We had a great Christmas. The kids made out quite well. Konner especially was thrilled with his presents. My mom came down and helped me cook my very first turkey meal. And now that Christmas is over, we've packed the tree back up, and I am now packing! Finally. I wondered if I would ever get around to that.
So this is how naptime/bedtime goes with my daughter every single day now....
Me: - "Kaylin it's time for your nap."
Kaylin - She takes off running down the hall yelling "No nap mommy!!!"
I have to go in search of her. I always know where to go because I keep my bedroom door and her bedroom door closed so they can't tear them apart like they do Konner's room. So I go into Konner's room and call for her. Where is Kaylin? So I look in Konner's closet. First, look what they did to his closet!!! So I am looking in his closet wondering where she is because I know she went into that room. It took me a moment to find her, but I did find her. Can you find Kaylin?
Me - "Ok, I guess Kay Kays isn't in here"
After a few seconds of quiet she popped up. As soon as she saw me she ducked back down again. Like I haven't already seen her, right?
So I went to the other door and opened it so I could get a good picture of her no nap hiding spot.
Man, I miss the times that she went to bed without a fight!!
Thanks Jenolyn for the fabulous pictures. You can take my family photos any time you like!! My family was not what I would call cooperative for these photos. Mike wanted to go home. Konner just wanted to play. And Kaylin just didn't want to make it easy. But I am satisified with how they turned out.
Konner and Kaylin were so excited to decorate the Christmas tree. And so excited to play with the decorations as well!
If you look to the left of this picture you can see the little Black Menace peeking up at the tree. She has had a very rough resisting this tree.
As you all know, we are moving. So our Christmas decorations are somewhere in storage. We were lucky to find where the tree was. But the tree is it for this year......
My two little grimlins are so ready for Christmas to just get here already!! Konner asks everyday "mommy, where is Christmas? When is it getting here?"
Every year we go to this neighborhood that has the most amazing Christmas lights. The kids absolutely love this neighborhood, and I am in total awe of it.
So this morning I heard Konner talking in his room. He had woken up really early and Mike went into his room to lay with him. As I was moving around getting dressed I could hear Konner saying "Cuz I eat too much junk food." I thought "what is that kid talking about?" I heard no response from Mike, so I went to Konner's door and stood there and listened. And this is what I heard....
Konner - "My tummy hurts, dad. It's cuz you feed me too much junk food."
Mike in a sleepy murmer - "Uh-huh"
Konner - "You give me too much candy, dad."
Mike - "Uh-huh"
Konner - "I can't have any candy today. Ok, dad? Okaaaay, daaaaaaaaaad?"
Mike - "Uh-huh" Seriously, that is all Mike says through this whole exchange.
Konner - "You give me too much junk food. Mommy says I can't have anymore. Cuz you give me too much. Mommy said so. Ok, dad? So don't give me any junk food today. Ok, dad?"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! I was laughing so hard when I opened Konner's door. There Konner was standing over his dad trying to talk to him, and poor Mike was on his floor with a pillow over his head trying to tune his accusing son out!!
But!!! What did I find when I walked into my dining room 10 minutes later? Konner laying on the floor, under the table, on his tummy with his hands hidden under him.
Me - "What are you hiding from me, Konner?" I already knew the answer to this.
Konner - "Candy."
Me - "Give me the candy. No candy today."
Konner - "Ok" and he handed me the candy. But 10 minutes before he was balming all his candy and junk food intake on his dad!!
Another year older, another year gone. I soooooooooo hate turning another year older each year. And since I am boycotting any and all pictures of me until I have this baby and lose a boat load of weight, I won't be adding any pictures to this post. Instead I'll just tell you about my day....
I woke up this morning with a little face in my face saying "mommy, I want unnawear." Every morning Konner wakes up and the first thing he does is takes off his pull up and puts underwear on, he really hates wearing a pull up - gets in the way of his big boy complex. So I told him where his underwear was and sent him off to his toyland in the living room. Then I hear "mommy, my go potty!!" coming from Kaylin's room through the monitor. Oh well, no sleep for the weary.
So the day has begun. I had planned to make myself a very chocolately cake and teach my kids to sing happy birthday to me. .....Let's just say that the day did not at all go as planned, and I did not get the chance to make my cake. We'll call today another one of those todller days where everything is the end of their world and you cannot get a single productive thing done. When we got home from our errands, I was feeling pretty low and thinking about how I was going to leave the kids with Mike and go to Baskin Robbins and just get an ice cream cake, because darnit I wanted cake! But when I got home Mike had roses and a cake for me. He lit candles and got the kids to sing Happy Birthday to me. Then he got them to clean their mess in the living room and put them to bed at bedtime. Oh thank goodness for the daddy!!!
Mike, thanks so much for your love and support and for teaching the kids to sing happy birthday to me!! I love you so much!
Chi Wa Su, thank you for the phone call this morning. It was so good to talk to you. And thank you for the shout out in your blog. The walk down memory lane was so much fun! Any time you want to remember the mischeif we got into as teenagers, you just give me a call!! Maybe I should write it all down. You know, to keep it alive!
Steph, all I can say to you is thank you for being you. I love you.
Marilyn, thanks for the cards. They were so very much appreciated. And thank you for the funny boy I married. Where would I be without him?
Tammie, thanks for the email. It meant a lot to me. We're growing up, man!!!!
Jessie, my love, I miss you. Come home.
Liz, Michelle, and Susie, thank you for the posts. These blogs are such a wonderful way to keep in touch and updated with the Rigby family. Michelle, thank you for always being willing to talk to me and help me with anything I need input on.
And everyone else who called me today to wish me a happy birthday...thank you!! You have no idea how nice those calls were on my crazy day!!
Much love!
Kaylin is 2 today. My how the time has flown. She is a busy little girl with a huge princess complex. This morning after she was dressed, she went down the hall to her dad and told him "Daddy, my a pretty princess!"
A little bit about Princess Kaylin..... She is very polite. She says excuse me and thank you. She loves hugs and is very VERY cuddly. She sings her little heart out, sometimes even at the top of her lungs (it's more like shouting then really). She counts to 7 and sings her ABCs. And she blames absolutley EVERYTHING on Konner "Konner do it". Man, I love this kid!!!
The first slide show is from Kaylin's birthday party on Saturday. The second slide show is her actual birthday spent with just mommy, daddy, and Konner.
7 weeks to go. She'll be born on January 23rd around noonish. I still have no plan! Where will she sleep once she makes it out of my room? What will I do with my 3 year and 2 year old while trying to get out of bed? Am I ready for this kind of pain yet again?????!!!! Well ready or not, here it comes!
Thanksgiving was a very busy weekend. Dinner with my family at Dee and Chester's house on Thursday, Black Friday shopping on Friday, and a birthday party on Saturday. Thank you Dee for the very fun filled weekend!!
In 6 days my little girl is going to be 2 years old. I am so very thankful to have this little person in my family. She is such a cutie and sweetie.
We had a little party on Saturday for birthdays in November and December. Mike's birthday was Saturday. I made him chicken enchiladas (his request) and we saw the movie 4 Christmases. Mike loves to go to the movies.
Dani turns 2 a week after Kay does. She is one funny little girl!
I am very thankful that Konner loves his Grandma. He asks frequently to go to Grandma's house.
7 weeks to go until our little Kylie Nicole is here! In some ways I am soooooooooo ready to have her here. But in other ways, I am not ready. I still haven't figured out where she'll be sleeping! I have two little kids who are light sleepers and having a baby in the room with either will give me two awake children in the middle of the night. Not fun. Unfortunately I won't have a closet big enough to put a sleeping baby!!
When I look at the faces of my children my heart is full. Konner has been my little boy for 3 years now. I love this little person. Kaylin and I got home about an hour ago from dropping Konner off for his very first big boy visit at Grandma's. He wants so bad to be a big boy and believes without a doubt that he is. He told Kaylin today "My a big boy. You're a baby. You has to go home wis mommy!"
Mike and I have only ever left our kids behind twice. The first time was when Konner was 6 months old. We couldn't take him on the cruise with us so he stayed with my friend for that week. I called every day on our vacation and had a $500 cell phone bill that month!! The second time was a year ago when we went to Utah for Mark and Amanda's wedding and and Jim and Becky's sealing. We only left them behind because we couldn't find anyone available to take with us to watch the kids during each ceremony. Again I called daily. But other than these 2 experiences, my kids go where I go. So whenever my sister has asked to have Konner for a week, no has been my answer!
It started about 2 weeks ago. Konner has been difficult to say the least. He's been angry, he's been ornery to me, he has totally ignored anything I tell him, and he has been talking back to me. I don't know if this is normal behavior or not. (Please anyone who has been through this let me know!!) Two weeks ago was a whole week of misery. I cried daily. I found myself responding in ways that made me cry all the more. And no matter how much I told him I loved him and loved it when he was sweet and helpful, he was still not being nice. What happened to my sweet hearted baby? So I called my sister after a week of this. I asked her to have him for a visit and I cried and cried.
This past week, he has actually been a little better behaved and a little less angry. I asked him what he needed to feel better. I asked him if he needed more time with mommy. He said "Yah. And daddy too. You, me and daddy. But not Kaywin!!" I think I may be getting to the heart of what is going on with him....
Mike and I talked and we decided that it would be good for Konner to get a "big boy" visit with his grandma and aunt and cousins. We also decided that it would be good for me to get some sleep!! So I have spent the past week preparing him for his big boy visit at grandma's. And every day he has been very eager to go, but he has wanted to me stay with him. I have explained that I need to come back home but that I would be back to pick him up in a few days. So we headed up to my mom's last night. This afternoon Kaylin and I were getting ready to leave and I told Konner that Kaylin and I had to go home but he gets to stay and have his big boy visit and asked him if he wanted to stay. He shocked me and said he wanted to stay ( he always wants to be with me). So I hugged him and kissed him and told him I loved him so much and that I would be back to pick him up in a few days, and I told him to have fun. He stood outside with my sister and niece and nephews and waved good bye to me as I drove off. Immediately my heart ached. I missed him already. I mean I do not even leave the kids over night with their dad, they go with me!! So 5 minutes after I left I called my sister to see how he handled my leaving. She told me that as soon as I turned the corner he wanted down and shouted "Come on Austin!! Let's go play cars!!" I called Mike and told him that Kay and left and were on our way home. Then I started bawling and wanted to go back and get him. Mike reminded me that we miss him but it is only for a few days and he got to go visit cousins when he was a kid (but at age 3???) and this will be good for Konner. Am I stupid for aching and missing him and crying when it was my idea in the first place to let him go visit his grandma, aunt and cousins?
Konner and Kaylin sat out on the porch and helped daddy hand out candy. Although it is my suspicion that they also helped daddy eat some of that candy they were handing out!
But first they did some trick or treating of their own.
