Things you do to make me laugh

Today you made me laugh so much! I was either thinking of things you've done lately and laughing all over again or you were doing something new and cute. I just wanted to take a few minutes tonight to tell you how funny you are.

Connor- You are the messiest kid in the world. Every time you make a mess you say, "make a mess" or " sticky mess." We have to clean the applesauce off of your finger so you'll stop telling us that you made a "sticky mess" but the applesauce running down your belly doesn't bother you.

You want to be a big boy so bad. You try to use the potty on your own all the time. You're so quiet that I don't notice you're in the bathroom AGAIN until I hear you trying to put your potty chair back together. Every time I hear that chair slamming around as you try to line it up I start laughing.

Hunter- You're so vocal lately. The other day when I was doing the dishes and you were finishing your sugar toast at the table you yelled at me, "MORE TOAST!" We had a talk about that, but it didn't stop you from yelling "MORE CRACKERS!" at the waitress as she walked by. I was so embarrassed, but it was so funny.

When anyone knocks on the door you yell as loud as you can, "come in!" Then when they come in you ask, "what you doing here?" Your tone of voice is incredibly funny.

Kaylee- You smile and laugh at your toys now. It's just a big smile with a soft "HA" but it is the cutest thing in the world. Today you tried your hardest to convince me you were starving all day. At one point you were whining and I asked you what was wrong. You started licking your lips. I said, "No, you can't have any more to eat." Right after I said that you stuck out your pouty lip and made the saddest face. I laughed so hard that you started smiling.

"ime out onkey!"

March 29, 2010


Dear Connor,
You’ve been so funny lately! You are really into Buzz Lightyear. It is making potty training go really smooth because you want to wear your Buzz all the time. We bought you some Buzz shoes this week. Grammy bought the left shoe and I bought the right! You love them. In fact, the other day when I was trying to get you dressed you refused to wear a shirt or pants. You only wanted to wear your Buzz underpants and your shoes. You were quite the sight.

Potty training has been interesting. Every time you go potty we have to let you pick out a new pair of underwear. You love putting on a new pair. You picked out a pack of Cars underwear at the store, but now you’ll only wear Buzz. The other night we were all out of clean Buzz underwear. Daddy had to convince you that Buzz was driving one of Cars so that you would put your underwear on.

You also like to dump your own potty into the big toilet. This is scary. You pick up the bowl and swing it around so fast that your Daddy and I are constantly jumping out of the way so we don’t get his with flying potty. If we don’t let you dump it and flush you throw a massive fit though so it’s just easier to try and dodge it.

You’re expressing your wants and needs very loudly lately. You always say “No, Please” when you don’t want to do something. We hear that phrase a lot these days!

You still want me to lie in bed with you at nap time. You tell me to “nuggle” which is Connor speak for snuggle with me until I fall asleep.

The funniest thing you’ve been doing lately is playing with your gorilla that Grandpa Youngs and Grandma Shannon bought you for Christmas. You tell the Gorilla that he’s been bad, you walk him over to the time out corner, read him the rules, and then you set him in time out with the timer. You leave him there for hours at a time. You did play with him the other day though. You kept pushing his button and letting him walk all over the house.

You carry Spike’s bone around with you everywhere. You’ll tell us that it’s “ike’s One”. When we ask you if you want to wake Spike up to give him his bone you scream, “NO, PLEASE!”

I love you! I’m very proud of you lately; you’re becoming such a big boy so fast!

Mommy

Nugget!

March 24, 2010


Dear Hunter,
Hi buddy. You’ve been a little sad this week. I think that you are finally getting upset with Mommy for spending time with Kaylee. Yesterday you threw the biggest tantrum I’ve ever seen. You were mad because you wanted me to lay down with you while you fell asleep for your nap, but Kaylee started crying and wanted to eat. You threw yourself down on the ground and started kicking your feet and punching the air. I asked you to quit and told you to go get in bed, but you came up to the baby gate and started trying to tear it down. I went into the living room to feed Kaylee. I was hoping that you would give up and go to sleep. You didn’t. I finished feeding Kaylee, rocked her to sleep, and put her in the swing. By this point (about ten minutes) you were crying so hard that you were sobbing. I went into your room and asked you to apologize for throwing a fit. You did. I stayed with you until you fell asleep but even in your sleep you were sobbing. I felt so bad.
We’ve been having some fun though too! You’ve been sitting on the potty lately. You like wearing the pull ups now, but only get to wear one if you sit on the potty.

We were playing flashcards yesterday and I held up a picture of a chicken. I asked you what it was and you smiled and said, “Oh! Nugget!”

I love you and love you!

Mommy

12 lbs and growing!

Kaylee grabbing some sun while Daddy and the boys played outside!

March 24, 2010


Dear Kaylee,

Hi baby girl. The boys and Daddy are asleep for the night. You just finished your bottle and our snuggling on my chest. You’re getting so long that your legs hit my legs now! You had your two month well child check up this week. You gained two pounds and grew two inches in two weeks! You weigh 12 lbs now. I can’t believe it!

We bought you your first pair of shoes the other day. When I say “we” I mean Grammy bought them. She has good taste, because they were so stinkin’ cute!

You’ve been smiling so much lately. I swear you know what I’m saying. This morning after you ate you were being fussy and I told you, “You’re not getting any more to eat, nice try!”

Right after I said that you smiled so big. That sort of thing happens all the time which makes me think that you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Your brothers still want to be all over you all the time. It’s hard to let you play on your toys because they want to play too, but they are so big they take over the toy.

I love you sweet girl. Stop growing up so fast!

Love,

Mommy

waiting...

Dear Kaylee,

I'm waiting for you to wake up and eat one more time before I lay down for the night. If I fall asleep now it will be just enough time to get good and comfy before I hear you start grunting. Yes. You grunt. You rarely cry. You start out grunting softly while you're trying to wake up. The grunts slowly get louder and louder. We have about ten minutes from the first grunt to get your bottle warmed up and in your mouth before you start crying.

You've been smiling more and more. You really make us work for it though. Sometimes I feel like you are smiling at us and not with us! I imagine I look pretty silly cooing and grinning and being goofy to get you to smile. It's worth it though. Even if you do think your mom is weird!

Today you thought the alligator was funny. It's a plastic alligator that hangs off of your floor gym. It has a ball in the belly that has little beads in it so when you spin the ball the beads fly around. I was spinning it and spinning it and you kept smiling so big!

Your brothers bring you binkies like crazy! I don't know how they find them since your daddy and I can never seem to locate them.

Yesterday I was helping Connor put on a Buzz (underwear), and you started crying. You wanted picked up. You were tired of sitting in your chair. I was trying to get Connor to hurry, but he kept picking out a different Buzz he wanted and it only makes it worse to force him to wear a pair he didn't pick. Hunter kept looking at me. He wanted me to go pick you up. Finally, he took matters into his own hands. He grabbed his sippy cup of chocolate milk, ran over to you, and stuck it in your mouth. You started sucking on it like crazy! I had to literally drop Connor and run over to grab the sippy cup before you drank enough to hurt your tummy. Your little belly isn't ready for the good stuff yet! We thanked Hunter for his kindness and help and then asked him not to do it again!

I love you baby girl! We find out how much you weigh again on Monday. You have your two month old check up. I can't believe it has been two months already!

Love you and love you,
Mommy

I love this picture. Your bow fell over your eyes and it reminds me of those sleep masks. I had to get a picture before I fixed it.

I hate to say it, but like your mother I think your whole life you will be told you have big eyes. Sometimes people will tell you as a compliment, sometimes they'll just tell you in a statement. I think your eyes are beautiful.

Tummy Time. How you hate it! I had to start putting a boppy under you because when I put you flat on the floor you roll over. The first time you rolled over you were five weeks old. At first I thought it was an accident, but then every Tummy Time you would do it again. I'm not surprised. All my kids hate Tummy Time. Hunter would lay with his face planted in the floor in defeat. Connor would scream his loudest until I gave in and rolled him over. Don't tell Dr.Steele, but I don't make you guys do it that much!

How cute are you?

Buzz Lightyear!

Dear Boys,

The latest word in our house is "Buzz." You are of course, referring to the one and only Buzz Lightyear from the movie Toy Story. You love that movie- Grammy knew you would. I haven't even told you there are two others yet! We'll save that treat for a rainy day.

You have Buzz pull ups. Buzz underwear. Buzz (the movie), Buzz fruitsnacks (if Grandma Karen has been over), and now... to add to the list, you have a Buzz book!

Mommy checked the mail today. I'm good for that about once a week. I'm surprised our mailman can find a place to put the new mail somedays. I really should get better about that. Anyways, in the mail were two huge envelopes. One addressed to Connor  and one to Hunter. I recognized the address and knew immediately that it was from the Carlson family. I took a peak inside them and decided to wait until right before bedtime to let you open them.

First, you were thrilled that you got mail! That was exciting all in itself! I had pre-opened the envelope so it would be easier for you, but you still managed to get it restuck and had a blast trying to open it up.

When you saw what it was you were thrilled! Connor even said a new word when he saw it..."OPEN?"

"Yes, I'll open it for you."

It came with a Buzz wrist controller. You both let us put it on you, but then insisted that we take it off. You prefer to have it on your book.

It was such a good book that you fell asleep pressing the buttons on it. Oddly one of the buttons you push makes a song sound that reminds me of Jack Bauer.

I love you!
Mommy

The Carlsons always know the perfect gift! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

So Tired...

Hello boys,
Mommy went to a bridal shower last night. It was really fun. I laughed so much my cheeks hurt. When I got home it was after nine. I should have come home to two little boys sound asleep in their bed. Instead I found this:

It turns out that Daddy had rented a movie for me to watch with him when I got home. He rented Where the Wild Things Are. You wanted to watch it so bad you just kept saying, "mooovie?" I think it is important to tell you that whenever you ask a question your voice influctuates to a level of cuteness that is really hard to say no to. Daddy said yes. You all fell asleep to the movie. After taking pictures I tried to move Connor into the bedroom. He woke up right away. His eyes weren't even fully adjusted to the light and he started putting his pouty lip out. Daddy brought Hunter in and Hunter started crying immediately. I was trying to feed baby Kaylee and I could hear you both shouting "MOMMY..." I went back there and asked if you wanted me to sleep with you. You said yes so Daddy and I switched spots. Then you cried because Daddy left. Then Connor started pointing to the door and saying "book". I decided to take him to the living room to find the exact book he wanted. At this point you're both crying so hard that I'm trying to just do what it takes to get you to go to sleep. As Connor and I walked to the living room Hunter continued to cry very loudly. I invited him to come with us but he wouldn't. It made more sense to him to sit on the bed and sob. Finally, Connor found the exact book that he wanted and his sippy cup. He handed it to me and said, "Juice?"

"Yes I will get you some juice." I answered.

Connor flopped on the floor, began screaming and kicking his feet, tears rolling out of his eyes.

"I SAID YES!!!" At this point I'm begining to shout. I'm trying to remember our house rules. Rule number 2 Use a Nice Voice. Oh that is a hard rule sometimes.

I get the juice, I get you both in bed, and I finally get you to stop crying when what do I hear....

Baby Kaylee started crying... Of course she would want to eat...again!

I love you. I'm tired, but I sure do love you!

Mommy