Brought to you by The Princess...
The Princess being my second child has not ever gotten me ALL to herself. Luckily for me, she is a snuggler.
The Superhero was not.
He liked to be held, but did not care to hang out with/on you, ever. He is just too busy.
The Princess on the other hand LOVES hanging out with me.
So, we have a new thing after her nap we do together, since she gets up at least 20-30 minutes before The Superhero.
I bring her with her blankie and her binkie and we snuggle on the couch watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She just sits there and lays on me.
And I love every minute of it!
This is by far, my FAVORITE Mommy Moment with her.
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Raising a Superhero, a Princess, and a life full of Autoimmunity in a not-so-fairytale adventure!
Showing posts with label Mommy Moment Monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mommy Moment Monday. Show all posts
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
This week's MMM post is brought to you by The Superhero.
I learn a lot from The Superhero. He teaches me patience (sometimes), not to get frustrated with him (he tells me all the time), and that I REALLY need to watch what I am saying while I am around him!
He was reading a firetruck book with The Daddy last week and got to the page with the steering wheel. He started pushing the fake horn and saying "Get out of my way!". The Daddy asked where he learned that, he said "Mommy".
The Daddy said, "Oh, mommy does that when she is driving?"
The Superhero, "Yep."
Oh great! The little tattle tailor! I will have you all know, I do NOT honk my horn often enough for him to learn THAT from me! Now the yelling "Get out of my way", I will take credit for!
Then yesterday we were going to pick up my mom from her house and 3 kids were running across her yard. Then without thinking (clearly) I said, "What are those stupid kids doing in NaNa's yard?" (I know, I know, I hate the word stupid and there I went and used it, in front of the loud mouthed 3 year old!)
I told him that Mommy should not have said that and that it was not very nice. I meant to say "silly" kids.
Then my mom gets in the car and we see the kids as we are driving away and he says something like "Look NaNa, the STUPID kids!"
Oh, great! What am I teaching this kid?
I learn a lot from The Superhero. He teaches me patience (sometimes), not to get frustrated with him (he tells me all the time), and that I REALLY need to watch what I am saying while I am around him!
He was reading a firetruck book with The Daddy last week and got to the page with the steering wheel. He started pushing the fake horn and saying "Get out of my way!". The Daddy asked where he learned that, he said "Mommy".
The Daddy said, "Oh, mommy does that when she is driving?"
The Superhero, "Yep."
Oh great! The little tattle tailor! I will have you all know, I do NOT honk my horn often enough for him to learn THAT from me! Now the yelling "Get out of my way", I will take credit for!
Then yesterday we were going to pick up my mom from her house and 3 kids were running across her yard. Then without thinking (clearly) I said, "What are those stupid kids doing in NaNa's yard?" (I know, I know, I hate the word stupid and there I went and used it, in front of the loud mouthed 3 year old!)
I told him that Mommy should not have said that and that it was not very nice. I meant to say "silly" kids.
Then my mom gets in the car and we see the kids as we are driving away and he says something like "Look NaNa, the STUPID kids!"
Oh, great! What am I teaching this kid?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
Today's post is brought to you by Zane...
I took him to the bathroom at my grandparent's house last night and after he went potty, I decided to go as well.
After I had "gone" potty, he said "Good girl mommy, you went potty all by yourself!"
He was so sincere and SO cute! Love it!
I took him to the bathroom at my grandparent's house last night and after he went potty, I decided to go as well.
After I had "gone" potty, he said "Good girl mommy, you went potty all by yourself!"
He was so sincere and SO cute! Love it!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
So, even though I am VERY sick today and have been in bed all day, I HAD to type up this Mommy Moment because it is HILARIOUS and well, today is Mommy Moment Monday. :) Enjoy!
A little background: We teach our kids simple sign language when they are babies/toddlers. Just a couple that help make communication easier for all of us. So I taught The Princess the signs for "All Done" and "More". She never really picked up any others.
Fast forward to last night: We had just finished dinner at my parents house and were hanging out on the couch. The Princess climbed up in my lap and was being the usual snuggly girl that she likes to be.
Then she sat up and did the sign for "More". She did not just do it once, she was repeatedly showing me the sign for "More". I kept asking her "More of what?"
Then all of a sudden, she dove at my chest and tried to pull my shirt off! I guess she "told" me what she wanted! She has NEVER done this before! And I only nurse her at bedtime/in the middle of the night, so this was very unusual for her to do!
We all started laughing, I could not stop! I went in the kitchen and got her a snack instead of what she actually asked for. But it was HILARIOUS last night!
A little background: We teach our kids simple sign language when they are babies/toddlers. Just a couple that help make communication easier for all of us. So I taught The Princess the signs for "All Done" and "More". She never really picked up any others.
Fast forward to last night: We had just finished dinner at my parents house and were hanging out on the couch. The Princess climbed up in my lap and was being the usual snuggly girl that she likes to be.
Then she sat up and did the sign for "More". She did not just do it once, she was repeatedly showing me the sign for "More". I kept asking her "More of what?"
Then all of a sudden, she dove at my chest and tried to pull my shirt off! I guess she "told" me what she wanted! She has NEVER done this before! And I only nurse her at bedtime/in the middle of the night, so this was very unusual for her to do!
We all started laughing, I could not stop! I went in the kitchen and got her a snack instead of what she actually asked for. But it was HILARIOUS last night!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
I LOVE having a little girl! I painted The Princess' toe nails for the first time on Friday morning. I am in love with little pink toes.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
This week's Mommy Moment just breaks my heart!
Yesterday was pump site change day for The Superhero. I also decided we would change his Dexie site as well. We were still getting good numbers out of it and we were on day 9, but the tape was starting to really peal up, so it was time for it to be changed.
The Superhero's mood was a little off due to not taking a nap, but the sites needed to be changed anyway. Normally, he does his site changes with NO problems at all.
I got all the supplies ready and called him into the kitchen.
He opened his sucker as I prepped the pump site. This one is the more complicated one, so I did it first.
Prepped his skin, prepped pump, inserted new site, got pump all set up, primed, and ready to go. He did great!
Here is a picture of his pump site:
Then I prepped for the Dexie site. I find these sites to be pretty easy to put in, and normally, he has NO problems with them. But like I said, he was not in the best of moods because he did not take a nap.
He then told me that he did not want me to sit next to him. He was mad at me because I hurt him. :-(
I felt SO bad. He does not normally react that way, so it threw me off a bit.
Of course, later in the day he was fine and had "forgiven" me. Just not one of my favorite things to do to him. I hate Diabetes and I hate that we have to do these site changes to him, even if I know it is best for him.
Yesterday was pump site change day for The Superhero. I also decided we would change his Dexie site as well. We were still getting good numbers out of it and we were on day 9, but the tape was starting to really peal up, so it was time for it to be changed.
The Superhero's mood was a little off due to not taking a nap, but the sites needed to be changed anyway. Normally, he does his site changes with NO problems at all.
I got all the supplies ready and called him into the kitchen.
He opened his sucker as I prepped the pump site. This one is the more complicated one, so I did it first.
Prepped his skin, prepped pump, inserted new site, got pump all set up, primed, and ready to go. He did great!
Here is a picture of his pump site:
We sat on the couch for this one. I cleaned his skin. Inserted new site. He cried. He said "That hurts mommy." I finished and got Dexie up and running.
Here is a picture of his Dexie site:
He then told me that he did not want me to sit next to him. He was mad at me because I hurt him. :-(
I felt SO bad. He does not normally react that way, so it threw me off a bit.
Of course, later in the day he was fine and had "forgiven" me. Just not one of my favorite things to do to him. I hate Diabetes and I hate that we have to do these site changes to him, even if I know it is best for him.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday
The Superhero's hospital stay this past week was filled with Mommy moments! (hospital blog post to come soon!)
1) I was leaving the hospital on Thursday night to get The Princess from my parents and put her to bed. I was saying goodbye to The Superhero and in his super cute, super sweet little Superhero voice said "Mommy, I going miss you!", which of course did not help my mommy guilt because I was leaving him! (Rod stayed with him at night)
2) Leaving the hospital the next night, I was waiting for Rod to get up to The Superhero's room and I was telling The Superhero I was going to be leaving and that Daddy was on his way. He kept saying "Mommy, you don't want to leave me all by myself." And he started crying A TON! Which, of course, got my water works going! I don't know why he would have thought I was leaving him alone. We would NEVER leave him alone in the hospital!
3) My FAVORITE moment of the week...I bought The Superhero a toy from the Disney store on Friday night during my mom and my retail therapy. I brought the new toy to The Superhero on Saturday morning and gave it to him. He was asking why I brought it for him. I said "I bought it for you because I love you." He replied, "Ahhh, I love you too Mommy!" (in his super cute, super sweet little Superhero voice, of course!)
Moments like these make me love him even more. I just have to remember these when he is being his normal irritating self. :-)
1) I was leaving the hospital on Thursday night to get The Princess from my parents and put her to bed. I was saying goodbye to The Superhero and in his super cute, super sweet little Superhero voice said "Mommy, I going miss you!", which of course did not help my mommy guilt because I was leaving him! (Rod stayed with him at night)
2) Leaving the hospital the next night, I was waiting for Rod to get up to The Superhero's room and I was telling The Superhero I was going to be leaving and that Daddy was on his way. He kept saying "Mommy, you don't want to leave me all by myself." And he started crying A TON! Which, of course, got my water works going! I don't know why he would have thought I was leaving him alone. We would NEVER leave him alone in the hospital!
3) My FAVORITE moment of the week...I bought The Superhero a toy from the Disney store on Friday night during my mom and my retail therapy. I brought the new toy to The Superhero on Saturday morning and gave it to him. He was asking why I brought it for him. I said "I bought it for you because I love you." He replied, "Ahhh, I love you too Mommy!" (in his super cute, super sweet little Superhero voice, of course!)
Moments like these make me love him even more. I just have to remember these when he is being his normal irritating self. :-)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Mommy Moment Monday -Talking about the Worst Mom Award...
I have decided to start a new weekly post called Mommy Moment Monday. I will pick one Mommy Moment from the previous week, good or bad, and blog about it. :)
Well, my new blogging mom friend Wendy blogged about the worst D-Mom award. (which we all decided was not earned!). Now it is my turn. Only this time it has nothing to do with being a bad D Mama, just a bad mommy in general. (I know, I know, you will all say this is not earned too, but I feel horrible!)
You may all remember when we bought The Princess her first shoes, I blogged about it here. We bought her first shoes in August. She started wearing some right away, and some were a little bigger to wear as she got a little bigger.
Well, I haven't even thought about her shoes again since then. She has been wearing most of those shoes up until last week. I was at the mall and wandered into Stride Rite. I decided to get the kids feet measured to see if we were still in the right sizes. The Superhero still has plenty of room in his shoes! (the good news)
The Princess on the other hand needed new shoes. She was measuring at a 6, needing a 6 1/2 size shoe. I put her shoes back on and made a plan to head up to the outlet mall soon. (much better prices on those expensive little shoes!)
That night I was cutting her toe nails. I noticed how yucky her toe nails were looking, kind of worn away and smooshed. I decided that she REALLY must need new shoes now. I looked at the current shoes and noticed that they were a size 6 (the pair I grabbed). I thought, ok, I have another week or so before I will stress to find her new ones. THEN I grabbed her other shoes and noticed that they were a 5 1/2! I have been jamming her feet into shoes that were 1 size TOO SMALL for weeks! I kept thinking she was just curling her toes and would force them on anyway. She never complained. She just wore them anyway.
Of course, this made me feel horrible! I am sure that had to super uncomfortable. Poor thing. I was going to go up and get just one pair to make do until we could afford to buy her a few pairs.
My mom had another idea. :) (gotta love NaNa) We took The Princess to her 15 month check up on a Friday morning. (my dad kept The Superhero, gotta love that Pompa too!) After her appointment we drove up to the outlet mall (about 20-30 minutes North of town). We found lots of shoes we loved, and settled for 3 new pairs.
We got a black pair
a white pair
and a multi-colored pair
I am still kicking myself for not realizing that her shoes were SO small for her feet. Poor thing just let me jam her feet in her shoes everyday with not complaining. I will hopefully notice when she grows out of these ones!
Well, my new blogging mom friend Wendy blogged about the worst D-Mom award. (which we all decided was not earned!). Now it is my turn. Only this time it has nothing to do with being a bad D Mama, just a bad mommy in general. (I know, I know, you will all say this is not earned too, but I feel horrible!)
You may all remember when we bought The Princess her first shoes, I blogged about it here. We bought her first shoes in August. She started wearing some right away, and some were a little bigger to wear as she got a little bigger.
Well, I haven't even thought about her shoes again since then. She has been wearing most of those shoes up until last week. I was at the mall and wandered into Stride Rite. I decided to get the kids feet measured to see if we were still in the right sizes. The Superhero still has plenty of room in his shoes! (the good news)
The Princess on the other hand needed new shoes. She was measuring at a 6, needing a 6 1/2 size shoe. I put her shoes back on and made a plan to head up to the outlet mall soon. (much better prices on those expensive little shoes!)
That night I was cutting her toe nails. I noticed how yucky her toe nails were looking, kind of worn away and smooshed. I decided that she REALLY must need new shoes now. I looked at the current shoes and noticed that they were a size 6 (the pair I grabbed). I thought, ok, I have another week or so before I will stress to find her new ones. THEN I grabbed her other shoes and noticed that they were a 5 1/2! I have been jamming her feet into shoes that were 1 size TOO SMALL for weeks! I kept thinking she was just curling her toes and would force them on anyway. She never complained. She just wore them anyway.
Of course, this made me feel horrible! I am sure that had to super uncomfortable. Poor thing. I was going to go up and get just one pair to make do until we could afford to buy her a few pairs.
My mom had another idea. :) (gotta love NaNa) We took The Princess to her 15 month check up on a Friday morning. (my dad kept The Superhero, gotta love that Pompa too!) After her appointment we drove up to the outlet mall (about 20-30 minutes North of town). We found lots of shoes we loved, and settled for 3 new pairs.
We got a black pair
a white pair
and a multi-colored pair
I am still kicking myself for not realizing that her shoes were SO small for her feet. Poor thing just let me jam her feet in her shoes everyday with not complaining. I will hopefully notice when she grows out of these ones!
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