murkle

amen sistah - it's a "murkle" as a good texan would say! ha ha! lilli is having much success at school. she even got upset with me the other day because we were running late (imagine that!). with her little 1/4 italian hands, she said, "mommy, you better hurry up because i'm going to be late for pre-school." it was the greatest thing i've heard recently. when we drove up to school, she was kicking her feet around excited to get out of the van. who is this child? and where is my daughter? it's been wonderful to see her grow and change so much just since january 6th. from 2 1/2 to 3, i wasn't sure lilli and i could ever be friends again! ha ha! we survived and so far, 3 is so much better than 2. phew! i hope i'm not speaking too soon. time will tell...

realization

here's a funny thought about a liberal and a conservative. it's ironic actually. so a conservative is HUGE on pro-life. abortion is disgusting but yet they are warriors. sending a grown man or woman to fight to possibly his/her death is an okay thing to do. then there is the liberal. where abortion is a totally an ok move and sending a grown man or woman to war is completely wrong. i guess it's really all in your heart where you feel death is more validated. even in these great differences of when death is okay, you'd think we'd be able to work together a little more cohesively.

DOH!

I'M SO LAUGHING AT MY PATHETIC PROOFING SKILLS! I meant CHOKE up a bit from the inauguration. man, what a terrible slip. i may not be an avid fan but joke was not the word i was thinking. sorry mr. president.

historical jack

jack turns 6 months old today. like i haven't said it yet but it's hard to believe how fast it all goes. *sigh* i'm a freak for numbers in birthdays and events. it's spawned from the numbers in my own family: mom's bday - 11/11. sister's bday - 3/3. my bday - 10/10. dad - 8/28. now it's all about birthdays and numbers. funny. lilli's bday is 12/23 - a 23. my mom's passing date is 6/23. my dad passed on 12/7 - pearl harbor and his own sister's birthday. now jack's birthday is july 20th - it's marked as the day we landed on the moon but i'm not in agreement with that event. there's too much proof that shows it was staged during the space race. nevertheless, it marks a historical date in our history. now, today - jack's half year mark is on the inauguration of obama. i'm a conservative cat so i'm not innately drawn to barack. i can't lie - catching the tail end of the event on TV made me joke up a bit. seeing bush depart and the transition finalize marks another term of history-for America and for each of us personally. i am interested to see his character in action though. maybe it is time for the United States to 86 the "put up your dukes" attitude. we are in no doubt in need to be greened. that's inspiring for sure.

anyway, back to jack, he's in the 95th percentile for his height and 77th percintile for his weight. he clocked in 19 pounds even and i think she said 23 3/4" tall. no wonder i can only fit him in 12-18 month old clothes. he's my quarterback jack and i can't possibly love him anymore than i already do! i know daddy dan feels the same.

tri-sickta

are you kidding me? i got mastitis AGAIN. third time with jack. i would never give up nursing because of it but it's just a big fat pain to get it again. nursing is the one thing in the positive i have to fight the risk of breast cancer statistics in both sides of my family. lilli was already sick from her start to school and then this... jack ended up with lilli's cold, and it's ended up in his chest. poor kids. then as i got a total of 66 minutes of sleep last night due to jack's lack of comfort, lilli comes home from school with a 103+ temperature. it was awful. poor thing. while we all took a late afternoon nap (my first nap in months!), i hope lilli wakes up feeling better. it's just all the joys to parenting. i don't mind being sick but seeing my kids struggle to breath or spike a fever, makes mommy sad. :(

here's to vitamin c and strong immune systems in the making. stay well out there.

cuteness

success!

lilli has been in school for a week & half now. thank the good Lord we are all surviving too! she actually likes it. the first day was a challenge. she wasn't so keen on getting fully dressed and going there. she mentioned that she was out of her spaghetti and we should go by wal-mart to get some more. i'll address wal-mart fully in another blog. my heart just can't let it go. anyway, we got there. i spent 2 months prepping the school for my "version" of a child. i was SURE she was gonna scream and make me look like a goof of a parent. i walked away and not a tear from either of us. it was a happy moment. so far so good. she's already changing into a mature little girl and becoming her own little person. not to mention, i get some awesome time with jack to enjoy him, take a nap or complete a task or two while she's gone.

i would love to share a school picture but it's been a battle each morning to get ready in a timely manner. i hope they do school pics at some point. i'm sure i'll forget to ask!

and jack. jack did his first full roll over on lilli's 3rd birthday. then on january 10th, he sat up all alone. he was so excited! he just laughed and laughed. i need to figure out how to post some video on here. he's such a giggle bug. he loves loves loves to laugh at lilli. they are doing so much better together. lilli reads to him and wants to be part of everything now. WHAT A SWITCH! it was tough for a bit but now it's pure joy to see them together. it's not always like that but for the most part, progress is moving steady.

pictures soon...

2009 resolutions to thyself

no current plans to become pinky & the brain and take over the world but some simple ideals i'd like to put in place for me and my family. now that kids are in my life i realize that all things are subject to change at anytime with or without notice and YOU MUST be flexible. if you are not, you will collapse shortly thereafter. i'll be happy to meet a quarter of these!

1) find a church home
2) lilli to start school with success (jan. 6 is the day!)
3) begin to teach lilli that one toy in equals one toy out to a needy child
4) read for enjoyment
5) be diligent in creating healthier meals for my family
6) play more / teach more / read more with my kids
7) teach lilli that somebody (her!) is responsible for the tornado-like activity in the playroom/living room, etc. daily
8) incorporate more routine in life
9) find time for me / give time to dan
10) date dan
and oh yah, fit my old jeans again.