little mama

Karsyn has always been an amazing big sister.  Truly.  Even when Mykah was first born and Karsyn was 2 years old.  She's amazed me since January 10, 2009 when Mykah entered the world.  Now that she's older and we have another baby, she's even more amazing than I ever thought possible.  She LOVES her sister and brother.  Of course Mykah annoys  her quite frequently.  That's what little sisters do though, right?  Karsyn is constantly saying "I just need alone time." 

Even though she's always been a great big sister, she's now becoming a wonderful little mama.  I have a sidekick for sure and she has been the biggest help ever.  Tonight she really wanted to feed Jaxton his dinner.  He was having things that were easy to feed, so I let her.  She shoveled those sweet potatoes in like she'd fed him every day before. 

Then she played.  And she does all of this without me asking her.  She WANTS to take care of him.  She WANTS to play with him and make him laugh.  Every. Single. Day. 

It's the sweetest moments ever.  And he absolutely adores her.  From the very beginning, Jaxton has loved her.  He usually has to wait and figure Mykah out first.  He's just never been too sure about Mykah.  But Karsyn can make him laugh faster than anyone.  He just loves her.  And she shows him the same love. 

Their relationship melts my heart.  And Karsyn makes me one proud mama.   And thankful.  I was able to clean the kitchen while she fed & played with him. 

If you give a baby a dum-dum ...

Yes, I'm THAT mom.  Yes, he's obviously the third child.  Poor guy doesn't stand a chance.  Karsyn was probably 3 before she had a sucker.  Mykah, being the 2nd child, may have made it to age 2.  This guy?  No chance.  10 months old.  And I do believe he's had one before this too.  Don't worry Papa, I was watching him closely (through the camera lens).  As soon as he turned it around to only chew on the stick and the sucker part was smaller, I took it away.  He wasn't having that though.  Never take a dum-dum away from a baby.  Thankfully he likes baths just as much, so I hauled his sticky body straight to the tub and all was right again.

Sippy Cup Training

We're working on it!  He's got the stuffing his face down PAT.  He had a nice little goldfish snack (the boy can EAT!), then wanted to wash it down with water.  I can't remember how/when we started sippy cups with the girls.  He's had one for a few months now, but is pretty lazy when it comes to actually holding it himself.  He'd rather me hold it while he bites down to get the water to drizzle out into his mouth.  I'm determined to have him using it himself now.  Usually when I give it to him, he throws it.  Thanks boy.  He throws everything.  Then I pick it back up & hold it up to his mouth so he can get a drink.  LAZY I tell ya!  So I decided to give him some salty goldfish and sit the cup down in front of him.  First attempt ...

FAIL.  Big. Fat. FAIL.  Come on, dude!  I had to take it from him and sit it down again.  Second attempt ...

That's more like it.  Now to see if he can actually tip the cup up to make the water come out.  This particular sippy cup is his favorite and all he has to do is bite down on the valve part and the water trickles out. 

MONEY.  He got it so quickly.  He only did it once, but it's progress folks.  Progress.  You can imagine how far he tossed it when he was done, but I was so proud that he figured it out.  Then it was back to business.  This guy crawls so fast!!!  And you can see the drool just streaming out of his mouth.  I keep thinking of a slug every time I see his little trail of slim behind him.

Laziness and a little Fun

This is me trying to justify the extremely lazy day the girls had.  Treyson is still with us, which means the girls have played non-stop for 4 days.  I mean from the time they get up to the time they go to bed at night, they are busy.  I really like it.  It's a big difference from our typically casual days. 

My girls are technology freaks.  If I allowed it, they would be on the iPad or watch TV all day long.  And there is no exaggeration there.  As long as I brought them snacks occasionally and they took potty breaks, I'd probably not see them all day long, which is why I choose to limit their time on the iPad.  Karsyn actually wakes up every day of her life asking "can I get the iPad?"  It's almost become a natural response to her eyes opening, or something like that.  And it's quite annoying to me.  Today, however, I let it happen ... 

They were in heaven.  Watching the iPad WHILE eating breakfast?  Treyson wasn't as enthralled as the girls were.  You know how little boys are.  His poor little attention span lasted long enough to guzzle down his daily cup of chocolate milk and some grapes and he was off running.  I had to take the iPad away after a while to allow the girls time to get dressed, make beds, and brush their teeth.  You'd think they were headed to jail by their reactions.

While I cleaned the kitchen, the kids played, and the little guy left his trail of slobber all over the house, David was outside doing his most favorite thing in the whole wide world.  Mowing.  And weed-eating.  I'm pretty sure he'd do it every single day if the grass would grow fast enough.  (Yes, there is some sarcasm in that statement.  Okay, A LOT of sarcasm.)  He hates mowing.  But I got married for two reasons ... so I wouldn't have to mow and so I wouldn't have to put gas in my car.  (I'm kidding.  Kind of.)  He mows.  I do it when I'm feeling sorry for him or when I've had enough of the jungle out there.  Then, I took the 3 older kids to the children's museum while the little guy napped.

We met our sweet little friend Faith there and actually stayed for almost 2 hours.  Going places is a whole new journey without a baby to tote.  The afternoon was filled with lunch, naps, and lots more playing.  And because I was filling like a lazy mom today, our afternoon went like this ...

More iPad watching, but this time Mykah had to wear her eskimo coat.  She swore she was freezing and actually wore it around for almost an hour.  I was sweating just looking at her!  Thankfully we ended the day with a healthy dinner and a nice, long walk around our neighborhood.  We try to walk twice a day (morning and evening) and the girls are working up to being able to walk the whole time without complaining.  I told David tonight that pretty soon Jaxton will be walking/running/riding a bike and Mykah will be riding in the stroller.  She's regressing, it seems. 

I like a little lazy, mixed in with a little fun sometimes.  We do have days where it's more laziness and some days where it's more fun.  Today was a good mix. 

{ blog direction }

I am definitely a woman who likes change.  I'm constantly thinking of ways I can change things up and new things I can do with just about everything in my life.  I change my home decor regularly and rearrange furniture like I change panties.  I'm almost kidding.  Just about every day, something in my house changes and, right now, this blog is on my hit list. 

I've done the Project 365 for 2 years now.  I'm in my 3rd year of it and I'm pretty sure I'm over it.  I was over it yesterday.  I'm not sure what direction I'll go with this blog, but I don't feel like it is where I want it to be.  I post daily pictures, but I usually don't have time to, so I actually get backed up by weeks, or months right now.  When I get behind, I spend an evening getting caught back up and making up words to go with random pictures I find.  It's not current.  It's not always accurate of what we really did that day.  I have wanted to keep up with it to be able to record the things we do and learn about daily in our home.  I want to remember the places we go and the words my children say.  I've strayed away from that and I want to pull myself back into it. 

I want to remember not only about the children, but about my life right now too.  I want to look back in 40 years and remember that, right now, I chose to live a healthy life.  That, right now, the mister and I were exercising together every day.  And that I finally have a big map hanging on my living room wall.  I want to record all of the details of our life.  And for it to be accurate, to the day.

So this blog will receive a makeover soon.  And maybe you'll make a point to keep up with the Hills.