Our Kids

All I ask for today is to let me look past the 1000 things I need to do and focus on the joy I get from holding my wee Phoebe. She is either teething or getting a cold and refuses to be set down. Sigh! I still have not recovered from my trip to Texas and neither has the laundry and the house. I really don’t want to get more behind but I know that she needs me and everyone is really okay. So let me look past all the projects in progress and the mess so I can focus on what is really important:)

We are back in Phoenix. We had a great time in Texas but are glad to be home. We got right back in to our routine with a trip to the Riparian Preserve and we are happily hosting our dear 11 year old friend Noa:) The girls have been having a blast. Tomorrow we are off to see the AMOCOCO and looking forward to it.

Well Phoebe may just be a Daddy’s girl like Landis because she saved her first steps til we got home. Tonight she was feeling brave and took a running step towards Jason so we just kept at it and before we knew it she was walking! She is doing great and is getting a real kick out of herself. She knows she is walking and is super excited, so much so that she falls down some. I will post videos as soon as I can. I left my camera cable in Texas and my mom is sending it:) Our little Pheebs is walking!!!

We have been busy little bees here in Tejas. We landed in San Antonio after having a pretty uneventful flight. The girls were super on the plane and the flight attendant actually made a point to say that having my children on the plane was a delight. Mom and Dad picked us up with no trouble with Grandpa waiting at the gate for the girls (and I). Mom picked us up at the curb and we were off. We hit a mexican restaurant on the way home with a super sized kid playground which Piper and Lela enjoyed and worked off some pent up plane energy.

We hung out the rest of the day and got settled. On Thursday we hit the library for storytime, computer time and crafts. Then we headed over to the park for some run around time. Friday we got up and went to Kiddie Park and the girls had an absolute blast. Then Mel and Ava came down in the afternoon to stay for a few days.

Saturday brought more fun with the Prickly Pear Run for Mel and I and some Grandma and Grandpa time for the girls. Sunday we left Phoebe with G and G and we headed over to ArtWerks where they girls created mountains of art. Mel treated us to some home cooked Mexican, yum! Tomorrow we are off to the McKenna Museum in New Braunfels and on Tuesday we might just collapse from exhaustion but we shall see.

In between all the fun the girls managed to pick out their first rings from James Avery which was super fun. They are all very excited about them. Oh and Lela lost another tooth! Gah! How am I going to keep track of all this stuff? I already feel like a chicken with her head cut off, lol.

On top of all that Texas switched to daylight savings time. The only one it seems to affect is poor Pheebs. She is a bit of a wreck since she is tied to the sun rising and setting. How is it that the only one that has zero concept of time is having the hardest time with daylight savings? I think I have finally gotten her to sleep after much crying from her:( Hopefully she will have a better day tomorrow. It doesn’t help that she cut another bottom tooth and has two attempting to break through on top. Hard work for such a little peanut:)

I got a new camera, yeah! I uploaded some practice pics. I am even more excited because I took a photo seminar this weekend and hopefully will be doing more interesting photos of the kids moving forward, we shall see. I have a pretty steep learning curve so don’t expect too much too quickly:)

Also we are off to see my folks this week. The girls and I are traveling via air to San Antonio leaving Jason alone to fend for himself. I am sure he will be missing us at least one day before we return, lol! We are all very excited about the trip and seeing Nana and Grandpa. We also get to spend scads of time with Mel and Ava so that is icing on the ol’ banana cake!

I don’t know what it is about play dates. Seems like every play date we have lately Lela ends up on the outs. I am not sure how it happens. She generally goes off to do something like change her clothes, use the restroom etc and then when she comes back she has a hard time interjecting herself in to the play. It is kind of painful for me to watch as the mom but I know this is something that she has to work out on her own. I imagine it is difficult being one of a set and then adding a third one the same age. Piper seems so good at playing with other people but then she doesn’t do so well when Lela wants to paint or draw on her own, Piper is a bit lost at that point. I know they both have their strengths and I appreciate that but my heart aches a little for Lela when the other two are playing away and she is off by herself kicking the dirt.

PS. One of the kids helped me “put” away the camera. Unfortunately I think the child that put it away is Phoebe and all she can say is thank you, diaper and all done HA!

Well today Landis asked for her own green smoothie, sniff, sniff. Can it be? I have noticed that she is growing up and no longer looks like my wee little toddler. Her hair is very long and she is getting very long as well. I am over the moon at her recent healthy food jag and hope we can just reinforce the behavior. She compromises now where she wouldn’t before eating noodles with broccoli or mashed potato with broccoli and that helps. Today she enjoyed her potato and broccoli lunch along with her spinach green protein smoothie. Phoebe enjoys the smoothies as well so that is a bonus. I enjoy them too even though my head is telling me I want a chocolate bar:)