Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for my husband. I don’t know how I got so lucky to be married to someone so selfless. He works hard to provide for our family & goes out of his way to help me around the house. He is a fantastic daddy. I am so grateful that he is so willing to help out. When Eli had bronchitis it was Dave who sat up with him at 3am giving him a neb & rocking him back to sleep. He insisted on doing it. I feel bad for anyone who goes through life without a “Dave”. He is my better half & my best friend. Together we’ve built a beautiful life.

Tears For Toby

Breena & Toby had their checkups today. We were there A LONG TIME but thanks to the portable DVD player & Barney on repeat it went fine. Breena is in the 63% for her height! She is 30 pounds now & checked out completely healthy. Toby weighed in at almost 13 pounds which puts him in the 40% for weight. Breena had the flumist today & did great. Toby was due for his first set of immunizations- 3 shots & an oral. Breena stood next to the exam table as I held Toby's little arms in place. The nurse administered the shots & he let out a wail followed by the I'm-so-mad-I-am-not-breathing type of cry. I always feel bad for them when they get shots but I know a little prick is a million times better than the illness would be. The nurse put bandaids on Toby & left. I was trying to comfort Toby & Breena started rubbing his back. I looked over at her & noticed her eyes were red & filled with water. I asked her what was wrong. She blinked and a single tear ran down her cheek. She said to me "I'm really sad for Toby. That shot hurt him". I tried to explain to her that Toby would feel better in a minute but she didn't quite understand. It took her until we got home with our McDonalds (a treat for being so good) for her to perk up. It was sweet of her to feel compassion for her brother. But I think next time I will spare her the heart ache & take Toby alone!

Eli's Snack Misfortune

Lately the kids have really enjoyed eating a snack mix I throw together(cereal, m&m, mini marshmallows). When Eli woke up from nap today he immediately demanded 'mallows' for his snack. I fixed him his new favorite treat & told him to go find a spot to sit in the living room while he ate (I always allow a cartoon after nap). On the way to the living room he dropped his bowl & his snack went anywhere. Eli said "uh oh! i baccum!" He ran into his bedroom. In the meantime I got down & picked up the food. He returned with his little toy vaccum. When he saw that I had picked his food up his little heart broke. He started to cry yelling "mama I baccum! I baccum!". I felt bad for cleaning up his mess & so i dropped a few pieces on the floor for him to vaccum up (he basically just crushed them into the rug). By this time Bree had woken up & was eating her snack in the living room. Eli had set his bowl on the couch. He was singing & dancing to Barney & every once in a while went back for a nibble. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Breena snitching out Eli's chocolate chips one by one. Poor guy had no chocolate left. He didn't even notice so I opted to let it go. After dancing to Barney & ignoring his snack for a few more minutes Eli returned to the couch only to find an empty bowl. My little boy asked "where 'nack go? mallow all gone!". I looked in his bowl & it was wet from slobber which could only mean one thing: the dog ate it. I told him Allie took his snack & boy did he get mad! Eli waved his finger at Allie & scolded "No no Awie!". He decided that wasn't enough of a punishment & went after her ready to hit. I warned him not to hit the dog so instead he chucked his bowl at her. Then he turned to me with big eyes & asked "more mallow pwease mama!". Funny kid.

WARNING: TMI (but really funny!)

I've written on here before that Breena likes to analyze her poo when she goes potty. Sometimes it's a mommy, daddy & baby poo. Other times it's a bracelet. Sometimes it's a bunny looking for it's mommy. That girl comes up with some wild things. Yesterday she went to the bathroom & it was kind of loose. She yelled to me, " MOM! There was poop hair coming from my butt!". I gotta agree this time- it did look like poop hair! :)

Naked

Oh Eli.  That kid is so funny.  There are days where Dave & I laugh at just about everything he does.  He can be so silly without even trying.  But oen thing drives me crazy about Eli...he is constantly getting naked!  It started with his pj's.  He would immediately strip them off.  One night he woke up SCREAMING hysterically.  I went into his room only to find him buck naked in his crib.  He had peed all over his sheets!  The next night he woke up again screaming.  This time i found him in his crib buck naked & shivering (no pee this time!).  My mom suggested we start pinning his pjs & that solved the bedtime problem.  Since Eli couldn't strip off his jammies anymore he started to take off his pants during the day.  I chase that kid around several times a day trying to wrestle him back into pants!  I've tried putting him in overalls, one peice outfits & onesies  and he STILL manages to strip off his clothes & diaper!  Last week he started to pull his pants down at his early childhood class.  Thank goodness I caught him just in time.  I guess the little stink really likes to be 'free'!   I sure hope we can convince him to keep his clothes on by the time he starts school.  It'd be hard to make friends pantsless!  Haha!

Bragging Moment...

Toby just discovered the hanging toys on his bouncy chair.  He has been happily wacking at them for twenty minutes! :)

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