More Adorable Hilariousness

Me: Kate, do you want sprite or milk with your kids meal?
Kate: umm...sprite. Milk is not right for me to drink. Sorry.

Kate: (screaming at the dinner table)
Me: Katelyn, don't scream.
Kate: It's too late.


Me: Katelyn, it's time for bed. (carrying her upstairs to her room)
Kate: (both hands over mouth and in the most Scarlet-like voice she could muster) What Imma do?! What Imma do?!
Me: (trying desperately not to laugh out loud) You're going to go to bed.
Kate: oh mom, what imma do?!

(by the way, my dad has nicknamed Katelyn "DQ" for drama queen. I don't know why...)

Kate was watching a show and they were talking about the tooth fairy. She started dancing around the house proclaiming that she is the Toothpick Fairy!

We've been teaching Kate about the relationships in the family. For example, "Erin is your aunt, and Erin is mom's sister." One day she was telling us all about who her cousins are, that's she's me and Steve's child, and then she says, "And Daddy, Mommy's your life." (instead of wife) How cute is that. And so, so true.

My Poor Baby

I've been sharing with you all the crap that's gone on since Brookie's been born. This is just another to add to the list. Sometimes Brooklyn spazzes out when she's eating: latching off and on, grunting, kicking her legs; it's like she's frustrated or something. Two mornings ago it was really bad and she was crying like eating was hurting her. First thing that popped into my mind: thrush. I looked in her mouth and sure enough, white spots on her inner cheeks. By the way, she still has her painful skin rash. Crap and corruption! My sweet older sister hurried over to look at her mouth for me and we decided I should definitely take her to the doctor. I'm starting to feel like I should just sleep there and save myself the trips back and forth. Sure enough, my poor 6 week old has thrush. In her mouth and on her butt. And I have it from nursing. The catch 22 of it all: it came from me being on antibiotics for the mastitis! What the crap! I feel so bad for my poor little baby. All I can do is keep promising her that it's not always like this (even though her whole life has been so far) and hold her as much as I can. I'm so discouraged! In the meantime, the house is falling apart and I'm not able to spend as much time with my two year old as she needs. Thank goodness I have such an amazing older sister and husband. Erin had me over to her house yesterday so I could take a nap with Kate, and Steve took care of Kate after he got off work so I could sleep in this morning. Thank you so much! Now everyone just hold your breath and pray that Brooklyn doesn't get anything else!

Things to Make You Smile...

I just wanted to share with you guys some of the things my girls (mostly Katleyn, seeing as how Brooke is only 6 weeks old) say and do that make my life what it is.

I just realized the other day, when I gave Kate a piece of pizza for lunch, that she calls pepperoni, "pepperina". How cute is that! Yesterday, we were in Wal-mart picking up a prescription. When a 10 year old girl wearing a skirt and heels with her hair up in a bun walked by us, Katelyn pointed and exclaimed, "Look mom! A binnerina!" (ballerina). It made that little girl so happy that Katelyn thought she was a ballerina! Then there's how she says spaghetti and spaghettios. "Skedabedy" and "Skedabedallos". I think something might be lost in translation, but trust me, it's hilarious. Today, Brookie made me so happy. She smiled at me like 5 times! It's been hard because she's been so sick - sleeping all the time, fussing whenever she's not sleeping. Not only was I thrilled to see her beautiful smile, but I can tell she's feeling better too! Thank goodness.

Yesterday was Steve's birthday, and we had his family over for dinner. His family is so much fun and really came through on helping me with the project I did for him. Thank you all so much! Steve said he had a really good birthday. I love you all!

Look, Ma! It's Mastitis!

Saturday started out so well. Steve and I took the girls on an adventure day. We had so much fun! We headed home around 5, and that's when I noticed my back was really hurting, but I chalkedit up to being on my feet and toting around a 2 year old and a stroller. By six o'clock, things had gotten ugly and I started to think I was getting sick. When Katelyn was still brand new, I got a really bad flu. Unbelievable body aches - my skin hurt, chills so bad I could barely hold on to my baby, followed by intense hot flashes. Besides almost dying of pneumonia, that's the sickest I've ever been.

So, when I started with the same symptoms, I was freaking out! Not only was I worried about how in the world I would take care of a newborn and a two yearold if I was that sick again, but the last thing I wanted was my newborn, who was just in the emergency room last week, getting the worst flu ever. Then my mom mentioned that it could be mastitis...please let it be mastitis! Even though it would still suck, I can't give that to anyone else! So we went to the urgent care clinic and sure enough, it's boob infection. Yay! I've never been so happy to feel so crappy! So, even though I've spent the last couple days in agonizing pain and freezing cold with a sore boob, I'm so glad it's not the flu!

Katelyn's ABC's

Katelyn has been doing so well with her new baby sister. She is so sweet to Brooke. She always wants to know right where she is and that she's okay. She's always saying things like "Good morning, sweetheart!" and, "Brooklyn, you're my favorite friend." I couldn't have asked for her to respond better to her sister. But, every once in a while, we get a reminder that she still needs some extra attention. Like this morning. Steve and I were sitting in the front room with Katelyn going over the abc's while she drew on her chalkboard. We were asking her randomly what letters made what sounds. She is really good at it. When we got to the letter B, she correctly answered that it makes the sound "ba". Steve then said "Ya. B as in b-b-b-Brooklyn!". I don't think Kate liked that very much because she replied, "b-b-b-ME!".

Ballerina Girl

Katelyn has a cousin a couple years older than her who we are forunate enough to get all her hand-me-downs from. With this last batch that we got, there was this pink ballerina outfit and some glittery pink shoes. She has worn them every day since we got them! She loves to dance and pretend to be a ballerina. I can't wait for her to start dance this year! She also tried on one of the sweaters we got from her and said, "Dad, this is a wonderful sweater for me to wear!". Thank you so much Jeff and Denise for all the beautiful clothes you give us! We love them so much and everyone always says how cute Katelyn looks. We love you!