Mom and Dad came to help Kristin for the day. And yes, we got a lot done on the house. It actually is becoming a place that doesn't gross you out to walk into. :0) The good news is that as filthy as it was it is cleaning up really nicely. It's going to be supremely awesome when she is done with it. One of the benefits to her having a major project is we get to have G&G Bell here for Mom's birthday and a work day.
We fixed a yummy dinner of chimichangas on homemade tortillas (thanks Jaime for the very cool Christmas '08 present.) There was just one left and Dad asked if anyone wanted it. Braydon piped up with an "I do." About that time Mom mentions the chocolates she brought and Braydon's ears perk up, eyes light up and he proclaims, "never mind." Ah, a child after my own heart :0)
After dinner, presents, cake, yummy chocolates and decorating the tree, the kids headed to bed and the 12+ crowd to a game of hand and foot. We were sitting there playing when Dad does something he doesn't like and yells out, "Oh nuts!" A few seconds later we hear a small voice say "Gampa, Ohhh Nuts." Yep, Delayna's door was open :0) Then she proceeded to call for Grandpa until he went in, tucked her back in and closed the door. Ah, we must be careful what we utter around here :0)
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Delayna
Scenes from Delayna's second birthday. Celebrations to come when Daddy is home.
Once again in the medical supplies. The goal today, the otoscope. But seriously how can you be upset with someone who is wearing that smile. And yes, the pigtails are screwy, but they are still in and this is post nap. That is nothing short of miraculous.
The second year of Delayna's life has not been the easiest for our family. We have not always handled the challenges we've faced with the grace, faith, and hope we should. But through even the darkest of days this ray of sunshine has been able to make me smile and laugh. All of our children have been happy and fun, but she seems to have been blessed with a special ability to bring joy into a room. I hope we've done as much for her as she has for us.
At two she's been known for a dastardly deed or two. She's our first climber, the first to escape the house, the first to return to the house in the arms of a stranger, the first to shatter a shower door on top of herself and the first to pluck 80% of the keys off a keyboard not once, but three times. She has finally learned to enjoy the love Cailah showers on her and they are so fun to watch together when it is just the two of them in the morning. Today as I dropped her off, Cailah gave me a kiss and headed out the van saying "bye, bye Delayna," and Delayna started yelling "kiss, kiss." So Cailah jumped back in for a kiss and a "bye Cailah." It was hard to believe we spent months trying to get Delayna to allow Cailah near her. Then it was home to Cailou and "miwk," her prenap routine. And speaking of milk, "Miwk" makes everything better. It's even more powerful than bandaids, which like any good child she loves to get into. She's known to head to bed with several books, a blanket, water, and her baby. She's also known to stay up singing to her baby and playing with all of the above or dumping them all out of her crib and requesting that they be returned. Surprisingly she is my first baby to make it to two still in her crib. She hasn't figured out that she could probably climb out, or maybe there is some sense of self-preservation in that kid. But don't get me wrong, she's tried. For a while she was piling her blankets and everything else in the corner trying to get out, but I think she wasn't quite big enough at the time and now accepts that once in one must wait for help to get out. I think I'll leave her in a bit longer :0) She has started crying everytime it isn't her turn to say the prayer and tonight offered it whilst stuffing her face with cheesy bread. She LOVES candy and cookies and has been singing "I Want Candy" for the last week. Gotta love Halloween. Her new trick is to stuff her mouth full of food and then just let it sit there. I find myself saying "Chew Delayna Chew" several times a day. I'm not exactly sure what that's about. She loves, loves, loves to talk on the phone and even though the only intelligible things she says on the phone are hello and bye bye people still humor her and talk (thank you!). Mom said a few months ago that every time shie talks to Kristin or I on the phone we have a "oh, Delayna, what did you do" moment. She cracks me up, loves to dance, and is an excellent summersaulter. I suppose I could go on all night, but I guess the gist is, it was worth starting over with diapers, worth sleepless nights, worth nebulizers and EEG's and postpartum depression. She's a blessing and I'm glad she's here. Happy Second Birthday Delayna!
The daily prenap ritual of milk and Cailou.
Once again in the medical supplies. The goal today, the otoscope. But seriously how can you be upset with someone who is wearing that smile. And yes, the pigtails are screwy, but they are still in and this is post nap. That is nothing short of miraculous.
The second year of Delayna's life has not been the easiest for our family. We have not always handled the challenges we've faced with the grace, faith, and hope we should. But through even the darkest of days this ray of sunshine has been able to make me smile and laugh. All of our children have been happy and fun, but she seems to have been blessed with a special ability to bring joy into a room. I hope we've done as much for her as she has for us.
At two she's been known for a dastardly deed or two. She's our first climber, the first to escape the house, the first to return to the house in the arms of a stranger, the first to shatter a shower door on top of herself and the first to pluck 80% of the keys off a keyboard not once, but three times. She has finally learned to enjoy the love Cailah showers on her and they are so fun to watch together when it is just the two of them in the morning. Today as I dropped her off, Cailah gave me a kiss and headed out the van saying "bye, bye Delayna," and Delayna started yelling "kiss, kiss." So Cailah jumped back in for a kiss and a "bye Cailah." It was hard to believe we spent months trying to get Delayna to allow Cailah near her. Then it was home to Cailou and "miwk," her prenap routine. And speaking of milk, "Miwk" makes everything better. It's even more powerful than bandaids, which like any good child she loves to get into. She's known to head to bed with several books, a blanket, water, and her baby. She's also known to stay up singing to her baby and playing with all of the above or dumping them all out of her crib and requesting that they be returned. Surprisingly she is my first baby to make it to two still in her crib. She hasn't figured out that she could probably climb out, or maybe there is some sense of self-preservation in that kid. But don't get me wrong, she's tried. For a while she was piling her blankets and everything else in the corner trying to get out, but I think she wasn't quite big enough at the time and now accepts that once in one must wait for help to get out. I think I'll leave her in a bit longer :0) She has started crying everytime it isn't her turn to say the prayer and tonight offered it whilst stuffing her face with cheesy bread. She LOVES candy and cookies and has been singing "I Want Candy" for the last week. Gotta love Halloween. Her new trick is to stuff her mouth full of food and then just let it sit there. I find myself saying "Chew Delayna Chew" several times a day. I'm not exactly sure what that's about. She loves, loves, loves to talk on the phone and even though the only intelligible things she says on the phone are hello and bye bye people still humor her and talk (thank you!). Mom said a few months ago that every time shie talks to Kristin or I on the phone we have a "oh, Delayna, what did you do" moment. She cracks me up, loves to dance, and is an excellent summersaulter. I suppose I could go on all night, but I guess the gist is, it was worth starting over with diapers, worth sleepless nights, worth nebulizers and EEG's and postpartum depression. She's a blessing and I'm glad she's here. Happy Second Birthday Delayna!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Halloween
Well, it's been ages, but we finally pulled out the trusty Rebel to capture trunk or treat. Introducing: Cailah, the very "hoppy" frog; Abby the pretty in pink Pirate; Josh our friend and neighbor and soldier protector, Howie who answered only to Howie all day, Punk teenager Alyssa and friends, Braydon our resident Nate the Great expert, and our "moo"vie start darling, Delayna. This kids had fun as always at trunk-or-treat and then headed out with Josh and his family for trick or treating around the neighborhood. This is the first year they have gone down more than half our street, and I'm not sure I'm too excited about the loot they brought home. Holy Moly. We are going to have to figure something out. Usually they just have enough to enjoy for the night and next day. This year. . . more than a gallon ziplock bag a piece. All ideas are being entertained, so feel free to share you Halloween candy guidelines. And thank you to those who gave out pencils, cups, glow sticks etc. :0)
Monday, October 5, 2009
Abby's Birthday
I'm just not getting to the blogging thing. Check out Kristin's blog for updates on the kids. I'll be back, but not this week. Enjoy http://kbajfitzgerald.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Benefits of Non-Prosperity
One of the benefits of non-prosperity is that you get to experience first hand the generosity and caring of the people around you. We've had many people show great kindness in many ways over the last nine months. I've been amazed at how many people just do kind things. I'm more of a thinker and a wait to be askeder. Anyway a sermon for another day. What I was trying to say is that we have awesome neighbors, and one of them when the learned Mike was injured and out of work brought over super yummy zucchini bread, fresh veggies from her garden and 4 all day passes to Wahooz. Mike can't do much so he had to miss out and play with Delayna for the day. :0( Thank you Mike. But that left Kristin, Abby, Braydon, Cailah and I to play hard from 10:30 til 4:30! And we played hard. You can see and account of our fun at http://kbajfitzgerald.blogspot.com/ Enjoy!
PS Barbara--Wahooz is right next door to Roaring Springs and the kids had fun recounting their trip to the water park with you!
PS Barbara--Wahooz is right next door to Roaring Springs and the kids had fun recounting their trip to the water park with you!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Updates
Yeah, I'm too busy farming to blog lately. Mostly because my mind is mush and I am remarkably uninspired. Happily, Kristin is not and has been blogging like a crazy woman. I will refer you to her blog for updates and pictures of the kiddos. The link can be found to the left and is titled Kristin and Alyssa. Hopefully I'll be back on track sometime in 2010. Maybe before, if you are lucky :0)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ice It
We always have a cold pack ready for the bumps and scrapes. They seems to be as effective if not more so than a band-aid (with the bonus of being reusable) so anytime anyone cracks their head on a wall, falls off the bunk bed, or damages themselves trying to make the bathtub a water slide someone runs to the freezer for ice. But the last few months the ice has been on Daddy's neck regularly. Lots and lots of ice. So tonight when Delayna smashed her fingers Cailah brought her the Piglet cold pack to put on the owee. Through her tears Delayna said "tank too" and proceeded to put it directly on the back of her neck and hold it there :0) Did they say something about teaching by example at church today? I'm thinking they were right. Sadly, I was working on my paper and missed the episode, but Kristin and Mike are very good actors and portrayed her to a T. I only wish I had a picture to share. And thank you to Sandi for letting me borrow her license plate for the title of tonight's blog.
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