Walkin and Talking

Man how that little man of mine can get around! He zooms all around the house now. His favorite thing to do is shut doors. Mostly he shuts himself in a room and cries for us to open the door again! He's been climbing in the fridge (see Facebook), climbing in his rocking chair, climbing the stairs...sense a theme??

He pretty clearly has been intentionally saying mama and dada, as well as 'dak' for dog, 'dat' for cup, and 'nuh nuh' for his elephant lovey (which Ryan says is because we say night night when we give it to him). We've still be using some baby signs with him - eat, more, all done, milk are ones he can do when he wants something. Making it a little easier than just his pointing and grunting.

k mae designs is going well for me - I'm pretty busy this time of year with lots of people thinking of holiday gifts. I'm also going to do piano lessons with my friend April's little girl after Thanksgiving. We'll see how that goes!

Ryan's been on a kick getting some odd jobs done around the house which makes me very happy! That's about all that's new with us :)

Save It In A Bottle

Today is one of those days I wish I could bottle up and save for later. I'm having a great-feeling-like-Supermom kind of day. Got the kids up and ready for the day, Natalie was happily doing all her chores this morning. Got her off to school, then took Jacob and I to the gym. I did my hour of body pump and Jacob stayed in childcare sans screaming. Then it was off to Walgreen's to get this week's deals. I went in early to school to get a still-happy Natalie who was listening well and spelling words for her teacher. Then we stopped at Mc Donald's to pick up lunch for her classmate who was at home with a broken femur. After a mostly happy visit with April and Blane we headed home where I got not one, but TWO kids down for a nap. THIS NEVER HAPPENS. So, got the house cleaned up for Bunco, chicken had already been cooking in the crockpot. Took a shower, did some more cleaning. Washed the cloth diapers, started the dishwasher, used the carpet cleaner on a spot in the basement. Even got the Palmolive bottle of the counter and used it to fill up the built in dispenser on the kitchen sink (would you know I lived here over a year and just now thought to do that???). Looks like when both kids wake up we will still have time to go buy 3 prizes for Bunco tonight, take Natalie to dance from 5-545 and get home just in time for Ryan to get home from work to take over so Bunco can start at 630. OH - did I mention I even took a shower and got dressed???? Now I'm blogging in a clean, dark, quiet kitchen with a cup of coffee and smelling my delicious salsa chicken for our quesedillas tonight. Life is good!

Now, keep in mind Ryan is working 12 hour shift from today until next Thursday. So I will need to break open this bottle in a few days when things start to fall apart. But today, Monday, is a great great day.

By the way, maybe I'm happy because Halloween is FINALLY over. I mean, it's fun and all. But we had a class party, a friend's party, 2 Jacob birthday parties that were sort of Halloween related, a festival, and trick or treating. I am tired of candy, I am tired of dressing kids up. Thank goodness it's over!