What my daughter did today.

Paul was watching cartoons with Haddie while I was feeding Eden. Haddie came to me and pointed toward her room and said "Bobo, please!" (signed Please) so Paul went and got her bear, Bobo out of her crib. A little while later while watched Elmo, she asked for her passy. These are two things she typically has for when she goes to sleep. So I asked her, "are you ready for night night?" She replied "night, night" and began walking her way to her room. She was ready for her nap. That's right, my daughter asked to take her nap... It was 10:30 this morning, just 30 min past the normal time I put her down for a nap! I am either the best mom, who has her well trained, or i just have the best daughter.... maybe a mixture of both ;)

Back into the swing of things

We are getting back into the swing of things. It has been the longest vaction I have ever had. I would say that my vacation started the day Eden was born and ended Exactly 6 weeks later. My parents came in for a week and half to help me with the two kids and the house. I hardly had to lift a finger, My parents worked hard to help me with cooking, cleaning, and yard work. The next week Paul got to work from home so he could help me. Then the next week Paul's parents came up and we explored colorado and I also was treated to Paula's cooking and cleaning! I went back to Muskogee with them and stayed two weeks while Paul was at CIY. He joined us Thursday night so that he could perform a wedding for a couple from our last Youth Group in Vinita. While I was there I didn't do much cleaning or cooking. Haddie was intertained by grandparents the whole time during these 6 weeks. I have enjoyed the time with family and friends. Especially because I was getting lonely and missing everyone. But I am thankful to be back and home and to get back into the swing of things.

I am putting Eden on a schedule for the first time in her little life. Which is going fairly well. I am quickly finding out that it is harder to get Eden on a schedule, then with Haddie. Wake time I think is the challenge for me. When Haddie was that age, she was my only child and I could give her the attention she needed to keep her awake. With Eden its a challenge to keep her up because of Haddie, who demands my attention. So she typically falls asleep before wake time is over, and then wakes up during nap time. But we are working on it.

Haddie did great and fell right back into schedule the FIRST 2 days back. We struggled with naps yesterday and today. So I think she was only teasing me and making me think this will be easy. WRONG!

What a day!

It started with lunch at Harmony house, a special little place in Muskogee. It is a tea house that is very yummy. They have a special on Mondays that is my all time favorite, Swiss Chicken and Tomato Bisque soup! Oh, my mouth is salivating even now just thinking about it. It is SOO good. The best thing about getting the special is that it comes with dessert! Beth, one of the co-owners went to culinary school in New York and can make some really good baked goods. If you are ever in the Muskogee area I would STRONGLY suggest going to Harmony house for lunch. You can be sure to have good food and great service!

Piper and Miley were not so sure about going to a tea house, but they were sold once they got there and they gave them their own little tea pots and tea cups, they really enjoyed getting to pour themselves tea and drink it like little ladies.

After the lunch we got ready for the Baby party. We had a party to honor the new babies in our family. We have Eden who is 5 weeks old today, Eli, who is my cousin’s little boy, who is 7 weeks old, Alexa,, My Niece, who is 6 months old, and Micah, my very good friends little boy, who is 5 mo old. It was a fun little party with punch, cookies, and cooing babies.

I think everyone had a laugh when most the mothers pulled out their nursing blankets and we all nursed our babies together.

After The baby party Aunt Jane and Uncle Jonny, along with Chris and Caitlin (my cousin and her husband) stayed for dinner, as well as Haley and Alexa. We enjoyed visiting with them.

Haddie was very much enamored with her cousins, Miley and Piper, and followed them EVERYWHERE! She loved chasing them and being chased by them. Piper and Miley did so great with Haddie and was SO patient with her. Haddie is struggling with sharing, but Miley would be so sweet and let Haddie have what she grabbed. However, I used these moments, when I caught Haddie, to teach her to share. Haddie did not like it when I did this.

Eden was enjoying all the attention too! She loves being held and I don’t think she was ever put down once the whole night. Between Aunt Tara, my Aunt Jane, and Nana, Eden always had arms to be in.

It was a great dat, but I am tired so it is time to say GOODNIGHT!

(more pics to come soon!)

Family Time

One thing I was looking forward to in coming home was getting to spend time with Family. We went to Supaulpa on Wednesday to see my Grandma, cousins, Aunt and Uncle, and Sister and her family.

It was a lot of fun. We ate yummy hamburgers and lots of Watermelon. The girls got to enjoy each other out side. They chased frogs and swang on the swing set. Haddie was very fasinated with her cousins Piper and Miley and followed them around everywhere. Piper and Miley were great with her and played so well together. It was fun to see them interact.
We were so thankful that it didn't rain. Grammy said she prayed that it wouldn't rain. From what we heard it rained all day in Muskogee. But in Sapulpa it was clear blue skies.

Everyone got to enjoy meeting Eden and had a chance to hold her. She was a sweet baby and slept most of the time. Only opening her eyes every once in a while so that everyone could see her deep blue eyes.
Grammy, or Gwee as the Great-Grand girls call her, really enjoyed it. She had all her grand girls except for Roxanne and all her great-grand girls there with her that day. She is very blessed with 2 daughters, 5 granddaughters, and now 4 great-granddaughters. No sons except through marriage. We couldn't miss out on taking a picture of Gwee with all her grand girls. Piper (age 6), Miley (3), Hadassah (1), and Eden (1 month).

Grammy has a picture of all her grand girls and Great-grand girls on this donkey. We all were about Haddie's age when we took the picture. I was glad not to miss out on getting one with Haddie and Grammy. (I will have to find the pic of me and Grammy in the same pose and load it before I leave Muskogee.)
Haddie was a hoot as usual. She walked around just a jabbering and making others smile. But She also has an ornery side.

Grammy had a piano that was just Haddie's size. Haddie Really enjoyed playing on it. SO much so that when others tried to play it she would push them away and say "No, no, no!". She even pulled poor Piper's hair. It was a great training moment to teach her how to SHARE!

Cousin Racheal was excited to meet Eden and held her most the night. We don't get to see them very often, it was so very good to see her and her husband Seth.

A visit to Nonnie’s and Papa’s at the lake

We went to visit Paul’s Grandma and Grandpa, Nonnie and Papa out at their camp site which is on lake Tenkiller. We enjoyed hamburgers and then took their boat out.

After awhile of uncertainty as to if the boat would start, we enjoyed a good boat ride. Haddie loved it besides having to wear a life jacket and not getting to walk around. But as long as she was distracted by the waves of the lake she had no problem.

(more pics to come)

First Swim of the Summer

We went to a friends to swim. This was Haddie’s first time this summer. Seeing as she doen’t remember last summer, we could say it was her first. She was very unsure of the pool. It could be because it was so cold. But she did well.

It took a while for her to warm up to it, but I bet by the end of the two weeks that we are here in Oklahoma, she will love it!

4th of July 2010

Sunday Morning we went to church at Boulevard Christian Church in Muskogee, Ok. This is the Church I have grown up in and where my Dad has ministered at for the past 20 + years.

After church we went to the Roberson’s house for lunch were we enjoyed the company of Family all joined by marriage because their children.

That night we celebrated America’s Independence Day at Paula and Greg’s with family and friends, food and fireworks.

Haddie did very well with the fireworks. She enjoyed watching her cousins throw down poppers. She also enjoyed stopping on the ones that didn’t get popped.

Eden spent most of the evening sleeping on Papa’s shoulder or in the arms of others.

Josh and Andrea joined us too, which was soo great to see them and their beautiful kids. We use to live next to them in Joplin, and they are very dear to Paul and I. I was so very surprised that after 6 months, Madison, their oldest, who is only 28 mo old, remembered us and Haddie. She is so sweet and her and haddie had a fun time running around together.

The only thing that would have been better is if Paul could have been there with us to celebrate!

Week with Granny and Grandpa

We enjoyed having Paula and Greg in Colorado for a week. Paul and I went over to Denver to pick them up and on our way we stopped at the Outlets at Castle Rock. It was our first outing with all four of us. Eden ended up spitting up her whole lunch all over her little outfit that matched Big sister’s. I had to go to the bathroom and change her, I also washed out the outfit and dryed it under the hand blow driers so that she could be wearing her matching out fit when she meets Granny and Grandpa for the first time. (I know crazy right, but the little things matter to me.)

Once we got to the airport and picked them up we went down town to the 16^th st Mall in Denver. There we walked around and ate.

Poor Greg he got sick on the flight and then continued not feeling well all week with Altitude sickness. For all those who don’t know what Altitude sickness is, it is when you body has a hard time adjusting to the change in altitude. Altitude sickness symptoms are: Light headed, nausea, trouble breathing, and head ache. He had all of them. We were drowning him with water.

It probably didn’t help that we took him to Breckenridge the second full day they were here. But it was a beautiful drive as we clime another 5,000 feet higher. The mountainous view is just breathtaking. Especially as we wind our way up to when the blue river begins, there you can see the whole range, the Great Divide! It really is beautiful and that’s when it hits me of how Magnificent God is and how lucky I am to live in this state.

I love living only 2 hours away from Breckenridge. It is such a cute town. Their down town is the typical Mountain old town, resembling the old west towns of the late 1800’s. If you have ever been to Eureka Springs, you would find Breckenridge familiar. However, Breckenridge is larger and better! They have more shops and restaurants, also a ski resort! During the summer the resort is still open for hiking, biking, Alpine slide, and putt-putt!

The adventure I faced in Breckenridge was right before we started our way back home. I was feeding Eden while the rest of the crew (besides Haddie who was asleep) went to get chocolate from the Rockie Mountain Chocolate Factory. When I was done I began changing little Eden’s diaper on my lap when I quickly found that she was not done doing her business. She continued to poo and poo as it over flowed on to my lap. I struggle to get another diaper causing Eden to cry, which in turn awoke haddie who also began to cry. In my process of getting the other diaper under Eden, she pee’s on me. So I am all alone in a car with two screaming babies, poop all in my lap and pee all down my shirt. You can imagine my joy when I was finally rescued by my husband, who bought me a chocolate cupcake!

The rest of the week we stayed at just above a mile high in Canon City, in hopes that Greg would adjust to the altitude.