Here are a few of my favorite funny faces Taegyn makes lately...he is a hoot!!
Oh sleepless night, how I hate for you to come... when you come and visit me the next day I feel like a big bum....not wanting to move or do anything really....it all just really seems so silly.....Go away sleepless night, wait what is that you say?....there is much more to come with the little one on the way?...Embrace you, love you get used to having you around....because there is more to come where I am bound?....well I say no, there has to be an answer....because I am pretty sure that lots of sleepless nights could cause cancer...:)I say go away, I will figure it out....and then during the day no longer will I pout...I will find a way to banish you forever....don't you worry I am pretty damn (excuse me..) clever....I will swim the greatest seas....turn over lots of leaves....to find the cure that keeps you at bay....I am very serious about this here ok....I can't be living in a zombie like place...can't you see why I am pleading this case....enough with the taunting, I find you quite daunting....be gone with you, I banish you...I actually think your are a like a really big peice of poo...yeah how do you like that, not so much you say?....well then go away so I can hit the hay....leave me alone so I can get some rest...don't you understand...NOBODY likes you the best...in fact I am pretty sure its safe to say, NOBODY wants to play with you any day....so again for the last time please go away...I must find a way to keep you at bay.....
More later folks on my quest for a wonderful nights sleep, with no interuptions....
Well here is our newest addition to the family for awhile, her name is Harmony, but she goes by Mony, she is a lab puppy about 6ish months old, we are doing our cousin Merissa a favor while she moves her life to Salt Lake City and figures out if she can keep her or not....we watch so many other dogs that it was easy to tell Mersa we would help her out. I am not going to lie though, she can be stressful at times...mainly because she is still a puppy and does puppy things like pull everything out of the trash and drag it all over the house...pee on my carpets...(so far this has only happened twice, lets hope thats the end of that...) chew apart my running shoes, yeah they are ruined, but luckly I have another pair, chew apart my chaco flips...yeah I have lots of pairs of those, and dig holes all over are yard, ya know I don't care about the holes...but she did dig up my precious baby pomagranate tree and bit off all the new growth from last year, I have been nurturing this plant for the last 2 years, I was afraid she had killed it, I didn't get it, of all the things to pick to dig up and chew on I didn't get that one, she got in big trouble for that one I am not going to lie, I was really mad about it, I mean 2 years people....it is a super special breed of pomogranate bush, so she is lucky she didn't kill it, she knows now not to ever touch it now at least I am pretty sure she does...anyway it all sounds like a crazy time, but here are the good things, Shad enjoys having her in the field and she gets to play with him, I like taking her on late evening walks, and she is really good on them, she is a fast learner, she is really beginning to understand what she can and can't chew on, she does not touch the trash any more and I hope she is done with peeing in the house. Her and Taegyn completely get along now, he loves giving her little doggy treats when she picks up her foot and shakes and overall this is a great learning experience to see if we are ready for a dog, Shad gets dog hungry every now and then so what a great opportunity, she is in a trainable place and can teach us a lot about owning a dog. Overall I like having her here, even if she is a little devil at times.....more on her I am sure later.....this is her favorite chewy toy that we gave her. :)
So this is Taegyns favorite new toy, he always wants to go outside and ride it, he wants to live on it right now...he had his first wreck on it the other day, he started pushing himself and started going down the driveway and it went to fast and he just fell over once he hit the grass, he was not a happy camper, and I didn't have the camera handy once it happened, plus I had to console him, so this picture is a couple of days later, obviously he still loves his trike! :)
So today's adventure with Taegyn was quite interesting.....I threw away some blueberries that were going bad...(I can tell you all know where I might be going with this...) and Taegyn LOVES blueberries...well needless to say I ran upstairs and had to check something on the computer, I thought he would be fine, little did I know that he would find the blueberries in the trash, eat a few and then dump the rest out, but he didn't stop there my fine friends....after he spilled them out, he decided to squish and stomp on them ALL! I came downstairs to a blueberry mess(I was gone for maybe 5 min by the way...). At first I found myself wanting to get mad because of the mess, and then I realized, other than taking a moment to teach Taegyn to not take things out of the trash, that he was being very innocent, the blueberries were on the very top of the trash and in his mind there for the taking, and he likes to eat them, I realized he was just being a baby boy, and that he wouldn't understand why I was mad at him because I feed him those almost every morning....so instead I picked them all up, (I had him help me) we went over to the trash and I told him to not take things out, and then when he went down for a nap I shampooed the carpets to get most of the stains out....Now for my lesson of the day....messes are messes and they just aren't worth the tender little feelings of our dear children, I am not saying that Taegyn doesn't sit in time-out for somethings and that boundries and rules aren't important, but teaching Taegyn to not take things out of the trash did not have to include me yelling at him for making a mess, I could let it go, teach him how to pick up with me, and teach him that we don't take things out of the trash in a loving way that he understood, and I walked away with yes maybe a little more work for the day, but ultimately feeling great about how I handled squished blueberries all over the place, I have hurt Taegyn's feelings before with sharp words....let me tell ya' right now folks...it's not worth it and today I was so grateful for the opportunity to teach Taegyn in a different way, and I may have to do it over and over again, but I prefer that way instead of yelling over and over again....at least some food for thought for me today!! I love that Taegyn is my constant teacher...:)
Well it is official! I LOVE the age and stage that Taegyn is at, we have SO much fun together it seems unreal sometimes that I can have such a blessed time in my life to spend so much time with Taegyn, I don't have a ton of work taking my attention away and even school is so mellow right now, we get to play together most of the day. He is beginning to resist naps and going to bed, but only cries for 10-15 min before deciding to play in his crib or go to sleep, so these pictures are from the other day, he took out all the tuperware and decided to have a little "cuboard hut", I have so much fun watching him develop his personality and explore the world, I never get sick of hearing what a happy baby he is, I know this is because we nurture and play with him a lot and we foster and environment where he can explore and develop, and we play with him a lot....how could I not, Shad gets jealous about all the time I get to spend with him, but he gets his fun time in as well, they say in psychological studies that if men did nothing else but took the time to play with their kids from the time they were born for 1 hour a day, that they would have well adjusted kids and a great bond with dad, Shad really strives for that time with Taegyn. I know Taegyn is special and that he came to this earth with his own unique qualities, and it is so much fun to watch those develop and also to see how Shad and I influence his development, he has a lot of family and friends who love him and show him affection! Taegyn definently knows he is loved and best of all he really knows how to play and laugh, aside from the occasional treat fit, or betime fit that boy rarely cries, I got so lucky with this sweet special boy, I pray in graditude daily to God for letting us watch over and be parents to this amazing boy! Somethimes I wonder how Shad and I got so dang lucky, when he was born a good friend told me a great compliment that Taegyn was lucky to have me as a mom, but as I spend such precious moments with this great spirit and revil in all that he teaches me, I realize more each day that it is Shad and I who truely are the lucky ones to have Taegyn in our lives, he teaches me about joy, love, patience, kindness, laughter and so much more. I watched two young brothers play today and I got so excited to have 2 boys that will be close to each other. I know they will fight but I also hope they stand by each others sides and can also be the best of friends. I can't believe I can have this much fun in my life right now. And the irony is that someone else may look at my life and think it is boring, but I can't remember when I have had this much fun and it is because Shad and I made him and we are responsible for him, God entrusted us with such a bright light and I truely am grateful and wouldn't trade any fun experience I have had in the past to my now mellow, low-key life right now. Now if we could just get Taren here...I say the sooner the better, as soon as April 1 hits I say any day works for me....I think if all is going well I will induce april 9th....that is soooo close...unless he decided to surprise me and fulfill my early wishes, then he can come early.....I love my life! :)
Taegyn woke up really early today, at least early for me, it was 8am, I usually sleep till 9am and he just plays till I come and get him, well he was crying at like 7:30 am so when he was still going at 8 I went and got him, I shut my door downstairs and laid on the couch while he played with his toys, well this is what happens when mommy is not really paying attention...
This is one of my favorite pictures, he wanted it on, and then when I put it on he was soooo mad....
Well I am feel so close but soooo far away....I am excited for this baby to come, it does not feel like it is going to change our lives drastically, but everyone else says 2 especially this close is crazy....we'll see, people said stuff about 1 being hard and Taegyn has been a huge blessing in our lives, the easiest happiest baby ever....so I hope Taren fits right into the swing of things. What I don't like right now is my tight tight belly and aching ribs....I went to the doctor the other day and he is head up still, so hopefull in the next 2 weeks he moves down into the correct position...we want a smooth easy birth, in fact that is what I imagine...so hopefully that is what I attract. We just adopted another dog for a little while, her name is Harmony, mony for short, she is my cousins dog, we said goodbye to lucky, she was way too dang needy for me and she couldn't go in the field with Shad, and Mony can, she is a 6 month old lab puppy, I thought it would be a good opportunity for Shad to see if he is really ready for a dog soon, she hasn't grown on him yet, but its only been a few days. She is still a puppy so she can be a little mouthy and it scares Taegyn, so we have had to work on that a lot, she is a fast learner though and she understands now that it is not ok to be rough around my baby....however the other night she woke us up like 6 times to let her out to go to the bathroom, I started to get so mad....so I put her outside, then came the barking the rest of the night. I decided to try something, now it might sound mean, but I wanted her to learn it was not ok to bark non-stop at night, so I put her out around 9pm and sure enough around 10:30 pm she started barking, I asked her to stop, she didn't so she got the muzzle, she hated it, tried to take it off and resigned to go lay down in the pen outside, now this muzzle still lets her breath and drink water, it isn't a mean one, just keeps her from barking...well I went and took it off around 3am when I got up to pee, and didn't hear a peep from her the rest of the night, she didn't even wake us to go to the bathroom, sooooo I think we are all beginning to adjust to each other which is good because I think we are going to have her for at least the next 2 months. She is sweet and a fast learner. I like having her around....more later
Well it has been a few days, last night I could not get to bed for the life of me, I would lay down and just could not get comfortable, I am sooo ready for this baby to be born, seriously as soon as April hits I would be fine with him coming anytime early that month, it feels right around the corner....I am surprised at how mellow everything feels for me right now, even school seems totally under control with no extra stress, sometimes I feel like I have tons of time on my hands, but I don't feel like doing much....Kinda sucks. Shad went down and saw our new nephew and he said he remembered how much work Tinies are and that he wasn't ready for another all of the sudden....then he told me he was, he just isn't looking forward to less sleep. I am really excited to see what Taren is going to be like....til next time...
Well I looked on my cousin Cami's blog page and she had this fun meter, but after doing it I don't know, I mean it was nice to hear he looks equally like both of us, but most of Taegyn's living life I have heard he is a little clone of Shad and only has my eyes.....so I am not sure if I believe this meter thing, because I do think Tae looks a lot like Shad.....Joy to insomnia.....the things we do....:)
Well here I am up at 2am because I can't sleep right now, but doesn't my blog look cool, yeah well after trying to read a few articles for my research paper, I decided I would have some fun with my no sleeping time...and whala..a beautiful new blog...so yeah were going to need you to come in on friday...yeah...(just in case you didn't know that was a quote from office space...) anyway...I am tired again, so I am going to try and get some sleep, at least I went to bed at 9pm tonight so maybe that will help with waking up....oh yeah for babies and yeah for cooler blogs because of them...yeah how about my new pregnancy ticker...it is so cool it shows you how big the baby is getting....oh good times....good times indeed....:) I have been going through my pictures lately and have found some dang cute ones like the one above...
Well I am finding these last two weeks myself with lots of time on my hands, I mean I have a school assignment here or there but no tests for awhile...so here I am blogging, I just have to say that I wish we only carried babies 7 months, these last 2 months always are difficult for me, I have a hard time getting comfortable, so I have a hard time sleeping, I try and drink lots of water so I have to pee all the time whih is so annoying at night when I am trying to get quality rest, I have to be careful what time I eat at night so I don't get acid reflux....and it is harder to breath and my dang ribs hurt, this is when I start saying things to Shad like....Hey remind me we want to wait 3 or 4 years for another baby....it is always the last 2 months...I think the worst is feeling so lethargic and tired, because I didn't sleep well last night, it was so hard to get up today, Tae doesn't usually cry in the morning, he just plays till I go get him (what a blessing) even if it isn't till 10am, he'll squack at me if I wait to long, but he wakes up between 8 and 9 am and will play for awhile before he asks for me which is nice because right now I like to sleep in till 9 or 10.... well this morning all I wanted to do was sleep, and he woke me up at 8am screaming...not usual behavior for him, so I got up and felt tired all day long, I hate feeling that tired...it sucks because I don't want to do anything and that makes me so mad because I want to have energy to do stuff.....anyway blah blah blah, just me venting about being prego and uncomfortable, on the bright sunny side of life, I did get to hang out with Demeree for a little bit today and we had a wonderful chat...she is going through hell and manages to stay so positive, she is such a good example to me....Now if I can just get some consistent rest I won't feel so tired all the time...., I wish that ticker up above said like 15 days to go....I guess I can make it 49 more days.....:)
I am so proud of myself I had to write a quick blog about it, I just made some green curry with chicken and rice and it turned out AWESOME!! I mean it was a little on the hot side for Shad and I but overall, the flavor was great...I still need to learn how to adjust the spice level with Thai cooking, but I am soooo glad it turned out good, I branched out with my cooking skills and it paid off....I made Masala curry an indian dish awhile back and it was soooo HOT that Shad and I could not eat it...so yeah for me for learning how to cook yummy healthy meals that have lots of flavor....one of these days maybe Shad will jump in.....I won't hold my breath:)
So Tae wanted to be a lion the other day, we got this costume from his friend Nate and it is to small for him now, when I was going through the clothes that we get from him after Nate outgrows them, we found this little gem, and Tae kept trying to put it on, so I decided since we are trying to learn different animal sounds anyway like...what does a lion say and then I say...Roar and try and get him to do it, I thought this would be the perfect way for him to learn about lions...we had a blast, he wore this to walmart and got flooded with "oh he is so cute" comments...and he learned what lions say and did it all day...so dang cute....I love my life with him right now, he is my little buddy and as you can see we have a blast together...:)
