Color Me Bad And Other Gibberish

Our life is about to change so much in the next few weeks and since everything is going to be about the new baby for a bit I decided to give a little Kaelyn update since it will probably be the last one with her being an only child.

Advice-Never leave children unattended with crayons. Any parents of children about to be of coloring age need to know this! Kaelyn and I went to visit our friends Sarah and Reese last week, and when we got there I saw some crayons laying out. I don't know why but for some reason out of all the toys the crayons stuck out to me. I should have listened to my gut. It's like when you see a toy or any object on the floor at some point during the day and you think..eh I should probably pick that up. Well ya don't and then later at the moment where you need to maneuver with absolute silence down the hallway to not wake your child up you kick or trip over that toy, wake your kid up and want to hit yourself for not picking it up when you had the chance. Yeah, it's a lot like that! Sarah and I were in one room talking and the girls were playing in another and I hear a noise that sounds like rubbing on a wall. Again I ignore it. I figured it was them moving toys around or something. I hear it again so we decide to go check. We walk into the room and see our two sweet angels coloring all over the walls with crayons!! It was on the wall, the floor and Reeses little fabric chair! Did I mention they JUST bought this house and painted all the walls! Seeing how neither of our kids have done this before I wasn't sure who the instigator of color time was, but naturally I want to blame Kaelyn because I didn't listen to my gut earlier and now the crayons were getting their payback on me. That night when we got home Kaelyn was playing outside and I later found her with her sidewalk chalk coloring on our house and giggling.She better be the next Bob Ross.

I've recently decided that it is imperative that you either have a basement/2nd story or booze when you have small children running around. You can take your pick on which one. The noise level drastically increases in your home around the age of 2.5 and when you live in a single story house you really have nowhere to hide. I know they are only young once but sometimes you just need somewhere to put all that noise, or hide from it. People that don't have kids always get your kids the loudest toys possible and they always want to play with them at the worst times. You must remember who these gift givers were...paybacks are a B-word and they will get theirs one day! p.s. you know who you are!

Kaelyn is doing much better with potty training! About time! We still have a long road ahead but she finally gets it. When shes done she yells "Yeah boy! Or Yeah kids! I go potty in toweet I go to pree-skoo" throws her fist up in the air and screams! She caught on to the whole reward program of potty training and will pee, say shes done so she can get her treat only to go again 5 minutes later so she can have another. I'm determined to outsmart her with this so sometimes I use a timer and make her sit there until the buzzer goes off. :)

For Mother's day my wonderful husband got me a prenatal massage. My lovely sister in law who works at Gene Juarez was also able to squeeze me in for a mini facial and private shower. The whole shower thing didn't make sense to me at first but OH MY! I was able to take a 15 minute spa shower with no interruptions..NONE! Words cannot describe how nice it was to just stand there without a care in the world. Sadly, after about 5 minutes I found myself watching the clock realizing that 15 minutes alone sure feels like 5 hours in mommy time and I didn't know what to do. Im used to someone barging in on me or having to run out every time I hear an odd noise or the dog barking. I felt like a new person after my spa day. It's amazing how relaxed you get, even the walk to my car in the parking lot at the Tacoma Mall seemed peaceful to me....I realized a few days after this that in the 3 months that I haven't been working other than the quick trips alone to the grocery store every so often, I have only been away from Kaelyn for about 12 hours total. Aaron is sometimes gone longer than that in one work day! Kinda crazy when you think about it.

She is getting more and more excited about her baby sister Re-Rah (Leah) coming. She kisses my tummy every morning and talks to her all the time.Tells her she better like chicken nuggets and tons of other gibberish. She even helped the midwife listen to the heartbeat at my last appt which is great because she used to cry every time we went there.

Kaelyn says her prayers every night....she thanks all the usual suspects such as family and the dog. Somehow chocolate milk has wormed it's way into her prayers and so without fail, every night she ends her prayer with -and thank you chocolate milk, amen.

I love the age Kaelyn is at right now. I know I usually write about all of the crazy things she does but she is really a fantastic little human and I am so proud to be her mommy. A few weeks ago my grandma who I call Grandee suffered a heart attack. (she is doing better now) After I got off the phone with my mom I was in our bedroom crying and Kaelyn walked in. I tried to hide the tears but she saw me and said "You ok Mommy? You really sad?" I asked her for a hug and in her sweetest voice she said "Ok Mommy, stop crying first, I hug you" This is something I tell her when she isn't listening and ends up in time out. She gets upset, cries and after we have our little chat I say to her "Now stop crying and give me a hug." As sad as I was I still had to chuckle. After that my little girl sat there on the floor and hugged me as I cried for a few minutes and I will never, ever forget that moment. She seemed like such a grown up, and I felt like the tiny kid.

Time to go. Kaelyn just came up to me with a nickel and a coupon and said "Mommy I got a coupon and found the monies." I think we are going to take that as a sign and venture out to get some decor for little Leah's room! She knows me so well! :)