A day (or two or three) in the life of...

Goodness, it's only been like 6 months. Had to break through the weeds and cobwebs to log back in here and post. So, I want to keep track of some of the happenings here and move forward doing a little light tracking here and there. Little summary of past 6 months: Sold previous home and moved into new one here in Swinger-Ville. (no white rocks around our mailbox so we should be ok) Put kiddos in new daycare (after them having been home with us during the days for about 3 months) and they love it.  Still hoping for a job to come through for Cowboy (I'm going to come back to this list with more items. my brain hurts trying to remember it all) As for the kiddos, Joaquin is just now (at 22 months) starting to have a verbal explosion. For a few months, the only words he had were: Gacias (he can't quite get the r in there) All Done Mama Papa Dad I want / I wannit No down up hi bye Amo Now, he's adding in: 'is broken water  ouch dog pac...

I was told I was not allowed to do Izzy's hair this morning. She specifically wanted a braid and wanted her Daddy to do it. "No Mama, you not do my hair. Daddy has to do it. I want a trenza". (trenza is braid in spanish) Daddy was unable to fulfill her request, not for a lack of trying. She finally gave in and let me do her hair. We need an end to this teething hell we're in. Our ear drums will burst with all the screeching that is happening in our house. burst.

A friend is about a month (probably less) away from having her baby and man, I get twitchy just remembering that post partum that hit me like a battle canon. Luckily, many women can get through post-partum unscathed (albeit, tired as crap) so I need to remember that before I start cringing when I see very pregnant chickies. I do miss the actual part of being pregnant. Feeling the babies moving inside me. Shoving organs aside at their whim to find their sweet spot of coziness inside you. It's nuts! The life cycle is amazing! The whole process of growing another human being inside you is awesome! Now, because Wocka Wocka has suffered so much in his first year and few months of life, I am confident in our decision to not have any more little people. Ever. Never ever ever. We done. Ship has sailed. Izzy's had her moments but she never cried nearly as much as Wocka has. In his defense, he's had brutal reflux, his teething is a slow, gory process in his particular bone structur...

=1/2A^2 has made a lovely suggestion of posting more randoms on the blog to keep it alive and light for me. I'm hoping to enjoy blogging again and taking the pressure of recapping full life updates off the table here. Life is too nutty to keep full updates going here. Moving in about a month and a half to 2 months. Don't know where. :) It'll take care of itself. Izzy's quotes as of late which are ever so amusing to me: "You love me? Awww, thank you Mommy! You're so nice to me." o_o "Woooooo Doggy, It's cold out here! Where are my mittens?!?!" Yesterday morning, she came to wake us up with Dostoyevsky's 'Notes from the Underground' book that she wanted us to start off the day reading. Oh honey, can't we just read an excerpt from The Hunger Games or something more my reading style? ((sigh)) Joaquin needs to curb his screeching when he needs something, else I may fall into that habit and just point to wine gla...

2013 was beautifully exhausting. Joaquin went through some tough times, which led to us going through some tough times. It beat us to a pulp at times and forced us to rebuild. Repeatedly. Our little man is now growing and smiling more. Running all through the house (usually with items he aquires by stealing from Izzy when she's not looking and having her chase him for them), eating everything in sight and giggling at the mere threat of tickling coming his way. Izzy went through some pretty epic tantrums and meltdowns and flipped our world, as we knew it, upside down. She reminded us that little people (well, people in general) are ever changing and if we think we know what the next action/reaction will be, we got another thing coming. She is also becoming one of the most loving, attentive, brilliant and unavoidably beautiful little girls in the world. Every day she humbles me and reminds me about how perfectly pure human nature is w/out life's jading. Every single day she m...

Even though time is flying by like crazy, I feel like this Christmas season has been the longest in ages. Probably because it hasn't been a very joyous one so far. Stress makes time slow, right when you want to just close your eyes and be past the stress hump. Ah well. In the meantime, on our to do list is: Pack us all up for Okahooooooma trip! Eeep! I'm of the school of packing more than you need so that you don't need. Cowboy is a minimalist. This will be an interesting process. At least with Izzy mostly potty trained, we won't have to pack up a ton of diapers.  So there's that. With Cowboy's impending layoff on the horizon, we're not really doing Christmas in a gift sense this year. We're not even really in the spirit for sending Christmas cards so it's just not feeling so exciting this year. Don't get me wrong, I'm not all about the gifts but I feel uncomfortable not gifting those we love and who we want to bring a smile to. SO, w...