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Thursday, May 28, 2009
weekend warriors
Oh...that we have been the past weekend. We went to Oconomowoc, WI to visit HHH's grandma. I took Friday off and drove the kids the 339.05 miles from our house to Grammy's.
The kids were amazing. We had a few minutes of a screaming fest, but that's to be expected. Blake is really into having "things" with him at all times. We usually set a limit of 2 items, one for each hand, but sometimes you just have to pacify him with more than 2. Such as this picture:
A little while later, I caught him catching some ZZZZZ's.
Seriously. I just love him. To bits and pieces!
While driving to Grammy's I ordered pizza (by dialing 1.800.goog.411)from Marty's so the kids could eat quickly at her house and get ready for bed.
Grammy ended up giving them a bath with me, which was so much fun. Blake was playing with a cup and was giving Grammy "Skittles" of all different colors. He would put water in the cup, pinch a bit of it and then say "Grammy. Dis wun es yewoah skitto." "No dis wun es bwue wun". It is something I want to remember forever.
Saturday we woke up and played until HHH, Loren and Ellen made their arrival. It was a perfect day, which ended with the kids playing at a park by a restaurant that we were at.
Daddy and his hungry littles.
Kenna digging for food in her little bib/tray! It is so funny to watch her dig for gold in there!
Kenna eating a lemon. Yep. In love with her.
Blake kissing "Ewen"
Ahhh...swinging. The ultimate kid-pleaser! I wish I could swing now without getting sick to my stomach!
Oh-Kenna's new thing is to take her bow, barret, pony, anything you put in her hair, she will take out. It is hilarious to watch her when she doesn't have something in to try and take it out. It's like a phantom bow and she'll keep trying to take it out, even though there's nothing in!
Trying to get it out. Wrong side babe. Wrong side!
Look mommy! I got it out!
Sunday arrived. We enjoyed an uneventful morning at home (other than we had to find a new church b/c Grammy's pastor was ill), went to said church, then to the Lake Club for lunch. We ate outside, which turned out to be a fabulous day to eat lunch outside.
After lunch the kids played in the beach area where Blake raked and shoveled the sand.
Nap time followed quickly after lunch and then...
dahdahdahhhhhhh...
the dreaded drive home. Yuck. However, our children were...yet again amazing on the ride home. Except a few screaming episodes where we had to roll down the windows so we didn't ruin our hearing.
The above are taken during one of the screaming episodes. Kenna's hair is so wispy right now that the wind just took it away! Notice the food crumbs all over!? Gotta love eating in the car with a 10 month old!
All in all, it was a fabulous weekend. We got to hang out with Grammy, chat on the pier on the lake, eat at yummy restaurants, our children were well-behaved and the driving wasn't so bad. I just wish she lived closer!
The kids were amazing. We had a few minutes of a screaming fest, but that's to be expected. Blake is really into having "things" with him at all times. We usually set a limit of 2 items, one for each hand, but sometimes you just have to pacify him with more than 2. Such as this picture:
A little while later, I caught him catching some ZZZZZ's. Seriously. I just love him. To bits and pieces!
While driving to Grammy's I ordered pizza (by dialing 1.800.goog.411)from Marty's so the kids could eat quickly at her house and get ready for bed.
Grammy ended up giving them a bath with me, which was so much fun. Blake was playing with a cup and was giving Grammy "Skittles" of all different colors. He would put water in the cup, pinch a bit of it and then say "Grammy. Dis wun es yewoah skitto." "No dis wun es bwue wun". It is something I want to remember forever.
Saturday we woke up and played until HHH, Loren and Ellen made their arrival. It was a perfect day, which ended with the kids playing at a park by a restaurant that we were at.
Daddy and his hungry littles. 
Kenna digging for food in her little bib/tray! It is so funny to watch her dig for gold in there!
Kenna eating a lemon. Yep. In love with her. 
Blake kissing "Ewen"
Ahhh...swinging. The ultimate kid-pleaser! I wish I could swing now without getting sick to my stomach!Oh-Kenna's new thing is to take her bow, barret, pony, anything you put in her hair, she will take out. It is hilarious to watch her when she doesn't have something in to try and take it out. It's like a phantom bow and she'll keep trying to take it out, even though there's nothing in!
Trying to get it out. Wrong side babe. Wrong side!
Look mommy! I got it out!Sunday arrived. We enjoyed an uneventful morning at home (other than we had to find a new church b/c Grammy's pastor was ill), went to said church, then to the Lake Club for lunch. We ate outside, which turned out to be a fabulous day to eat lunch outside.
After lunch the kids played in the beach area where Blake raked and shoveled the sand.
Nap time followed quickly after lunch and then...
dahdahdahhhhhhh...
the dreaded drive home. Yuck. However, our children were...yet again amazing on the ride home. Except a few screaming episodes where we had to roll down the windows so we didn't ruin our hearing.
The above are taken during one of the screaming episodes. Kenna's hair is so wispy right now that the wind just took it away! Notice the food crumbs all over!? Gotta love eating in the car with a 10 month old!
All in all, it was a fabulous weekend. We got to hang out with Grammy, chat on the pier on the lake, eat at yummy restaurants, our children were well-behaved and the driving wasn't so bad. I just wish she lived closer!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Mommy
The one thing I've wanted to be since I was a little girl is a MOMMY. I remember playing with my friend's baby siblings and my parents always saying I needed to play with my friends. I remember babysitting and never wanting to put the baby down and the mom's saying "he/she can walk". Yeh. Whatever.
Now that I am a mom, I know why I always wanted to be one. It is absolutely. Positively. THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
Some of the highlights I have had in the last two and a half years:
Sneaking into my little one's rooms to pick them up and rock them while they sleep.
Having the overwhelming feeling that your heart is beating outside of your body the moment Blake and Makenna were born.
Having the feeling that your heart is going to jump out of your chest the moment my kids took their first breath because you love them SO. MUCH.
Having my kids say mama for the first time. Blake was 18 months and Makenna was 8 months!
When you Blakey gets hurt and nobody can console him except-me!
Having Kenna say MamaMamaMamaMama when she just wants to be held.
Holding my kids and having them put their heads on my shoulder to snuggle.
Having Blake say "I wuv you mama!" Oh. It'll melt your heart everytime!
That natural instinct to run into their rooms when they start sleeping through the night to make sure they are still breathing. I remember being in their rooms and thinking "how did I get in here!?" Blake started sleeping 7-7 at 4 months, and Makenna was 3 months. Best book to help? 12 hours by 12 weeks. Our wonderfully pediatrician recommended it.
Hearing Blake use his manners and say "hankyou Mommy fo heping me!" or "hankyou Mommy fo getting me my food!" He's a charmer, I tell ya!
These two little ones have made my world so much better! I have learned a great deal about myself by being their mommy and working with Mikey to raise them to be polite, caring and happy children!
Blake @ 3 days old.
Makenna @ 2 weeks.
The two of them 3 days after Kenna was born:
Oh! How I love these two to bits and pieces and want to just nibble on them all day long!
Now that I am a mom, I know why I always wanted to be one. It is absolutely. Positively. THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD.
Some of the highlights I have had in the last two and a half years:
Sneaking into my little one's rooms to pick them up and rock them while they sleep.
Having the overwhelming feeling that your heart is beating outside of your body the moment Blake and Makenna were born.
Having the feeling that your heart is going to jump out of your chest the moment my kids took their first breath because you love them SO. MUCH.
Having my kids say mama for the first time. Blake was 18 months and Makenna was 8 months!
When you Blakey gets hurt and nobody can console him except-me!
Having Kenna say MamaMamaMamaMama when she just wants to be held.
Holding my kids and having them put their heads on my shoulder to snuggle.
Having Blake say "I wuv you mama!" Oh. It'll melt your heart everytime!
That natural instinct to run into their rooms when they start sleeping through the night to make sure they are still breathing. I remember being in their rooms and thinking "how did I get in here!?" Blake started sleeping 7-7 at 4 months, and Makenna was 3 months. Best book to help? 12 hours by 12 weeks. Our wonderfully pediatrician recommended it.
Hearing Blake use his manners and say "hankyou Mommy fo heping me!" or "hankyou Mommy fo getting me my food!" He's a charmer, I tell ya!
These two little ones have made my world so much better! I have learned a great deal about myself by being their mommy and working with Mikey to raise them to be polite, caring and happy children!
Blake @ 3 days old.
Makenna @ 2 weeks.
The two of them 3 days after Kenna was born:
Oh! How I love these two to bits and pieces and want to just nibble on them all day long!
Monday, May 4, 2009
What did you say?
Huh? What? You said you love us to bits and pieces?!
Geez Mom. You're making me blush!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sibling Rivalry? I think not.
When asked if our children get along, I always say yes. Sure, they may have little quarrels over a toy or a book, but for the most part, they get along perfectly (in our eyes at least). The evidence lies here:
where they are playing on our bed. Blake is trying to keep Kenna from escaping as she attempts to crawl off the bed. And here:
Oh. How I love the two of them playing together. At the end of another day, Blake wanted to "help Henna drink bottle". How can you resist a loving brother trying to help his sister drink her bottle so she can be placed in her bed to drift off to sleep while he gets to read books in his mommy and daddy's bed and then also be placed in his crib to sleep the night away?
BUT...after a bottle and before bed, a little wrestle-mania II must occur!
If these two continue on the trek to friendship that they are on, we are all set!
A little Makenna update:
She is 9 months old.
This week she started crawling...for real. No more army-style crawling for this little babe.
She now attempts to crawl up stairs.
She starting saying "mama" and continues to say it over and over again.
Last night she started clapping, and pretty much hasn't stopped. She seems to already realize you clap when you're excited or want something, or want more of something.
We started signing basic stuff to her (I know. I know. A little late!), and she has picked it up amazingly fast.
She LOVES. LOVES. LOVES her brother.
She loves snuggling her blankie when she goes to bed and sucking her thumb.
She has started to suck her thumb more now when she is getting tired, which is so easy to spot and quickly swoop her up to her bed for never-never land!
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Easter weekend
As our children get older, it seems that the fun and excitement of holidays and celebrations come running back. At times, I wonder who has more fun with all the excitement...our little ones, or Mike and I? Who would think that we would strive to have the "best egg" while decorating eggs, or have the best hiding spot, when hiding the plastic eggs filled with candy for our children?
Regardless, we had an amazing Easter right here in our own home. We dyed eggs on Saturday. Blake loved putting the car stickers on them.
And just for all those Guimond's out there, he definitely "Is a Guimond". Look at that tongue. Seriously-you just want to squeeze him! >div>
And just for those of you that think I only take the pictures, I am in one:
We had such a fun time decorating eggs, enjoying the (finally) nice weather outside and getting some spring cleaning out of the way.
Then, Blake put carrots and "milk" out for the Easter bunny. Milk is actually ranch dressing, but really-who's checking?
And when we woke up . . . the bunny had placed eggs all over the living room and brought Blake new hockey sticks and his own copy of Green Eggs and Ham.
And when we woke up . . . the bunny had placed eggs all over the living room and brought Blake new hockey sticks and his own copy of Green Eggs and Ham.
After eggs and a breakfast of apple crispies, we headed off to church for a beautiful service, followed by naps and brunch (at 4:15 in the afternoon) at Sunset's on the lake.
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