The Good and the Bad

Let me be perfectly honest: I am horrible at keeping up with a blog.  One post a month? Sheesh!  But (and this is a big but) I like to think that I am an amazing person,wife, and mother.  I just don’t talk about it often.

A typical day for me consists of cooking all three meals for Ellie and myself (I use the term “cooking” very loosely because I get sick of cleaning up and sometimes cheerios or oatmeal count), working on the laundry in some form or as I like to call it winning another battle in the war that can never be won, reading book after book after book and some times it is all one book, cleaning (again, very loose. Cause, really, how much “cleaning” can be done with a toddler ruling the house?) and then prepping all Coles food and snacks for the next day.  I just got back from filling the car with gas and cleaning it out.  Brownie points!

Remember when Cole would do that for me?! it is still one of the best ways to show your love for your spouse.

Am I perfect Mama and Wife? H to the ELL no! But I am good and I can always try to be better tomorrow.

Ladies, I have news for you. So are you.

Open your eyes and go learn, never be complacent, research, discover, dig, and then pray for direction.  In all things.  it makes life so much better when you KNOW why you do what you do, and how you do what you do. You can take criticism gracefully and disregard it if you so choose or take it and learn from it.

AGAIN, I know I can keep working on this, but as part of my new thing of being positive and being humble, admitting what you are is not boasting, it is part of humility.

Here is my soap box and this is me stepping off now.

Night!

Somewhere Sunny and 75

It was 75 here today! How about where you live?  I took the bug for a walk in the sunshine where she found many treasures for me to hold and put in our back yard.  She scraped up her knees, came and told me all about it, and was over it.  I feel so accomplished and proud!

I have been working out hard this week with candy and am starting to feel really strong! I love it! I don’t think I’ll ever be skinny fit, and that is ok with me.  Cause, I like food.  Ok, ok, I love food.

I have this way of letting Ellie do things on her own that I think freaks people out.  I was watching a little girl earlier this week, and it was:

B:Molly! your baby is playing with the dryer! She wont get away! come get her!

Me: That’s fine, she can play with it.

B: Oh. But not in it.

Me: She can play in it. that’s fine.

B: WHAT?

And this little gem:

B: Molly! She just ate food off the floor! She’s gonna have to go to the doctor!

Me: Nope, we don’t go to the doctor unless we are really really sick or have a broken bone. She eats food off the floor all the time and doesn’t get sick.

B: she does?

Me: She eats dirt sometimes too.

B:WHAT?

I am sure people think I am straight up crazy. Maybe I am.

Remember When . . .

This girl is Officially one. WHAT!?

Smells Yummy!

I realize it is WAY past her birthday, but I am a slacker, what more do you expect!

Peace!

The cake:

http://www.chelseasmessyapron.com/greek-yogurt-banana-oat-bread/#_a5y_p=2278425

Instead of a frosting, i used strawberry honey yogurt, and I decorated with sliced strawberries! it was quite yummy!

I think it turned out pretty well overall!

Bad Mama.

We are officially having our first bout with a sickness.  There is a fever involved that is not from growing new teeth, There have been tears from both parties, and snuggly naps.  I feel like a bad Mama for letting her get sick, and not holding her enough today, and not letting her eat only crackers today . . . the list could and does go on really.  I made her drink bone broth with raw garlic, and Braggs apple cider vinegar (that went over REAL well) and drink tons of water.

I did let her read all her books today and nap on me for two hours.  I guess it was bound to happen at  some point, but seeing her sick did not make it any easier.  And can I just say, Ellie is one tough cookie! She has still been pleasant, sweet, and full of her manners that we taught her! Full of Pleases and Thank-You’s to everyone we have been dealing with and have meat on our times out of the house!  I LOVE HER!

Today because she has been so good, we went to Costco and bought her a watermelon. her absolute favorite food! She was so happy as we were leaving! I had put the melon in the shopping cart seat right next to her, and she was loving on it, and giving it kisses! it was the sweetest thing! She got lots of complements from the other shoppers.

Side note: Yeah, we bought a watermelon, IN season, IN February, IN California! Summer for the WIN!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love.

While my daughter might not be fully able to say actual words, I can totally understand her.  I am sure it has something to do with being around her ALL. DAY. LONG. but there are times when other people can understand her also.  Daddy for one can get the gist of what is is wanting. Candy, because she is with us everyday. Yes her name is Candy, and she is the BOMB!
But the best thing, is that Ellie has a great grasp of ASL.  I am sure that if I knew more signs to teach her, she would be all over it! I need to look up how to say Butterfly for example.  As this is her new and current obsession.

We took a trip to the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary this week, and not only did the weasel love watching things flying all around her, one even landed on her head an hung out with us for a bit.  It was great!  Ever since then, she has been running around the house with this book that has pictures of Butterflies trying so hard to say butterfly.  My Mama heart just loves watching her learn and do new things.  The last real big thing for her to learn till she is in full on toddler mode is talking. I can hardly wait to hear all she has to tell me in her sweet little voice!

It amazes me all the time how much love my heart has for her.  There are days when I am just so content sitting on the floor reading books! Well . . . more like reading the same book over and over and over again.  I really can only handle so much Mother Goose before I go crazy.

On another note, Daddy is doing so well in his classes! I really hope he passes with super high scores so we can get going in life! IE, start building a dream home! Everybody pray for him! We’ll be Back to UT in 11 months.

Also . . .

I went to the beach today and got some sun. Somewhere Sunny and 75? Eat that Winter! I win again!

Telling it Like it is.

We do a relaxed Elimination Communication in out house. The theroy is that Ellie will show signs that let me know she will be needing to use the potty soon. Pee and/or poo. She is really great about peeing on her potty.  Pooping was doing great, now, not so much.

Quote of the Day:

A few days ago she cam to me with her Potty book and let me know she wanted to sit on the potty. Yes, this is a bit of a game for her.  When she does go, she gets a high five and she gets to flush the potter herself. So we go up to the bathroom, I lay her down on the bed to take of her diaper (still dry, WOOHOO!) take her to sit on the potty, and she goes pee. YAY! High five!
Me-“Ok, do you need to pee more?”

She shakes her head no.

Me-“You are sure you are all done?”

She Signs all done.

I let her climb down off the potty after wiping her clean and she flushes. I close the lid and stand up to go back and grab her diaper while she goes to look into the tub for her toys.

LITERALLY 5 SECONDS LATER

I walk back into the bathroom to find that Ellie is standing RIGHT in front the toilet with the biggest pile of poop I have ever seen come out of a person let alone a child! She looks at me with the biggest smile on her face.

Ellie-“Poop!” while raising her hand for that high five.

I put her on the potty as she pooped even more after that and she was just so pleased with herself.

After a shower and a deep cleaning of the bathroom floor, she napped for two hours.

Ah life, you are good to me.

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica.

I am a HUGE nerd! I love The Office. I LOVE BSG, LOTR, HP, and all the other friends that fit into this category as well. Both Star Wars and Star Trek, although mainly just Next Generation, and the new movies that star Chris Pine, because Chris Pine my friends!

And I don’t care what you think about it! I will talk your ears off about all these things and then some!

Mistborn Series. Read it.

Beets are quite tasty also.

Oh, The Joys

I blog at night, cause that is when I have the time.  It is my nature to be a night owl, and sometimes my little Weasel likes to not only stay up late and interfere with my me time, she also likes to be WIDE AWAKE from 1 am to 3:30.  Like the last week or so! and if she is not awake for a good amount of time, she is up at least six times a night! Need I remind you she is 14 months! and she still sleeps like a newborn. What the heck!

In other family news, we are starting to get a talker on our hands and in fact for our second Quote of the Day, we have:

Daddy: K, babe. I am tired and going to bed.

Mama: OK, Night, Love you.

Ellie: (runs to the foot of the stairs, waves at Daddy) Bye!

With him being in school, it really does feel like we are saying bye all the time! We laughed for a good ten minutes or so!

Life is Hard

I have a baby and a husband that like to go to bed at 8:30.  While normally this leaves me with quite a bit of much needed ME time, there has been a stretch of a few weeks sans blogging because HATES it when I crawl over him to get out of bed.  The baby crib is attached to our bed on the other side, and the foot of the bed makes WAY too much noise if I head that way.

Tonight, I told him to deal with it! So, you are welcome!

Shadow has a new name, Weasel. And she has, for sure, earned it. She sneaks into everything! and even when she is playing the things she can play with, if I just go to check on her and say “hey!” she drops it and runs away.  She is going to be devious already, I can tell. She also has family visiting this week and she is thrilled! Grandma and Grandpa are here till the new year to see the little creature and spoil her with attention.  She has been a perfect angel since they came in last night and is quite smitten with Grandpa.  She has been showing off her sign language, trying to talk, and I have never heard he giggle so much as she has today! So much love here in our home.

The boys are going fishing tomorrow out on the ocean and we girls have shopping to do! Window shopping for me and the Weasle, but we will tag along for the day and see what Monterey has to tempt us!

On an unrelated note, yesterday was our three year anniversary.  Just to let you know how cool we are, we both forgot it was our anniversary till someone wished us a happy anniversary.

Best photo of us EVER!

Three years and one day ago I had the privilege of saying “I do” to the man of my dreams.  Two years and one day ago, we were sealed in the St. George Temple, so he gets to put up with my picking, and noise making, face pulling for the rest of time.  Who is the winner here? Yea, me. Hands down.

As an ode to the day, here’s what happened that day in 2011!

I woke up around 10, went and checked into the Hotel sweet with all my crap. Ate some brunch type food, and then went to go work out at the gym with the groom and his best friend. Around 2, I went back to the sweet, and started getting ready with my girls! There was laughing, make-up, tears, and so much love. At 3:30, we made it to the church and I got dressed in my dress, and at 4 I walked down the aisle with my momma bear. Shortly after that I was married.

I make it sound so simple, partly because it was, but mostly because these were the things that meant to most to me that day. There was more. There was dancing, and music, and food. But what really meant the world to me were my people who were there to love us and support us. I have the coolest people in my life, and the coolest of the coolest is now my lover, my companion, my co-worker (because marriage is work and we work at it everyday with great pay offs and bonuses) and my spiritual core. I would say best friend but that is already implied. 😉