Thursday, May 17, 2012
Mother's Day: Part 2
Mother's Day was so wonderful unlike last year. I mean it was understandable, and I don't blame it all on Jared. He was pretty exhausted, well we both were last year. It had been years since we each had gotten to sleep through the night. On Sunday I reflected back upon the year and realized that I had a year full of Mother's Days. Jared gets up with both children in the night...and had done so for countless nights in the past year. There was a patch when Sylvia wouldn't respond to me at night (post weaning.) A couple of months ago she was so mad that it was me instead of Jared (he had the flu and was throwing-up in the bathroom) that she whipped her head back and smashed it into my face. We have remedied this problem and she will now let me comfort her in the middle of the night. However Jared is the one with greater patience and I think he's basically decided on his own that he is more pleasant on sleepless nights than I am.
Jared puts Finn to bed every night and gets up with both kids at the crack of dawn every morning while I get up and run or go to the gym or sleep in (on Sundays.) I mean, he never gets to sleep in. The poor guy. He often puts both kids to bed when I go out with the girls or get errands done. He takes over at 5:45 pm every day when he comes home from work. Sometimes whisking the children outside so I can have a moment of peace. Yup, I've got it pretty good.
The eggs he made me on Sunday were so good. Now I grew up to be a scrambled eggs snob. My mother would slowly cook them until they were nice and perfectly fluffy and of course you always add cheese. None of this whipping them together in a bowl first...they just turn out mealy. Jared makes 2 things in the kitchen really well, oatmeal and scrambled eggs! I often think that he would be a great baker because he's so precise...but it's kind of my territory and I can be quite possessive of it.
Both children are so in love with him and I don't question why. He is the best father and most incredible husband. He just gives gives gives all day long to all three of us. I love him so so much!
Jared puts Finn to bed every night and gets up with both kids at the crack of dawn every morning while I get up and run or go to the gym or sleep in (on Sundays.) I mean, he never gets to sleep in. The poor guy. He often puts both kids to bed when I go out with the girls or get errands done. He takes over at 5:45 pm every day when he comes home from work. Sometimes whisking the children outside so I can have a moment of peace. Yup, I've got it pretty good.
The eggs he made me on Sunday were so good. Now I grew up to be a scrambled eggs snob. My mother would slowly cook them until they were nice and perfectly fluffy and of course you always add cheese. None of this whipping them together in a bowl first...they just turn out mealy. Jared makes 2 things in the kitchen really well, oatmeal and scrambled eggs! I often think that he would be a great baker because he's so precise...but it's kind of my territory and I can be quite possessive of it.
Both children are so in love with him and I don't question why. He is the best father and most incredible husband. He just gives gives gives all day long to all three of us. I love him so so much!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mother's Day: Part 1
Why is this Mother's Day much better than previous years? Because I felt special all day. Even when I was doing the dishes and Jared said "you shouldn't be doing that" I just loved that he said that because he knew that it was a special day. I was greeted to the morning with smiling faces, breakfast in bed and balloons galore! I still had to clean up throw-up (Jared did the dirtiest part) and deal with tantrums, but I'm so delighted that I am a mother and am really enjoying these two little rascals right now. They say and do a million funny things each day.
After church and naps we road our bikes to a nice area for a picnic. Finn found a million caterpillars and Sylvia pet about 50 dogs that were passing by and picked 100 flowers (her two outdoor obsessions.) If we had a yard full of dogs and flowers Sylvia would be entertained for weeks! Imagine all of the dinners I could get cooked. But there would still be the challenge of how to keep Finn from taunting her or sitting on her.
After church and naps we road our bikes to a nice area for a picnic. Finn found a million caterpillars and Sylvia pet about 50 dogs that were passing by and picked 100 flowers (her two outdoor obsessions.) If we had a yard full of dogs and flowers Sylvia would be entertained for weeks! Imagine all of the dinners I could get cooked. But there would still be the challenge of how to keep Finn from taunting her or sitting on her.
The trailer is now used to tow picnic supplies since a stupid squirrel chewed through the bottom of it, I'm going crazy not being able to pull the kids around in fear that they might fall through.
This photo might come in handy someday when Sylvia is a teenager.
Finn got a pair of red crocs from his cousin and now he wears one of each.
I just love Sylvia's new little yellow crocs. She will only wear them now.
After 2 1/2 years of nursing that's about as much cleavage as you're gonna get.
Taking off.
Monday, May 14, 2012
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