Gookie time

This was taken last night after Hunter had gone to bed. She was being so funny and making crazy noises so I grabbed the camera and started recording...only she stopped what she was doing and was very determined to look at the back of the camera instead, as you can see. When Gookie is tired she gets very giggly and silly. All those who really know us know that that totally comes from Bradley!! I am composed and calm when I am tired....uh even when I am not tired as well =)



The other day when Gookie was teasing me, I looked at her and totally saw myself!! It was scary because she is teasing me at the age of nearly 2, doing things that I do to Bradley to tease him!! I think this is karma and Brad is happy because she doesnt tease him!

But other than teasing, our kiddos are the happiest, easy going kiddos and I am sooo blessed and love them LOADS!!!!

1 on 1 with Hunter

These videos were taken on a Sunday afternoon while Gookie was napping.

1 on 1 with Hunter

Brooke the Bully

This is a glimpse of Gookie tormenting Hunter. She always tries to steal his blankie, even though hers will be right there, and she pushes him all the time!! Hunter is a great big brother and rarely retaliate, which is great! But at the same time it's kind of patheticto hear "MOM, Gookie is pushing me!"

In this video Hunter was windindown for the evening and just wanted to kick back and watch How To Train a Dragon. Well aparently Gookie had different plans. And yes, I knew what was all going to happen, but I was trying to just observe and get it on camera and not really interfere, until the end. I LOVE HUnter's face at the very end.

Saturday

I wanted to go upstairs last night with my baseball bat. FINALLY at 1 am they quieted down. So I was up late last night and up early this morning with kiddos and Brad going off to work. There is no way these kiddos are truly mine. I have not EVER been a morning person. And my kiddos wake up early and HAPPY!! So they both climbed in bed with me and were laughing and happy and saying "Good Morning Mom!". It was a good way to wake up, however, I did not want to wake up. So I put in a movie and fell back asleep on the couch.

I am grateful to be with my kiddos all day today!! I miss them when I am working and I try to do something fun with them on Saturdays. So today I will clean the house, fold laundry and when Brad get's off at 4 we are planning to go to Idaho Falls and do something fun.

The last two weeks our kiddos have been bottomless pits!! They have eating days like that and non-eating days where they truly eat only 1 meal a day. They know when they are hungry and when they're not. SO as a result of them eating like teenage boys they do not fit in any of their clothes anymore!! No they have not gained weight, but height! Which truly is amazing for Gookie and for Hunter, I dont know how he can get any taller!! So Hunter's pants are tight and highwaters! And Gookie's shirts look like she is WInnie the pooh! Which is crazy because 2 weeks ago they fit fine! They are growing fast and I cant believe that in April we will have a 4 and 2 yr old!!!

And now the dishes are calling my name.

NOt a happy night owl!!

Everynight our new upstairs neighbors have friend over passed midnight. They are LOUD and sound like they are wrestling and running around as well as laughing and screaming. It wakes up Gookie and is plain irritating. It is 12:15 and I just had to tap the ceilng with a baseball bat as they have been playing the guitar for 15 minutes and every noise echoes in our whole apartment. The other neighbors may have been rude, but we NEVER heard them. Even now they are attempting to strum the guitar still!! I have never wanted to move more than I do right now!!!! I am grumpy, have a headache and want to sleep. And I also want to play my chances at the lottery right now so we could move!!!!! Hmm, now I hear Mario Cart!! Kill me.

I am feeling overwhelmed today. I just got a new client who sounds a bit more high maintenance that my other kiddos. She is also older. I also got back ALL my paperwork from the past two weeks and have to do a lot of things over because they didnt tell me little tidbits of info and therefore all that I did needs to be redone.Ugh. The other night Brad and I sat down and planned out our next 2 paychecks. Bittersweet. It is nice that we actually have the income to pay medical bills and other such bills. But it's also not so fun to see the money will be gone before you even have it. I just keep saying to Brad, what on earth would we do if I didnt have this job?!?! And atleast things will get better in time and it does feel good to finally pay things off.

So I came home from a mini meeting about my new client and just cried to Brad and asked for a blessing. It really helped and I do feel more comforted. But ask me again tonight when I get home, put the kiddos to bed and then redo all my paperwork during american idol!!