Random acts of cuteness and an update.

 

Miss Makena turns three on Sunday.  THREE!  Holy moly but where does the time go.  She is blossoming into such an amazing little lady.  She's almost totally potty trained and she's very proud of herself.  In fact, her bathroom activities are a popular topic of conversation for her.  She says she wants to be a doctor when she grows up (and I can be her nurse) but I bet she's either going to be a star athelete or a talk show host.  She can talk as fast as she can run.  The photo of her is from her early birthday party a few weekends ago.  We have a neighbor who has a jumper business and we get a killer rate.  Jumpers are a MUST HAVE for kid parties.  That and a candy-free goodie bags.

Miss Nadia  had her four-month check-up today.  She's 15 pounds and 25.75 inches tall and getting cuter by the second.  She giggles and squaks and talks and loves munching on her fingers.  She's gotta know where I am at every moment and will fuss the second I am out of her range.  And she's still got so much hair that I've taken to calling her my little Chia pet.  I hope to get some more photos of her again very, very soon, perhaps one or two with me in them.

And my darling boy Aidan is every bit his four-year-old self these days.  With him, two years old was a breeze, three was difficult and so far four is even more so.  So funny how some folks focus on the terrible twos and forget about what's still to come.  Be prepared is what I say.  Thankfully there are many moments of sheer sweetness and light that it (almost) makes the moments of disobedience and rudeness tolerable. I've been reading "Parenting with Love and Logic" and have decided to put this up there on my list of must-have parenting books.  The Love and Logic website is worth a visit, too.

As for me, now that my mother-in-law has returned to Trinidad a new routine is slowly taking shape.  She was such a help for the three months she was here that now that she's gone I feel like I'm having to relearn how to juggle three kids by myself again.  And Chris traveled this week and it. was. hard.  I actually had to call on a good friend to come lend a hand Wednesday night (love you, Casey).  My house is mess, I'm running out of clean underwear and I need to do the dishes because there's no room left in the sink or on the counter.  Yikes.  I sound more like a pathetic bachelor than a stay-at-home mom. 

I head up to Anaheim for CHA on Sunday and I'll be there Monday and Wednesday as well.  I'll have the babe with me on Sunday and Wednesday because it's never too early to get a girl into scrapbooking. 

Comments

[tara]

Oh my, that IS cute.

[Jessie Fulkerson]

I'll be at CHA tomorrow too!!! Please come say hi!!! xo

[melissa deakin]

love the photos, tina.
gorgeous as always.
have a great time at CHA.

[aaryn b.]

let me know if there's anything i can do for you. i'm off work on thursday and friday and could come by even if just to give you thirty minutes to yourself.