Siblings….
For the longest time I told Ben that I only wanted one child…especially right after having one… I was not sure that I could take double the crying and diaper changing and getting up in the middle of the night. Then as Mason got older I was like ok when he is 4 then maybe we will try and have another one. But when he was 14 months old I got this wild hair and informed my honey that I thought we should have another one now. He did not agree, he pointed out that Mason was just now walking and starting to talk and sleeping through the night why would we want to mess up this good thing we had going?
I tried to point out the up side they would be close together they could play… He pointed out the lack of sleep having two in diapers not to mention the added daycare expense. I was working at the time and the cost of two in daycare can be quite staggering. So I said alright lets take a week and think about it.
When the week was out hubby and I compared notes. And we had not come to the same conclusion.. He completely surprised me by saying he thought we should go for it. My reaction was crap.. I had started to think about the ramifications of a second Chicken.. I remembered what it was like to be pregnant, the morning sickness the getting big. And this time it would be different I could not just come home from work plop my feet on the sofa and watch tv. I would have a toddler to take care of so I had come to the conclusion that any sane person would that we should wait. But the fact that Ben had completely done an about face really got me to thinking… so I was like ok .. and a month later I was pregnant with Chicken number Two.
And it was the best decision we have ever made. We all adore her and she is spoiled rotten. Mason loves her so much if he has a toy and she wants it 9 times out of 10 he will give it to her. He calls her his baby and gets excited every morning when we get her out of the crib… And she as you can see from the picture above she adores her big brother.. She tries to do every thing he does. And I am so glad that Mason has a sibling…..
Happy Father’s Day… Ben!
I just wanted to wish my wonderful husband and daddy to my Chickens a Happy Father’s Day.. We had such a wonderful day with you and I hope that you enjoyed it too. Just wanted to tell you how much I love you and how lucky the Chickens are to have such a great daddy… We love you!
And I also wanted to thank you for my awesome new website design that you did for me this weekend.. I love it and you are so talented. I love you!!!
Like my new earrings?
So Kyboo got her ears pierced today… I know that a lot of people do not agree on getting babies or toddlers ears pierced. I am not trying to debate that fact on this post. I am just sharing our experience every family has to decide what is right for their little ones. I for one was tired of people asking if Kyra was a boy.. I was just asked last month on our vacation to Atlanta. She was dressed from head to toe in purple (for Maddie) and we still got “oh he is so cute”. Ahhh. Another reason I decided to do it was because she was so young and I was hoping she would not mess with them. I got mine pierced when I was 8 and I kept touching them and they became all red and were very sore. So I asked my husband if I could get it done and he finally said “ok, but I can’t be there”. He can’t stand to hear his little girl cry.
So we decided today would be a good day to do it. Mason and Ben were going to a baseball game at the Greenville Drive. We dropped our boys off and headed to the mall. We decided to go to the Piercing Pagoda the two girls at the counter were very nice and very informative and I felt comfortable having them do it. They made over Kyboo saying what pretty eyes she had. I decided on small gold studs for Boo and white gold studs for me since I was planning to get my ears pierced too. I was not going to put Kyboo through the pain alone. I had to go for a third hole because I already have a second one.
So when it was our turn to sit in the chair I sat Kyboo in my lap. I got mine pierced first, and I have to say it hurt a lot less then any other piercing I have had after it was not even sore. Then it was Kyboo’s turn and yes she cried it was really hard for me when she did. But they gave her a lollipop and this is her happily crunching away a few minutes later.
She was such a trooper and did not even cry when I cleaned them before she went to bed, and she has not messed with them at all. When we picked our boys up Mason kept telling her that he liked her “new earrings”. And her Daddy thought she was awefully pretty! Now when I dress her from head to toe in purple people should say, ” What a cute little girl.” =-)
Can I help you paint Daddy?
So my husband, Ben, is an art director. And recently he has started to rediscover his love of painting and sketching. He really likes to paint on a big scale, whenever he does paint Mason usually drives Ben nuts by asking over and over again, ” Can I help Daddy? Can I help you paint?” Now we all know that you can’t “help” anyone paint but try telling that to a three year old.
So one Saturday Ben being the loving father that he is decided to finally let Mason “help”.
So he spread a cloth on the floor laid down a board dropped paint on it and let Mason have at it. Since Mason’s arms were so short he just ended up walking all over the board and got paint on him from head to toe it was hilarious to watch and Mason had a blast!
I have to say it did turned out pretty good and it’s hanging on our wall. I think they are planning some future collaborations. =-)
Enjoying a slushie naked.
Kyboo sitting in her Daddy’s lap enjoying a slushie. Why is she naked? This was after church and she was wearing a white dress sundress and the slushie was red!