While we were in the hospital having Brayden, one of the Blackhawks’ players was also having a baby. Rob saw Duncan Keith (#2) outside the hospital during our stay. Our little boys were born within the same hour! We didn’t realize it at the time, but we also walked out and shared the elevator with his wife and baby. Maybe the boys were playoff good luck charms?!
Brayden has been a dream of a baby, sleeping and eating well. Which is nice, because an infant in addition to two others is a little crazy! Brett and Bailey adore their brother. Brett, especially, is so attentive and asks constantly to hold Brayden. We learned early on that Brayden has to sleep with his arms free. His hands are always by his face. I would put him in the tightest swaddle and he would grunt and squirm until his arms were out. Future escape artist?
Shortly after we were home with Brayden, Brett and Bailey both took turns getting strep throat. It was hard keeping them away from Brayden. One night a sick Bailey talked Daddy into sleeping in her room…in her small bed and in the ‘pink tornedo’.
A couple other things noteworthy…Brett turned 5 AND finished Pre-K!! Brett had a blast having his cousins come in town to celebrate his birthday. He received Batman and Spiderman costumes; they are often the outfit of choice when leaving the house. You can bet this elicits a comment…or many comments! It definitely makes people smile.
The funny things they say:
Bailey begged to go to wrestling with the boys one night. After she came back, she said 1. she listened to scary music (Daddy's heavy metal) on the way, 2. was not afraid of the big kids, 3. was SO tough, 4. her favorite part was 'throwing Brett'. She then asked me to paint her fingernails:) Proud daddy, happy mama!
The kids love Lucky Charms. So does mama. We have it occasionally. Brett loves to pick out the red hearts and give them to me. He says it’s his way of giving me love. So one morning Brett gave me his lucky charm heart, and I said ‘Brett its sticky!’. He said, ‘That's just because I wiped it off...because I accidentally put it in my mouth…’
Brett - ‘I'm going to work at a super big company and have an office and say 'I need 62 things of money'
Bailey – I’m going to have 14 babies
I told Brett ‘You have to eat your dinner to have a snack.’ The kids were asking for a cookie after not eating much at dinner. Brett replied, ‘ I'm going to have different rules when I’m an adult’.
When it's kids' choice for dinner, they pick Red Lobster for fish! They love fish, which is unfortunate, since mommy doesn't know how to cook it! Brett requested I get lobster tail so he could split it with me and then last night ordered crab legs with daddy!
Brett - ‘I'm going to have a convertible until I get a wife. Because then I will have a wife and kids’
Kids were running outside. Brett is very competitive and made a point to beat Bailey. She started to get upset and then said, ‘Awww I guess I need to eat more chicken so I can catch up to Brett...’
Bailey was my little helper with Brayden when Brett was at school. She loves helping to give him a bath. She says ‘are you taking him a bath now?’
Bailey loves teasing Daddy. Would say that may be her favorite thing. She told him the other day ‘I wish your name was Winniett! Oh yeah, Hey WINNIETT!!!’ Knowing full well that Rob HATES his middle name.
Bailey and Grace were playing with a Minnie phone. They were pretending to take pictures of each other. Then Bailey would say ‘Oh that was a good one, who do you want me to send that to?’ Apparently they have caught on that I take most of my pictures with my phone!
I was struggling getting Bailey to eat her lunch. For some reason if I said the Jack and Jill rhyme, Bailey will take a bite of carrots. I had to say it 20x, but we sure got the carrots taken care of!
I’m not sure if she understood the full capacity of what she said…But Bailey told me ‘Mom I like to push your buttons!’ On the other hand, she may have known exactly what she’s saying!
We were in the car, listening to the radio. I said ‘whoa’ about something. Brett said ‘MOM, did that pop your mind?’. (blow your mind)
Brett helped Bailey put on his Spiderman costume. He said, ‘Go show mom Bailey, you look so cute!’
Brett and Bailey were getting ready for bed. Brett was done with school so we said they could do a sleep over if they wanted to. Bailey said yes, then no, then yes again. She loves staying with Brett but she also LOVES her pink room, tough choice. Daddy asked her ‘Why do you keep changing your mind?’. She said, ‘that’s what girls do…’
We were watching the Voice and it was Danielle’s turn (young, pretty, blond girl). Brett says ‘I like her…she’s so good, and beautiful. I think I love her’. OH no.
We’ve been keeping up with the Blackhawks through the playoffs. Especially since Brayden’s buddy’s daddy was playing! Rob thought it was a good idea to get the kids hockey nets, sticks and pucks…to play INSIDE! They are having fun but I’m sure my poor floor is going to pay the price. Brett asks to play every time the Hawks are on and he’s getting good! The kids usually had to go to bed before the game was over. Bailey, being the first kid up a number of times would come in our room, ‘Where’s daddy? Did the Blackhawks win?!’
The kids now have Blackhawk stickers in their rooms (Patrick Kane for Bailey, Jonathan Toews for Brett). Bailey said now if she gets scared in her room, she will just look at Patrick Kane and she’ll feel better.
