The whole reason I wanted to keep a blog is to hopefully fill it with wonderful memories to one day have printed into books so that we can look back on these precious days. I find it so hard to find time to blog. I am so good about texting funny things Kate says, or sending out pics to family and friends of the kids....even Facebook gets so much more of my attention than the blog...but that is only bc I can do all of those things from my phone which I always have with me....and my beautiful brand new MacBook that Ty gave me for my birthday/Christmas....is sitting on my kitchen desk all day long....not used as often as it would like to be!
So tonight I have a little free time and I thought....I'm just going to post a very random blog of some recent...some not so recent things that I don't want to forget.
Poor baby Mac is sick tonight....so we have him sleeping right now in the swing so that he is upright and not coughing as much. Sick babies should just be illegal. I feel so bad for him.
Ok.....let the randomness begin:
We had gone to look at model home back in the fall of '09 when we were thinking about building a house. My mom was with us the first time we saw this house....and went back to see it a few more times. The next time we went to see it, she was not with us. But Kate went to the guest room and shouted "Boopi's Room!" And then she said "Oh ya, Boopi likes this" when we walked into the master bathroom which my mom was drooling over! HA!
December 24, 2009....I was in tears after watching Kate put out the cookies and milk for Santa in Mexico. She was so sweet about it.
Kate used to mispronounce the word Dark.....she used to say "darken". It was so cute. I figured she said that bc she would hear us say "It's getting pretty dark in here" or something like that. And so she put the dark and the in together!
May 14, 2010....I was vacumming out my car and Kate was playing in the drivers seat. I was finishing up...carrying the vaccuum back in side and looked back to check on her. She was looking in the rear view mirror pretending to pluck her eye brows! Ha Ha Ha! So funny the things they see us do....
June 15, 2010...Kate is talking to some Barbies this morning and told the Barbies that this is mom's baby....pointing to my belly. Then she said "It's a boy......but I wanted it to be a girl like us".......Then she asked her "do you have a BOY SISTER like me?" Ha Ha Ha A BOY SISTER!!!
September 29, 2010....."I need Sketchers.....remember I don't have any Sketchers....I'm going to order some from the mail!"
December 21, 2010.....Baby Mac was born! And he was so thoughtful and brought Kate a present! ;) She was so excited! It was a back pack for her American Girl Doll that was filled with baby doll essentials....clothes, bottles, shoes, etc. She can also use it as a baby carrier. She put it on and was walking all over the room. The most hysterical thing.....she wears the baby on her back....and was completely oblivious to the fact that the baby was hitting things all over the room as she walked around. The poor baby's head was hit on the hospital bed, doors, walls. We were all laughing so hard! Poor baby doll!
December 22, 2010....I will never forget the morning after Mac was born. My mom, Zack and Kate came back up to the hospital to visit us and spend a little time with the baby. Kate was so excited to see us! Kate wanted to get up in bed with mommy and Mac. She, on her own, started singing "Baby Mine" to sweet McClain. Talk about a moment that you just want to freeze! My daughter singing my most favorite lullaby that I have sung to her so many time to her brand new baby brother.
February 22, 2011.....Kate, Mac and I were lunching at our favorite little Southlake spot....which we fondly called "Jessie's Place"...not the name of the restaurant....but that is what Kate named it. We just loved going there. Very small little sandwich, soup, pasta place. The owner, Lilly, was so sweet to us. Really the first place that made us feel at home here in our new town. Kate and I went there about once a week. She always had beautiful international music playing and lots of art work hung on the walls. Once Mac was born, it was the only place that I have tried to take the two kids to lunch to by myself. I could let Kate go up to the counter to order dessert....which she loved having the chance to use money and be a big girl. And we both loved the Mango Gelato! On this day, Lily came over to our table and told us that she was going to be closing the restaurant at the end of the month. Her lease was up and she planned to just retire. I was so sad. She had become a friend. And we had a place that we felt was ours. So sad..... Kate asked to go to Jessie's place this past week....and I had to remind her that we can't go there anymore.
March 4, 2011...Since we went to a wedding last weekend, Kate has been asking questions about getting married. Today, I was explaining that it means you are partners/best friends for the rest of your life. She then said "i choose Lukey for that!". So sweet....
March 5, 2011.....we listen to lots of music in the new house! Love having the living room right by the kitchen! We usually have it on a Pandora mix. Tonight, "Something in the way she moves" was on the radio. A fav of mine! And we asked Kate who this was....she very confidently replied "The Beatles"! She recently started asking who is singing the songs. So we have started playing that game with her a bit...."Who is this?" Which is a game my dad played with us all our lives!
March 6, 2011....Ty has been putting Kate to bed these days. Tonight, she said something so sweet....She heard Mac crying and said said "uh oh....I'm glad the baby has Mommy.....and I have you, Daddy!". Melt our hearts.....
March 13, 2011
I've had a tough week. I have been over tired! Kate has been testing me a little more. She also started inhalers this week instead of doing breathing treatments which is wonderful bc they are so much faster to administer and will hopefully help her fend off breathing problems and bad coughs that she so often gets. However, one is an inhaler and has cause her to have some tough and at times psychotic behavior. We truly believe that she is good 90% of the time.....but when she is being naughty....she going in deep! I had the two kids by myself two nights this week as Ty had evening meetings. I lucked out bc Mac was really tired both nights and went to bed at 6 pm. This allowed me to get Kate to bed on time and to do her whole bedtime routine that Ty has taken over lately. Tuesday, I had kept Kate home from school bc of her bad cough and we went to see her allergy/asthma doctor. While there.....Mac lost it and was hysterical and Kate made the situation a lot worse not cooperating for the doc and asking me over and over to "read the book....read the book". She has ALWAYS been so good at the doctor...so I was shocked that she was behaving so poorly. Both kids crying....the doc just waiting for me to get control of the situation....working on very little sleep....not good! Later, I had someone over to the house who was helping us get ready to baby proof the house. More bad behavior our of her. So that night when we were laying in Kate's bed. I kind of lost it. I told her how very sad it makes me when she behaves this way. I told her that it breaks my heart and that I was very disappointed. My eyes began to tear up and she was listening very closely. I believe I really saw sadness from her tonight knowing that she had disappointed me or at least she didn't like seeing me cry. I asked her to apologize to me. She started to cry too when saying she was sorry. It ended up being a very sweet moment when we were both crying and hugging each other in her bed. I want her to know how very much I love and adore her and how much it hurts us when she misbehaves. I felt good that she actually seemed to really understand what was happening....even though it was a little heartbreaking for both of us.
