Amazing Hubby

I have recently started working outside the home again which has meant adjustments for all of us. Most days I come home exhausted but as soon as I get home Brendan leaves for work which means that mom duty starts for me. I have been missing the boys while at work so when I come home I have been neglecting the extra cleaning in our house. Today I had to work 8-2 which again meant by the time I got home Brendan and I would be like ships passing in the night. However my husband is amazing today not only did he look after the boy but he did sooo much around the house. 

Hoping other families can relate to this.

He cleaned our house from top to bottom including kitchen dishes, room tidying, vacuuming the carpets, sweeping the floors, reorganizing the playroom (which was a disaster), and picking up all the baby toys and putting them away. Brendan also did all the laundry in our house which was an insane amount. I had done a lot of laundry but had not folded any of it. There were 3 loads of laundry that I had done but not folded plus he himself did another 5 loads. He took a picture and sent it to me at work of our entire dining room table covered in laundry needing to be folded. There was everything from personal loads for the 4 of us, linens, towels, diapers needing stuffing, and assorted stuff like dirty jackets and fabric for sewing projects. Brendan also made homemade apple sauce for Deagan and started supper for us. He did all of this only to then go and work an 8 hour shift at his regular job this evening and for that I am so grateful. 
With Brendan looking after all the household duties that needed to be I got to spend my night with the boys. I got to spend time with Deagan while he learned to furniture walk and I got to play games with Kyler. Kyler decided tonight that he was a doctor (using his doctors kit) and he gave me a full check up, he checked my throat, listened to my heart, took my temperature, and put a bandaid on the "owies" on my foot and after that was given a clean bill of health. Without having to worry about all the things that needed to be done around the house left me more time to play with my boys and I am truly thankful for that. 

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Giggles

Kyler loves being a big brother and loves to send as much time with Deagan as he can. When Deagan was little Kyler would sit beside him and hold his hand, pat his head, kiss his forehead, and tell him stories. Now that Deagan is older and can "play" Kyler loves to play with Deagan. Kyler plays peek-a-boo, ball, and cars with Deagan and loves to show him how to properly "play." Tonight Deagan started to get fussy so Kyler told me that he wanted to play "pop" with Deagan, with nothing else working I decided sure why not. Well it worked like a charm and put Deagan into fits of giggles. Kyler is such an amazing big brother and I love how much the boys love each other.

Growing Everyday

So after my post earlier about missing the boys while at work I thought I would post a proud mommy moment that happened with Kyler today. He has been turning in to such a little boy lately and not my baby/toddler any more. With Deagan changing so much lately I have hardly noticed how much Kyler is growing up as well. He is using the potty 75% of the time, helping with "chores" (he helped rinsed the dishes this morning), he is such an amazing big brother, and the conversations we have had with him are crazy. I don't feel like I'm talking to a toddler anymore and here's an example of a quick conversation we had this evening.

Kyler come up to me and says "momma I want to tell you a question" (how he starts a conversation when he wants your attention)
Me: "OK, Ky what is your question?"
Kyler: "P is for popcorn and O is for orange"
Me: :O "That's right Kyler! Do you know what cup starts with?"
Kyler: "C momma, like cupcake!"

Let me just say I had to pick my chin up off the floor

Miss 'em like crazy!!!

Yesterday was my first time working out of the house in over a year. If I didn't have to work I wouldn't because yesterday damn near killed me both physically and emotionally. Physically my body is not use to being on my feet for 8 hours straight any more, I'm using to being on the floor playing wit the boys. By the end of my shift my back was killing me, my feet were swollen, and my legs ached. I know it's just a matter of getting my body use to it again so it really doesn't bother me as much as the emotional pain I went through. It was the first time ever leaving Deagan for anymore than an hour and the first time Kyler is able to remember me leaving him to go to work. I had to be at work for 8 and Brendan needed the car that day which meant waking the boys up early. Deagan was okay with waking up early (he is very much a morning person)...Kyler on the other hand not so much. When I told him we had to get up and go for a car ride he flashed his eyes open at me only to notice that his room was till dark. To which he shouted at me, "THE SUN'S NOT UP YET!!! I'm still sleeping," rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. When I finally was able to got him out of bed and told him we had to take momma to work on came the tantrum. To top it off Kyler was, and still is, getting a cold and doesn't do so well when he has "boogers." All he wants to do is curl up in mommy's lap and read stories and watch tv, so not having his mommy was not making for a happy boy. When we finally got me to work I gave all my boys a kiss goodbye. Deagan just smiled (oblivious to what was going on), and Kyler screamed as I closed the door to the van. It took everything in my power not to just turn around and go back home. The work day was really slow and took forever to go by and all i could think about was how my boys were doing at home. I was hoping the Brendan was managing okay, that Kyler was feeling alright, and that Deagan wasn't freaking out because momma wasn't there (he is very much a momma's boy). When the shift was over I got changed as quick as possible and was out the door. When I got in the van Deagan noticed me and began to cry because I wasn't holding him and Kyler started shouting at me about everything he did that day. The car ride home is about 30 minutes and Deagan wouldn't stop crying so we stopped in at Walmart just so we could walk around a bit and I could hold him. As soon as I got him out of the car he clung to me, gripping my hair as hard as he could, screeching in my ear, and giving me those wonderful open mouth, slobber kisses. The rest of the evening I tried to get in as much play time as I could before bed. If there were enough hours in the day that I could work and sleep while my boys are sleeping I would because then I would never have to miss a moment. Suffice it to say I never realized how much quality time I am use to having with my boys. I missed them like crazy and I'm glad I only have to be away from them a couple of days a week for a max of 8 hours a day. I don't know what I would do if I had to work full time right now.

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Chinese Food

Wearing Poohpa's hat at supper.

After days of craving Chinese food I went out with the boys, my sister, and parents for dinner. We have a local family Chinese food buffet restaurant that my family has been going to since before I was born. The lady who runs the restaurant knows who we are and always comes by to say hi when we are there. Today was Deagan first time going and Mai (the owner) came over to oogle both Kyler and Deagan. She also proceeded told me the "grandparents love grandbabies so keep having babies." We also came to find that Deagan loves chow mein, fried rice, and the veggies from the beef and greens dish. Never have I seen him devour food so fast, and believe me he eats like a pig to begin with. The night would have been better had Brendan been able to join us but it was a fun night.

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Toddlers and Bleeding Noses

Sorry for no post yesterday but we were all running on very little sleep because Kyler woke up at 5:30 am with a bleeding nose. He doesn't get them very often but when he does you would think the world was ending. It's uncontrolable screaming and crying, while his nose gushes blood, and don't even think about trying to put a cloth near his nose. He starts screaming and freaking out because his nose is bleeding but refuses to let you get a cloth near it because he thinks you might wipe his face, god forbid. Well then his nose keeps bleeding not because it can't clot but because every time he starts to cry again he opens up the scab and the process starts all over again. We finally got his nose to stop bleeding at about 6:15am and get him calmed down, the only downside was by this time Kyler and I are both wide awake and he wants to go out and watch cartoons instead of going back to sleep (he usually sleeps till 9). So our day started 3.5 hours earlier than it usually does which screwed up every ones schedule and made for a very miserable toddler. By the time dinner time rolled around Ky was tired and all he wanted to do was have a bubble bath and go to sleep. Well just as I'm finishing supper and about to get Ky out of his clothes for a bath, the neighbour downstairs turn on the shower and uses up all the hot water (we share a water tank) which meant Kyler's bath was lukewarm at best. This made my already irritable child even more upset because he couldn't stay in the bath to play. I got him out of the bath and into bed and before I could finish reading books to him he fell asleep from such a long day. He went to bed at 8:15pm last night and woke up at 8:30am which made for a much happier boy this morning. It's a great reminder of the saying "tomorrow is a new day." Just because your not having the best of days doesn't mean it's the end of the world, just make sure when you go to bed to remind yourself that "tomorrow is a new day" and remember not to dwell on the little things. Sure we missed out on some sleep, the kids were grumpy (I'm sure Brendan and I weren't much better), and our routine got all screwed up. No big deal as long as you can try to stick with the same bedtime the next day will be right on track. :)

Nothing is Safe!!!

Proud mommy moment today, Deagan Has started pulling himself up on furniture and standing today. I guess that means dropping his crib height down so he can't pull up on that.
Here's a short video of me being able to catch this milestone :)

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