Cooking Conversations

Every single night since Bryan and I have been married,  I beg him to sit in the kitchen and talk to me while I am cooking. He always starts in there and then gets bored or hot and leaves to go in the other room. I ask him over and over to please come back and sit in there, but he says he gets too hot in our small kitchen. Our house was built in the 1930's so we don't have that open floor plan that new homes have. All our rooms are separate, and actually when we moved in there was a door to shut off the kitchen. Needless to say, that bad boy came off immediately. After 4 years of marriage I have given up on trying to make Bryan sit in there. It is a losing battle.

But these days I have some one else who wants to sit and have a conversation with me while I am cooking. Kade thinks he is so big that I let him sit at the bar. He loves it and we have so much fun "talking" and giggling. After several days of talking with me while cooking he was starting to get bored so I did what every good mother does and bribed him to stay with candy corn.

Yup, I gave my two year old candy 10 minutes before dinnertime just so he would stay and talk to me.

Mother of the Year?

I'd say so :)

Ahoy Matey!

Kade's Halloween costume came in and of course we had to try it on!

Better pictures to come!

Personal trainer

Yesterday after I picked up Kade from school we went down to the Trinity Trails so he could play and I could go for a run afterward. Kade didn't take a very good nap at school so I thought he might dose off during my run. I laid his seat back and pulled his sun shade all the way over him and I didn't hear a peep my entire run. Towards the end I was going up a hill and slowing down quite a bit when I hear, "come on, Mama!" I looked down and saw this:

 

He had been peeking out the back whole time I guess! He makes me laugh :) And who needs a personal trainer when I have him to cheer me on?!

Rockstar!

My sweet little girl has turned into an absolute rockstar sleeper, for the past three night as least. She has been going to bed from 8-9pm and sleeping until 6-7am. 10 HOURS. 10 HOURS!!! This is huge! I know she is still really little and that she will probably regress a little here and there but we are making such huge progress over here! I am a new person, and I have patience again. Hallelujah! So right now I am crossing all my fingers and toes that she does this again tonight! Thank you Ella for loving and needing sleep like the rest of your family :)

I am still trying to get a big smile on camera, I have gotten a few smirks but hopefully soon I will get her giant gummy grin. I mean seriously it is HUGE when she smiles :)

What do you think?

I'm thinking he would...

Swifty

Saturday night, Kristen, Hailey, Ashlyn, and myself went to go see Taylor Swift! I am a "closet" fan, or I guess I WAS a "closet" fan. Anytime I hear one of her songs on the radio, I turn it up and sing loudly. My mom and Lisa surprised us 4 girls with tickets and we were so EXCITED! We got all dressed up, cowboy boots on, and headed to the concert. We had AMAZING seats and VIP parking! We are SPOILED! The little girls loved it, but I think there is a really good possibility that Kristen and I sang and screamed louder than them :)  Her concert though was really really good, and Kristen and I both agree that she is flawlessly beautiful. Her face was plastered up on the GIANT screen at cowboys stadium and she didn't have one flaw, just BEAUTIFUL! Such a fun girls night!

I know I sure as heck wouldn't want my face blown up this big! 

Look alikes?

From the time I first saw Ella she instantly reminded me of Kade. I think that as newborns they look SO MUCH ALIKE! There are times that they look nothing alike, but other times they look so much alike that it freaks Bryan and I out! I was looking through the pictures on my phone and I saw this one and it instantly reminded me of a picture of Kade. It is just from the side but their profiles are identical! At least I think so!

Kade at about 6 weeks.

Ella at about 6 weeks.