Mommyhood

This happened today and I don't want to forget it. It was one of those things that made me think, "Welcome to being a mom of more than one child."

Kara and Kylee are both sick (and me too). Not the debilitating kind of sick, just the nasty congestion that makes you sleep terribly kind of sick. Last night Kara woke up three times between 11:00 and 1:30 and then was up by 5:30 for the day (praise the Netflix gods that she can navigate the iPad and watch shows). Because of this I decided that she needed to take a nap today. What you have to understand is that I gave up making her take naps a long time ago. I knew it would be a struggle but I thought she'd be tired enough to comply. HA!

At 1:00 I told Kara to go to her room for nap/quiet time. She happily went but only stayed in there for a few minutes. So back to her room I sent her. Shortly after that I sat down to feed Kylee. While I was in Ky's bedroom Kara came in because she needed to "talk" to me. Then she needed to "talk" to Kylee. Eventually she left, shutting the door behind her. Instead of going into her bedroom like I told her to she went to the playroom. I knew this because I heard her playing with her kitchen. I finished feeding Kylee and then got up to tell Kara to go back to her room. Little did I know that Kara had locked me into Kylee's room!! This was made possible because the door handle is on backward. I didn't put it like that, the builders did, but I haven't taken the time to fix it.

With no way to unlock it (I don't keep small, skinny objects capable of unlocking door handles in my baby's bedroom) I told Kara to, "come open the door right now." She obeyed, which is not something she tends to do when she knows she's busted. Immediately she said, "I was sleeping in my bedroom." I informed her that I knew she was in her playroom because I heard her playing. She refused to go back to her bedroom and said she wanted to sleep in her playroom. I said "no" and ended up having to drag her to her bedroom (not screaming, amazingly enough!).

You know what happened next, don't you? She stayed in there for maybe 10 minutes and then came out again.

 *Sigh*

I ended up letting her play in her playroom for quiet time so she wouldn't throw a fit and wake up a sleeping Kylee. I consider that a win. I didn't lose it at any point and she did stay in her room for a few minutes without throwing a tantrum. Some things just aren't worth the battle.

So, today I got locked in a room by my 3 1/2 year-old and I didn't get mad, I laughed. Parenting win!

This is what happened two hours later when we were driving down to grandma's house. Didn't need a nap, did she? :)

Fall 2013

October was full of lots of fun for us this year. It included apple picking, 3 trips to Cornbelly's, one trip to Jaker's Pumpkin patch in Springville, Gardner Village to see the witches (and eat lots of sweets from The Sweet Shop), and plenty of playing and jogging outside. It was such a beautiful and perfect fall this year. I couldn't have asked for better weather.

Trick-or-treating went well enough. We left a little after 5:30 and after a few houses I went back with Kylee to pass out candy. Kara was home just before 6:30. She doesn't have much endurance yet, but she'll get there :) At least she knew what to say and could say it clearly this year. She probably had more fun answering the door and helping hand out candy to other trick-or-treaters than she had going out herself. She got so excited every time the doorbell rang and was obviously listening to me because she started saying, "You can have two pieces" to the kids. It was funny.

The pumpkin patch with Kenz and Kyn

My two beautiful girls!

The big chair at Cornbelly's! Kara loved going this year.

Ky's head is so smoochable!

I love this one. Kara is always smothering Kylee with love :)

Kara is constantly giving her sister hugs and kisses. She loves her so much!

Still loves to suck her thumb.

Apple picking! They were small but tasty!

I could only get her to bounce on this a few times. The first time she got sand in her pants and wasn't that interested in doing it again after that.

The play store. She probably spent the most time here.

Pure contentment

The only way I can get Kara to take a nap anymore: go for a run.

Gardner Village

LOVE the look on her face. See? It WAS a warm fall, hence the nakedness. Though that's not unusual for Kara :)

Kara's loot. Not nearly enough for my standards. ;)

"I'm a witch!"

My little strawberry. Though most people thought she was a watermelon.

Hawaii

We were able to go to Hawaii with Trevor's family this past August and is was awesome. They have a time share for house on the beach (literally). We were out in the water by 8:30 most mornings. Can it get any better than that?

Our trip included:

Kylee crying
Turtle Bay to see the turtles, of course
Snorkeling
More Kylee crying
The PCC
Shopping
Shave ice (We tried 3 different places and Matsumoto's is definitely the best)
Ingesting lots of tropical fruit and juices
More Kylee crying
Sunbathing
Bobbing in the ocean (one of my favorite things to do)
Long walks on the beach
And a little more of Kylee crying

I may be over exaggerating how much Kylee cried, but not by much. She did wonderfully on the plane; she slept nearly the entire 6 1/2 hour flight (glad we had direct from SLC), but she was in the midst of her colic stage that lasted from week 2 to week 10ish. The last few days she started to calm down. Despite the constant crying Trevor and I were able to go out and do a few things sans kids, thanks to my wonderful family. They're so patient with both of my children and I'm so grateful for how much they love them. Two weeks went by WAY to fast. I look forward to when Trevor and I can go back, just the two of us, even if it is 10 years from now. Hawaii is the best.

Get yourself ready for picture overload. :)

First morning

View from the backyard

Doesn't get better than this

LOVE this photo




I just had to do this. She was naked or in her underwear/swimming suit almost the entire time.

 

The pillows were rarely on the couch thanks to Kara. She was always building castles.

First day at church...in Hawaii!

Hawaii Laie Temple

She got a pretty nasty cold with a fever a few days after arriving

Fell asleep watching Barney. It was so sad.

PCC

Turtles at Turtle Bay

Love the little head popping out of the water

Kylee's bikini! Haha

"Kylee's going to get spit-up on me, Mom!!"

The only way she'd go in the ocean: with a life jacket and a big kid.

Rainy day (we only had 2 of those the whole time!)

First Pedi :)

At Matsumoto's. I see this face regularly

Chatting with Daddy on the phone. He left 4 days before we did.