Well I wish I had a great excuse to give you as to why I have written in what 11 months....no good reason just laziness AND my computer is as slow as molasses!! I want to add pictures to my posts and it takes so long to upload a picture I could have written 10 posts. Anyway, moving on!
Our little family of 4 doesn't feel so little, especially when we are driving in our Toyota Echo. I do love our car ( her name is Dot), but I dream about the day when we will have a bigger vehicle. Oh it will be luxurious, or just a bigger space to make messy! Haha!
Here's a little update on the kidlets....I know it's not a word. autocorrect wanted to change it to kidneys, but let's all be happy I don't have to update you on those!
Okay so first up is Adelade. she is now 3! Do you realize this means I've been a parent for THREE YEARS! It's madness I say. I definitely don't feel mature enough to have 1 kid let alone 2!
So Adelade is such a little person, the other day I had a full conversation with her on the phone. I was in shock when I hung up the phone. She even said "I love you" without me having to tell her too. It was very sweet.
Adelade love LOVES LOVES to not wear clothes....I thought she'd grow out of it, but not yet! Knowing her love to be in her birthday suit all the time (underwear on obviously), and her equal love for wearing. Princess dresses, we have come to the compromise that she at least has to put on her princess dress after breakfast, and that a blanket is not suitable attire when people are over. It's a work in progress, but hey she's in the comforts of her own home so why not. I'd just like a few pictures of her to be with clothes on.
Adelade is quite the chatter box. She loves to talk, and giggle and talk, and then have the occasional impromptu dance show that consists of her standing and singing the same 4 words as she twirls and then bows. It is really cute....even after 50 shows.
I love seeing her grow up and learn and ask me things. I am usually taken back at least once a day by something she says or does. It amazes me how well she can remember some of the things I say.
She also loves to watch TV, who doesn't.
Adelade is also very forgiving. Many times after I have apologized to her for getting upset or raising my voice she will lean into me and give me a hug and say "it's okay Mommy, you not mean to". Seriously how cute.
During the summer Adelade realized that she did not have any sisters after her cousins had come to visit. She has a lot of cousins, girls and boys. After they left she kept asking for her sisters. We had to tell her that they were her cousins, and they technically weren't her sisters ( I didn't want to open the whole earthly sister/ heavenly sister can at that very moment) and that she only had a brother. She was pretty disappointed and quickly asked to have a sister and that she wanted 3. I started to laugh and said "we'll we shall see--- it's not as simple as placing an order of 3 sisters,but we will see". She's asked many times since for a sister. I guess Bentley just isn't cutting it!! (and no this isn't an announcement....it's just a funny story)
Adelade loves to eat spinach and broccoli and carrots---oh and she LOVES PEAS!!!.... Okay that was a complete lie she can barley stomach any of those foods. Actually she did just eat a veggie lasagna that had all of those things in it. She's getting better. If she had her way she would eat peanut butter and jam wraps everyday with bananas and oranges and pomegranate.
Her hair is finally long enough to put in ponytails and small...very small braids. It's fun...except the whole crying part because I'm hurting her. Pain is beauty sista!! Joking joking...though when you have oatmeal stuck in your hair I'm pretty sure it's going to hurt to brush out, it's kind of a given. She has gotten better at keeping her food out of her hair, now that I think about it.
Adelade loves her brother, though she wants a sister, 3 to be exact she loves her little Benty bear. We all do, actually I'm pretty sure people that just meet him love him. He's that cute. It is mostly because his face lights up into this huge grin and it makes you love him. He's got 4 teeth, I think...maybe a few more....but mainly 4. Two of which are top notch front teeth. They are so funny looking it's adorable. Combined with his crazy Einstein hair that I never do...ever. He can pretty much make any outfit I puton him look cute. Perhaps it's his gift. Cuteness.
Okay enough about Bentley's cuteness. He is also a very happy and a very unhappy 1 year old. He can smile and laugh and have the time of his life, but once you take him off the table or off from on top of the piano or take the phone, iPad, computer, knife, bead, etc away from him, he losses it....seriously losses it-it's like his life is over and well really his life is longer (especially in that knife scenario). He is driven by his emotions at this stage of the game. He loves to walk, it's really more of a toddle, all around the house while holding a remote or toy car to his cheek as he babbles away. Oh did I mention he is really good and saying the word " dada" and absolutely awful at saying " mama" maybe he's waiting for my birthday because he doesn't know what to get me.
Bentley is a pretty good eater, he's adamant on feeding himself though. Some days I feel like I blinked and my baby turned one (now he's almost 15 months--whoa!! Slow down time) It goes by really really fast.
Lastly one thing about Bentley that is really odd/unique/not normal for babies is he likes men. Like a lot! I remember hearing that kids tended to be more comfortable around women. Yah, no- not Bentley. He will gladly sit with a man he's just met at church then with me. I'm not sure how I feel about it. This has happened most weeks at church where he will make friends with a man during the Sunday school lesson and even walks to him over me. One time a husband tried to hand him to his wife and Bentley didn't want anything to do with her, he just wanted the husband. He's a guys guy I suppose, maybe that's why he can't say "mama" yet.
I sure love my little ones, they make life fun and exciting and exhausting all at the same time.
Matthew is doing good at being a husband, friend, Dad, student and homemaker. He is working hard at Mount Royal University and has 1 more year of his current program before he can apply to get his teaching degree. There are still a number of years of school in our future, but it all pays off in the end. Right? Please say I'm right. When he's at school I'm at home with the kids, and when he's home I'm either at home too or working. We are getting better at juggling our schedules and trying to balance it all. I am working as a personal trainer, it is going well. I love helping people lead healthier lives. It is still a struggle to leave my kids to go to work, but I know it's what I need to do for our family. I am grateful I get to do something I love to do while helping to support our family.
Well I think that's enough for tonight.
Take care friends--Angela is signing off.
