I've got a bad case of them. I think that there are a multitude of reasons/excuses that I can come up with not to create a new post. Let's see....
My camera is dead...it died a couple of weeks ago on the sledding hill, and I'm just so bummed about it. One of the main reasons I like to keep my blog is to show current pictures/videos of the kids. Without a camera, it's kind of hard to get the motivation, ya know?
Facebook. If you are on it, you know what I'm talking about, if not, you need to get on it...and be my friend too! :)
I'm exhausted...I'm really just feeling so tired lately. Not sure what the story is, probably just the winter blues, but I'm sick of it, nonetheless.
So there you have it....my reasons/excuses for being such a bad blogger (even though I'm sure there are a bunch more). I'm gonna try to do a better - I promise...I think...:)
Last night, I made Tortilla Soup for dinner. Ryan and I love avocados, and I was putting some in the soup. Owen saw it, and asked me what it was, and from then on, he kept on saying "I don't like abocabos!" It was the cutest thing. I had to get it on video. At first he wouldn't say it, but then I had to bribe just a little bit! ;)
We had been talking to Owen about getting rid of his "pappy" (pacifier) for quite some time now. He was VERY attached to it. His pappy and nigh-nigh (blanket) went everywhere with us. It was a huge security for him to have it at his side at all times. If he hurt himself, he didn't come to mommy first - he'd find his pappy and nigh-nigh, and all would be right with the world. To say that he loved it would be an understatement.
Almost exactly two years ago - we took away Brett's "patchie." It was no easy task, and the thought of doing it again made me cringe. Ryan had been telling me for awhile that it was time to get rid of it, but I always had an excuse as to why I wasn't going to do it just yet. I knew it had to be done, I just didn't want to endure what we went through when we took away Brett's patchie. Owen had always said that if Santa brought him a flashlight for Christmas, he would throw his pappy in the trash. (He will probably keep his nigh-nigh forever, he loves that thing :))Because we were going to the waterpark right after Christmas, I decided I would just get a flashlight, and give it to him when we came back. I didn't want to deal with the 4 hour drive each way, and then the sleeping at night. See what I mean - excuses, excuses... Christams Eve day we lost the pappy. The one and only pappy that he liked. Nap time came around and we couldn't find that thing anywhere! I told him that he was going to have to go to bed without it, and he said, "It's O.K., I don't need my pappy anymore - Santa's going to bring me a flashlight tonight at the party!" (Santa comes to the family party) He went down for his nap PERFECTLY! Never even asked for it! When he woke up he said, "O.K. - let's get ready for the party - Santa's going to bring me a flashlight!" Right then, I realized, I have no flashlight for Santa to give him! You can bet that I ran out to Walgreen's to get the flashlight. Unfortunately, earlier that week we had an ice storm that left many people without power. I went to three stores, and finally found something that somewhat resembled a flashlight - not quite, but he sure was happy with it, and it worked...
So Santa brought Owen a flash light, and we've barely heard another word about "pappy." Naps and Bedtimes have been a breeze - the trip to Wisconsin Dells was a breeze...the whole thing was just SOOOOOO easy!!! And Thank Goodness, because I don't think I could handle another little boy who was so sad to give up his favorite thing - like Brett was...
So, two days after Christmas, we went up to Wisconsin Dells for our annual trip and stayed at the Wilderness Waterpark Resort. So fun!!! Again, I'm just going to document our time with a video montage, because I just don't have the time to upload my pictures onto Blogger - besides - the pictures and video pretty much speak for themselves. :)
I'm so behind on my posting - just so busy lately. I've come to love One True Media though - it tells my story without me having to type anything! :) So, here's Christmas Morning...in pictures and video...
