Mobile World

Things have been go go go lately so all I really have are my mobile photos, not the best quality but they do the job.

This is Lily playing Hide-n-seek , She really thought I couldn't see her! 

Took the kids to spangles one morning for breakfast 

Lily wanted some of Leo's sausage 

"NO WAY" he said

She was like "COME ON"

So what does he do? He spits it at her...end of pictures because he got in trouble. 

"Oh PWEASE can I have these talking planes!?

Swing time!

last week one of my diamonds fell out of my ring (gasp!) no worries it is protected and Lily helped me at ZALES getting it all shipped off to get replaced. 

She was caught feeding June! 

Since being potty-trained he doesn't get any milk after 8 SO now he has really mastered the "I need a little drink from the bathroom" right before bed. 

Making wishes in his underwear

Leo and I went to the store yesterday and these Elmo toys were on display Leo was very worried because "Mom! there is a boy stuck in that box with Elmo!!" "what are we going to do!?" hilarious.

Cute phases

My kids are in super cute phases right now that or I am just really emotional because everything they do right now I just want to squeeze them. If I could walk around with Leo recording all the things he says, believe me I would, he kills me sometimes with what comes out of his mouth.

Water spills on him from his drink "I'm melting, MOM!! I AM MELTING"

I started telling him a bedtime story the other night about Goldie locks and he interrupts me very bluntly "no no mom that is not a good story! Tell me about Leo being a king...now that is a good story!"

Not sure if I wrote this before but he has had several dreams where he is a train and he insists that the freight cars come out of his butt.

Me: Leo you can't climb in the freezer
Leo: How 'bout I use a stool, is that a good idea? 

He uses that "is that a good idea" to make his bad behavior look good. TOO SMART

We have been very busy lately and he has been spending more time with Grandma or even with Mike and whenever I come back even if it was for only 30 minutes he always has to give me a gripping hug and a long speech about "how he was so worried about me"

Lily has been talking, walking and changing very fast. We started her occupational therapy and it has made a HUGE difference, I really think she will be up to all the other 2 year olds by Christmas.

When she does walk across the room she gets so proud and started clapping "yey" before she is even done.

Her words right now are UP, DAD, OOPS, YUM, BEBE and of course "awe-ee" for Holly (Leo did the same thing)

She dances with her head and hands like a crazy fool so I can't imagine how she will dance when she is actually walking/running around.

Blurry but Leo is priceless

One of his favorite things to do right now is look at my pictures on my phone

Relaxing

So he thinks he can jump inside books and be part of the story...and yes he is naked.

Diamonds and Stones

Some days are harder than others that is for sure, I need my kids to know that even though I love them more than life itself that there are times that I feel like running for the hills screaming. The days that Leo decided to revert back in his potty-training and poop in my room while smearing it on the walls. The days that Lily won't stop crying or throwing a fit unless I give her 100% of my attention and carry her on my hip everywhere. The days that Mike comes home from work and doesn't say a word through dinner. Those times I feel like a failure and that I am the only wife and mother that just can't get it right BUT I know I'm not. I know there are other parents out there that scream into pillows when they have reached a breaking point, that there is a mom out there who is still potty-training their 4 year old and that took her kids to Wendy's for dinner just so she could enjoy a peaceful car ride drinking a diet coke.

I'm not perfect but I'm not a failure either. The last few days have been very rough to say the least but when Leo woke up last night around 3am just to come crawling into bed with us and he fell back asleep saying "I love you Mom" I just started crying because then I knew I must be doing something right. My Husband and my children are my life and they bring me so much joy. Lily's squinty smile and how she claps at everything bring me happiness. Leo's loving nature but wild side makes me proud. My hard-working husband who solely supports us without any complaints makes my life so complete I couldn't imagine doing it without him.

This morning I longed onto our family website and my Granddad posted with the title "some days are diamonds and some days are stones" He couldn't have wrote that on a more perfect day for me.

This post was not to complain but to simply say how some days are just rough but in the end it's all worth it because I wouldn't have it any other way.

Trying to take family pictures last week...yes we are going to re-do them ;)