Catching up.

I hope to be doing some more updating here. I deleted my facebook account for several reasons, but I'd still like to keep family and friends in the loop. The past three months have flown by. So much to do to prepare for Christmas (and we still have one celebration left on Sunday!) and then recover from Christmas. I know I am definitely looking forward to seeing what 2012 has in store for us. I'm hoping it's a little less "eventful" than 2011 was. So far, so good.

In the last three months:

-Matt got a new job
-We got a new (to us) car
-Stella turned 3!
-Our iPad was stolen
-Spend Thanksgiving with Matt's family
-Fixed the fence so Jack could no longer escape
-Got a new storm door
-Celebrated Christmas with my sides of the family
-My mom & stepdad sold their house and bought a new one
-Made buffalo chicken lasagna
-Matt took over laundry duties
-I got a part time job
-Celebrated New Years with our friends Nate & Dani, Eli and their twin girls
-Brewed beer
-Played lots of Jackrabbit (marble game)
-Stella spent a lot of time on her art, reading, and numbers
-Wyatt has grown by leaps and bounds
-Jack started howling (at ambulances)
-Haven't done much traveling
-Made lots of chili
-Drank lots of coffee
-Enjoyed the mild winter

Stella came out of the bathroom this morning and said,
"Momma I need those wings Nana told me about."
"you need wings?"
"yes, to fly in the bathroom. To the ceiling. I move my arms to try but I just can't"

Sunday fallday

Today we stayed busy doing fall things. The kids didn't really think it was that cool and were crabby/sassy most of the day but I'm glad we didn't consider today a loss because of that.

Wipe your tears

The molars (3!!) are through. Our house is about to become a lot more peaceful.

Update on milestones

I just had to get on here to say, Wyatt took steps yesterday! He can stand on his own for a few seconds but he has been pretty stubborn about taking steps. I'm in no rush for him to start walking, but he just looked too cute when he did it. He woke up this morning saying "Mama, Dada, Nana, Dedda! (Stella) over and over again.  He said thank you when I gave him a banana and repeated "uh oh" when he dropped a piece on the floor. Growing so fast!

Time flies. Babies grow.

11 months.

My babbling,

so-bigging,

waving,

clapping, dancing, 

peek-a-booing, 

standing, 

cackling

flirting, loving little guy.

You melt my heart with your warm grins, 

shock me with your sharp, dramatic cries,

you speak through your eyes.

make me laugh with your eclectic dancing skills

and win me over with your sweet energy.

You are so fun to love, baby boy.

[Some words from the boy: Dada, Baba, Jack(son), Nana, Ma]

Welcome, Jack.

From the mouth of a Stella

Matt spent a week out of town for work so I've been alone with the kids this week (other than the few nights with my sister that saved my sanity). I was looking for Stella and found her in her room underneath the blankets on her bed. I lifted the blanket and she smiled and held out the toy "daddy" from her doll house set. "Look Momma, it's a Daddy! I see my Daddy tomorrow? My big Daddy? I miss him."

Yesterday she picked a dandelion from the yard and was sniffing it as I was putting her in her car seat. "Does it smell good?" I asked her. "Yep. Mmmm." "What does it smell like?" "It smells like my NOSE! And BOOGERS!"

we've been busy doing busy things. like moving. and unpacking. [again]. painting. organizing. paying bills. cleaning. and trying to stay dry from the rain. but we're making it out of this dark tunnel and into the sunshine.

i'll try to remember to blog. since i've totally slacked on the baby books and i want these memories to be documented.

but with wyatt on the move (and fast!) it's a full time job- wrangling.

my girl is 2 and a half and wy is 9 months already!

wy can say/do "so big" "daddaa" "bababa"  and we are working on clapping. he can pull himself up, crawl, sit- up. he's very social, cuddly, and laid back.

stella is such a sweet girl. she dotes on her brother. she reads me books. she loves playing outside. and we're still working on potty training.

Six.

happy love month.

From the mouth of a Stella

Stella's playing on the bed and I hear a thud.

Me:"are you okay?"
Stella: "yeah I otay."
Me: " are you sure?"
Stella: "yeah, I positute."


I'm getting ready and I ask Stella to give Wyatt a toy.

"nope."
"what did you say."

I hear footsteps going towards the stairs.

"where are you going?"
"I go on time out"

My teething boy.

Wyatt is working on his second tooth (in the same week). I caught some happy moments (which have been few and far between for the past couple of days). He is also not sleeping. But I still love him.