yub, sweet yub

ella kate 'yubs' everything these days! she and josiah are really into music and dancing, and we have several cd's and dvd's that they sing along and dance to. one of which, happens to be barney! i know, i know... what i am doing.. allowing my kids to watch the big, purple dinosaur.. but they really like him! infact, tonight in the car, ella kate said, "momma, i yub barney! he's sweet!" then she proceeded to say, "i yub boys and girls, i yub da moon, i yub fren fries, i yub jesus... etc" basically, whatever came to her sweet little mind, she 'yubbed!" so, i told her that i loved her.. and she said, "no, my not yub you right now!" i was heart broken!! where did she get that from?!? then she told me to cry, so i played along and whimpered a little bit, and from her little seat in the back, i heard, "it's ok momma.. i yub you! you gonna be alwight!!"

pooped!

as i have mentioned earlier... my life is pretty routine! i start my day around 8:30 or 9:00, whenever the babies wake up, feed miley, change a poopy, eat breakfast, watch playhouse disney, change a poopy, lay miley back down, play downstairs, change a poopy, get the babies dressed, send ek and jos to their room to play by themselves, i get a bath and get dressed, feed miley, change a poopy, eat lunch, play some more,change a poopy, ek and jos NAP TIME, one on one with the squeaker, lay her down, i get to relax... (and fold laundry, clean up toys, clean kitchen, etc...) babies wake up, change a poopy, eat a snack, feed miley, play outside, wait for daddy to come home, change a poopy, cook supper (if i actually cook anything..), lay miley down, DADDY'S HOME, eat supper, change a poopy, ek and jos play with daddy, i clean up some more, feed miley, change a poopy, bath time, bed time, take the trash out...by this time, it is 7:30 and i am pooped!! but i then hang out with daddy, go to bed and start all over again tomorrow!

here is a pic of ek during her 'room play time!!" i didn't hear her playing as usual so i go and peek in to check on her...she never falls asleep then, but looks like she was pooped too.. didn't even fully get on the bed:)

today was quite busy..

so today i woke up not feeling quite the best... and i guess the lord knew what i needed to give me a little boost! this morning was rough, i was in yucky mood (so ready for this gloomy weather to pass!!), and the babies seemed to constantly bicker at each other, and sweet little miley, who NEVER makes a sound, was needing some mommy time.. and i just wanted to plug my ears and crawl back in bed!! i was even tempted to stick my babies on the front porch with a sign saying, FOR FREE!! just kidding :) lucky for them, (and me)...i said a little prayer calmed down a bit and was able to have some fun with them this afternoon.. ella kate says the darndest things and makes me laugh so easily:) after they woke up from their nap, the sun somewhat came out, and we were able to go outside and play. we have a ginormous swingset in the back, that my amazing hubby and bro-in law set up last year, but we recently had some trees cut down, and the back yard is atrocious!! so i grabbed a baby doll stroller, some sidewalk chalk and ek's new dora bike and we headed out the front door to play in the driveway! we drew a few scribbles and ek, jos and baby reindeer went to wal-mart and went 'shoppin' at the star'.. it was so cute! josiah apparently pooped b/c i heard ek say, "SHOOO-EEEE 'siah! you stink!!" that was his 3rd one of the day! (and that is normal! ) they were having the most fun playing together.. until a train came!!! we live right infront of some railroad tracks and that thing is SUPER loud if you are outside. and sure enough ella kate had a COW when it tooted his whistle! josiah kept on playing like nothing was going on.. but ek had huge crocodile tears and all. i tried to tell her that the train was nice, and was going bye-bye... that it wouldn't hurt her. it was almost immediately that she took ownership of that thing! soon after... it was ELLA KATE'S choo -choo! she told me that it was sweet and it was pink! then, she was fine! so next time that we are outside and the train comes, i will have to remind her that it is just her sweet, pink choo- choo that is going bye bye!after we played, we came inside to eat supper. bill has a meeting and wont be home til later, so i didn't cook anything... and was just gonna throw something together! i decided to make a fried bologna sandwich with cheetos and applesauce (yummy huh??) so i handed the babies their sandwiches, only to hear ella kate say,"hmmm.. lets see here.." she picked it up and studied it as if it were a foreign object to her. (we have had these several times before) she took a big bite and said, "yum momma!! my yike it! it's delicious!!" so i replied... "oh yeah?? i am so glad you like it! you are so sweet to be eating your sandwich." "no, momma ella kate's not sweet... my's a big girl!!" so we were going back and forth like this throughout supper. josiah decided to shove his whole sandwich in his mouth and it must have hit his hangy-ball or something b/c he gagged himself!! ella kate looked at him and said, "goodness 'siah, be careful buddy! you gonna choke all day!"

josiah's tub time..

ever since he was a newborn, our sweet little josiah has had a little problem.
everytime...(well, atleast 9 times out of 10),that he gets into our bathtub.... he POOPS! i dont know if the hot water hitting his little hiney just relaxes every hiney muscle that he has, or what... but it sure is disgusting! i am not sure which is worse though..... him pooping in the tub or ek catching the floaties in her little tea cup!! last night, i heard something worse... "EWWW... GROSS.... i got poopy on my finger!!"

so mature..

ella kate is hot stuff! she somehow thinks that she has it going on... she can be the sweetest, kindest, biggest helper of a kid... but in the next breath she can put you in your place! she is so much lik her daddy.. they make me smile! tonight we went to run some errands and josiah was a little restless in the backseat.. ella kate reached for him and gently said, "it's ok 'siah, we almost there!" sweet girl... and poor little bubba had had enough of that carseat... we had ran errands all afternoon and i dont blame him for wanting to get out! we have a dvd movie thing in the car and it is a lifesaver in moments like that. you can pop in a praise baby, a baby einstein or barbie (yes... our sweet bubba loves him some barbie!!) and all is quiet in the backseat! but tonight, when the movie finished.. i think it was barbie christmas... ella kate told me, "momma... it's over, turn it off!! momma, the movie is over.." we have it plugged in up front next to us, so i reached and pulled out the cord to shut the dvd system down and ek said, "good girl, momma.. good girl!" bill and i just chuckled..

we are so blessed to have such a tight knit family. and our babies loves them so much! my sister lauren is yaya and erin is aunt AIR'n... so cute!! we also have a unk eck (uncle eric), mimi (who josiah renamed nini this week) and a poppa:) they are great!! yaya and josiah have a special bond.. always have, always will!! of course, ella kate loves yaya, but no one loves her more that sweet 'siah! and aunt AIR'n is extra special to ella kate these days b/c she has a cute little accessory.. baby eve!! but it seems like lately, ella kate has felt the need to put yaya in her place. one sunday afternoon at mimi's, ella kate apparently sassed off at me and i was unaware. but, lauren heard it and thumped ek on the head. she looked at her like she had lost her mind and said, "yaya... dont hit the head!!! understand?!!?" and this week, we were trying to round up our brood to get in the car and ek takes a squat in the front yard. you all know what that means....she has on a pull-up but apparently it is too late, so we give her a few minutes to wrap things up:) josiah didn't mind waiting on her, he just ran up and down the sidewalk and tripped and fell, and ran some more.. if we didn't hurry, he was gonna be dirty in no time.. such a boy! so, knowing that, lauren is trying to get her inside to changer her, but ella kate puts her hand up and says something like, "stop yaya, i am POOPIN'!!!"

it's a wonderful life..

last night, bill was at the chick-fil-a bowl watching tech get whooped... and i was at home ringing in the new year with the babies... not really, they went to bed at 7:) anyways, ella kate had gotten this princess inflatable chair for christmas and she was begging to open in up. so i brought in into josiah's room and attempted to pump it up. it came with a little pink plastic accordian looking pump that was very cheaply made and didn't put out much air at all.. the chair was pretty small, but after i saw that the pink pump was a piece of junk, i tried to blow it up myself.. but was getting nowhere. i remembered that bill had an electric pump, so when i found it i decided i would give it a whirl.. i hooked it up and turned it on, and it was much louder than i remembered!! it scared poor bubba to death, he was trying to get away but his itty bitty legs couldn't scurry him out of the room fast enough!! it was so cute that i even chuckled a bit:) i went and found him in the living room and his little heart was just a racing.. poor thing! so i got the chair up and covered in the princess "get-up" and ella kate said, "oh momma, it's wonderful!!" she clapped her hands and started jumping up and down in delight! very dramatic.. but very cute!! her jumping didn't cease though, and within the first 30 seconds, she had busted her chair! i knew that thing was cheap!! but i did manage to get a cute picture..

birthday helper

happy new year everyone!! i cannot believe that 2009 is already here... everything seems to go by so much faster the older that i get! i turned 25 on tuesday and i just feel soooo old! maybe it is because i got married in '05, had a baby in '06, a baby in '07 and a baby in '08... those can take a toll on a person!! :) but i do have an amazing life and the Lord has truly blessed me far more than i could have ever imagined!! i am so thankful!
so with my birthday being this week, bill and ella kate got to spend some special time together. they went on a date to shop for my birthday present, and that girl loves to shop!! she loves walmart, kroger, "bays" r us.. you name it:) but her all time favorite is 'the star'!! oh how she loves shoppin' at the star, which happens to be macys:) bill and i like to take the babies to the mall and walk around. they enjoy people watching and we enjoy just getting out of the house. but everytime we go to the mall, we park at macys and the macys big red star gets ella kate squealing and cheering as soon as she spots it! "hurray for the star!!" so one night i was at home with sweet bubba and squeaker and they went off to find the perfect present at the star.. they ended up buying me this dress that is just so 'me'! i saw it a couple weeks ago and thought that it was so cute, but it was more money than i would spend on a dress for myself, so i didn't think about it again, but my sweet husband did and he bought it! when i opened it, ek was so excited and said, "i got that for you, you look like a pwincess momma!" she is a doll..they also had some special time making me cupcakes.. she is such a helper and LOVES being a bill's little shadow! and josiah and i loved eating the funfetti masterpieces! they turned out so yummy! i had a great bday:)