from head to toe

i honestly feel like most days i am covered in my kids. this morning as i lay in bed between the joyful giggles of my rising stars and the unpleasant smell of urine (morning diapers shouting "change me!") i thought about the days before babies.... alarm clocks that didn't say your name, but beeped & had snooze buttons. you really don't know what to expect when you become a parent. the joy is overwhelming, the pride is motivating, the exhaustion hits you like a ton of bricks, the innocence of an infant is so simply, but complicates life and quite honestly the love is absolutely consuming mind, body & soul. it is the most important job in the whole world, life depends on you... it is a calling to BE a roll model, know everything, love unconditionally, live unselfishly, partner united, and impart daily the building blocks of what it takes to grow up, as i remind myself "i am a grown up."so...i am trying to stop more often to take mental snap shots of my life because this is it & i don't want to miss it.

back to blogging

so i have been MIA and so i am going to come back with a bang and overwhelm anyone that reads this with a quick & photogenic update...  our morning pajama party, biker babe, nude & free, beauty queen, da' boys and Rowen's first tooth on his half birthday! We are madly & deeply in love with our little ones!

a few memorable moments with our talking two year old...

"i love marriage!" which she announced as i explained my wedding ring that her daddy gave me.

"mama my boobs no see them?" as we showered up together.

"so rowen & i...we go to the store & we walk cause... no car so we walk" she was telling ME a bedtime story

Talking two

Driving home from the store Lil & I chatted away about the birds,butterflies and sang about how "He's got the whole world in his hands"- naming every one she knows. as we neared our home this conversation occured:

L: mommy Abby is sad
Me: oh! Why don't you give her a hug
L: yeah, Abby hungry. I feed her my boobs.
Me: (trying not to lol)okay.
L: nursing pad please!

Oh what a night...

my sleeping through the night baby has changed his mind... after a few busy weeks of vacationing here & there he has decided that sleeping all night just isn't his thing anymore. if it isn't a 4am poop or an accidental roll over that leaves him flailing like a turtle on it's back, then it is hunger because at a whopping 16 pounds of course you are hungry at night. i really don't mind seeing him in the night actually, but i think my daughter might be getting jealous BECAUSE the highlight of my night was at 4am when my daughter tip toeing into my room & as I lay there feeding Rowen she looked up at me sleepy eyed and said, "mama i miss you"... come on? melt my heart & come cuddle with me!

Orcas Island Camping

We just spent a wonderfully long Labor Day weekend on Orcas Island, camping at Moran State Park with the Latimer Family. We took Lillian camping at the same place two years ago for her first camping trip & now Rowen's first camping trip was there too! Happy Campers! Our kids love camping & we do so much that we just might have to squeeze another camping trip in before Fall... but we will have to replace our air mattress before then because it was like sleeping on an awful water bed.

Our neighbors while camping had a little girl who was 6 six (only child) & really liked Lillian. Here is my favorite conversation with her:

Me:Are you from here?
K: No. I am from America.
Me: Oh! Well this is America. Are you from Washington?
K: No. I am from Seattle.
Me: Oh cool us too!

TA DA!

like e diamond

after bath time i lathered my little ones naked bodies in lotion. lillian climbed up to the table to have a pre-bed snack of yogurt as i dressed the littlest in his jammies. i looked up from the couch after a moment to see my daughter rubbing yogurt all over herself exclaiming, "yogurt lotion!" with a twinkle in her eye that says, "mama I'm brilliant!"..... i laughed and then back to the bath for a quick rinse off.

"like e diamond in da sky" is the new name of the more commonly known song, "twinkle, twinkle little star". my singing two year old's song book of melodious bliss knows nothing of the titles or bounds of how a song should be sung. i love the freedom that two brings... so independent, adventurous and full of wonder! her favorite song currently is "happy birthday" sung to a personal tune & her newly made up song is "butterfly morning", which is one of my personal favorites.

"hey buddy" lillian shouts at her brother as he begins to fuss... the mere sight of her face smashed up in his makes his frown become a smile.