Keira: 2013 Sayings

Keira 2013sayings


02-16-13
Keira sayings:

Everything fresh: like big brieves ( breaths)

We are all sinners-  she told this to Rachel, her babysitter.

"Daddy get a woof dog with triangle ears": She knows Daddy wants a husky. 

08-26

34 lbs. wants to be a fairy or teacher when she grows up, so she can tell kids what to do. 

12-01
Wants to be a zookeeper. So she can see animals be born and die and touch there fuzzy ears.

Lainey: 2013 Sayings

Lainey 2013 sayings:

August/ 20 months
Wants you to sing amazing grace and Jesus loves me and goes right now. Plays happily in crib in morning.

21 months:

"I HUNGY!!"

"Too"- her response when you say "I love you"

"Hep u" -her way of saying "help you" when she wants help. Bc I always say to her "do you want me to help you?"

Key-wa- "Keira"

"Nigh-nigh"!!! When she is tired.

"Oh-URT"- to request yogurt, her favorite food, usually first thing in the morning.

***she also Loves oatmeal for breakfast***

"Daddy??" - she will say this when she wonders where he is/if he is at work.

"No!!!"- she can hold her own when Keira and her fight over toys.

She will want me to hold her and will wrap her arms around me and pat my back and say "mama, mama", or lay her head of my chest and say the same thing. She is definitely a mamas girl. :)

23 mo: moved to big girl bed. Wants you to "pray" every night (numbers 6)

When she gets tired she always asks for " mommy cuddles?!" And puts her head on my shoulder.

The Latest and Greatest Sayings Around Our House....

I try every couple months once a year to post some of the funny things the girls say/do so that I don't forget.

Here is the latest:
Keira:

October 2013:

Keira told me she picked water at school to go with her lunch:  "freshens her and is healfy that is why she ordered that at school". She then went on to say: "dad drinks too much pop its not healfy". Ha! Maybe she will be the one who gets him to stop drinking poison err...Mt. Dew. :)

November 2013:

Conversation with Keira about her school day: "a police man and a woman came and we got to ask them questions about what they do... but I didn't ask them questions.  I told them a fact about my mom.  How one time she thought they were chasing her, and then she lookind in the back seat and saw it was my light up shoes going off".  Great - I am loving how my daughter is portraying her fugitve mother.

April 6, 2014
Yesterday Lainey tried pulling her hand away from me in the parking lot like usual. I said, "Lainey, don't do that. You might get hit by a car, and that is dangerous. They are bigger than us, and could hurt you or you could even die." Keira gasped and said, "oh no! Lainey can't die! I am not sure if she knows Jesus yet!!" It melted my heart. Talk about having her priorities straight. Once again, I can learn from my children and their innocent teaching to me.

"Just a moment"....that is the latest way Keira describes things. For instance, "Lainey, you can have this toy if you wait just a moment"...or, "Mom, I can come get my shoes on in just a moment".


Lainey: April 6, 2014

"um"...this is Lainey's response to everything...as her eyes go up to the sky and she says it LONG and thoughtfully. Lainey, what do you want for snack, "UM...."/ Lainey, what did you do today, "UM...." :)

"Because": This is an adjective in Lainey's world. She uses this to describe/exaggerate her point. "Mom I want some cheese BECAUSE...."/ "I need that doll BECAUSE"

"Mom, you go pump. Zawee is hungy". This was what Lainey so matter of factly stated last night when Zalie started crying. It made me laugh because I had no idea that she knew what that was, kids are such little sponges!

After de-pantsing herself in the middle of the street (that is her typical cue to tell us she needs to go potty), Austin took her to the bathroom. He tried to put a diaper back on her, but she refused and said, "Whats the deal dad?!"

First Week Memories: Azalie Hope

First week memories-

Newborn hair feels like velour- and black is adorable!! I don't like to put hats on her head because it covers up her beautiful head full of black hair!

She is so cuddly and tiny! I love how she still curls up in a ball on my chest to sleep.

Lainey is a smotherer- she grins from ear to ear when she can touch her or hold her. And calls her "baby zay-we"

Keira loves to be a proud big sis and tell her name to everyone but beyond that isn't too interested.

Daddy is a huge help!!

This week has been like a vacation, we did st. Pattys at chick fil a, got to see aunt Charis, and uncle Nate and meet baby Lydia, and see aunt faith and aunt charity and uncle Levi. We got to meet both great grandparents, and spend lots of time with both our grandparents. We bought a car, sold a car, and did some shopping and went out to eat. It has been a great week of family time, and I have actually slept better than I did the last month or so of my pregnancy. Daddy has been staying up with her at night when she wasn't hungry , and she is already is a good routine of eating every 3 hours like clock work!!  :) she is my best nurser, and sleeps pretty good as well, although she still has her days and nights a bit mixed up (midnight-3 am is her awake time).  She has had a clogged tear duct but it's getting better already.

She likes to be held more than anything else and hates being cold/ having her diaper changed.

She likes a paci, but is not addicted to it.

She often clenches her fist, and we joke that she leads a stressful life. ;)

She is a joy and we are so thankful to have another beautiful, healthy little girl in our family. She is a blessing from God for sure! :)

I think she has Keira's coloring, and Lainey's facial expressions with her own facial features that look like gpa Dwight and the Oswald side more.


People who were pregnant at same time: of course Charis had Lydia 9 days before and it has been SOO fun having a twin cousin close to share these first moments with. My friend Tennille who has a boy born the same week as Keira, had a little girl two weeks to the day after Zalie. Andrea, a great friend, had her little boy 3 weeks after Zalie.Laura, another girl from church had her baby a week and a half after Zalie.  During the time I was pregnant there have been a TON of girls in our church pregnant or having babies, it is so fun to have 8-10 other girls to go through this stage of life with at the same time!! 

Gma lea says out of the 3 girls she looks the most like Austin.

Lainey: 2 year old update

Lainey: 2 years old

Poppy- got rid of Jan 13, 2014...yay! It only took one day, I came home and was sick of her trying to talk around it, so I said it was going bye-bye. She whined at bed time, but as very motivated by the thought of being a "big girl". I told her "big girls don't have poppy's" and she held back the tears and consoled herself by saying, "I a big girl...I a big girl" over and over to herself. Next day she was fine and we have never looked back, PTL! :) 


Says "no problem" and "you stop it!" All the time.

Her favorite songs are: "Jesus loves me" and "jingle bells" which she sings all the time. :) She also loves "FROZEN" and sings "Let it go" at the top of her lungs. 

She tries to entertain and loves to laugh at Keira's jokes. She is definitely the "spice" in our household...and our little comedian. She is always about the fun and trying to get everyone to laugh. Favorite show is "neighborhood", and she LOVES the ipad. First thing she asks for in the morning is my ipad, and she knows how to get right to the "PBS kids" app and watch her shows. 


DOCTOR STATS: 
Lainey: 2 year old checkup
Lainey: 21 lbs
Lainey: 31 inches

Size 3 diapers
SiZe 4 shoes
18 month clothes some 12 mo.

"I fix it. Need new batteries"....she runs to the tool drawer and gets the screw driver to replace the batteries anytime the power button on a toy is turned off. :)

"I go to Museum"....she LOVES the Children's Museum!

Her train cake that Daddy made SMOKED! She loved the train and said, "CHOO CHOO!"

we went to the beach ball drop at noon on her birthday at the zoo for a treat to celebrate. :)

we started the day off at cracker barrel with brunch before heading to the zoo. 

IT WAS A GREAT DAY!!

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day- Azalie's First Holiday!

Azalie's was four days old for St. Patrick's Day, but I was feeling pretty good, so we decided to have a little fun. :) 

We celebrated st pattys day (azalie's first holiday) at chick fil a with a party! We got free shamrock shakes (delicious!), shamrock chocolates, and of course- chicken! Lainey was scared to death of the "cow" that was dressed up and stood on Austin the entire meal keeping her eye on the cow and saying "daddy, I scared to deaf!!" It was hilarious! The "cows" parents came in to eat with his brothers and I told Lainey she made the cow sad bc she cried every time he came near. So- the whole way home she said, "cow ok...I make him sad" 

Keira's Birthday: # 5!!!

First of all...I am about partied out! Between Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Eve, Lainey's Birthday, Keira's Friend Party (the Princess party), and a Family Party for Keira today I am done with birthdays....forever, or at least until the most anticipated birthday of 2014 occurs in March with the arrival of #3!!!

Don't get me wrong: We have thoroughly enjoyed the Holidays and Birthdays but I am happy to now settle down and enjoy life in 2014 for a bit.

Today is Keira's actual fifth birthday...and Lainey and her are now peacefully napping after a fun day with family, pizza, cake, and presents. So- I decided to update this blog before it never gets done.

I have intentions of doing a "Birthday interview" with her when she wakes up, and then putting it in her memory book (and on here), but I can add that later...if it gets done. :)

We had Keira's BIG friend party with 14 little princess last weekend. It was a fun morning, that she absolutely LOVED!!

The Itinerary for Keira's Princess Party was:

The theme and activities of this party were decided by the hostess, Miss Keira. Grandma Lea bought her a Belle dress back in September and she has been saving it since then for her birthday party (she refused to wear it to play in so it would stay nice!). 

Her rules for the party: everything must be pink, everyone must be dressed up like princesses, and there were to be NO boys. We would have loved to invite more princesses, but I cut it off at 14- thinking that was the most I could handle. 

Once all of the princesses blew in (we had 50 mph winds and bitterly cold temps), we started the day with makeovers, including sparkly eyes and blush.  We then moved on to a game similar to musical chairs called "pass the wand", where each girl got a wand to take home when they got out. In the words of Keira, "that sounds fair?!"...it wasn't a game to win but for fun!! 

After that each princess made a bead necklace and decorated a name card at the table with princess stickers and their name. We then did the typical piñata, which was a bit difficult for the princesses to break open!!

We then served the princesses a gourmet lunch. On the menu: castle shaped pb& j's, shirley temples, fruit, and pink cookies (all requests of the birthday princess).

We finished the day with a cake pop bar- where each princess got to dip and decorate her own pink (strawberry) cake pop!

Thanks to all the "carriage drivers" and "servers" otherwise known as parents and grandparents who came and brought their princesses and helped!!

We had such a fun day- it will for sure go down in the memory book!! 

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Today we had a get together for Keira's birthday with just family. It was a more casual get together with Little Caesar's pizza, homemade cake, and just fun celebrating the five years God has given us with this precious little girl!!

Here is a brief update on Keira right now that I posted to my facebook today:

"Happy Birthday to our FIVE year old!! I remember being in the hospital what seems like a few days ago and thinking five years sounded so far away, and look- here we are! We are thankful for how God has used her to help us grow, for her excitement for Jesus, and for all the fun memories we have had with her over the past years. She is our little conscience, always responsible and using big words to ask the most thought provoking questions. She loves art and music enjoys being outside tromping around on her jeep or bike too! She wants to be a teacher when she grows up so she can "tell kids what to do", and she weighs in at a lanky 35 lbs and is around 4 feet tall!! We love you Keira-Deara!!"