I found this blog post from awhile back about Boards. It describes me PERFECTLY right now. Who would of thought I'd be going through the exact same thing just a couple of years later?
http://www.nickndana.blogspot.com/2010/11/if-your-husband-is-planning-to-go-to.html
Even worse, Nick has to take his boards in Tulsa so he'll be gone for a couple of nights up there (he's staying at a hotel so he doesn't have to wake up at 5 am and drive down there both days of the test) 3 more days with no hubby.. I can do it.. 3 more days.. 3 more days....
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Katelyn
My little girl is almost three.
I can't believe that it's really been almost three whole years since we had her.
I remember the first time holding her and kissing her on the forehead.
I started crying today thinking about how one day I have to hand her over to a guy to be married. He better love her just as much as I do or he can't have her.
She is so smart and so mature. Sometimes I think I expect more out of her because she seems so grown up and I forget she's still just a 2 year old.
Here's a few things that she can do:
She knows the ABC's and can identify every letter of the Alphabet.
She sings tons of songs to me every day. Some of her favorite are- twinkle twinkle, Old McDonald, I am A child of God, We believe in God the Eternal Father, I'm a little teapot... and so many others. We have a cd that we listen to a lot and it has the Baa baa black sheep song on it. One day she came up to me and said, "Yes sir!" and I said, "Huh? Where did you learn that?" and she replied, "Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full." Haha. She had learned it from the song.
She traces letters on paper really well.
She counts to about 15 or so then gets a little stumbled, but with help continues on to 20.
She says her favorite color is pink.
She recently became obsessed with princesses. Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, she loves any princess.
She says the funniest things. Like, "Yes sir!" "Hey Lady!" One day I said, "Katelyn you are such a cute little girl" and she said, "Hey, I'm not cute! I'm sexxy!" (Don't ask me where she got that from.) She says the random-est things and it's hilarious. That's how I know she's listening to every word we're saying.. although it doesn't seem like it at times.
The other day I was cooking dinner and I turned around and she was jumping on the couch saying "I'm all hyper!!" and I was like, "WHAT? Where did you learn that from??" and she said, "Despicable me!" Hahah, because there is a part where all the little girls are jumping on the couch and the one says "We're all hyper!"
When I ask her what she is she replies "I am a Child of God."
She knows what CTR stands for--Choose the Right
When I ask her what she is going to receive after her baptism when she's eight, she says "The Holy Ghost".
She has learned about being modest, and one time Nick had his shirt and garment top off and she looked at him and said, "Hey Dad! Be modest, cover your belly." It was so funny.
There is so much that this little girl has learned in the last three years. And so much that I have learned about her. She makes me a better mother. She makes me be more patient. She teaches me to be kind and loving. She makes me see how much love our Heavenly Father has for his children.
I'm so happy she is ours and I look forward to sharing about her THIRD birthday next month!
I can't believe that it's really been almost three whole years since we had her.
I remember the first time holding her and kissing her on the forehead.
I started crying today thinking about how one day I have to hand her over to a guy to be married. He better love her just as much as I do or he can't have her.
She is so smart and so mature. Sometimes I think I expect more out of her because she seems so grown up and I forget she's still just a 2 year old.
Here's a few things that she can do:
She knows the ABC's and can identify every letter of the Alphabet.
She sings tons of songs to me every day. Some of her favorite are- twinkle twinkle, Old McDonald, I am A child of God, We believe in God the Eternal Father, I'm a little teapot... and so many others. We have a cd that we listen to a lot and it has the Baa baa black sheep song on it. One day she came up to me and said, "Yes sir!" and I said, "Huh? Where did you learn that?" and she replied, "Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full." Haha. She had learned it from the song.
She traces letters on paper really well.
She counts to about 15 or so then gets a little stumbled, but with help continues on to 20.
She says her favorite color is pink.
She says the funniest things. Like, "Yes sir!" "Hey Lady!" One day I said, "Katelyn you are such a cute little girl" and she said, "Hey, I'm not cute! I'm sexxy!" (Don't ask me where she got that from.) She says the random-est things and it's hilarious. That's how I know she's listening to every word we're saying.. although it doesn't seem like it at times.
The other day I was cooking dinner and I turned around and she was jumping on the couch saying "I'm all hyper!!" and I was like, "WHAT? Where did you learn that from??" and she said, "Despicable me!" Hahah, because there is a part where all the little girls are jumping on the couch and the one says "We're all hyper!"
When I ask her what she is she replies "I am a Child of God."
She knows what CTR stands for--Choose the Right
When I ask her what she is going to receive after her baptism when she's eight, she says "The Holy Ghost".
She has learned about being modest, and one time Nick had his shirt and garment top off and she looked at him and said, "Hey Dad! Be modest, cover your belly." It was so funny.
There is so much that this little girl has learned in the last three years. And so much that I have learned about her. She makes me a better mother. She makes me be more patient. She teaches me to be kind and loving. She makes me see how much love our Heavenly Father has for his children.
I'm so happy she is ours and I look forward to sharing about her THIRD birthday next month!
Lately...
Lately we've been keeping ourselves busy. The kids and I here at home, and Nick has been studying hard for his National Boards exam that is in less than a month!
Here are a few pictures of things we've done through out the month:
Here are a few pictures of things we've done through out the month:
Jacob turned 9 months-- He'll be 10 months on Friday! Yikes, where is time going!
The weather has been getting chillier and we've brought out the hats and coats! Because of the chilly weather Katelyn and I have been doing a lot of crafts indoors.
Like this little lion mask
And little piggy.. oink oink
We had a tangled movie night/dinner which Katelyn really enjoyed. I made a variety of things and the ideas all came from this Disney site: http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-character-fun/pkg-everything-tangled/
the Boat Ride... we filled it up with Blue Raspberry kool-aid to represent the water.. they were cute!
Hazelnut Soup! I used roasted cinnamon almonds on top because I couldn't find hazelnuts, but the almonds were actually really good, and the soup was pretty good too, just a lot of work!
Snuggly Duckling Coasters
Katelyn enjoying her meal! Tangled hair (noodles with chicken and parmesan) Her braid (braided orange bread, also from the website), the kool aid, and soup.
Yum!
We ate dinner then watched Tangled as a family on Friday night.
Katelyn and Jacob love playing together. She picks on him quite a bit, but it doesn't seem to bother him. I think it bothers me more, I hear myself yelling through out the day,
"Don't sit on your brother,
don't touch your brother,
don't ride your brother, he's not a horsie,
don't pinch his ears,
don't squeeze his cheeks too hard,
Katelyn, leave Jacob alone."
Haha.. I laugh thinking about all the random things I say through out the day, maybe I just need to relax a little and let them be siblings together. I just feel bad for the poor kid, one day he will be able to defend himself though, and he'll get her back!
Reading together
Ok so I lied, we have had some pretty nice days still.. and the kids love being outdoors!
Katelyn especially loves these new chairs we got from a friend
One night we had craft night and we all made a mask. Here is lil miss Kate:
Jacob's was more of a crown....
Mommy and Katelyn
Daddy and Katelyn... kinda creepy dad. ;) Hahah jk
Here they are playing again. I found Katelyn in a box while I was doing the dishes or something, and Jacob was right next to her trying to close it. They were squealing and laughing, they thought it was so funny. And so did I.
Hello girl in a box
Outside playing again.
Beach ball! She loves those chairs I tell ya.
My pretty little girl
Seriously... most of the time all she wanted to do was just sit on her chairs in the backyard, not even play.
Sweet little Jacob
Hi!
Jacob turned 9 months old (he's now ten.. trying to catch up to that post;) ).
OH, I'm 9 months old??
He is not walking yet. I think Katelyn was running by this age, but he just likes to cruise along things. We try helping him and he just slowly sinks back down to the ground when we let go of his hands.
One night we did camping in the office for Katelyn.
Jacob came to join, and of course she was all over him the minute he came in. She loves that little boy.
Hey buddy! :)
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