and sad occasions for me because Moses won't ever be that age and his smiling face won't be in the pictures with his brothers and sisters. Its a painful and challenging perspective to have.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Happy Birthday, Brea!
Our little ooo-baby turned 2! Seriously, time is just ticking right along!
Brea's birthday was a fun affair. We mostly just chilled and kept saying happy birthday to her. It wasn't as big of a to-do as Ailey's mostly because, well, she's 2. She likes baby dolls and pretty much anything her siblings are playing with that she can't have at the moment. ;) The next 2 years will involve her interests more and she'll be involved in the planning. I'm really looking forward to that! I still decorated just for her and she got cupcakes. I've seen that she's more into cookies than cake, so we may be going with a cookie cake next year. ;)
The paper lantern balls in the pics are from Michael's and I got a great price for them! I love it when I can use one of their 40% off 1 item coupled with 25% of entire purchase coupons! Woohoo! Hopefully, they will last for many years to come...especially if I can keep the girls from playing with them like they are actual bouncy balls! Oy.
Okay, brea got a chocolate chip pancake breakfast. She was funny because she didn't really know what was going on, though she did a good job waiting to blow out her candles on the pancakes and cupcakes later on while we sang happy birthday to her.
Ailey had help blowing out her candles on her cake, so she decided that Brea needed her help blowing out her candles on the cupcakes. I think Brea will like blowing out her own candles next year. ;)
When it came time to open her presents, I started her out, but she soon got the hang of it herself and was excited about her hello kitty doll and her vtech phone. She is a phone fanatic! She wouldn't stop swiping mine and Sam's phones, so we figured she needed her own. :) The funny thing was that the other kiddos wanted to play with her phone so much! We have a standing rule that presents don't have to be shared on the day they are received so that the person gets to actually play with their gifts. The gifts usually end up getting shared all around after about 30 minutes, anyway.
All in all, we had a good day celebrating Brea. :)
Precious Brea-oo,
You are such a delight! We are excited to see what God has built into you as you grow and blossom. We are so proud of our beautiful, lovely, wonderful baby girl! We love you sooooo much! Happy Birthday!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Brea's birthday was a fun affair. We mostly just chilled and kept saying happy birthday to her. It wasn't as big of a to-do as Ailey's mostly because, well, she's 2. She likes baby dolls and pretty much anything her siblings are playing with that she can't have at the moment. ;) The next 2 years will involve her interests more and she'll be involved in the planning. I'm really looking forward to that! I still decorated just for her and she got cupcakes. I've seen that she's more into cookies than cake, so we may be going with a cookie cake next year. ;)
The paper lantern balls in the pics are from Michael's and I got a great price for them! I love it when I can use one of their 40% off 1 item coupled with 25% of entire purchase coupons! Woohoo! Hopefully, they will last for many years to come...especially if I can keep the girls from playing with them like they are actual bouncy balls! Oy.
Okay, brea got a chocolate chip pancake breakfast. She was funny because she didn't really know what was going on, though she did a good job waiting to blow out her candles on the pancakes and cupcakes later on while we sang happy birthday to her.
Ailey had help blowing out her candles on her cake, so she decided that Brea needed her help blowing out her candles on the cupcakes. I think Brea will like blowing out her own candles next year. ;)
When it came time to open her presents, I started her out, but she soon got the hang of it herself and was excited about her hello kitty doll and her vtech phone. She is a phone fanatic! She wouldn't stop swiping mine and Sam's phones, so we figured she needed her own. :) The funny thing was that the other kiddos wanted to play with her phone so much! We have a standing rule that presents don't have to be shared on the day they are received so that the person gets to actually play with their gifts. The gifts usually end up getting shared all around after about 30 minutes, anyway.
All in all, we had a good day celebrating Brea. :)
Precious Brea-oo,
You are such a delight! We are excited to see what God has built into you as you grow and blossom. We are so proud of our beautiful, lovely, wonderful baby girl! We love you sooooo much! Happy Birthday!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Friday, April 5, 2013
According to Braden
Apparently, as far as boys are concerned, the term "playdate" is applicable only to girls. According to Braden boys would prefer to use "hanging out" instead. :) He's totally at that age....
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Happy Birthday, Lerloo!
Today our Ailey turned 4! She's really 4...WOW! Four whole years...some days she seems ageless and other days I think that surely she can't be as old as she is.
I've started a habit that might turn into tradition of every other year going all out and inviting kiddos and doing the huge birthday party thing. We did that last year, but I didn't want to be all ho-hum about it on the off years either. I want the kids to feel very special and focused-upon on their birthdays. I make a special birthday breakfast for each of them (they get to choose what they want to have) and i put candles in it and they get to blow them out. This year I'm adding in decorations. I was thinking about how when we have parties, I usually go all out with the decorations because people are coming over and all that jazz. There is always an element of impressing there when decorating, but mostly I want to make the atmosphere really fun to be in. It dawned on me that I should do that for the kids whether we have people coming over or not, just because I think they are special and I want them to feel it the whole day on their birthday.
Ailey is now at that age that she really gets the birthday thing and she was able to be pretty involved in the planning. She is REALLY into Hello Kitty right now, so I asked if she would like a Hello Kitty birthday and the answer was a resounding YES! I put time and effort into making the decorations so that I could reuse them again for Brea's birthday and for many to come in the future. Ailey is pretty interesting. She definitely has her own sense of style. She likes pink and purple and shiny and all that, but she's rather specific with it all. She like a little edginess to it. So, I thought zebra and polkadots with black and pink would work just fine for her. :)
After it was all said and done, she really loved all of it, especially the marked attention from us!
Dear sweet Lerloo,
We love you so, so much. You are a bright spot in our lives and your flame gets brighter with each passing day! You are a joy, a challenge and a ton of fun all rolled into a small, energetic package. God knew we needed you and we are so grateful to be molded into the parents that you need to grow and become everything you possibly will. You are lovely, beautiful, smart, fun, talented, amazing, wonderful, incredible and fantastic! We are so proud of you!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
I've started a habit that might turn into tradition of every other year going all out and inviting kiddos and doing the huge birthday party thing. We did that last year, but I didn't want to be all ho-hum about it on the off years either. I want the kids to feel very special and focused-upon on their birthdays. I make a special birthday breakfast for each of them (they get to choose what they want to have) and i put candles in it and they get to blow them out. This year I'm adding in decorations. I was thinking about how when we have parties, I usually go all out with the decorations because people are coming over and all that jazz. There is always an element of impressing there when decorating, but mostly I want to make the atmosphere really fun to be in. It dawned on me that I should do that for the kids whether we have people coming over or not, just because I think they are special and I want them to feel it the whole day on their birthday.
Ailey is now at that age that she really gets the birthday thing and she was able to be pretty involved in the planning. She is REALLY into Hello Kitty right now, so I asked if she would like a Hello Kitty birthday and the answer was a resounding YES! I put time and effort into making the decorations so that I could reuse them again for Brea's birthday and for many to come in the future. Ailey is pretty interesting. She definitely has her own sense of style. She likes pink and purple and shiny and all that, but she's rather specific with it all. She like a little edginess to it. So, I thought zebra and polkadots with black and pink would work just fine for her. :)
After it was all said and done, she really loved all of it, especially the marked attention from us!
Dear sweet Lerloo,
We love you so, so much. You are a bright spot in our lives and your flame gets brighter with each passing day! You are a joy, a challenge and a ton of fun all rolled into a small, energetic package. God knew we needed you and we are so grateful to be molded into the parents that you need to grow and become everything you possibly will. You are lovely, beautiful, smart, fun, talented, amazing, wonderful, incredible and fantastic! We are so proud of you!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Friday, March 1, 2013
A piece of our hearts
I didn't show the heart to the kids until this morning. They all got to hold it and look at it and know that Moses' ashes are inside of it. I got a picture of all of them with it. Ailey didn't want to let go of it. I think she's rather taken with the heart part of it.
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