today was the first day of paul's big adventure, so far, the girls and i are doing well, just a little tired. for some reason, last night rayna decided she won't sleep anymore. i will admit, it's not too bad when she doesn't sleep, cause she doesn't demand constant attention, but she is a grunter, and she was making all kinds of little sounds that kept me pretty much awake. finally around 4 i really crashed. paul got up at 5 to get ready to go, and at 5.30 he woke me to go drop him off. (fortunately, my mother-in-law stayed overnight, so we didn't have to wake the kids).
the rest of the day went pretty well, i got a lot done, and had a couple nice visits with friends (anyone else for VT on the last of the month?). afton's nap was rather late (we stayed longer than i meant to at a visit), so she slept a little later than usual too, but she was really good at bed-time, so i don't care! she really was pretty good today, which i really appreciated. anyways, i got the garbage out (paul's usually in charge of that), so i think it's bedtime. sweet dreams!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
hubby tag
1. What is his name? Paul Alan
2. Who eats more? Me
3. Who said, "I love you" first? him (was it even one week?)
4. Who is taller? Paul
5. Who is smarter? We're pretty even, but he's got more common sense
6. Who is more sensitive? Me
7. Who does the laundry? Me
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Both, after all, it would be really awkward to sleep on the wrong side (or paul, if you're going for the whole left/right thing... though we've switched a couple times)
9. Who pays the bills? Him
10. Who cooks more? Me (though he would do more if i let him in the kitchen more often)
11. Who is more stubborn? Both, he's silently stubborn, i'm vocally stubborn
12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Me (but he's more likely to apologize first, often he's not sure why, but he's willing to be sorry anyways)
13. Who has more siblings? me
14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? him
15. What do you like to do together? hike, camp (though not as much with the babier, sit and read, eat, play games where he lets me win (dominoes, cards, etc), watch tv (aka. veg)
16. Who eats more sweets? me, though he does have a weird habit of drinking sweetened (brown sugar) milk before bed
17. Guilty Pleasures? sweetened milk. ice cream (both of us), him--a good game of hearts (generally played with three other people that just gang up against him, thinking if one of us wins, we all win, just to beat paul)
18. How did you meet? FHE group at the university of AZ
19. Who asked whom out first? he asked me (bowling with a few of his friends, four married couples, one of which was his sister... no pressure for a first date, right?)
20. Who kissed who first? he did
21. Who proposed? he did, though i can't remember who brought up the "M" word first
22. His best features and qualities? patience (especially with me :), big heart (especially with children), makes me laugh, really hard worker, dedicated to what he does, if i beg really hard he'll occasionally rub my feet (begging is easier accomplished while pregnant)... features: green eyes and killer eyelashes that he's supposed to give to all our girls!
I tag Amy, Megan, and Cassie. And anyone else who wants to do it, go ahead!
2. Who eats more? Me
3. Who said, "I love you" first? him (was it even one week?)
4. Who is taller? Paul
5. Who is smarter? We're pretty even, but he's got more common sense
6. Who is more sensitive? Me
7. Who does the laundry? Me
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Both, after all, it would be really awkward to sleep on the wrong side (or paul, if you're going for the whole left/right thing... though we've switched a couple times)
9. Who pays the bills? Him
10. Who cooks more? Me (though he would do more if i let him in the kitchen more often)
11. Who is more stubborn? Both, he's silently stubborn, i'm vocally stubborn
12. Who is the first to admit they are wrong? Me (but he's more likely to apologize first, often he's not sure why, but he's willing to be sorry anyways)
13. Who has more siblings? me
14. Who wears the pants in the relationship? him
15. What do you like to do together? hike, camp (though not as much with the babier, sit and read, eat, play games where he lets me win (dominoes, cards, etc), watch tv (aka. veg)
16. Who eats more sweets? me, though he does have a weird habit of drinking sweetened (brown sugar) milk before bed
17. Guilty Pleasures? sweetened milk. ice cream (both of us), him--a good game of hearts (generally played with three other people that just gang up against him, thinking if one of us wins, we all win, just to beat paul)
18. How did you meet? FHE group at the university of AZ
19. Who asked whom out first? he asked me (bowling with a few of his friends, four married couples, one of which was his sister... no pressure for a first date, right?)
20. Who kissed who first? he did
21. Who proposed? he did, though i can't remember who brought up the "M" word first
22. His best features and qualities? patience (especially with me :), big heart (especially with children), makes me laugh, really hard worker, dedicated to what he does, if i beg really hard he'll occasionally rub my feet (begging is easier accomplished while pregnant)... features: green eyes and killer eyelashes that he's supposed to give to all our girls!
I tag Amy, Megan, and Cassie. And anyone else who wants to do it, go ahead!
sweet baby
rayna is such a good baby! it still amazes me that she will sit peacefully on the couch or in her little seat and be happy while i play with afton or get something done around the house. i know this is not technically unusual, since she's only four weeks old, but by the time afton was this age she was already colicky, and she wanted to be held ALL the time. most of the time i could oblige her, but when i couldn't she sure could scream!
i especially appreciated having a good baby yesterday when afton wasn't feeling well. one grumpy kid is enough for me when i can't get a good night's sleep! fortunately, they were both happier today. i know i'm blessed with this one, someone remind me of that tactfully when she gets to be two years old.
"water" in the desert
afton had two funnies today with water, at least i thought so.
visiting a friend with a slightly older boy to play with (he's 2 1/2):
afton had a small glass of water, and asked "mo?" to which i gave her a little more. her friend promptly went to his mother and said "mo? mo? i be like afton!"
it's fun when kids want to be like each other :)
later this afternoon, it started raining, afton was looking out the window in some consternation. she looked up, turned to me and asked "wa-er?" pointing out the window.
evidentally, you might be an arizonian if you don't know what rain is.
visiting a friend with a slightly older boy to play with (he's 2 1/2):
afton had a small glass of water, and asked "mo?" to which i gave her a little more. her friend promptly went to his mother and said "mo? mo? i be like afton!"
it's fun when kids want to be like each other :)
later this afternoon, it started raining, afton was looking out the window in some consternation. she looked up, turned to me and asked "wa-er?" pointing out the window.
evidentally, you might be an arizonian if you don't know what rain is.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
cute girls!
aren't these kids cute? i love the matching outfits! if only they had made it through the whole day...
it's a bug's life
so we've had a little problem with bugs lately, big ones. i guess i prefer a little problem with big bugs to a big problem with little bugs... though i'm not positive.
paul was poisioning our giant cockroaches last night. (hooray for a husband that kills the bugs!), and he was nearly done, so i decided to hurry and get a shower so he could have it free when he was done, as i was stepping into the shower, two cockroaches climbed out of the drain! i guess i squeeled a little louder than i thought cause paul came in the house asking what was wrong. i was shaking. it's a little embarrasing to realize how much i was shaking, but i was in a rather vunerable position, and i do hate roaches... needless to say, i was not getting in that shower quite yet! (and when i finally did, i had the drain plugged up, so i just drained out all the water when i was done... certianly safer).
anyways, that's the first story. the next happened this morning. the girls and i took paul to work (well, he drove, but we took the car back home so we'd have it later), and since we don't have any a/c in the car, we had the windows down. just after we turned onto the highway, a giant bee (perhaps a carpenter bee? is anyone sure what they look like?) flew in paul's window and settled on his shoulder. he pulled over pretty quick and carefully unbuckled his seatbelt to step out, and as soon as he got out of the car it flew away (i was really glad it was his shoulder though, not mine or one of the babies!)... so anyways, those are our big bug stories.
BTW, i hate big bugs. :)
paul was poisioning our giant cockroaches last night. (hooray for a husband that kills the bugs!), and he was nearly done, so i decided to hurry and get a shower so he could have it free when he was done, as i was stepping into the shower, two cockroaches climbed out of the drain! i guess i squeeled a little louder than i thought cause paul came in the house asking what was wrong. i was shaking. it's a little embarrasing to realize how much i was shaking, but i was in a rather vunerable position, and i do hate roaches... needless to say, i was not getting in that shower quite yet! (and when i finally did, i had the drain plugged up, so i just drained out all the water when i was done... certianly safer).
anyways, that's the first story. the next happened this morning. the girls and i took paul to work (well, he drove, but we took the car back home so we'd have it later), and since we don't have any a/c in the car, we had the windows down. just after we turned onto the highway, a giant bee (perhaps a carpenter bee? is anyone sure what they look like?) flew in paul's window and settled on his shoulder. he pulled over pretty quick and carefully unbuckled his seatbelt to step out, and as soon as he got out of the car it flew away (i was really glad it was his shoulder though, not mine or one of the babies!)... so anyways, those are our big bug stories.
BTW, i hate big bugs. :)
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