Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, ours didn't exactly go as planned, but we've learned that plans often times change with little guys. Charlie decided to give power-napping a try today. He does this occasionally, and creates an awful circle for himself because once he gets overtired, of course he can't fall asleep.

So, instead of a candlelit dinner, movie, and CHILDCARE for the evening, we tag-teamed dinner and spent the evening letting Kailyn test out her new shower - she loves it - and helping Charlie fall asleep - surprisingly easy after a bath, quick snack, and a few books. Brian and I rented a movie, but of course, we are way too tired to watch it!

Sometimes parenthood makes me feel so lame! The crazy part is I wouldn't trade knowing who my Valentine will be for the rest of my life for all the cool parties in the world!!! It feels so great to love and to be loved by such a fabulous family - I am so incredibly lucky!

How a princess kisses her prince

For those of you still wondering how a princess kisses her prince, Kailyn showed her daddy the other night. Now I will pass this knowledge along.

First, you lean in a bit...
Then, well, then it's just easier to show you than to describe it.
BTW: Brian is MOST DISTURBED by this. If you'd like to share some stories with him to make him feel better, that would be great. While I am SO AMUSED by this - I swear, I cannot stop laughing at this picture - he very sternly tells me "IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL!" And for whatever reason, this makes it even more funny to me. Here's your picture, Memere!!

Need to talk to God

I love having a three year old. There are many, many reasons why, but this morning my daughter was especially sweet.

Well, if stories about 3-year-olds going poo gross you out, then you should move along at this point. This story is about poo... kind of.

Our normal routine around here is that Kailyn wipes if it's #1, grown-ups wipe if it's #2. I got the call around 1:50 that this would be a grown-up wipe. Yippee. I looked around to be sure I was indeed the only grown-up, and seeing that I was, made my way into the bathroom. Which was probably a good thing, as my husband has been known to gag over the smell of kids' poo. This one was baaaaaaad. I couldn't hold back, and told Kailyn, "my goodness, you can make some stinky poo!" Where would a hiney so small store all that stink? Sheesh!!!

I'll spare you a picture of her sitting on the throne, but with this face, she tells me, "I need to talk to God, I think. Maybe I should go see him and my Papa." These comments always bring mixed emotions for me. But, I prod, "Why, honey - why do you need to see God?"

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"Well, I guess he just made my poo stinky. He sometimes makes people's poo stink, but I think, yeah... well, I think that I need to ask him if he would give me some poo that smells nice."

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Aaaahhh... a new prayer to add to our list.

Post #3 with no kids...

But really... this is SO exciting. Anybody that knows me surely knows that this day ranks nearly as high as the birth of my children. Aaaahh - I exaggerate a tad. But I am really really excited to have my quilting frame set up. I enjoy piecing, but only because it lets me quilt... and I have quite a few quilts waiting to be finished. So, Miss Hailey, it looks like your quilt may not be a college graduation gift after all =).

Meema

So it's not spelled the way we spell it, but I was searching for a new pink layout to get in the mood for Valentine's Day. I couldn't resist this one, epsecially when I saw it was called "Meema!"

Leelou has lots of really cute blog layouts for free, or she can fix you up with a personal design for a reasonable price, I hear. If you're in the market, here's her link: http://www.leeloublogs.blogspot.com/