Laundry

A little note about laundry....

It seems as though with each kid you add to the mix it TRIPLES your laundry needs...why? I haven't quite figured that one out yet - all I know is that I'm doing a load a day and if I take a day "off" then I pay for it later! I just threw a load in the washer and see that I have a load of towels staring at me from the bedroom...hmmm didn't I just do a load yesterday?

I'll chalk it up to having a messy toddler and a spitter-upper baby! It is nice to see the pile of laundry temporarily disappear from the floor- and smell the scent dryer sheets and fresh blankets.

At times like these (when I feel like all I do is start/switch/fold/put away laundry/repeat) I am reminded of how blessed I am to have all that I have! I have a washer and dryer at my instant use; I have laundry detergent and dryer sheets in excess, and that I have clothes and blankets to wash! I am truly blessed and have more than I deserve!

LET'S GO DO SOME MORE LAUNDRY! WOO-HOO!

Face to Face

Bumbo chair + Judah + Ethan + markers = fun! Judah tried out his Bumbo chair the other day and both Judah and Ethan LOVED it! Judah enjoys being able to see what's going on more and Ethan enjoys to see Judah sitting up like a big-boy! Win-win for everyone:)
I love this picture of my two boys - I like to think they're having some deep, heart to heart discussion...

I have a feeling this wonderful Bumbo chair will be used more and more as Judah's neck gets stronger (he has a BIG head - I don't blame him for holding it all the time!)

Mother's Day

Happy (day late) Mother's Day! I had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday - my amazing husband created these "dollars" for me to use (effective date Today --> no expiration!). The one with Ethan's cute face on it is a "Day Dollar" that I can use for time away without either boy to do whatever! And the dollar with Judah's precious face on it is a "Diaper Dollar" that I can pull out when there's the occasional blow-out that I don't want to change! What a great gift:) I can't wait to use either of them (and I have like 15 of each!!!)

I woke up to the normal crying/hungry Judah but after feeding him I got to SLEEP IN! wow! and then at 7:30 (which IS sleeping in now) my 2 big boys (Joe and Ethan) came in carrying a tray of delicious breakfast food...Ethan on one end and Joe on the other (brave move Joe!) -- I was treated to a yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast and Juice:) My big boy Ethan ate with me in our room...in his highchair though - we didn't really want scrambled eggs in bed!

Also, on the tray there was a diaper that said "DO NOT TOUCH ME!" - I momentarily thought Joe had given me a dirty diaper..then realized I was about to have a DIAPER FREE DAY! woot woot! What a nice break for a stay-at-home-mom with 2 kids in diapers!
The bucket with flowers is from my dear Ethan - he did a little art project on Mother's day afternoon with his other cousins...too cute! It melted me heart to see him walk up to me holding the flowers with a big proud grin on his face! awwhh.

So, I had breakfast in bed+no diaper day+cute flowers from Ethan+coupons for kid-free-time+coupons for dirty-diaper-help+so much LOVE from my family! WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY! Oh and I even got a little mommy's stash of delectable chocolates to boot!

Leap Laugh Love Learn (and repeat)

This afternoon was quite the afternoon. whew. As soon as a looked away for a second mr. Ethan got into some sort of mischief... here's a selection of mischief he achieved for your enjoyment:

I was gifted some chocolate today as an early Mother's Day gift (yumo!) and Ethan discovered it...

He then brought me to the table and showed me how he climbed up on the chair and reached into the ever tempting box of chocolates - he was able to open the individually wrapped pieces too!
He wasn't too pleased with me after I took away his chocolate fun... don't worry he found more mischief to get into within a few minutes!

I was sitting on the couch cuddling (a very crabby) Judah when I looked down and saw Ethan's hands:
uh oh mom. Ethan had discovered my stamping kit and somehow managed to open it and get into the contents...how fun. This is the mess he made:
After cleaning up his hands and the mess on the floor I smelled an odor...a disgusting odor...."Ethan did you poop?" "NO NO NO" --- I don't know WHY anyone would want to stay in a diaper like that...ick. So, I changed his diaper and found this stray stamp mark:
You just have to laugh right? ha ha ha:)

This afternoon I go to LEAP from my chair (to prevent further chocolate consumption or ink destruction), LAUGH at the mess that was made, LOVE the little mr. that was responsible, and LEARN that my almost 2 year old is getting more curious (and to not leave sweets or ink accessible!)

New View

Last night my little Judah discovered rolling (back to front) - he loves this new position and the new view it gives him. He'll just lay there on his tummy with his head up and look around - taking everything in! He's been working on his back -> front roll for a while now and last night when he FINALLY did it the look on his face was PRICELESS! He rolled over - picked up his head - looked right at me and SMILED so big I thought his face would brake! I could see in his happy eyes him saying, "look at me mom! I did it! I did it!". Now, there's no stopping him - you put him on his back (like most people do with babies) and within 30 seconds he flips his cute little self over.

Today he realized he can connect his rolls and go back -> front then front -> back...uh oh. Watch out - here comes another mover!! Bye bye to the simplicity of putting Judah down and knowing he will be there when I come back...Hello to keeping the floor clean(er) and rolling around! Whew - time flies. I feel like I just gave birth to this little man yesterday!