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| Long Grove Apple Fest "The Bridge" |
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| Listening to a little music and bouncing to the beat |
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| Big brother showing some moves |
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| Entrance and big brother was ready to go home |
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| mmmmm cider donuts... |
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| Ready for fall! |
Monday, September 30, 2013
Apple Fest
Saturday, September 28, 2013
11 Months!
Michael you are 11 months old! Time flies.
This month you are moving like crazy. You are crawling all over the place. You are now climbing stairs. The walker is used as a weapon on everyone's ankles when you are in it. You are pulling up on everything. You also do the downward dog pose recently. No words yet except lots of babbling. You point to certain things.
You are a happy baby but a horrible teether. Naps have been a nightmare. You nap for like 40 minutes twice a day and still fight bed time. It's been exhausting. You are happy or cranky in 10 seconds flat. You love cuddles though and lots of attention. You squeal when you see your brother. No Dr. appts so we don't know how much you weight or how tall you are until you turn 1.
You love going outside, and to the park to go on the swings. You point to the window and wave bye bye to let us know you are ready to hit the road. As soon as we put your shoes on you are calm as a cucumber but we can't take longer than 5 minutes to get out of the house or you start to let us know your annoyance. I don't know where you get your impatience. ;)
Your favorite toy is the same as your brother's was, the school bus. You love opening and closing the doors of it and finding the bus driver.
You bounce up and down when there is music playing and love dancing.
Only one more month till your 1st birthday baby boy! No, I haven't started one darn thing.
Mommy also forgot to take your picture yesterday as you were a stinker all day so your pajamas will have to do.
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Every time I pointed the camera he would smile. He needs his bangs cut but I'm in total denial and can't even think about it right now.
This month you are moving like crazy. You are crawling all over the place. You are now climbing stairs. The walker is used as a weapon on everyone's ankles when you are in it. You are pulling up on everything. You also do the downward dog pose recently. No words yet except lots of babbling. You point to certain things.
You are a happy baby but a horrible teether. Naps have been a nightmare. You nap for like 40 minutes twice a day and still fight bed time. It's been exhausting. You are happy or cranky in 10 seconds flat. You love cuddles though and lots of attention. You squeal when you see your brother. No Dr. appts so we don't know how much you weight or how tall you are until you turn 1.
You love going outside, and to the park to go on the swings. You point to the window and wave bye bye to let us know you are ready to hit the road. As soon as we put your shoes on you are calm as a cucumber but we can't take longer than 5 minutes to get out of the house or you start to let us know your annoyance. I don't know where you get your impatience. ;)
Your favorite toy is the same as your brother's was, the school bus. You love opening and closing the doors of it and finding the bus driver.
You bounce up and down when there is music playing and love dancing.
Only one more month till your 1st birthday baby boy! No, I haven't started one darn thing.
Mommy also forgot to take your picture yesterday as you were a stinker all day so your pajamas will have to do.
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| Daniel at 11 months! |
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Rock On.....
An absolute truth
This quick read is an eye opener for any mom. Everything written there I have personally experienced and struggle with myself. Women can be so judgemental of each other and social media has made every one of us a total nut.
We all love our kids, how we parent will be as unique as there are many of us. Just like our kids reach milestones at different ages and have their unique personalities, we as parents also make choices to parent based on our values, culture and past experiences. No one way is right or wrong.
We're in the same crazy phase together.
I absolutely despise women that brag about their kids. My experience has shown that those that do will get a lesson in life that their perfect kids will turn into teenagers and games over then. More power to you if your kid ends up a genius, gets a scholarship and calls you every morning to check-in and talk about their life, but statistically if you have one perfect kid your second one or third or fourth will be the complete opposite. Hang on to your hats because karma can be a b&it$h. Be supportive and don't judge. Have your values and stick to them but just because someone doesn't share the same ones don't be a total douche about it.
You can still have a strong opinion about certain things, keep them to yourself until someone really thinks you have it all figured out and asks for your input.
This quick read is an eye opener for any mom. Everything written there I have personally experienced and struggle with myself. Women can be so judgemental of each other and social media has made every one of us a total nut.
We all love our kids, how we parent will be as unique as there are many of us. Just like our kids reach milestones at different ages and have their unique personalities, we as parents also make choices to parent based on our values, culture and past experiences. No one way is right or wrong.
We're in the same crazy phase together.
I absolutely despise women that brag about their kids. My experience has shown that those that do will get a lesson in life that their perfect kids will turn into teenagers and games over then. More power to you if your kid ends up a genius, gets a scholarship and calls you every morning to check-in and talk about their life, but statistically if you have one perfect kid your second one or third or fourth will be the complete opposite. Hang on to your hats because karma can be a b&it$h. Be supportive and don't judge. Have your values and stick to them but just because someone doesn't share the same ones don't be a total douche about it.
You can still have a strong opinion about certain things, keep them to yourself until someone really thinks you have it all figured out and asks for your input.
Friday, September 20, 2013
This is how we roll...
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| Celebrating 9 years together with pizza and 2 littles that changed us forever |
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
alive
Blogger has been giving me nothing but problems lately with my posts. My frustration led to just giving up. That combined with a crazy work schedule and I totally put picture taking and memory treasuring on the back burner. It will be another crazy week before I feel like things may get back to semi-normal.
Helping a kindergartner with lower case letters, reading and manoeuvring his new friends and teachers has taken up some time. Oh yes a mobile little one doesn't help things either. 2 kids really does change things a hell of a lot more than going from zero to 1. It's a whole different ball game people. The house is never clean, laundry is never caught up, the mommy guilt is just insane. For example, Michael has been refusing to fall asleep at night without a full blown hour of crying and rocking, crying and rocking. Meanwhile my sweet 5 year old just watches episode after episode of Calliou. Not that he's complaining but I just feel guilty when I come out of the nursery and all I want to do is have a glass of wine and collapse. Which I can't because....
dishes need to be washed
clothes need to be laid out
laundry folded
folders checked for school
snack packed for school
papers signed
sight words practiced
dinners planned
kitchen cleaned up
etc.
etc.
etc.
Oh yeah that 5 year old continues to watch TV as I run around like a nut. Thank God he's into superhero stuff now and daddy is the expert. It's a rat race every evening. Now with the weather turning and it's getting darker I feel the walls caving in on us at 6:45 where I watch the clock and count down the minutes to giving them a bath.
So, with no new pictures to share I thought I would post some oldies but goodies. In the days of one child and 2 parents.
Helping a kindergartner with lower case letters, reading and manoeuvring his new friends and teachers has taken up some time. Oh yes a mobile little one doesn't help things either. 2 kids really does change things a hell of a lot more than going from zero to 1. It's a whole different ball game people. The house is never clean, laundry is never caught up, the mommy guilt is just insane. For example, Michael has been refusing to fall asleep at night without a full blown hour of crying and rocking, crying and rocking. Meanwhile my sweet 5 year old just watches episode after episode of Calliou. Not that he's complaining but I just feel guilty when I come out of the nursery and all I want to do is have a glass of wine and collapse. Which I can't because....
dishes need to be washed
clothes need to be laid out
laundry folded
folders checked for school
snack packed for school
papers signed
sight words practiced
dinners planned
kitchen cleaned up
etc.
etc.
etc.
Oh yeah that 5 year old continues to watch TV as I run around like a nut. Thank God he's into superhero stuff now and daddy is the expert. It's a rat race every evening. Now with the weather turning and it's getting darker I feel the walls caving in on us at 6:45 where I watch the clock and count down the minutes to giving them a bath.
So, with no new pictures to share I thought I would post some oldies but goodies. In the days of one child and 2 parents.
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| 2008 Daniel |
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| 2009 Daniel |
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| 2010 Daniel |
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| 2011 Daniel |
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| 2012 Daniel |
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| Michael, has so many less pictures! Sweet baby! |
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| One crazy family |
Monday, September 9, 2013
5 years in a flash
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| Daniel's baby book is complete. 5 years of memories and milestones put away in his plastic time capsule. Sniff |
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| 5 years ago I became a mommy and started this journey of motherhood. It has changed me forever. |
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