it's going to be a good day.....

Today I feel like a Super Mom. I know I'm a Super Terrific Mom, but I'm talking about a SUPER MOM!!! You know the one who can do anything and be anywhere with the snap of her fingers.

I woke up this morning thinking to myself "just because Brian woke up at 5am, don't make it a bad day, it's going to be a good day". When I finally crawl off the couch 6am and somewhat coherent I realize Brian is coming down with something, so while I am getting myself ready I am having to deal with my soon to be sickly child. I again think to myself "it's going to be a good day".

I give Brian his medicine and I try and get ready for work. I get him settled with his cartoons and his sippy and I tell him "I'm going to go take a shower, you watch Manny and the Tools and I'll be back", his reply "OK". As I'm stepping in the shower Brian is yelling "MOM". I know that he is obviously up to something or has done something...but I scratch that out of my head cause HELLO, folks this is my son...He IS up to something and he HAS done something.

I am a champ on 5 minute showers in the morning, I can shave, shampoo and condition in 5 minutes. So I rush and out of the shower I fly.

I headed to the living room still hearing Brian yell "MOM".
He sees me and says "Hi Mom"
Me: "What's wrong Bubba
Brian: "Look" as he points to the couch
Me: "What did you do
Brian: "On blankie"
Me: "Whats on your blankie?"
Brian: "Milk" as he holds up his sippy with the lid off of it
Me: "Did you take the lid off?"...Stupid Question!!!
Brian: In the happiest voice you can imagine and snot running from his nose he tilts his head and raises his hands in the air and says........."YEAH!!!!!"

There I was this morning looking at the clock, 6:25am still wet hair and no clothes for him and I, standing there and telling myself "it's going to be a good day".

I hurry up and get dressed and do my hair than I get Brian dressed and i tell him "OK Bubba lets go to the bathroom and brush our teeth". he hops up and heads to the bathroom walking like he owns the joint (what am I saying...he does). He walks to the sink and lift him up and I grab his toothbrush and put some toothpaste on it. He grabs the toothpaste tube and before I could grab it he squeezes it and on my tank-top it goes. I grab some water and some soap and I scrub until it comes out.

After I drop Brian off at Day Care I get into work and all before 9am immediately I am hit with the following from the employees in my office...

• Kristin.....The Email fax is down
  
• Kristin.....The tray on the Copier isn't working
• Kristin.....The fridge isn't shutting because the freezer is iced over too bad
• Kristin.....The machine that is hooked up to the copier isn't working

All i can say is I feel like Super Mom...Not only am I a Mom to a 2 year old but I am a Mom to 6 individuals in my office ranging from 23 to 50+.

Not only am I a Mom, but I am a...

• Fridgerator Repair Girl
• Copier Repair Girl
• Fax and Email Repair Girl
• Chef (cooking dinner every night for 6 people)
• Personal Shopper (buying groceries every week for 6 people)
• Maid (cleaning up after 6 people every night)

So in the midst of it all I feel like a Super Hero (not as good as I thought it might feel). As I am telling my boss that I am not the Fridge Repair Girl he looks at me and says "Yeah but you're damn good at it...." That's just so reassuring (and I say that VERY sarcastically)!!!

Last but not least at 11am I am saying....IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY!!!!

Random Brian....

Wanted to show some pictures of Brian and what CRAZY things he does....and YES it's all him, nobody is telling him to do them.

So my mom bought these new fold up bags to carry her yarn in when she is crocheting, She unwrapped it and popped it up and was showing everyone. She put it on the floor and we went to chat about something else. About 10 minutes later I look over and Brian has balled himself up in the bag. He does this stuff ALL on his own.

Brian decided he wanted to be a big boy and take off him shirt all on his own. He kept saying watch me mommy, watch me. So as I'm standing there watching him he gets himself stuck!!!

He finally gets him shirt off and decides to take his pants off....this one he gets all on his own!! But why the heck does he want his clothes off????

YUP....so he can go Potty NAKED!!!! But wait there's more.... he runs around the house naked holding his butt...why you say...we'll the only logical answer I have come up with is that he thinks poop is going to fall out his butt if he doesn't have a diaper on. I have pictures showing this BUTT (get it....BUTT!!! ha ha ha) I don't think it's quite appropriate for my blog showing my naked son!!

Sunday Brian decided to take a cell phone antenna on one of my moms old cell phones and unscrew it and proceeded to stick it down his ear. YES, that is my son!! As you can tell I am SOOO proud :) If a child is going to do crazy things, it is going to be mine.

PAINTING....

Brian's wonderful sitter bought him a Turtle Bank to paint a few weeks back. So we decided about a week ago to pull it out and paint. Brian's first time with paint. Brian loves art...wonder who he gets that from :)

Brian did such a wonderful job and I was so proud of him for painting like a Big Boy. He had to make sure EVERY white part of the turtle was painted. After he was done painting his turtle (which he cried hen I took it away to dry) I let him paint on paper :) I love that he is so interested in coloring and drawing and now painting, all of those things are one of my passions in life, though I don't get to do it much unless I'm drawing or coloring with Brian. Glad he is taking an interest.

Fun Time At The Park

This weekend we had such a great time at the park. We were in McMinnville and there is a new park by my Aunt and Uncle house that not only Brian loves to go to but I love to go to. I wish they had a park like this when I was little.

Here's Brian and MacKenna playing on the slide.

Brian swinging...

Brian in the tunnel of the train...

Brian peeking through the hole....

Here's Brian Rock Climbing all by himself. He watched MacKenna do it and of course he wanted to be adventurous and do it all by himself.

As you can see we had a great time at the park and can't wait to do it again!!!

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday I had a convention to go to for work and one of the speakers was a friend of mine who every couple of month here and there as she use to work for the company I work for. I seen her before summer and she had mentioned to me her and her husband were having difficulties having a baby and they were in the process of adopting a baby from Hawaii. She and her husband are Hawaiian and this was wonderful for them. when I chatted up with her yesterday I asked her how everything was going with the baby and she said it fell through. My heart was breaking for her. She seemed great, but deep down you know better.

Had lunch with some friends today I hadn't seen in a really long time. One of them told me she was expecting (17 weeks along). I was so excited for her as her and her husband have been trying for a while from what I gathered. She was beaming and she was so happy as she mentioned this has been a great thing since she has had 3 miscarriages before.

Coming back to the office today and thinking about the past two days, it makes me more grateful for being able to have a normal pregnancy with the minor complications I did have. Being a parent is an amazing thing and an amazing accomplishment. It's so sad that some can have children and some can't. I won't say that I think every woman and man should experience pregnancy and parenthood by any means, but for most people I wish they could.

It baffles me some times when you see some of these drugged out people having children who shouldn't have children and than you see people like my friend who would be a wonderful mother and she either is having trouble getting pregnant or just flat out can't get pregnant.

Being able to get pregnant and have a handsome son, it makes me that much more grateful for what I do have. What an amazing thing it is, and what an amazing accomplishment. I don't think it being a parent gives your life purpose, because life in general is purpose, but it does give you a better sense of understanding life.

doodlebops VS. wiggles

VS...

Anyone who knows Brian can agree that he is a HUGE Doodlebops fan. He loves the Doodlebops. Anytime he gets a chance to watch TV he wants to watch his Doodlebops DVD.

This morning I thought I forgot to clean out my ears because I turn on the Disney Channel as I do every morning and he watches "Stanley" than "Handy Manny" and than "Doodlebops" this morning when the Doodlebops were about to start he freaked out on me. "NO MAMA, Wiggles".

Was I hearing things? Oh no, he repeated himself about 50 times while I am trying to convince him that the Doodlebops would be on in. I finally changed the channel to The Wiggles. Yes, he was a happy camper now.

I'm on the Max this morning trying to come to terms that Brian didn't want the Doodlebops, he wanted The Wiggles. I cant understand why the heck I am trying to justify the Doodlebops to The Wiggles. Both are equally annoying and both are equally creepy, but for a young child they are GOD and to me at times, Yes, they are a GOD sent.

So this morning, the Doodlebops lost and The Wiggles won. Maybe this is a new transition for Brian, maybe this is a new step in his life.....BUT maybe it's just me over analyzing it...YUP I think that's it :)

Mr. Independent

Brian has always been VERY independent through out his life, but the last few months has been another story...

He is even MORE independent. I hear all day "I do it".

• Brushing his teeth..."I do it"
• Brushing his hair..."I do it"
• Changing his clothes..."I do it"
• Putting his shoes on..."I do it" (and on the wrong feet most of the time)
• Pouring liquids into his sippy..."I do it"
• Buckling and unbuckling his car seat..."I do it"
• Pushing his stroller..."I do it"
• Turning on the TV..."I do it"
• Turning on his Doodblebops DVD..."I do it"

I am all about letting him do things on his own. I think it's so important for him to do them like a big boy, but I think I have created a monster in the sense that now I can't help him with virtually anything, except for wiping his butt. The luxury of doing that is oh so exhilarating!!

If I try and do something for him and he says "I do it", I usually let him do it, as it's a case of "picking your battle's", and with a 2 year old....this is so crucial.

Is it going to hurt him wearing his shoes on the wrong feet for a few hours, NO, it might be uncomfortable and look utterly ridiculous, but it's not hurting anything.

Is using the DVD player by himself a good idea, if he's by himself NO, but if I'm there watching him why the heck not let him do it? One less thing for me to do right?

Is letting him pour stuff into his sippy by himself a good idea? Probably not, but with my help it's OK, and if I'm there watching him who cares. He spills most everything he tries to pour, but why cry over spilled milk.

He's two and he is searching for his independence, he is searching and feeling for all the boundaries. There are certain things I don't let him do, but for the most part he can do it on his own. he has to learn sooner than later. I've even started letting him help me cook, he helps me pour the ingredients and stir...THAT'S IT!!!! :)

I am proud to have such an independent little guy!!!

ALS Walk

Sunday we had the ALS walk. My family and I did a 3.4 walk to help fight ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). What a great walk it was.

We had a great time. Brian had fun and enjoyed kicking back and watching everyone. we started at Omsi and walked to the Steel Bridge where we walked across it and than traveled down the waterfront and walked across the Hawthorne Bridge to end up at Omsi. It took us about 45 minutes to an hour to complete. YEAH FOR US!!!!

It was a blast and a great cause. Looking forward to next year. We will have t-shirts with Tim's picture on it for sure next year.

Pictures....

I was downloading pictures that I had on my mom and brothers camera this morning and my mom had pictures of Brian on her camera from a year ago....


It makes me so sad to look back and think, where the heck did time go? I use to sit and think gosh I wish he could walk, I wish he could talk, I wish he would hold his bottle on his own. I knew time would come when he would do all those things, I just didn't know how quick he would do those things and than some.

As a parent you don't realize how fast your children grow when they are that little. You take the things you had to do for them for granted and at one time in your life you look back upon pictures and you sit and think gosh I wish they could be so little again.

As I look upon newer pictures of Brian, I am amazed on how big he has gotten and how fast he has grown. It makes me want to savor every moment of him so when I look at pictures next year I can appreciate what I have done with him even more.

Labor day weekend was a good one for us....We went to Multnomah Falls and Bonneville Dam. For any parent who has little boys, boys in general, you need to take them to Bonneville Dam. It's free and so much fun. It's a beautiful place to walk around in and see tons of fish and very educational...better yet it's FREE!!!! Brian had a wonderful day and had such an amazing time.