A leaf
I had the most wonderful Mother’s Day. My husband and my Chickens did a really good job.
On Saturday I was hopelessly trying to pump my 3 year old for information on my Mother’s Day present… I would ask him, “What did you get mommy?” He kept saying ” A leaf”. I was thinking ok this should be interesting. He is not above picking up a stick or a leaf and saying, “Mommy here is a present for you.” So I did not know what to expect a box of leaves? He is after all three, but Daddy was involved so I need not worry. Besides any mommy would be thankful for a box of leaves from their three year old right?
We were frantically getting ready for church we are always running late and Ben said he had a surprise for me. He opened up one side of a wardrobe we have and said I have door number one. He had the cutest card from Mason and Kyra it said that I got to go shopping and I could pick out one bracelet and one necklace.
Then he opened door number two and had laid out some of the prettiest necklaces and bracelets. He said I got to pick one bracelet and one necklace and as you can see they are leaves. Thank you Chicken!
These are the two that I picked. They are handmade by a local artist who is actually a women blacksmith Magic Metals LTD.
They grow up so fast…
I took this picture of Kyboo last week. She was headed off to some corner of our “front yard” by herself . Sniff. She is only 18 months old but she is already asserting her own brand of independence. She can put her own shoes on well one pair of shoes she can put on by herself. She can feed herself with a spoon and tries to put her bowl in the sink like her brother when she is done eating. She tries to buckle herself in the car seat, when we come home she closes the front door and wants to lock it. These are all little things, but it seems like she is doing them so much sooner then Mason did.
Funny how with the first you can’t wait until they start to walk and talk because you want to see them do new things. But with your second you realize how quickly they change how FAST they learn to walk and talk . And you want them to stay small just a little longer…….
This is Kyra at about 8 weeks.
Kyboo and Cookie Dough
So Kyra definantly takes after her mommy. She loves food! I mean loves it. I have never seen a child so young like so many different kinds of food and so willing to try new ones. She will even eat hot things that Mason won’t even touch. She also LOVES sweets (like her mommy) I mean loves them. Now Mason on the other hand will usually eat his dessert but not always, sometimes he will say ” Mommy I don’t want my cookie.” He did not get that from me.
So all this to say when ever I make cookies Kyra is right there asking “mama?” and holding out her hand for a bite this is her “please”. She calls me “Mommy” but says “mama” whenever she wants something. Funny how you let the second child fall by the wayside in teaching them things. By 18 months Mason had been saying “Please” and “Thank you” in sign language for months. But I did not work hard enough with Kyra she just gets whatever she wants anyway. Did I mention she was spoiled.
So I was making cookies the other night and she comes up “mama?” because she wants a bite. Yes I can hear the gasps now.. I let her eat raw cookie dough. Not only did I let her eat it but I gave her a spoonful of it and as you can see she enjoyed every minute of it.
My little Boo
I love both of my children or Chickens as I call them very much… My oldest Mason is 3 and of course a boy…And when he was born he was the Sun and the Moon and I never wanted a girl. I just wanted boys because I could not imagine loving a girl like I did my boy. He was SUCH a boy and that is all I knew. So when we were trying for Chicken number 2.. I of course wanted a boy. My husband Ben who did my beautiful site was adament he wanted a girl. I was not so crazy about the idea, girls were full of drama and high maintenance and well not boys, but I had this weird feeling it was going to be a girl anyway, and I was right.. I honestly could not of been more excited when we knew for sure it was going to be a girl it’s funny you always end up wanting what you get. I still could not imagine loving her as much as my Chicken Mason , but when she was finally here I could not love her anymore then I do.
I am not sure if it’s just because she is a girl or just because she is the baby or what but I love my little girl like nothing else. Yes her age is sweet she is 17 months old birthday November 9th, 2007 but we just have this connection. She is my little side kick and such a girl.. we seem to have this special bond. She is on my lap right now as I type this turning my iPhone on and off, on and off. It does not take much to make her happy, but she is curious about everything right now and tries to copy whatever you do and whatever her older brother does. Her name is Kyra but we call her Chicken, Kyboo and Boo Boo.. we all dote on her and Ben said last night she is just so hard to dicipline because she is So darn cute!
Which brings me to why in a part I have felt so touched by the loss of Maddie Spohr. Not only was she beautiful and full of life, but she was only two days younger then Kyboo her birthday is November 11th, 2007. That made it more personal somehow because I could not imagine losing my Kyboo. To think that when I was bringing my baby home all healthy and perfect at the same time Maddie was fighting for her life and Heather and Mike Spohr were having to visit their baby in the hospital.
So I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like for Heather and Mike Spohr right now. I know they have lots of attention right now from the whole internet community and I am so glad that Maddie has been so remembered and loved and that they have gotten so many donations to March of Dimes. But I hope that after time passes that people don’t forget about them. I hope they will continue to receive messages of hope and love for months and years to come. I hope they will never feel alone.. I for one will continue to rememeber Maddie Moo for the months and years to come and continue to pray and send love and encouragement to Heather and Mike Spohr for the years to come. Because whenever I look at Kyboo I will remember Maddie….