This smoke in the air is AWFUL! It's totally messing with my allergies and asthma and it feels like I'm soffocating if I go outside. OK maybe I'm a little dramatic but this has been going on all week and I think today was the worst. There are 1026 wildfires in CA as of this morning (that's more than there were a couple of days ago.)
One reason I'm really mad about the smoke is it interferes with one of Caelen's new bedtime routines. The other night when she wouldn't go to sleep, we were rocking in the chair and I had opened the windows to let some cool air in and we could hear all the birds. She thought that was really cool, so I lay her in her crib and told her to listen to the birds, she said, "Yeah.... see ya!" and I never heard another peep from her. It's worked like a charm ever since. Tonight she asked for the birds and really wanted to hear them. I was very hesitant to open the windows and when I did, there were no birds!!! They have nothing to sing about in this smoke, they probably all have laringitis come to think of it. But that precious girl lay there listening for them and fell alseep.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
River Weekend
Here are some pics from our trip to the river this weekend. My hubby came home one day this week and said we should go to the river one afternoon and just relax. I couldn't believe this was coming from my husband! I was so excited, so we got sandwiches and a cooler and had a great time as it was about 100 degrees.
A water drop got on the camera and I didn't realize it for a few pictures :( Anyway, it was super hot but not too crowded and we had this little inlet away from the current all to ourselves so Caelen apporiached with caution but got comfortable pretty quickly. I think she'll love Casini Ranch camping this year.
When I asked her if she wanted to go home she shook her head and said, "No" like I had made a funny joke or something.
This weekend my folks came to dinner and while Caelen was taking a bath she wanted her Grandpa to come in so here they are playing in the water.
A water drop got on the camera and I didn't realize it for a few pictures :( Anyway, it was super hot but not too crowded and we had this little inlet away from the current all to ourselves so Caelen apporiached with caution but got comfortable pretty quickly. I think she'll love Casini Ranch camping this year.
When I asked her if she wanted to go home she shook her head and said, "No" like I had made a funny joke or something.
This weekend my folks came to dinner and while Caelen was taking a bath she wanted her Grandpa to come in so here they are playing in the water.
Friday, June 20, 2008
My Funny Girl
A few more pictures for fun!
Here's Caelen with Grandpa Bob on Father's Day. I think the look on his face was common around the whole table as Caelen picked up his steak in her hand and started chowin' down.
Here's Caelen with Grandpa Bob on Father's Day. I think the look on his face was common around the whole table as Caelen picked up his steak in her hand and started chowin' down.
Here we are last night doing one of Caelen's new favorite things. She loves being pushed around in her little shopping cart. She added a new twist last night with ALL her blankies as well!
Here she is this after noon in "Mommy's Dress". It's my apron!
And this, my friends has to be the funniest picture EVER of Caelen................
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Unusual Request
When I put Caelen to bed tonight and got her all situated with all her "Bachies" (blankies) I asked her if there was anything else I could get her, referring to her customary cup of juice or milk.
She said, "Yeah"
I said, "What?"
She said, "Apple"
Bless her heart she was so sincere.
She said, "Yeah"
I said, "What?"
She said, "Apple"
Bless her heart she was so sincere.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
147 Foreclosures in RP Currently
Oh how I wish I hadn't been the only one to see the horrified look on Caelen's face as she stood in the backyard and Woodrow came flying out of the house straight for her! Woodrow flies around all the time and sometimes knocks Caelen down (luckily she's tough) but usually he veers off to the side right at the last minute and just brushes past. I've never even seen Caelen react like this. Her huge eyes got even huger and she just looked horrified! I pretty much doubled over right there and started laughing hysterically. Oh and he did miss her by a few inches :)
Caelen has been so bossy. Of course at her age it's halarious. I'm currently reading "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall and it belongs to my girlfriend so I'm trying to get through it so she can read it. Plus it's really good. Anyway I try to sneak in a few paragraphs here and there throughout the day. But man if she sees me reading it she points at it and says, "No Book! No Book Mommy!" while shaking her head back and forth. She'll do it until I close the book and put it away. If I'm not being compliant she might try to take matters into her own hands and often grabs it and pushes it closed on my hand.
She likes to grab my finger and make it do things, like press buttons on her toys. But today when she asked for her fork and I told her to go get it off the table she shook her head and said, "Mommy" grabbed my pinky finger and pulled me over to make MY hand get it.
The people next door foreclosed on their house and just vanished one day, so we had no neighbors for a couple of weeks which was pretty sweet. Then yesterday a for sale sign went up and it's been non stop traffic ever since. A couple of gals wanted to talk to us and came to the door last night. They seemed really nice and wanted to know about the neighborhood etc. They also told us the house was going for $299,900!!! I couldn't believe it. The lot is bigger than ours, but the house is only 3 rooms compared to our 4 and in no where as good of shape. But still!! Holy smokes. A few years ago both our houses would have gone easily for $550,000.
I sure hope we get some good neighbors (doesn't everybody?) because I'm just sick to death of the neighbors near me. They're trouble and I stay in my house.
Caelen has been so bossy. Of course at her age it's halarious. I'm currently reading "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall and it belongs to my girlfriend so I'm trying to get through it so she can read it. Plus it's really good. Anyway I try to sneak in a few paragraphs here and there throughout the day. But man if she sees me reading it she points at it and says, "No Book! No Book Mommy!" while shaking her head back and forth. She'll do it until I close the book and put it away. If I'm not being compliant she might try to take matters into her own hands and often grabs it and pushes it closed on my hand.
She likes to grab my finger and make it do things, like press buttons on her toys. But today when she asked for her fork and I told her to go get it off the table she shook her head and said, "Mommy" grabbed my pinky finger and pulled me over to make MY hand get it.
The people next door foreclosed on their house and just vanished one day, so we had no neighbors for a couple of weeks which was pretty sweet. Then yesterday a for sale sign went up and it's been non stop traffic ever since. A couple of gals wanted to talk to us and came to the door last night. They seemed really nice and wanted to know about the neighborhood etc. They also told us the house was going for $299,900!!! I couldn't believe it. The lot is bigger than ours, but the house is only 3 rooms compared to our 4 and in no where as good of shape. But still!! Holy smokes. A few years ago both our houses would have gone easily for $550,000.
I sure hope we get some good neighbors (doesn't everybody?) because I'm just sick to death of the neighbors near me. They're trouble and I stay in my house.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Hound Dog
Thank God Woodrow is super patient. Caelen was straight out of her new pool so her swim diaper was soaking wet when she got the idea to hop on Woodrow! He probably liked that come to think of it.....
Here she's literally bouncing up and down on him like an excercise ball.
She loves this big oaf and he's about 100 lbs heavier than she is. He has gotten a little grumpy with her but only a couple of times and I don't blame him at all. One time she was ramming him with her shopping cart over and over! He looked helplessly confused as he couldn't get away, so he nipped at her arm as a warning and ran off looking really embarassed. She just laughed and laughed so obviously it didn't hurt at all. She calls him "EE- O"
Here she's literally bouncing up and down on him like an excercise ball.
She loves this big oaf and he's about 100 lbs heavier than she is. He has gotten a little grumpy with her but only a couple of times and I don't blame him at all. One time she was ramming him with her shopping cart over and over! He looked helplessly confused as he couldn't get away, so he nipped at her arm as a warning and ran off looking really embarassed. She just laughed and laughed so obviously it didn't hurt at all. She calls him "EE- O"
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Pillsbury Pictures
Here are pics from our 3rd annual Four-Family-Pillsbury-Trip. We go with 3 other couples to a house up at Lake Pillsbury every year. It started when Courtney and I were pregnant and Tyler was 6 months old. This year we had Ty, Caelen, Riley AND Austin. We had a lot of fun and it was really relaxing.
Caelen loved this little bug chair that stays at the house all year.
This is Caelen's new inflatable pool. There are tons of pics of the kids in this pool!
No she wasn't sleeping under the stars. She thought it would be fun to get in Austin's pack 'n play outside.
The guys love playing Holy Board (it's really fun) and here they are!
Proof that I was on the trip.
Here's Caelen, Tyler and Riley.... and just for fun, here they are almost a year ago during our August trip to Pillsbury!
Monday, June 02, 2008
The Good Stuff
One day when Missy is old and too big, I'll look back and remember with wonderful joy the days of "Watty Watty." This is Caelen's most favorite thing and it makes everything in her world all better. It means "Rocky rocky" and all it consists of is her sitting on my lap, facing me with her head on my chest and we rock in the rocking chair in her room. Or, if that's not handy, the big recliner in the living room works as well.
She requests it quite often throughout the day, usually after she takes a nap, or is sleepy or grumpy. If she falls down or hurts herself, she's recently started asking, "Watty watty?" through tears. It most certainly is required if she wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to be calmed down.
Tonight, for the first time, she requested it before she went to bed. She said night night to daddy, we turned down the lights and rocked. And she began just talking away. Telling me about everything that was going through her mind. Her favorite topics normally include the special people in her life, animals, and body parts or clothing. I loved it and could have done it forever but I'm trying to get her back on a normal bedtime schedule (which we have deviated from alot lately) so I put her down and didn't hear a peep from her after that.
She's stringing "sentences" together now. Today she waved at Gabbie and said, "See ya Body". And she was telling her, "No Body! No ball" today when Gabbie was trying to eat her ball. She'll say, "No Dada," when he's not behaving. ;) She's also beginning to get bossy! She'll point to the ground and say, 'Mommy!" when she wants me to stand right there. She'll gently push me away and say "No Mommy" if she wants me to move. It's really funny to have an 18 month old try and tell you what to do!
Her congestion and snot is back. It's been going on since February and I am so over it I about had a nervous breakdown this afternoon. She had so much snot, was super cranky, I was trying to get ready to go out with a girlfriend (which I eventually ended up cancelling only 1/2 hour before) I was trying to make mac 'n cheese, forgot and it boiled over, extinguishing the flame and filling the house with gas which I didn't smell until the whole house was full because we were in the back of the house. (At least my Carbon Monoxide detector didn't go off.) I turned it off, opened every window, got the fans going and went outside with her and she flipped out because she wanted to be inside. There she was with her snotty nose pressed up against the slider crying and crying. Finally we were able to go back in. I put her in the bath and she pooped. So Thomas scrubbed and bleached it and we tried again. After that the evening calmed down significantly, but I thought I was gonna lose it there for a minute because all that time, in the back of my mind is the looming trip that I have to get ready for. My house has be clean as someone lives here while we're gone, I have to do all the laundry, pack for Caelen and me, and buy all the groceries.
Jesus please give me peace! ;)
She requests it quite often throughout the day, usually after she takes a nap, or is sleepy or grumpy. If she falls down or hurts herself, she's recently started asking, "Watty watty?" through tears. It most certainly is required if she wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to be calmed down.
Tonight, for the first time, she requested it before she went to bed. She said night night to daddy, we turned down the lights and rocked. And she began just talking away. Telling me about everything that was going through her mind. Her favorite topics normally include the special people in her life, animals, and body parts or clothing. I loved it and could have done it forever but I'm trying to get her back on a normal bedtime schedule (which we have deviated from alot lately) so I put her down and didn't hear a peep from her after that.
She's stringing "sentences" together now. Today she waved at Gabbie and said, "See ya Body". And she was telling her, "No Body! No ball" today when Gabbie was trying to eat her ball. She'll say, "No Dada," when he's not behaving. ;) She's also beginning to get bossy! She'll point to the ground and say, 'Mommy!" when she wants me to stand right there. She'll gently push me away and say "No Mommy" if she wants me to move. It's really funny to have an 18 month old try and tell you what to do!
Her congestion and snot is back. It's been going on since February and I am so over it I about had a nervous breakdown this afternoon. She had so much snot, was super cranky, I was trying to get ready to go out with a girlfriend (which I eventually ended up cancelling only 1/2 hour before) I was trying to make mac 'n cheese, forgot and it boiled over, extinguishing the flame and filling the house with gas which I didn't smell until the whole house was full because we were in the back of the house. (At least my Carbon Monoxide detector didn't go off.) I turned it off, opened every window, got the fans going and went outside with her and she flipped out because she wanted to be inside. There she was with her snotty nose pressed up against the slider crying and crying. Finally we were able to go back in. I put her in the bath and she pooped. So Thomas scrubbed and bleached it and we tried again. After that the evening calmed down significantly, but I thought I was gonna lose it there for a minute because all that time, in the back of my mind is the looming trip that I have to get ready for. My house has be clean as someone lives here while we're gone, I have to do all the laundry, pack for Caelen and me, and buy all the groceries.
Jesus please give me peace! ;)
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