Pre-Vacation Mayhem

Dayton still has a snotty nose, but otherwise is acting his normal sweet, well-behaved self. Saige is sleeping horribly because she can't breathe through her nose and chokes. She HATES getting her nose suctioned and wiped. Her teeth are still cutting. Scott is complaining of a horrible sore throat. I am ignoring any twinge of a symptom that I notice. Mothers don't have time to get sick. It will be a miracle if I do not get sick for vacation since I am constantly walking around with snotty kleenex in my pocket, have both kids hanging off of me and am getting no sleep. Despite it all, Dayton is excited to be going on day-dayshin on a boat..Mommy & Daddy are running errands and packing, Saige is walking everywhere and her favorite word these days is "eye". (she is constantly poking at my eyes). Shey is too busy looking for dropped food and barking at mysterious noises to notice something is going on. Tula is already acting a little funny...sensitive, stinky being that she is. Two new cute pictures.

A Moment Only Mothers Could Relate To...

So I had a profound motherhood moment the other night...I had made Dayton dinner (mashed taters, fish sticks, peaches, chocolate milk) and he was all finished eating. Saige had eaten a little earlier than that...some freshly steamed carrots, mashed taters & peaches). Both children were fed and happily playing. Scott had just gotten home and we had decided to have a "fend for yourself" dinner night. I was sitting on the steps in the kitchen eating my bowl of cheerios. (Don't all mothers resort to cereal some nights?) Saige was sitting on the steps beside me and was holding onto my shirt so that she could balance and step up...and down....and up...and down. Periodically, she would sit down and poke her sticky fat fingers into my bowl of cheerios and swish it around and then eat her hand. Dayton was behind me tangling himself up in Saige's birthday balloons (intentionally I might add) and then fussing that he was "stuck". He kept asking for a bite of my cheerios as well. Scott was standing in the kitchen eating his dinner (waffles I think) and watching the news. Both dogs were at my feet waiting for cheerios to drop. For half a second I thought about telling everyone to leave me in peace so I could enjoy my cheerio dinner and was about to get up and go to the table...when I realized...not only do I LOVE my life, but that everyone would follow me. Instead, I sat there and shared my cheerios.
A side note for YaYa: I made Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Dayton shortly after you left in June. We both had fun and it actually turned out pretty well. Thought I would share the pictures...not quite Roy's quality, but just as yummy and much cheaper!

Not A Whole Lot Of Sharing Going On

Not the best quality photos and in the wrong order, but you get the idea...Saige sees something she wants that Dayton has and slowly works her way closer. Dayton tries to drink it as fast as he can before Saige steals it. Of course, we all know how it ended: Dayton got mad, Saige scratched him and threw a fit because she didn't get what she wanted. Let's see..what's new here? Saige is still running random fever and has periodic fussiness. Those 12 month shots caused Dayton to run fever for quite some time if I remember correctly. I also discovered yesterday that she is cutting her first molar!!!! She still doesn't have her front bottom four (only 2) and already she is working on the big ones. Poor thing. No wonder she's been less than pleasant. I lowered her crib a notch today as she is starting to try and swing her leg over the rail. Dayton is still refusing to swim even though he loves it and sings the swimming songs all week! Mommy has been a master at sneaking him into the pool without him realizing it. Last week I had him enticed with a floating leaf in the water that the lifeguard wanted Dayton to help clean up. This week he had no movie in the car and I told him that the park (right beside the pool) was only for little boys who swim. I eventually got his feet in and then once he saw all the other kids in the water, he decided he needed to do the same. Once in the water he does GREAT! He's kicking and paddling really well. We've had a couple of busy weeks here with things booked everyday and next week we are leaving for our first family vacation! We're taking the ferry to Maui - with the kids of course! We haven't been on vacation since Dayton was 9 months old, so I am really excited about it.