what'd she say?

soooo, we're eating dinner and just chatting about anything. we just happened to say the name aiden... one of her friends from church. we weren't actually talking about that particular aiden, but she didn't know. her face just lit up and she squealed, "my aiden?"... so we just played along, "yes, your friend aiden"

Some how, she got the idea that we were going to see her friend aiden.

after dinner, we headed to best buy to pick up a few things... we do that, head to best buy to pick up a few things... it's hubby's favorite place to hang out... and sweet pea loves to watch tv... if there were a carribou in the store everyone would win. right now, sweet pea and hubby win... peanut and I are bored :)

right after we pulled into best buy, sweet pea started crying and whining and saying something that sounded like "I want my man"... we could NOT figure out what she was saying. We tried to figure it out what she was saying... tried and tried... then we distracted her and went into the store.

We got out of the store and she started again... "I want my man"... hubby and I were dying laughing, we had no idea what she was saying!!!!

We got home and she was CRYING!!! "I don't want to go home"... "I want my MAN!!!!"

?van? -NO
?man? -NO
?tran? -NO
?van? -NO
?name? - NO

this went on forever!!!

We finally figured it out... she wanted her friend!!!!

"which friend??"
"aiden!!!!" with lots of tears

"Ohhhh, we're going to see aiden at church tomorrow.... is that ok???"
"yes" with more tears

Oh my gosh!!! just when I think I can understand her and she's talking so well we have a night like that! WOW! wait until I tell aiden's mom what happened tonight!

A few new pics of Peanut

He was hanging out in my lap yesterday... mostly becuase he wasn't napping yesterday ;) I've learned that the second child sleeps more in the carseat, which makes the days we're not out and about hard b/c he has to sleep in his crib!!!

Yep, those days he doesn't sleep much and I don't do much and Sweet Pea doesn't get my attention, which is super hard for both of us!!!!! (mainly because she doesn't play on her own very well when I'm in the area!)

I think he's sticking his tongue out at me here...

I'm watching him momma!!!

She's either keeping an eye on him...

Or singing to him...

Or even worse, planning out how she can torture him - my fears!!!

Peanut's first concert

We got a babysitter for Sweet Pea and went to Church for a concert last night. We put ear plugs in Peanut's ears... they didn't stay in very well but it sure looked cute.

Daddy took him out into the lobby (where he could still watch and hear) so Peanut could sleep. It was a funny one to catch on film.

if you look really close, you can see him!!!

We are doing absolutely HORRIBLE at taking pics of the baby... if you look really close, you can catch a peek at him here. He's getting huge, really filling out (sort of like Sweet Pea did... in the cheeks and thighs :)

random sweet pea pics from today

she went to the park with daddy... fed the ducks and played on the swings...

mommy and baby joined them at the park... she had to take a break to talk to HER grandma and HER boppy. too cute...

Here's her new toy... daddy thought she needed more 'educational' toys?! whatever, you take her shopping and pick something fun out. It is pretty cool, it can be added onto with trains, airports, gas stations, etc... we'll get her relatives a list for christmas ;)

A trip to the Apple Orchard...

Sweet Pea and her friends at the apple orchard. My friends and I met there to trade our frozen dinners... and have a nice outing with the kids. They can run and play and pick out pumpkins. We took a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch...

The only pic of the little peanut the whole day... I stink at this. This is the third year we've gone to the apple orchard and the first time I didn't get a picture of the baby (last year and the year before, Sweet pea was the baby)!!!!

She was a little too small, but oh did she ever try!!!

Sweet Pea and her friend, Sammy... trying to share.

She picked this one out for her baby brother!!! Too sweet... It was a "tiny" pumpkin for her "tiny" brother... not a "BIG ONE" like the other pumpkins she saw. The pumpkins are quite expensive there at the patch... I'd rather spend $5 at Cub Foods for one :) sorry...

Coffee and Nursing

one friend, when asked if she was drinking coffee while she was nursing her infant replied back with...

"I'm drinking coffee BECAUSE I'm nursing my infant"

Today, after brewing a fresh pot of coffee... I went into the cabinet where I keep coffee cups and sippy cups...and I grabbed a sippy cup, walked over to the coffee pot, and poured the coffee into the cup!!!

Yes, I'm drinking coffee BECAUSE I'm nuring my infant!!!

potty training..

I thought I'd try those plastic training pants today since we weren't leaving the house.

training pants - 2
potty - 0
laundry - keeps on going

She sat on the potty for 15-20 minutes (I will only read her two books now, not book after book after book) and then went in her trainer about 20 minutes later.

She doesn't mind feeling wet?! Nope, doesn't mind it at all. At least she didn't leave a little present in the trainer... that would have been gross.

then...
-my diaper mommy? mine?
-my diaper!!!

-yep, those are your diapers...

agh...

no pics... you heard right... no pics :)

what I'm hearing today:

-mine, mommy? is this mine?
-my macron and chee? mine, mommy? mine?
-my drink? mine, mommy? mine?
-where my drink gooooo?
-my drink mommy, mine?
-my shirt? (while I'm folding clothes)
-my sock?
-my pj's
mine, mine, mine... mine, mine, mine!!!

I'm going to lose it. Yes, they are yours but I don't want to you say that word anymore!!! I'm not taking it from you, your brother isn't taking it from you, no one is going to take it from you!!! IT'S YOURS!!!

agh... back to my coffee... lovely, lovely coffee.

Cheeks and Double Chin...

Wow, look at those cheeks!!!! He's definately Sweet Pea's brother!

Sammy's birthday trip to the zoo

My entire family was here visiting for a week. Instead of them leaving one couple at a time, they all took off one monday morning... and hubby left for a business trip. That just stunk...

So, I called my neighbor to whine and complain about being lonely... and she invited me along to the zoo. It was Sammy's 4th birthday and they were going to the zoo and McDonalds!!! Yeah... who can turn down McDonalds (yuck).

It was a great day and quite a good distraction from the quiet, lonely house.

NEW RULE... if you come and visit me and there are lots of you, you can't all leave at once. You have to phase yourselves out!!!

State Fair day... daddy rocks!

So, the day we went to the state fair I had a dentist appointment at 8:40. I got up early, got in the shower and ate breakfast before the rest of the family got up (hubby wasn't going to work so he could head to the fair and watch the kids for my dentist appointment).

After breakfast, I went upstair and got Sweet Pea out of bed (it's 8:00), grabbed an outfit for her and a clean diaper and sent her in to wake up daddy. I got peanut out of bed, changed him into dry diapers, a one piece short outfit, and socks. I headed into our room where Sweet Pea and daddy were waking up and thinking about changing and fed Peanut. While I was feeding Peanut, Sweet Pea and Daddy decided to try to go "pee pee on the potty" (for sweet pea, not daddy). So, they were reading books on the potty while I finished feeding the little one. I put the little one into his crib while daddy and Sweet Pea finished up and I left for the dentist.

Remember, everyone was dressed and got up at 8:00...

I got home at 9:40ish and Peanut was in a new outfit. I asked Daddy what happened and he said that Peanut peed on his outfit while he was changing him. I was confused... "even his socks" I said. He replied back... "well, he slept in those socks so I just changed them too".

Hubby thought that Peanut had not been changed yet so he changed him from his outfit into another outfit... almost into the PJ's I left on the changing table, thankfully they got peed on along with the outfit he was wearing. It would have been even funnier if I had come home and Peanut was wearing the PJ's I had just changed him out of!!! I guess boys clothes are harder, hubby didn't know that what Peanut was wearing was an outfit and not PJ's... and the snap PJ's that were laying on his changing table were, in fact, PJ's and not an outfit to go to the state fair in!!!

ON TO THE NEXT funny story... after getting the outfits figured out...

I asked Sweet Pea what she had for breakfast (It's almost 10am at this point) and she said "Oatmeal"... what kind of oatmeal?... "Nanny Oatmeal!"

Which is when Daddy looked at me with a dumb look on his face... "You didn't feed her?!" "Uh, no... I got her up at 8 and sent her into you to get changed"

I guess Sweet Pea told Daddy that she HAD oatmeal for breakfast (what he heard) when she really meant she WANTED oatmeal for breakfast (what she said). So, a baggy full of dry cereal was sent with her in the car on our way to the fair!!!

He's a good daddy... just not sure I'd leave him alone with the kids for extended periods of time yet! Who knows what would happen!!!