appel farm

6.28.2010

6.24.2010

we decided to give braden 1 hour of video gaming a day in the summer. its working well he plays his hour and then doesn't beg to play all day (i'm very surprised, he eats, breathes and dreams about lego batman lately). little miss has been the hardest baby. shes getting all of her molars at once and its been brutal to say the least. the top two are finally in but the bottom two are huge lumps under her gums. the poor babe has been miserable and the only thing that keeps her happy is going to the pool. she is already so sassy! when shes doing something shes not supposed to ill tell her no and shell look right at me, smile the biggest smile and do it again! she can stand up now with out holding onto anything but when she realizes it she sits down. she claps, tries to sing, dances, throws tantrums, gets into everything, picks her nose and says shit (i wonder where she learned the last two?!)! braden is so helpful with her. and they already have so much fun together. its so fun to watch them play. braden is also helping so much with house chores. he puts his clothes away, wipes the table, dusts, and even helps me with dishes. hes at the perfect age because he still thinks its fun. ;) b finally learned how to ride his bike! he just did NOT want to. he also learned to do a front flip on the trampoline and is very proud.

5.06.2010

busy busy!

things have been super busy around here lately! i still need to post about my little guy turning 7 almost 3 weeks ago..i can't believe hes already 7 years old thats crazy! at bradens birthday party we had up a huge water slide. the kids had a blast then they all came in for cake and presents. after all that they went back out and aaron my 10 year old little brother went to jump on ,for the first time, hit wrong and broke his femur! poor guy was in the hospital for almost a week. he had surgery where the put a rod and pin to hold it straight (theyre leaving the rod in). when he got out my mom had to go back to school so i had to go over there every day to help him go to the bathroom and feed him and all that business. it was madness with a fussy baby (she only likes to nap at home) and aaron who couldnt do anything by himself (he was really thankful that i was there with him though and told me often). then the next week the hub hurt himself at work and i had to do everything for him along with taking care of addison. all this has made me super nervous for when the new babe arrives in december. it was really hard taking care of 2 people who fully depended on me. AND my mom starts nursing school in january so she wont be around to help YIKES!! (ill be taking volunteers :))...ps yes the hub did insist on playing on the water slide with the kids and he may or may not have been called "the hairy man" by a mr bronson hall ;)

4.15.2010

thanks braden! :D

last night me, braden, and addison were jumping on the trampoline.. well braden was jumping and i was standing on it holding addison who thinks its so funny when we bounce just a little. braden was trying to jump high but couldn't because of "all the extra weight on the trampoline"! i said "WHAT?! what do you me ALL the extra weight?!" then he said through giggles that he meant because i was holding addison! then he said when i am holding addison i probably weigh "like 105 lbs.!" i replied "you are exactly right!" :)) ...later when i told richard he laughed a little too hard...