Yes I am a total HAMBALL!

I spend my days trying to get a laugh out of anyone who will laugh at me. Sure some of my tricks are boarderline shitheadish but I am cute.....sooooo what!!!
My most recent tricks include
*blowing raspberies when I am suppose to be swallowing my food. hehehe so what if they are wearing my dinner.
*I do "funny eyes" on command. (as per picture above)
*I stick my finger up my nose...like all the way up my nose. hehehe!
*When mom goes "ahhh ahh ahh" when she doesnt want me to do something, I turn around and give her my best smile and keep on trucking. Cause I can!

 

Mommy's little heart breaker!

This to Shall pass!

I hope! That's what I always tell myself!!! I hope it happens sooner then later. In case you all forget this is all in regards to bedtime drama post! Yep she still hasn't given it up.


In the meantime.......

Bed Time DRAMA!

 Last Sunday I put Brooklyn to bed like usual, and went into Brycen's room to put him to bed. Shortly after I hear Miss B whimpering, I go in to check on her and her towel has fallen from the back of her door. Ok I pick it up, put it back, no big deal. Back to bed she goes. I go back to Brycen's room to finish putting him to bed when I hear a loud bang (from brooklyn's room) and her screaming this terrifiying scream. My heart jumps to my throat I run in to save her from what I thought was her bookshelf on top of her. Her humidifier had fallen all by itself out of the closet onto the floor. (WTH) I was shaken, she was shaken, so I brought her into Brycen's rocker and we rocked him to sleep. Two hours later my girl still would not go back to her bed to sleep and woke every 1/2 hour after to have one of us sleep with her.

Man oh man we are still going crazy with the bed time drama. We have tried everything to get her to go back to sleep on her own like she once use too but it feels like it is nothing more then a mere memory. She kicks, she screams, she cries, she beggs, she pleads. She will not go to bed without us sleeping with her. Jeff has taken up a pretty permant space on her floor each night because not only is going to sleep an issue every time she wakes in the night she needs us to be there for her to go back to sleep. We haven't even gotten Brycen to sleep through the night and now they are both pulling this. Ugh and nap time is no easier.

Tuesday night after Brooklyn waking up 4 times between 9 and 11:30pm and Brycen who was up for the darn day at 230am we looked at each other listening to out 2 screaming children and god only knows the thought each one of us was thinking. It wasn't pretty that's for sure. 

Today we made progress, after the same song and dance I told her she could just play in her room. I turned on all lights and she played quietly till she fell asleep.
At bedtime tonight, she is in her bed right now, along, with all her lights on, her door open wide and she is playing with her dollhouse. It is a step. An itty bitty baby step because yesterday this would not of worked.
Please help us get through this! We are all so darn sleep deprived!

Out of the mouths of babes!

So Brycen has been sick so I decided to bring him to the doctors. Brooklyn says to me when we get home "mom I thought you were going to leave Brycen at the doctors cause he is sick?" LOL umm no hunny that's not what we do!

See that!!

Look closely.....

My baby girl has lost that baby girl look. That baby innocence. She is looking more and more like a big kid every day.

She is also begining to act like a big girl too.

*Now she can go to the bathroom all by herself, she even remembers to wash her hands and flush the toilet.

*She can put her clothes on all by herself and get her coat and boots on.

*She can ask for everything she wants, she can tell me everything that is on her mind, she has begun expressing her feelings ie. Mommy I dont like you (when I make her clean up her mess)

* She can occupy herself without getting into things she shouldn't for at least 15 minutes.

*She can help herself to snacks in the pantry.

*She can clean up her mess, bring things to me when asked and she helps me with things I ask her to help with.

*I have also noticed the terrible 2 tantrums have dissapeared for the most part.

She is growing up every day and I love her and am enjoying her to bits. I must say I most definitely have the best, coolest, funniest, prettiest, most giving, sharing, compassionate, brilliant daughter in the whole wide world. I have been blessed!

Some things I want my babies to know

I want you to need me, but I want you to stand on your own two feet.

I want to hold you close, but not so close that you can't spread your wings.

I want to be an important factor in your life, but don't ever let me come in the way of your highest aspirations.

I want to show you everything, but you must discover the world in your own unique way.

I want you to hold my hand, but you need to know when to let go and trust your own strength.

I want to influence your tastes, but you must always march to your own drum-beat.

I want you to care what I think about your choices, but your journey will be your own.

I want you to look up to me, but please reach higher than I did.

I want your future to be perfect, but learn to be content - no matter what life throws at you.

I want you to know your dad and I love you more than anything else in the world; And we hope you are surrounded by love all of your days.

See this face.....

This is what I get to wake up to every morning. Isn't it priceless! Yes this is the same face that looks at me at 2am wanting to play. How can I not love this face!

Mwah!