I hate not seeing these images absolutely HUGE, but as I explained before - blogger makes it ridiculously time-consuming to do so, so these will just have to do. Took these pics a couple days ago and am still working on the rest. I love those two so much... what would I do without them? And to think we're going to have another one to love in only a matter of months... wow.
Tonight after bath time the usual insanity set in. For some reason every time they get out of the bath and into their jammies - they go wild. It makes no sense... but it happens. Anyways, I was trying to calm them down. We read a few books, but that didn't last long. Then I finally said, "Will you guys calm down?? Why are you so crazy???" Then Mariah runs into the room and says, "Mom. You want to know why we're so crazy? It's because we're following our dreams. We're following our dreams Mom."
Oh. Well that explains that then.
The other day Rashauna was watching the kids while I went to an appointment. When I got back Mariah (with the help of Rashauna) had written the cutest letter to Santa. I thought I'd write it down before I 'send' it to the North Pole =)
Dear Santa,
I want a bunny that hops, a camel toy, a robot toy, a set of doctor toys, toy scissors to cut baby hair, a toy apple that pops out a worm when you want to eat it, and a toy chicken that can wake me up when it's morning. I really, really also wish that I could have a toy snake that slithers in my room to wake me up. You should get me these things because I've been very good and cleaned my room.
Thank you! Love,
Mariah
I guess after they finished the letter Rashauna asked Mariah if she really did clean her room, and I guess she hadn't because she ran in there and cleaned it all up! Now I have to start my search for all these extremely random Chrismtas requests... If anyone sees something on this list - let me know!! haha
Well with the new move, we've been trying new things. Mariah's been playing soccer this year and things are progressively getting better. Mariah's running on the field more often and Robbie is running on the field less. Things are looking up! For the first little while there I was wondering why I even went, but she's starting to get the hang of things and Robbie seems to be as well. Yay!
I finally remembered to bring my camera with me tonight and was miraculously able to snap a few pictures during Mariah's game in between chasing my crazy Robbie around.
So you were probably thinking this was going to be some sweet, spiritual post didn't you? Well don't get your hopes up. I had to share this story because I thought it was so funny and didn't want to forget it. I even went to the extent of writing it down right after it happened.
So today at lunch I was giving the kiddos their food when Mariah said, "Don't forget prayer Mom!" So she said the sweetest prayer for us. She thanked Jesus for all the things he created in the world, for the food he created, for always telling us what to do, for all the toys Santa brings, etc. I mean, really precious prayer. My eyes were a bit watery afterwards...
Then after about 1 minute she says, "I want to say my own prayer. That was a prayer I said for all of us and now I'm going to say one for me." Then she proceeded to pray:
"Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for creating Mariah Carey.
Thank you for making our whole world.
Thank you for creating our bones.
Thank you for all the police officers.
And thank you for everything else.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Oh! And thank you for the birds. Amen."
I got my new backdrop system (so excited!) and so I thought Mariah and I would try it out while Robbie was napping. She got all dressed up in her ballerina outfit and we had some fun. She wanted to take some pictures of me too and she actually did a pretty good job...
I finished Mariah's room! I realized that this is the first room that I've actually really decorated completely before... it was so much fun (and lots of work), but I think it turned out pretty good and she loves it. She helped me do lots of it too - it was our little project. I just love all the bright colors!
So we went to visit Josh this weekend... and there will be more pictures etc. from that. We went out on our second camping adventure ever since Robbie was born. The first was a complete and total disaster, so it's taken us over a year to recoop and try again. This time was a success, but more about that later.
The drive is a little over three hours from Cleveland to our house. First of all, Robbie was just about all the way better (he had been sick for over two weeks prior) and while we were camping got totally sick all over again. Total bummer. And you want to know the worst of it? (Confession coming...) I was more concerned about myself (mostly my mental well-being) than him! Anyways, so he's super sick and we're driving for what felt like all day long...
We finally FINALLY pull up to our house! I'm tired, trying to talk on the phone, carry in a ton of crap, get the kids inside and say hi to the neighbors all at the same time. Robbie takes off down the street and I have to throw down the groceries etc. to go get him. The story goes on... finally we get in the house.
Problem #1: It smells like crap. Problem/Explanation #2: Mariah tells me that there is in fact crap sitting in the toilet. (keep in mind, we've been gone six days) Problem #3 and #4: I didn't finish doing the dishes or take out the trash before we left... so the house smelt horrible and now I had all this stuff to do on top of bringing everything in from the car and unpacking it... to say the least, I wasn't in the best mood.
Mariah comes upstairs to 'check' on me (I think I had been yelling at the plunger which kept flipping inside out and getting NASTY POOP WATER ON ME!!!). "What's wrong mom?" I told her I was just tired and grumpy and sad that our house stunk. She gave me the best hug ever and told me I could hold the soft pillow she was had in her hands and her 'mana' (her special blanket she sleeps with). Then she wanted to open a package we had gotten from my mom.
She pulls out some fun goodies for her and Robbie and then something for me... magnets for the fridge! (I love magnets!) She pulls them out one at a time as I read them out loud - 'Hope' 'Peace' and 'Dream'.
I smiled and realized that everything will be okay. Talk about perfect timing... thanks Mom.
So I was talking on the phone to Monica, then my cousin Daniel, and then Rashauna (they were all together at the time) and I was in my room. The whole time I was talking I could hear Mariah and Robbie laughing and I could see Mariah running back and forth between her room and his carrying stuff, but didn't think much of it. Robbie was still in his crib from his 'nap' - ya know one those ones where they never actually go to sleep... anyways, so since no one was crying I thought I'd enjoy the time talking to my sisters and cousin.
But then I started hearing other noises. Mariah ran into my room and grabbed my bra and some other clothes... So at that point I decided I should get off my lazy butt and actually go check on them. And this is what I found: (see below) I call it crib craziness. I was laughing so hard and telling Rashuana about it - she said I should take some pictures and I'm so glad that I did because it somehow turned into a total photo shoot... and yes, that is a bra hanging out of the crib.
