Watch what you say...

What a busy house this has been the last month and a half! Seth's brother got married, we passed the nasty stomach bug around our house to all except Adelaide, kids stayed overnight with grandma and grandpa mann and....Anderson is potty trained! Ok, so listing all of this makes me feel a little less guilty for not posting. Busy doesn't really even cover how we have felt lately! We are doing our best to enjoy every moment but some are just flying by so quickly!

Potty training is not for the faint of heart...or weak stomached...ha! Actually this time around it was much easier and he is really proud of himself and we are too! Good thing that he is doing well at that because lately he is quite a challenge. He is copying many things from books and movies and me...why he only repeats things I say that shouldn't probably have been said, I will never know! The latest few are,
* I just told you that!
* did you hear me?
* I'm too busy to do... (whatever it is I am asking him to do.)

A few of the cuter things he is saying...

* what is that called? What does it do?
* I love Adelaide so much! Can I hold her? Can she sleep in my bed? Make her sit by me!
* Daddy, you're so proud of me!
* I'm just like you, Daddy!

Ah, the joys of having an almost three year old boy. I will say he is really helping me remind myself to speak more kindly, even when i am frustrated. Praying the cute phrases outnumber the embarrassing as he speaks to people in public...

Adelaide can walk behind her push toy now. Will be completely unstoppable very soon. Yikes! Not sure this world (or house) is ready for this spitfire to be walking and talking! She chuckles at lots of things and has become quite the audience for her big brother, and he eats that up! She can say da-da, ma-ma, all done, ca-ca (cracker), ug,  and uh-uh whenever i say it to her. Again, watch out world! She is quite a personality already! Lots of fun and sleeping a little better. She almost has us totally trained... :)

Little engines can do big things

Anderson loves Thomas the Train and anything having to do with the show, movies, books, actual trains, songs, sheets on his bed, etc. I have to say that of all things he could love, Thomas seems to be a pretty great one. Our niece Anna so kindly gave us some of her gently used books one of which is called Little Engines Can Do Big Things. It is a nice book with a good message.  One that Adelaide seems to have picked up on much too early...

Though Adelaide is the smallest member of our household she sure does some "big" things: screaming and fighting sleep with every ounce of her little body and big personality. To be fair she has grown one tooth recently and is most likely feeling the next one trying to come in. She has also learned how to crawl and is into all the "big" people things she can get. She even is starting to pull up on things. Heaven help us. This little girl only naps an hour total each day, in two separate cat naps. This leaves lots of time for her to get into trouble and the word "no" causes her to look right at you and laugh...and she isn't easily amused either. So, as I sit here typing and listening to the sweet silence of four small boys actually sleeping, I am sitting here wondering why this little engine in front of me is still awake and busy...what big things are next? I am scared to ask... :)

The formidable opponent

Fighting against a little baby can be tough. It is not for the faint of heart....and Adelaide is proving to be quite the opponent and is definitely winning. After two hours of trying to get her to sleep in the crib last night, we gave up. She went back in the rock n sleep in our room, feet sticking over the edge as she really is too big for that bed. Ah, sleep. Sometimes the fight can wait. Sleep is so hard to come by anyway and there is always tomorrow! Mother of the year here! :) With all the milestones she has reached even in the last week- first tooth, saying mama, and getting her tummy off  the floor to almost crawl- i have found myself thinking of a few memories from Anderson before he was such a big boy "growing so fast" as he says. ..

He used to answer a question with a high pitched "I don't know!" And I mean high pitched. I would ask him questions all the time just to hear it.

His piggy face was done on command from a very young age thanks to a laughing audience of grandparents.

"I too tired" was his response to being asked to do anything he didn't want to do at the moment.

He used to take a big sniff and then say, "smells like a bad day!"

More memories to be made today. It's Saturday and "daddy doesn't go to work today!!!!!" Imagine that being said with all the enthusiasm of a two year old. It's pure joy. Oh, here's a pic from last night. Things started out so well...

Moments I don't want to forget

Lately I keep thinking of how many things happen each day that I dont want to forget...cute phrases, laughs, cuddles and milestones my kids reach every day. Somehow Anderson is already 2 1/2 and adelaide is almost eight months and I have yet to document any of this! Argh! So maybe starting up my blog again will help me to document a few of these moments in a place I can come back to easily when I need to be reminded of these sweet moments...so, here goes! :)

Mommy: "Don't chew on the hat, honey"

Anderson: "I'm trying to find something to eat."

Anderson: 1

Mommy: 0