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You might be a mom if.......

2009-01-29T16:21:00.002-07:00

So I totally had one of those "you might be a mom if......" moments. It's also categorized as one of those "didn't picture myself doing this after becoming a mom" moments. The sad thing is that this story doesn't even involve my kids except the fact that I was trying to finish what I was doing before starting the bedtime ritual. Come on, seriously; it takes FOREVER to get these monkies to bed! And if I didn't finish my project before we started, it wasn't likely to happen that night at all.

There I was using a super sharp Cutco knife to do something that shouldn't even be done with a knife in the first place. I origionally started loading the dish washer & came across a secondary project. Ya know, a project withing a project thing that always makes me end up half finished with a zillion different things and completely finished with absolutely NONE of them. Anyway, since I was hanging over a kitchen sink already the knife was very convenient. Well, with my rippling bicepts in action, I over did it & swoosh went the knife right into my hand.....ouch! So that project was put away for a bit. Well, you might be a mom if......you hold your bleeding hand over the sink & finish loading the dishwasher before going to get a bandage.

Now here's the "you might be an Ashby" part of the story. After I got it to mostly stop bleeding I tried to get a picture of it to show off. It was deep to the naked eye but my camera with a not-so-good zoom made it look like a woosy scratch. So sorry to disappoint, but there will be no images for your viewing satisfaction.

Fun, fun, fun!!

2009-01-21T15:25:00.006-07:00

We've been really lucky this month to do a few fun things just as a family. We went to a monster truck/motocross show and Kade LOVED it!! You've gotta listen to the cheering we got recorded. Tovey and Kade got to ride in the back of one of the monster trucks too! Kade had a huge smile the whole time. In the video he's the one in the yellow shirt. Haley thought the whole thing was good; but nothing compares to wearing a princess costume and playing with her little ponies.

A couple weeks later we got to go to a Jazz Game because Tovey's boss couldn't go & offered them to us. Both of the kids were incredibly well behaved! They watched, cheered, danced around, and had lots of fun. We even let them eat icecream late at night to celebrate them being soooo good!! And besides that, the Jazz won:).

Last weekend we hooked the kids sleds up to the tractor and Tovey drove them around in our back field. It's been good for us to do things together and have fun. We usually are so busy going this way and that, we haven't been able to do enough things just the four of us.

Tuesday was Tovey's birthday. His brother, brother's wife & kids came over and we had fun eating and playing games. It was lots of fun:) I'll hafta do the math, but I can't remember how old we are anymore. Isn't that sad? I do remember that we're still in our 20's. His birthday started the official 7 day count down until he gets his cast off. Woohoo! No one is more excited that he is though.

I know this a bit of a travel log, but it's the only journal I keep so I wanted to share some fun we've had together so we could remember later.

Am I or Am I Not?

2009-01-18T16:59:00.002-07:00

It's funny to think this test sais I'm nerdier than just less than half the people out there being as I thought ??HUH?? To like, half the questions. I think it's the questions about computer stuff that kept me out of the 'danger zone' of a most certain nerdiness. P.S. Thanks Tiff. I got the test off your blog. These things crack me up.

The Newest "Real Ashby" Member

2009-01-07T06:36:00.002-07:00

No, we haven't had another baby. The newest member of the "real ashby" clan is.......believe it or not......Tovey!!! Last month I got a phone call from his brother. He tells me that Tovey broke his arm and that he was getting an ambulence ride off the mountain (from snow skiing) to the hospital. Yea right. They called me last year telling me the same thing only they weren't really going to the hospital and Tovey had only sprained his arm. So naturally I put my finger on the 'end call' button just in case I had to prematurely end the phone call. It took him a few minutes of persuading until I actually believed what he was saying.

So as it ends up, I met them in Salt Lake City (an hour and a half away) to find my husband with his arm in this chinese finger trap thing in the emergency room and a very pale arm that had not yet met it's doom aka: the process of re-setting the bone.

Thanks by-the-way to my sister-in-law who came and got my kids for the day! You're awsome!

Poor guy. The very first of the ski season and my hubby breaks his wrist. Doc says he's out for the season and that the soonest his wrist will be ready would be March..... To make matters worse, this was a Thursday and we got a great snow storm that following Monday....and several days since. He's feeling pretty bumbed about it. Fortunately, there were no other injuries and he was wearing his helmet so when he fell off the box rail he didn't crack his head too.

The reason that he's an official Ashby now is that this is his very first broken bone ever. Kind of a bitter sweet event; but he was the only one of this siblings that hasn't broken a bone. So now it's official: He is truely one of the "Crashby Ashby" clan. And he may have a future in the construction business as a flagger with his bright orange cast!

Side note: I considered wrapping myself in bubble wrap for the rest of the year because I'm the only one of our little family who hasn't had an emergency room visit this year......but I made it through without any mishaps.....just a broken nail.

Egg Soup in a Tub

2008-12-03T18:48:00.003-07:00

So I had one of those moments where I think to myself......'I NEVER thought I'd be doing this when I had kids.' I was fishing pieces of egg shell and it's hard-boiled counter-part out of the kid's bath water. Yup.....egg. Not exactly the bath toy you'd imagine your kids wanting. Well, Haley is obsessed with holding eggs. She will scream and cry over it. Then she tries to get one by climbing up the fridge shelves. Of course what always follows is a puddle of eggish goo on the floor. So, I decided to hard boil one for her and it happened to be on bath day. She was cuddling it like it was a baby and had it wrapped in a hot-pad blanked. Just to keep the peace I hard boiled one for Kadence too. They were having the best time with them. But, as bath time progressed one egg got a crack in the shell. Then the other one. I turned my back to get the towels and when I turned around again, the kids had started shelling the eggs. I guess there was no real harm done and it was cheap entertainment. The only bad part was trying to fish out the pieces so they wouldn't clog the drain. Still, it was definately one of those things not even the most imaginative person can dream up of when thinking of strange things that may come up as a parent

Pajama Suprize!

2008-11-27T11:37:00.003-07:00

So the other day I woke up and went to open Haley's bedroom door. I had heard her earlier over the baby monitor as she was playing so I knew she was awake. When I peered in, she had crawled back under the covers on her little toddler bed. She hopped out upon seeing me and trotted over to share a good morning hug; her little orphan child hair bouncing all around her face. Suddenly she stopped and said "oh, right der, right der mom," and begins to unzip her footie pajamas. She sticks her hand down the leg just as far as it will reach and it appears that she has something. With a cute little smile she pulls out.................a DVD!!...........and announces "see; right der!" As proud as she was at this dramatic unveiling; it doesn't change the fact that my darling little girl had stuffed a DVD down her pajamas and was laying in bed with it that way! It was so stinkin' funny. Don't ya just love it when your kids do adorable stuff first thing in the morning; before the fighting and whining and mess making begins? It''s just a good way to start the day.

Wacka wacka doo doo yeah!!

2008-11-20T13:02:00.004-07:00

Hola to all!
Thought I'd add a bit of fun from my life. My dearest son has decided that his name is now "kayson". He's been correcting us all for about a week now. At first Haley was getting really irritated with it but the other day she was corrected (once again) by Kade. She paused, and I swear I heard her sigh that female sigh that says "fine, this is lame but I'm tired of arguing so I'll give you what you want; you goofy goofy male!" They she politely said "oh, kayson."

He is a silly kid. He'll tell you this wild off the wall story and say "That's the funniest movie!!!" Sometimes he'll ask you if you've seen it or "did you know".....then, "well, that's the funniest movie ever!!!" Kudos to the creative forces being exercised in his little mind.

The kids are loving our goats. We had two major smelly ones named 'Carp' and 'Tree'. Get it? ............. Carpentry......ha ha aha ha a. I know we are soooo funny! I mean, we had to do something clever; we were competing with 'nit' and 'wit' who were my inlaw's goats. Well, these two were soooooo friendly. They'd follow you around like a little puppy dogs and rub their heads on your leg all the time. They weren't very aggressive though so I didn't worry about them head butting the kids. Now the kids head butting the goats is another story......... They each had one retarded horn (the goats, not the kids). It was sorta their birthmark or something. Unfortunately we ended up getting rid of them because you couldn't even be within 10 feet of their stench without having to go and take two showers to get the smell off. You can imagine what it was like when the kids tried to ride on their backs.......

Now we have two slightly cuter goats and they don't have the smell like the others did. The male is friendly and comes up to ya whenever we go back, but the female is a little less cuddly. She cracks me up though because when she bleats, she sounds like she's coughing up a furball. It's not very femanine, but we like her anyways. I'll see if I can get a recording of it so you can share in the joy;) She also needs her space. She gets mad when the other goat isn't near by, but when he's in her bubble, she gets ornry and knocks him away. No names picked out yet.

Kade is doing fantastic with his gymnastics. He loves it and actually has just a few things left to pass off before they'll move him up a class. He is also learning the alphabet and likes to ask me what letter different words start with. It's our driving game lately. He's very creative.

Haley is obsessed with the neighbor's cats. She would carry it around everywhere with her if I'd let her. She is my little animal lover. She can't wait until it's time to go out and check on the little fatties aka goats. She'll hug them until I drag her away. Bud, the dog at my inlaw's loves the attention but all the other animals are still perfecting their avoid and evaid manuvers. If I had to guess an occupation for her based off of how she is now, I'd say she'd be a great veterinarian.

Can't wait 'till Tovey gets back! He's been outta town:(

Lets Take a Step Up

2008-11-20T12:30:00.006-07:00

Thank you, thank you for all the other mothers out there who are so inspiring!! Not just to get me writing (lets face it, this is the closest I've gotten lately to writing any kind of journal entry), but thank you for sharing your ups and downs, your learning experiences, and the neat little things in your life that make you who you are. Thank you for sharing you ideas and new things you've discovered. When you share what you're experiencing, it helps me feel not quite so alone. We really are all in this together and can be stronger by learning from one another. I have this quote that's been kicking around in my mind lately. It says
:)

"Very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts."

(Sy Wise)

Thanks for helping me remember that I am normal (well, sort of) and that the challenging things I'm experiencing are not the end of the world. Here's another awsome quote that I have to credit to my friend Karma. It's helped me push through a lot of gunky days.

"Just because it's hard, doesn't make it bad."

Keep smiling and remember that you are worth more than the earth's weight in gold!! Loves to you all and to anyone who actually reads this.

Arrrrrg, Ahoy, & Shiver Me Timbers

2008-10-26T19:19:00.008-07:00

My pirate name is:

Mad Jenny Kidd

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

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So, I've totally missed National Act Like a Pirate Day which was last month. I think it's the funniest thing I've ever heard so I dedcided better late than never and took the quiz to get my official pirate name. I was the only Jenny and Kidd out of the 8 of us that took the test so I'm feeling pretty origional and "unique". Tovey took the test too. Here's his:

My pirate name is:

Captain Roger Flint

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. Like the rock flint, you're hard and sharp. But, also like flint, you're easily chipped, and sparky. Arr!

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Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie....

2008-09-17T15:27:00.004-07:00

Have any of you read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? It's a pretty adorable book. Well, we had our own live version of this.....with a sick twist. Since we are surrounded by fields there are a lot of mice in the area. I am not a big fan of cats so we don't have one. Our neighbor's cats are doing just fine mousing are fields as far as I'm concerned.....although I'm looking into a dog that eats mice. Either way, we have some that find their way into our home.

I've been setting traps. Unfortunately,they are starting to get smart and either lick off the delectible little entre I've so generously placed out for them; or they order take-out and lift it right off the trap to enjoy their newly acquired meal at home. I'm sure somewhere within my walls there is a possee of little varmits that have a get together with all their friends every Friday night and just laugh at their home videos starring me, in my pajamas, trying to slyly select the perfect spot to delicately place a so-called "trap." I bet they especially love the parts where the trap go off before I've completed the placement.

Well, here's my little tip for the day. these mice aren't dummies. They have licked, nibbled, and just plain taken the food from the traps for the last time!

Those of you with weak stomaches may want to picture the pied piper seranading a group of happy-go-lucky mice down the road to a well kept, ritzy retirement center for rodents.

What I've resorted to is SUPERGLUING the cookie to the mouse trap. Yea you heard me. I've resorted to supergluing the food to the trap. It works "and that's all i have to say about that." (thank you forest)

The Us of Today Part 1

2008-09-17T15:18:00.004-07:00

Yah know, I wrote a totally different blog for today and decided to bag it on account of it sounding like a whole bunch of whining.........we all know how much I hate whining.....so I decided to start over and take a different angle. Here's a "who's doing what" list instead.
Tovenator: Working like a maniac programing plc's (not pc's) it controls automated machinery. He's a hard worker and a dedicated family man. He is the best at playing with the kids! They can't wait until he gets home each day. He is a scout leader which not only involves scout stuff as we know it, but he also serves as one of these boy's teachers on Sunday. He's not currently in any rock bands, but there is much talk of training up the kids in the ways of the rock-n-roll. Why not. We are currently taking suggestions for band names. I can't get "undomesticated spider monkies" or "major crazy babies" out of my head on account those being the perfect descriptions of my children....but neither has a very catchy sound to it.

The Us of Today Part 3

2008-09-17T15:17:00.008-07:00

Kadeoppolis: This little darling has just as much energy as ever. And yes, he still jumps off the high countertops onto our indoor trampoline (aka: the striped matress) which is 3 or 4 feet away. He'll do flips and crazy stunts. We got him a chin-up bar to swing on which we can put up and down in his doorway. He totally utilizes it. He is in gymnastics and almost goes crazy with anticipation during the week. It's only once a week so, yes, he is going bazerk the other 6 days. He is still obsessed with superman and has worn out the seams in last year's halloween costume. He is also a little video game junkie. I've had to make him earn game time by doing chores to kindof keep it under controle. He definately keeps me on my toes. He also is starting to experiment with vocabulary and says some pretty funny things.

The Us of Today Part 2

2008-09-17T15:17:00.006-07:00

Tiffarriffic: I just got a job as a fitness instructor at the local gym. Lots of fun, but a little overwhelming on account of all the time & money it took to get here. That, and I don't usually have the time I need to write the choreography for my classes. Hooking up there does work out really nice because 1-They have a free daycare, 2-I only have to work like, one hour at a time, two if i have back to back classes (which i don't), and 3-I'd be there workin' out anyway; so I might as well get payed for it. I just got put in the primary presidency which has been a lot of work so far, but it's been fantastic and I love the gals I work with. Lastly, I'm trying to organize and keep-up on a pre-school for Kade. Honestly, I about wet my pants when I learned what kids are supposed to know before they start kindergarten. So, I decided I'd work with him this year so he'll be all ready when next school year starts.

The Us of Today Part 4

2008-09-17T15:16:00.003-07:00

Haleeenia: Her favorite phrases right now are "happy day", "princess castle", and "'a dat for?"I think 'Happy Day' being repeated over and over again is her version of "happy birthday". 'Princess Castle' is only to be said while wearing an extremely tattered cinderella dress (thanks belle) and twirling. I think she thinks that "castle" is her princess name.....and not her princess home. Lastly, I'll ask kade "what did you do that for?" when I'm not quite sure how to react to his actions. She's picked that up and exercises her ability to use it after everything anyone does. She's a 3 word sentence girl for the most part and she shows a lot of spunk. She is a pretty aggressive person when it comes to standing up to others.....ie: she won't back down from a fight over a toy, over a hitting battle with her brother, or anything else she's set her sights on. But, if you need a hug, she's the best person to go to.

The Prophet You Never Knew About

2008-09-01T21:56:00.002-07:00

Family Home Evening is a rather interesting event at our house. For those of you who aren't familiar with Family Home Evening, it is a weekly event where families spend time together. Sometimes it involves outings and games; but usually it is a learning time. Families share talents, discuss religious topics, develop and strengthen positive traits, and become closer as a family unit. It really is an amazing concept and helps you conciously make time to have "quality time" together.
It's something all families should try to do......but...... more often than not, I'd rather pull out all my arm hairs with tweezers and then go swiming in a tub of lemon juice than try to have one. I know that in the long run, it will pay off; and there are many blessings promised to those who have FHE regularly. Unfortunately, that doesn't make it any easier to make it through an event that involves a 2 year old and a 4 year old in any sense.....let alone one where they are supposed to be semi-reverent, and sort-of listen. Even with brightly colored visuals and coloring projects, it is kinda frusterating. We do survive though, and one can only hope that some of what we do sinks in.
Well, at one point in a recent FHE we were talking about the prophet of our church. Kade and I had talked about him and what his name was pretty recently so I asked him if he remembered what the new prophet's name was. He couldn't remember. So I prompted him......."Thomas......." I started. With these adorable eyes looking up at me, he raised his eyebrows and attempted to complete the sentence ..........."The Train?"
I couldn't stop laughing. It was the funniest thing I had heard all day and his sincerity in the reply made it all the more amusing. Although in the back of my mind I thought 'Oh great....now my son thinks that the prophet of our church is this ficticious choo choo train with eyes.' Yes we did try to teach him that the prophet is actually "Thomas S. Monson", but who knows if he really believed us.

"Poke" Anyone?

2008-07-18T12:44:00.003-07:00

As a mom, two things that can really make my day is: 1- witnessing my children playing nicely together, and 2- hearing them laugh. The other day I heard Haley laughing insanely and decided to investigate what was making this little girl SOOOOOOO happy.

As a side note, it's not always something good that is making my children laugh (which is why I investigate before I enjoy). A prime example would be Kade's laughter today, which brought me into a flooded bathroom where he had discovered an old piece of pipe. It was shaped in an "L" which was perfect for filling with water and blowing down into.........which proptly shot out a magnificent stream of liquid goodness.....creative....but it still landed all over my bathroom. I think we'll have to save that little adventure for the outdoors. Fortunately for me, Haley's laugh wasn't one of those.

My husband is soooooo great at playing with the kids and since I started to hear his voice near the little laugh, I hoped this meant Haley wasn't getting into mischief. As I rounded the corner, I saw Tovey and Haley on opposite ends of the living room with their pointer fingers intently directed toward eachother. Tovey would give the signal and the two of them would start running. As they got closer to eachother, Haley's laughter would increase. Finally the moment came when their paths crossed and they would jab their fingers into eachother while saying "poke". Yep; they were jousing with their "pokers." It was so stinking funny! I'm so glad my kids have such a fun and goofy dad. He's the one who keeps us all down to earth.

Research Shows Computers Are Evil

2008-06-27T20:37:00.002-07:00

It's true!! Okay, so the research is my own, but I think I have enough data to back up the fact that computers are evil. If the kids are asleep (yea right) a short computer session may be mostly successful if you don't count all the hairs lost during a search for certain information that has been sucked into the deepest black hole of the cyber world which takes you practically anywhere and everywhere known to man; by the way, did you know that golf ball usually have anywhere from 330 to 500 dimples - depending on which company designs the ball? Unless of course it's a regulation golf ball in which the number is 336. The dimples help the ball travel further and higher. Good thing for an avid miniature golfer to know:) Also, thirty-six approved footballs are used in NFL games played outdoors (24 indoors). Lastly, the month of May is the peak of alligator mating season...at least in Florida.

Now that you are slightly smarter than you were a moment ago, I shall finally reveal my data supporting the fact that computers are evil.

My kids are somehow linked to the power button, the keyboard, the mouse, the lights on the monitor, or the gentle hum of the tower of my computer. Whenever any of these are being summoned for use, THE KIDS GO BERZERK!!!! Serious. I have tested this theory whether or not I'm trying to get on. I'll just press the power button and WHAMMO!! They come from any distant corner of the house and commence the pouncing on mommy's lap, swinging the chair around, whining for another popsicle......to name a few. It's as if the computer sends out little pulses of electric shocks for as long as it is in use! Someone should really look into this. I mean, our future depends on it.

Perhaps this is the reason why kids have such a hard time hearing what you say (listen to me....my kids are only 2 and 4!). Perhaps the culprit is not the voluntary selective hearing mechanism they have, but the short circuit caused by the electrical pulses emmited from TV's, computers, radios, cell phones, video games, etc. That part I can't officially back up, but the fact that the computer in any other status than "OFF" makes my kids turn into the wild things of my house is undeniably true.

I thought about protecting their little heads from this strange phenomenon with syrafoam helmets or something.....but decided against it on account of them filling anything they can with the "liquid of the day."

Brought to you by inspiration

2008-06-17T11:25:00.002-07:00

well it sure has been a while! my monkeys are just over 2 and 4 years old! we've had some fun in, oh the last two years!! i hope i don't seem like a big fat copy cat, but i have like, 4 other friends who do such a fantastic job at this blog thing i thought i'd give it another go. thanks for inspiring me to want to do something cool like you all:) if i can pull this off, it'll be fun. my first task on the list is to figure out how to put on that awsome music. so, if you hop on here and don't hear anything.....you might want to think about buying me a wig for my next birthday to replace all the hair i've pulled out attempting to get the music. i'm not the most computer saavy person you'll ever find. oh well. it's on to the next adventure!

LIVE, LOVE AND LAUGH!!!

hungry hungry couch

2006-08-12T15:06:00.000-07:00

i am sooooooo lucky to have a 2 1/2 year old. if it were not for him, my couches would have shriveled away to nothing. you see, HE heard their desperate cries for food when i was beyond clueless to their needs. in fact, i had just removed the filling-less oreo cookies that had been tucked away between the cushions that my caring child had left for them.
well, seeing my insensitivity, kadence went right to work replenishing their food supply. i don't know how i didn't notice him cutting strawberries on the cushion with a dull butter knife until he was on the third one. do you know what happens when you try to cut strawberries with a butter knife! wala! you get a smoothie! i'm sure that hit the spot for my trusty couch.....no pun intended on the "SPOT".
then the next thing i knew he was painting on the other couch with sour cream. with a combination of dots, squiggly lines, blobs, and hand prints he put Picasso, DaVinci, and the Ink Blot Test to shame. obviously this couch was a bit of a pig because after i had washed kade's goopy hands and shirt the couch begged for a second helping....and he got it!
i have to say there's nothing worse than an energetic child combined with a slow, tired mom. this is why going to the bathroom is like a field trip where everybody comes. if they don't, you might as well put a stick of dynamite in a paint can because the damage is about the same as when little kids have 30 seconds to themselves unsupervised.
where was my 5 month old during all of this you might say? she was happily bouncing in her jumper blinking the water out of her eyes that came from kade's squirt gun.
i may have to go to therapy before i try to load my dishwasher ever again!

crispy crittered

2006-07-14T12:49:00.000-07:00

all hale to the members of the human lobster club!!
tovey and i recently got back from our family boating/camping party. all i have to say is: why do we do this to ourselves? the camping part was awsome and the little ones did just fine. it's the sunburn part and the super sore muscles from skiing part i'm talking about. my hip is still sore from wakeboarding! all i have to say is that i'm just lucky i get to be home with the kids so that no one in public sees me waddling around like i've starched my clothes stiff.
the good thing is my husband can mark off one more thing from his list of stuff he's got to try before he dies. he's gotten banged up a little this summer. he hurt his back this last week (on the air chair), his ankle the weekend before (on a wakeboard), and he took chunks out of his hands long boarding. AND he almost DIED on a kite tube! i'll try to link the footage of his airborn voyage later. he's a crazy man i tell ya!!! one thing i can tell you for sure is that he's loved every second of it and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. i guess as long as he doesn't die i don't want him to quit all these things because then he wouldn't be Tovey anymore. what a groovy guy!
kadence is the biggest monkey ever! the other day he was climbing up on the outside of the stair banister. when he was about 5/6 steps high he would turn around and leap off. as he "air-jordaned" it through the air he stretched his little hand out to give tovey a high five. he loves the rush and kept leaping off over and over again. i tell ya this kid's got a career in the stunt man business! he has also learned how to climb up on the counters which means i can't keep a cookie in the house longer than a day. he is so hillarious though. he's picking up more and more words every day....not to menion the number of words he can sign. he asks questions all the time, is a maniac on the guitar, and is the best 2 year old break dancer you'll ever find!
haley is adorable (of course). she blows bubbles so much she's always got a slobber ring on the top half of her shirts. i'm considering putting one of those dog collar/cones on her neck to catch some of it. tovey's mom got her this little swim suit with strips of floaty things sewn into it. tovey thinks it looks like she's got a bunch of C4 strapped around her body. She's very happy and super social. I hope she has enough energy to keep up with kadence but not quite so much that i go crazy with two little energetic monkeys climbing throughout the house. i guess it's too soon to tell though....i mean, she's only 4 1/2 months.
as for me, i consider myself lucky for all i have. i'm also excited because i've found a bassoon to borrow for the summer so i'm relighting my old passion for playing. woohoo!!!

photo shoot challenges

2006-06-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

have you ever noticed the unwritten rule that children will not smile during a photo session? of course they are happy right before, smiling and dancing around. they are also as happy as can be immediately after, jabbering and blowing bubbles. oh nelly, but boy are things different for that middle part! frowns so deep the grand canyon looks like a scratch....wild attempts to escape....and what seems like more water works than the flood of noah!!!
earlier today i set out to get my children's pictures taken in a photo studio. i planned the time so that they would both be awake and full-stomached......plan......did i just say PLAN?!?!?! yea right! in what world does a two year old and a 3 1/2 month old allow anything to go as planned?
to make a long story short, haley was hungry AND tired due to the photo place running behind schedule. also, kade had taken his shorts off and hidden them in some deep dark corner when i wasn't looking. so picture if you dare, a frazzled mom trying to keep her cool while one baby is crying and the other is half naked and trying to run off into the store! for all you veterans, i'm sure it sounds all to familiar.
needless to say, i triumphed in the end and now have adorable pictures of my sweet and very energetic little children:)
POINT FOR THE MOM'S!!! YES!!

fearless kade = fearfull mommy

2006-05-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

so, kadence is about the craziest two year old in the entire world! i litterally have a stunt-man in the making. he'll leap off of the sixth step up on our stairs only to land on his butt...on purpose! either he is not afraid of the pain or i'm getting a lot more than i paid for in those diapers! the other day tovey had a band gig. as we were unloading all their equipment i noticed my son racing out the door at full speed (nothing he ever does is slow). in the five seconds he had outdoors by himself he had scaled an 8 foot chainlink fence and was ready to flip over to the other side. not only does he live for moments without parental supervision, he loves to be flipped, twirrled, bounced, and swung at a speed no slower than the speed of light! i can only imagine the news headlines when he grows up: World Record Set: Man Skydives Without Parachutte Landing in a Moving Rollercoaster Filled with Green Jello for the 12th Time. Mom Faints Yet Again.