The Fort

Jude is all boy...he already loves forts, and he will create his own with no problem. He will crawl under desks and and sit there and you can tell that he thinks he's completely hidden from view, and if you "find" him he will giggle giggle giggle...it is seriously the cutest thing ever.

He was using the dining room table as his fort for a while, he would crawl under there and just sit and giggle until someone came to find him, he thought it was absolutely hi-lar-ious!!

Well...for Christmas Miss Annalee got this Princess Castle from her Mimi...





It has been a huge hit...Just as much with Jude as Annalee...They play in there forever, I will hear them in her room laughing and giggling and rolling around and it ends up either collapsed on the ground or completely upside down...


But Jude plays in it alone whenever he can (which isn't often)




he thinks it is just the greatest thing




He absolutely does not care that it is pink and covered in sparkles and princesses!

Still the Little Mama...

If you can remember back about a year ago, I opened this blog with this post Little Mama...and she is still at it. The other day Annalee insisted on feeding Jude some cereal, so I let her. She pulled up a chair and took his bowl and spoon and very proudly doled out a piece at a time for him to eat.





She is such a little nurturer, if she sees me crying (which unfortunately due to these pregnancy hormones, happens way more often than I would like) she comes up to me and says "Mommy you ok?" Once I guess I had complained about the baby kicking me in the bladder one to many times and when I was crying over who knows what (the dog pooping in the floor, or all the toys scattered though out the house, or Jay not answering my text...seriously??) she said "Mommy, you bwatter hurt?" That made me laugh so hard, my sadness was instantly removed! The day I found out she had pneumonia, had been a particularly difficult day (including very little sleep the night before, and falling in my kitchen on my way out the door) and the diagnoses sent me over the edge and I started crying when I was telling Jay how sick she was on the phone on the way home, and I hear from the back seat "Mommy, you ok? You want my sucker??" How stinkin sweet is that??? If Jude falls or is upset about something she is always quick to go over and pat hime and say "it's ok Jude" or to try and give him his paci...I really love seeing this part of her personality develop. She is going to be a great mommy someday, and her brothers are lucky to have her as their big sister :)

Duck's new friend

So the other day I head into the little bathroom, and discover that sweet little duck has a new friend...

Bunny....

Isn't Bunny just the cutest?? 

Reminders

Sometimes, when and where I least expect it I will find a little reminder of that little girl child that lives here...it's the darndest thing, there will just be a little something she left behind that lets you know she was there...

Like these, that I found on my nightstand a couple of days ago as I was climbing in to bed...






I love reminders...makes me smile and think about all the sweet things she did that day, like climb up in my lap and say "i wub you mom" or when she walked over and kissed her brother on the head for no reason...and helps me forget about the screaming tantrums, uneaten food that looked "funny" to her, and yes I can even forget about the poop on the rug in her room...at least for a little while...

More from the Cage

Today I went into the little bathroom, and found something new in the cage...The original duck was still there, but he had a new friend...

Half naked Tinkerbell...mmmhhmmm, that's how we roll...