Friday, February 28, 2014

2014?!

Doesn’t seem like it should be 2014 already! It’s been so busy, I’ve started this blog multiple times and by the time I go to finish the kids are doing different things! Brayden is almost 10 months, Bailey is 4 and Brett is 5 1/2. The kids had a nice winter break although sick most of the time. I think in the 2 weeks Brett was out of school we had 5 sick doctor appointments. By New Year’s Eve, all 3 were on antibiotics for ear infections. Brett is currently home AGAIN with a double ear infection. Thankfully we had scheduled our Ohio Christmas trip for after the New Year so the three kiddos were feeling better by the time we went. Unfortunately that was right in the middle of the insane cold winter storm which made for a very long drive back with a hotel stay somewhere in the Indiana. Kids did well considering the 13+ hours we were in the car. We got home safe and sound and our house survived the bitter cold so we are counting our blessings.

Brayden is getting so big! At his last appointment he was 21lb 7 oz! He has 6 teeth, 4 on the bottom and 2 on top. He is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up on things. He loves music toys, sticks and balls. His first legit crawling was to a football! I made a lot of his first purees but have had a hard time keeping up! He first favs were squash and bananas. Now he just eats a bit of everything! Daddy’s going to start crying when we go out to eat, Brayden shared my Vday dinner of lobster, steak and green beans! He loved it! Another surprise favorite, cooked broccoli!? He shoves it in his mouth! Brayden certainly loves his brother and sister. He laughs at them all the time. He’s such a happy baby. He gives the best hugs and snuggles.

The kids went to see the movie Frozen. This has consumed Bailey. She has seen it 3x, has listened to the soundtrack a hundred times and read the books even more. If you would like to have a conversation with her, you should familiarize yourself with all things Frozen!

We have some newbies in Harman daycare! We now have Brett (5), Bailey (4), Grace (4), Brayden (9 months), Andrew (4 months) and Abby (2 months)!!! And for a special bonus week we had our old friends Colin (3) and Logan (1)!! Quiet it is not:) Everyone is adjusting well and the kids are all enjoying having friends to play with. Bailey helps getting things for me and Brayden loves to climb up and bounce the seat if someone is in it. It's so cute to see them interact so much already.


Shorts-
Kids were a little stir crazy with the snow days and I asked them to calm down. Then I got hit in the head by a batarang…redirection fail.

Brett: “Look there's something on the table and it’s moving!! Oh it’s just my jello”

Jan 15th I grasped how much Bailey has grown up. She called my phone from Grandma Nancy’s. She knew my phone number, sounded so grown up on the phone and then as I’m running errands, I realized she was no longer in the baby/toddler clothes sections. She was in the big girl section. I called Rob and cried.

Brett realizing that it’s still dark in am. “Maybe God’s sleeping.” “No he watches us all the time.” Always having to have the last word he says, “Um maybe he doesn’t”

Bailey: “Um excuse me.” Tapping her finger on chin. Bailey knows she can get almost anything from Daddy

Bailey: “I can live with that”

Bailey: “For my birthday I can do whatever I want, except pick my nose”

Bailey: “Daddy let me tell you something and never forget. Mom is always right” Obviously she was trying to get some good points in with Mommy, it worked.

Brett and Bailey were playing with blocks. I hear him say, “Look, these are 3 dimensional shape…”

Listening to music, part of a song was Press play or press pause. Bailey says “Press pause if you have to go potty or someone gets hurt”. Wow how differently they understand just watching tv!

We were watching the last OSU game. I was putting dishes away. Brett says, “Mom we missed a touchdown, I’ll fast forward it backwards for you!”

We’ve had a few snow days in January! Brett was getting a little used to the extra time at home and more attention from Mama. “Mom, did you want to make pancakes today? I could go for some…”

Bailey “Excuse me, I’m a toot machine. I like to toot.” Yes, that means what you think it does. She even made a point to tell our pediatrician at Brayden’s check up.

Brett was trying to 1 up his father. He said “my brain is 80x bigger than yours!”

The kids were excited to see their Vday surprises. In reaction to Bailey’s purple My little Pony “I was expecting a blue pony, but this is ok!”

Daddy topped the day off by sending flowers for Bailey. She was ecstatic when they came to the door. “I’m so happy, I could cry!!!!” This will now have to be a yearly tradition!

Before the holidays I was running errands with all 3 kids. It can be challenging at times and it was freezing cold. We stopped for lunch and had to walk back to the car to head home. Half way to the car Brett realizes he left his sticker (someone was handing out to kids) at the lunch table. I told him I was sorry but we needed to get back home and it was too cold to walk back. It was not worth it to me to fight the weather with 3 kids to get a sticker that he will no doubt lose or throw away by the time we get home. My normally level headed mature child completely loses his cool. A tremendous fit ensues. Mind you, wind is blowing the hats off our heads, it’s snowing, it’s about 10 degrees, I had maxed out my allotted time with running around with Brayden AND I had told him to grab it before we left the restaurant. Brett wants to walk 10 min in the wrong direction to get a sticker. I told him no and next time to make sure he had all of his stuff. He is jumping up and down screaming. I continue walking. Knowing his fit is frustrating me, he then yells, “I will not stop crying until we go back and get my sticker!” I was impressed and shocked by his threat. He made a valiant effort and did last a good 25 min of yelling and crying but he did not win said fight.

Rob was out of town one weekend. I had to barter a little with the kids to get all my errands done. After a Costco trip (in Superhero Saturday attire), we went to the book store. After we got all the grocery shopping done, we went to the Jump Zone. On the way home, the car seemed quiet for the first time all weekend. I mentioned, I must have tired babies, it’s so quiet! From the back, Brett says “I’m not tired; I just don’t have any questions or many things to tell you.”

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Wow, has it really been almost 2 years since I’ve updated the Harman blog?! Rob has been not so subtly dropping hints that I have neglected ...