My daughter has learned some new things as of late. She can now clap :) it is ridiculously adorable when she realizes that her hands are actually meeting and making the clapping sound.
Liv is also taking steps. Actual steps. She is going to be walking any minute.
She follows me all over the house and plays on the kitchen floor while I am cooking. (note to self: mop kitchen floor again)I actually don't really like that because my fear is that I will spill something on her. Not good. She is taking really well - finally- to her playpen so that's good. I can pop her in there when I use the oven.
My girl is eating finger foods! woo hoo! She still gets her oatmeal and puree until my stock is gone) for breakfast, but lunch is finger foods, dinner is finger and bedtime she gets more oatmeal.
She is learning words which is way fun :) She crawls over to me and says mama! She also says "what's that". Of course it is not clear as day, but when you match it with her motions and actions- we know what she is saying :)
She loves music! Whenever we put music on the TV she takes off to get to the tv as fast as she can. Jammin is a huge black eyed peas fan and we often play "gotta feeling", or "boom boom pow" for him and Olivia is just mezmerized.
This leads me to my son, Ben. He is obsessed with Fergie. Absolutely loves her. Told me she was pretty- how does a 3 year old know what pretty is?- and the other day, get ready for this, he says, "mommy, I like Fergie's butt!" WHAT?? Well, no more music videos for you buddy! The video for "gotta feeling" starts off with her getting ready to go out and you get a booty shot (with undies) but apparantly that caught my son's eye. Now he is all about butt's. Let's hope it a phase :)
Ben is learning all kinds of new songs at preschool. He walks around all day singing and talking to himself :P He is obsessed with Geo Trax- thank you fisher price for putting me in the red- (not really, but close) :P My house looks like a department store with train displays all over the place. His train sets are now bigger than his train table which takes up half a wall...seriously.
I will update later on the older babes. They are 13 and 11. Not as cute. :( Especially when they *THINK* they are grown! Grrr....
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Jon Gesselin- OOPS. Gosselin
About to watch his interview. Right now, I think he is a tool. We shall see if I still feel that way in an hour. However, let me just say for the record- I think the way he looks in the media is like a total IDIOT.
K, off to watch my guilty pleasure!
ETA: Yes, I still think he is a tool. However, I am also going to award him with another yummy title. Douche.
Wah wah wah, I was abused and beat down and bla bla. I firmly believe that people can only do what you allow them to do, and clearly in a household with 8 children- SOMEONE needed to take charge and set a routine. Kate may be high strung, but hell, I am high strung and I only have 4 kids. I think what I found the most offensive was when he starts gushing about his new girlfriend. How can you go on national television and say something as cruel as you love this 23 year old little twit more than you ever did of your wife of 10 years, and the mother of your children? It is one thing to feel that or think you feel it, but really? to go and say it and completely nullify the most signifigant relationship of both their lives. Asshole.
Ok, I'm done.
K, off to watch my guilty pleasure!
ETA: Yes, I still think he is a tool. However, I am also going to award him with another yummy title. Douche.
Wah wah wah, I was abused and beat down and bla bla. I firmly believe that people can only do what you allow them to do, and clearly in a household with 8 children- SOMEONE needed to take charge and set a routine. Kate may be high strung, but hell, I am high strung and I only have 4 kids. I think what I found the most offensive was when he starts gushing about his new girlfriend. How can you go on national television and say something as cruel as you love this 23 year old little twit more than you ever did of your wife of 10 years, and the mother of your children? It is one thing to feel that or think you feel it, but really? to go and say it and completely nullify the most signifigant relationship of both their lives. Asshole.
Ok, I'm done.
Love...marriage...babies
It's amazing to me how a baby can completely alter a relationship between his or her parents. When you find out your pregnant, it's all about excitement and love and making plans for your family to expand. Then you plan and shop and enjoy all the wonder of pregnancy. Some of the sweetest moments in my marriage occurred when Jeremy would rub my belly or talk to his baby while I slept. Then the baby comes and you are both overjoyed and instantly in love all over again. I felt so close to my husband in those first moments that we spent crying and getting to know our new baby (x2). It seems like you are going to be that happy and blissful forever. Fast forward 3 months down the road when you are both sleep deprived, swimming in baby gear, smelling like spit up and getting pooped and peed on daily. Now reality has set in and you start to stress even more about finances, and planning for the future- you think about will's and college educations and new expenses on the grocery bill. It can really put a strain on things. Your sex life seems non existent for a while and sleep sounds like a gift from the Gods! Its so crazy to me, that one event that you look so forward to can be so life altering. My husband and I adore our babies, and would not rethink the decision to expand our family even for a moment, but we would both be lying if we said that our little bundles and our older kids as well, did not change us. I guess when you are a pair, you are the most important thing to one another, and then when this little person is added to the mix, you are not the most important thing anymore. Their needs come first. I have neglected to cook a meal or two for the hubs, but you can bet my babies are always fed. I guess its just what happens. And, I really think men have the biggest issue with the change. Not to take away from my husband at all, because I think he is a fabulous father, but I really think they can find themselves somewhat displaced when they are not the one and only focus anymore. This leads me to my theory that its the first baby in a relationship that executes the biggest change. I think once you get through that and learn to adjust and live as 3 or 4 or whatever, that the next babies are not such a dramatic addition.
I am not entirely sure where all my babbles come from today, but I guess I am sitting back and looking at how much Jeremy and I have changed and evolved over the years. We are taking the time now, to get back to us, and make our marriage the best that it can be. At the root of it all is love, and that's me and him. Jeremy is my match, for better or worse, we vowed our lives to one another and if there is one thing I have learned in the years we have been together-particularly since the babies- we are committed to one another and will fight to the death for each other. I have never felt as loved as I do since I met J, and I could not imagine my life without him.
TTFN :)
I am not entirely sure where all my babbles come from today, but I guess I am sitting back and looking at how much Jeremy and I have changed and evolved over the years. We are taking the time now, to get back to us, and make our marriage the best that it can be. At the root of it all is love, and that's me and him. Jeremy is my match, for better or worse, we vowed our lives to one another and if there is one thing I have learned in the years we have been together-particularly since the babies- we are committed to one another and will fight to the death for each other. I have never felt as loved as I do since I met J, and I could not imagine my life without him.
TTFN :)
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