The things you gotta do...

*9/14/09*

When we bought this house, we really were not thinking. There is no place to put our computer other than our bedroom (but that will only work if we remove the chest of drawers and sit on the bed) or the living room. So living room it is. Well, we learned the hard way what happens when a computer gets shut off by pushing the button too many times, it dies. (Thanks B for teaching us that.) So we had to come up with some way to get the computer away from W. Not only does W try to turn the computer off, he also tries to unplug the computer and stick his finger in the outlet. Did I mention how busy he keeps me?? So my wonderful husband came up with this....










Not the cutest but it is quite genius! Thanks Bry!!

Slow down young man...

*1/13/09*

Day late. Sorry about that.

W has figured he can pull up on the gate. AND he now knows if the handle isn't latched, he can and will open the gate!! We have had a few face plants these last few days. Ouch!!







And well I had to throw this in for today as well! W playing B's Leapster!

He looks so proud of himself, doesn't he?


W's look says, "teach me oh Leapster master."


B trying to take over.


B telling W what to push so he can pause the game if he needs to go potty. ROFL!!

On Daddy's watch....

I come home this afternoon to find that B has gotten himself dressed. However he got his pants from W's drawer. So my boy who should be in 4T fit into his brother's 18 months no problem expect for them being too short. Of course Bry just let him continue to go around wearing W's pants. I am kinda glad since I have based daily blog about it.

The picture is horrible, it was taken with my phone. Please ignore W's nasty dirty face. Notice how my living room becomes the closest train station, this is on a daily basis.

Becoming more independent with every new day...

*1/11/09

It feels as if I was just changing this child's diapers or nursing him to sleep. But sadly, this child is growing more and more independent every day. When I look at B, I wish I had a remote to slow down time. It is such a bittersweet moment to witness a child grow up. So proud and excited to see them do all the tasks we take for granted, the very first time and so sad knowing that soon you will just be the mother watching her grown child from afar. Oh the moments that you want to have burned into memory forever!

Here is one of B's many firsts. Buttoning his own shirt. I had no idea he could do it or even wanted to try. But as I went to help him with it, I heard, "I wanna do it by myself." His favorite new sentence.

A rare occasion...

*1/10/09

I actually had a reason for doing my hair and make up. Bry's work had it annual after Christmas Christmas party. So I took time to look like a woman today!! And was rewarded with alcoholic beverages! Which happens less than me doing my hair. Amazing how boring I can be, isn't it? Well, anyway a self portrait pre-party Nina. There was supposed to be a post party Nina, but if you are one of the lucky ones that have actually seen me intoxicated, you know that there is no way in heck I would be able to take a self picture. Shoot I do well just being able to go to the bathroom without help. And if I trusted myself with my camera, that would have made for one funny photo.

Never a dull moment...

Our life can get really crazy at times. And this has been a pretty crazy week! Today we took W to the dr again for the second time this week. I was sure he had a hemorrhoid. Which totally baffles me considering this boy poos all day long. Well long story short, JLo (this is my nickname for his in town ped) walks in with ..........




She talked to the drs up north about W. And he needs to have some testing done on his stool. It turns out that he has rectal prolapse. Basically, his insides are falling out of his butt. So they need to do some extra testing to make sure it isn't anything more serious than just a rectal prolapse. Of course JLo told me all the things she is testing for and I googled them. I will not pass them on because no one needs to read what I just did.

Let me tell you this weekend is going to be really tough. If any of you have experience getting a stool sample from a child in diapers that won't sit still, please give me some advice. Thanks!

Socks are the hardest....

*1/8/09*

I know I have already posted a sock pic. But today was the day that I decided B was old enough to dress himself. He picked out his own clothes and put them on all by himself today. I know it has taken him a while, but I think we are finally getting to the days where I only need to dress two of my boys instead of three. (For all of you mathletes out there, I still pick out most of Bry's clothing but he does at least dress himself.) I really wanted to get some full body shots of B with his outfit but he wasn't up for that today (he is such a drama king, I wonder where he got that? LOL!) So fall in love with B's sock talent!




And this picture isn't from today and it isn't the best. It was from last evening when we had our Christmas meal with our bestest family friends (the M family). And they totally made our boys the COOLEST present ever!! My boys have there very own tepe!! Handmade and all. Kick butt cool. Who wants to come over and build a fire and paint our faces and do some Indian chants (any of you know any Indian chants?) Cause I am sure me and the boys will be game!!