Monday, May 9, 2011

Trees Make the Best Mobiles

The last few weeks have yielded a huge explosion of language with Isabelle and self expression with Devon. It has been so wild and wonderful to see that growth. Izzy is really coming into her own person. She is developing her own little quirks that are so totally her. Like, she must stand on the bench at the dinner table at some point during the meal. She will dance in her car seat the moment I turn on some music. She will rock her head back and forth so frantically that I think she might go bald from the friction. She will tell me right away if she does not approve of the television show that is one with a solid "Nope!" the moment the show appears. One of the cutest phrases that she has added into her lexicon is "Look at meeee!"

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Her sweetness is just overflowing. While she is tough as nails on the outside, she has such a tender spirit. She still to this day will hear Corbin cry and will get a concerned look on her face. She just recently received a baby doll (creepy blinky eyes and all) for her birthday that will cry. When she hears this she instantly will say "Happy!" and try to make this little baby happy with a hug. I love seeing that tenderness. It is a nice "ying" to her hellion "yang".


The other day after her nap, when I entered her room, this is what I found...
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She was so dang proud of herself. And, I was quite proud that she was able to put on the sock gloves all by herself. But then that sweetness was transformed into something a bit more aggressive....like wrestle-mania!

It starts off like a hug.
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But ends with a pile of laughing kids who keep saying "Again! Again! Again!"
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I just love that they really love the snot out of each other. During Izzy's nap, if Devon gets bored, he will say "I think I hear Izzy. I need to go get her. She needs me mommy!" I just love that! I bet it has nothing to do with him wanting milk or a snack or to go outside...but I just don't care. IT is so dang cute.

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Corbin is progressing so well. The sweet giggle that only a baby can make is emerging from him these days. Baby giggles are the best. They are so pure and so real and so lovely to hear. They are like a badge of honor for a mom that says, I did not mess him up too badly...yet!
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He is also sleeping so wonderfully. Some days he will sleep until 4:30am and be up at 7:30 to play.
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While that sounds horrible and just awful, it is not all that bad. I remember with Izzy that at 4 months it was horrible. She was such a tough kid at that age. She never went down easy and she cried all the time. At 4 months old she was up 5 times at night. So, with Corbin, one or two night wakings is fine by me. Actually, the part that makes is so easy is that he goes down to sleep really nicely.
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Seriously, why is a sleeping baby so lovely?

On a personal note, my foot is feeling so much better after seeing my foot guy. After getting a steroid shot in the arch of my foot (nice visual, I know) I am almost pain free now. Which lead me to a lovely spring morning walk on a challenging trail with my friend Andi. Some people say friend, others might say Grandma! LOL It made the steep hills easy to be with someone who took my mind off of the hard work. Oh, and she pushed the stroller a lot.

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I really love where I live!

Spring I really think might be on its way! For real this time. I mean we have blooms on the trees and a forecast that does not say 38 degrees. I am elated!
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My very special peony that has stayed alive despite no water for two years.

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Cheery Cherry blossoms

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Pear buds just waiting to explode


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Apple blossoms swinging in the cool evening

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Mystery meat? I really have no clue what the heck this is? I do know that it is crazy and really close to the air conditioner outside.


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Everything is a "disc" at our house! Even big circles of sheet insulation.
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Izzy is really pure joy!

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And Corbin is just taking it all in. As one of my favorite parenting books says...Trees make the best mobiles.  I could not agree more.  And apparently Corbin agrees.

Have a great day!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Springyish

Maybe spring is coming.  Today it seemed like it was coming since the sun was out.  But a few days ago it was snow/hailing.  So, I am not holding my breath quite yet.  At least it is not raining all the time.

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The buds are forming and the little shoots are emerging.  I just love spring.  I never even thought I could love it more but having kids locked up all winter and having a baby that does (well, did) not tolerate the cold and wind all that well, I think I love it more!


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My little man is getting so big!  He no longer fits into his going home outfit snuggly thing.  It is just too short on him. 
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Up until a day ago, any time we went out with Corbin, he would tense up and start bubbling at the mouth.  I have come to realize that it was the wind that was causing such a reaction.  Or maybe he is just getting older and outgrowing it.  Any way it is cut, he is doing so much better outside.

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This is Corbin's first go on the swing.  He was pretty unimpressed with it.  Izzy on the other hand is going crazy with the superman swing.  Friends of ours taught her this move and she just loves it.

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With Corbin's three  month birthday approaching, I was brainstorming ideas on this month.  Well, I took a bunch of photos of my guy on the driveway and decided they were not giving me the SPLASH I was looking for.  Corbin must have been reading my mind!  LOL
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With the warmer weather, comes the arrival of the mower.  Hours upon hours will be spend (not by me) cutting the grass this summer.  It is such a huge amount of grass.  Scott just loves giving the kids rides on the non-cutting mower.  Last year Devon wanted nothing to do with the mower.  Well, he just wanted to run behind it.  I guess that has not changed.  But this year, he was happily sitting on dad's lap and riding around.
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It was Izzy this year that just was not a happy little lady on the machine.
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They both were happy to watch from behind the fence at the mower moving in circles cutting the thick green grass.
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*CRAZY HAIR:  Yep, they both have it.
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(Devon the Menace)

*Art time on a rainy morning
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(Yes, Izzy was not wearing a shirt)
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*Enjoying the sun and tiny amount of warmth
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I love having a girl!  LOVE IT!
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*Family portrait attempt
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Not too bad!

*Non-swaddled, non-ocean waves, non-cribbed, in a noise filled kitchen sleeping baby
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*Corbin is THREE MONTHS OLD
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Corbin is doing so well. He is sleeping great and smiling all the time. Both of the older kids are interacting with him a bit more. Constantly wanting to say hi to him during meal times. But, that might just be to get out of their seat? Izzy is cracking us up lately. Her current cuteness is being afraid of monsters. Monster that are cats. Whenever Pixel walks into the room, she gets really quiet and then will say "monster...scared" all the while holding up her hands close to her chest. Devon has a new cousin he found in the basement. Our old blue couch. Devon named him Alvin. Alvin and Devon like to jump, do puzzles and sleep together. He loves his cousin!

Have a great day!

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