Her big heart rears again..

She is such a good kid. She just came into my room and told me she wants to get her sister a dollhouse for her birthday. She said it will probably take all she has in her piggy bank and asked me to help her open it? I asked her if she was sure she wanted to spend all her money ona gift for J. She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "Of course, she is my sister." WOW! Selfish me.

My mode..

Well I guess I am in party planning mode. We had planned on having J's birthday party on Nov. 8th but for logistical reasons had to change it to the 1st! I have like a week. It goes against Chris' cardinal rule of not having celebrations before the milestone is achieved but what can we do!

I went to get my nails filled today while Hannah was in school and just took Justyce. She screamed and screeched the first 20 minutes. Then a nice lady who was waiting for her highlights to process offered to hold her. She picked her up and J kept launching at me. I finally took her all while getting my nails done still because she was getting to be too much for the lasy to contain. When I got her she looked at the lady and laughed and clapped. She is such a brat sometimes and she gets away with it cause she is cute. That is going to haunt us one day...

FINALLY! A real word..

Justyce finally says something other than "huh" on a consistent basis. She now says "dada," all the time. Yesterday while he was on speaker phone I had her talk to him and she said "hi dada." It was the most precious thing ever. She is getting so big and smart. I can't believe she will be one in less than a month.

The sickies continued...

So we went and saw our beloved Dr. Gabrielsen and J-Baby has an ear infection- an extra inflamed ear infection. She got a shot of antibiotics at the office that the nurse said would sting and be very painful. We also got antibiotics to start tomorrow. The poor baby can't get a break. I don't know how I am going to get them in her since she is refusing all food and drink. We are supposed to give her 1 tablespoon of liquids every 20 minutes until her appointment tomorrow. By then he wants her to have had 36 ounces. I don't recall a day every she has had 36 ounces! Keep J-baby in your thoughts. She needs them.

The sickies...

Justyce has the sickies. We are off to the doctor this afternoon. She hasn't thrown up since Saturday but she is now refusing both formula and pedialyte- from either a bottle or sippy. All she wants to do is sleep and not pee. I feel so bad for our little woman. She has had a rough road.

Markets...

Is it so horrible that everyday when I see the markets crashing I breathe a sigh of relief that I no longer work in the investment world. I can just imagine the tension and the stress of having to explain to your clients about their losses. I worked in investments at a good market time and I still hated the stress of explaining losses- even though usually it was in a particular market sector.

On that note- I haven't logged into any investment accounts of ours. I don't want to know. Ignorance is going to be my bliss. The ecoomy is cyclical. The economy is cyclical. The economy is cyclical. That is my chant. H and J- I cross my fingers we (as a world economy) can get out of this mess and you will have money for college. If not, Hannah you would make a lovely artist and Justyce have fun in the circus. :)

My Wonderful Hubby...

My husband, Chris, is taking a big leap and running for union VP of his arena at work. The girls and I are so proud of him. We are proud of all the growth he has made in the last few years. He has become so centered on helping people and making the world a greater place to call home. We are so happy he is the leader of our family. Good luck babe! You're the best person for the job. kawaforscreening.blogspot.com

You would think....

You would think that after doing my own laundry for more than half my life (yep folks, I started doing my own laundry at 12. Make note for your own offspring.) I would remember to close the lid when I start a load. I went to wash my uniforms this morning- yes, I wait til the morning of my first day back at work to launder my uniforms- and low and behold when I went to put them in the dryer at the absolute last possible minute to be dry on time- I forgot to close the lid. So they are not only not dryed, but also not washed.

What a great start to the work work! At least I have off Friday for Michelle's bachelorette party. I get to go out with girls, have drinks, and not have a child or two for my extremities! I am stoked- for myself as well as Ty and Michelle. :)

Which remind me I need to get the girls some dresses for the wedding. I am tempted to have Hannah wear last year's Christmas dress. It's not too holiday-ish. Its cream and forest green. No red. Or Hannah can get a cardigan for one of her sleeveless dresses. Justyce for sure needs a new dress. She doesn't have a dress that isn't sleeveless and I doubt I could convince her to wear a cardigan. She would just want to eat it no matter how much logic I try to instill.

So I decided I need to be more frugal. Our goal is to have me no longer working fulltime by January that way I can go to school. If anyone has any tips on how to make it on one or one and a half incomes I would love to hear them. I need all the advice I can get!

HUH?

That is all Justyce says. She will start making other noises and we start to think she may bless us with another attempt at a work and all we get is "huh." It doesn't sounds like a question either; just a statement. Yesterday we went to Ikea and Chris and I were talking to her and she started to make the mmm sound. I was thinking mama was to follow. All we got was
"mmmmhuh." Seriously?

We have a fun trip to Ikea. Anytime we go there we spend hours without realizing it. Yesterdays tally was 4 hours. It was ridiculous. We got a lot of stuff though. We went to get some stuff to help organize the play room. We purchased some organizers- now we just have to actually go in and organize the beast. That is on tomorrow's agenda. We will see if we actually do it.

Little Blossoms

This year is going by so quickly. The greatest thing about this year for me has been watching the relationship between Hannah and Justyce blossom. I know they are going to be the best of friends. They play, antagonize, and love on each other all day. Hannah is so sweet with J. There was a time right after Justyce was born that I wasn't sure the relationship would ever evolve. Hannah coped by ignoring Justyce for the first month of her life.

Justyce worships Hannah. She gets so sad when we drop Hannah off at pre-school. It breaks myheart. She is ecstatic when we pick her up though. Somedays she fights her nap just so she can see her sister.

Today at breakfast they we so funny together. Justyce has a playfulness about her that is greatest when she is with Hannah. On a darker note, I know if something were to ever happen to Chris and me they have each other. That gives me a comfort I never knew I could find.

So....

I have decided to get us a little home of the web. I need to start chronicling our daily thoughts and adventures with these amazing princesses we have been blessed with. They challenge and fill us with happiness every day. I CANNOT imagine our world without them. Hannah is becoming such an inquisitive, miniture adult. She is learning to read and her logic astounds me everyday. Justyce has bloomed into such a spitfire. She is going to be the one to give me gray and cause Chris to bald.

I am hoping I am dedicated enough to ramble here on a daily basis. Wish me luck.