Eli Leroy

Eli 2 months weighing 13lbs 5 oz

Whats your name?

just plain ridiculous..

i tried my hand at taking a photo for christmas cards..

this is what i got. oh the madness.

best uncle of the year award goes to....

I have mentioned before(or a million times) that i have a great family, and its no secret i am obsessed with them. Especially when we have wicked fun times together! My brother takes the cake for taking Maya skating yesterday. She loved it, and was super sad to leave.

I have never talked about it, but this summer my brother was walking to his friends house one night and was attacked by 3 unknown men. they pulled their truck up, got out, spayed him with bear mase and viciously attacked him. Thankfully he only physically suffered only a broken arm, and excruciating pain for days from the bear mace. he is doing well now, still his arm is not healed. He is a great hockey player, and was hoping to return to play this winter, but has been meeting set back after set back. he is off work now, due to his injuries and although he is bummed about being off, Maya could not be happier! from the moment she wakes up till the moment she closes her eyes, he talks about him. "I see untle, and doe smimmin?" "Wheres Untle?" "Untle at home?" "Untle tum my house" "I tall untle on da pone?" "what untle doonin?" etc etc. etc. etc. all. day. long.

oh Christmas tree...2009

I still think Maya has the best dad in the world. he takes the time to explain EVERYTHING he does, and has so much patience with Maya and all her questions. They worked hard on putting the tree together.



















There she is, our glorious tree! What a beaut! and even more gorgeous when she is all lit up! My family (including my husband) think i am completely bonkers wanting to set up the tree so soon, but- when i see how glorious it makes my living room look, and it puts me in a good mood. so there. sue me.





















Maya had lots of fun pretending she was the Christmas tree, and wearing the skirt around. she was dancing and twirling and getting in to the Christmas spirit!





















Eli donning his Christmas attire "all mommy wants for Christmas is a scilent night" Wish Eli could read! or take a hint..I'm not sure which would be more effective :)

sickers

the tree is up the kids are sick and I'm coming down with something.
The snow is here and i love it! it makes everything seems so clean. unlike my house.

This is the 2ND time Eli has been sick in his short little life, both times colds. He is OK during the day for the most part, but once he tries to sleep his nose stuffs up and he is coughing. He is growing so much, we weighed him on a bathroom scale and we estimate he is 14 lbs! crazy i tell you. he is awake more and more and is becoming very strong. Maya is still infatuated with him, and i hope she always is.

Maya is sick too, she had a cold, and now has been vomiting. Took her to the dr today, he said she is fine just the flu...the normal flu :) she is really quite sick, it not only breaks my heart to see her throwing up, but then she says "dorry mommy, i made a mess..i do dorry!"

I have been really struggling with breastfeeding and getting frustrated. my boobies are cracked and sore and on fire 90% of the time. but, i don't want to give up..With maya is was "easy-peasy" and i never had a single day of even slight discomfort. with Eli, i dont know if i ever had a day without pain. After getting some great advice from some friends, things are starting to look up, we have him a bottle yesterday and tried to give "the girls" a little rest, but as any mother knows, when you don't feed your baby they swell to the size of watermelons and become as hard as bricks and painful! did i mention painful? so, after a day of a break things are feeling a bit better. I watched some movies on line on how to get a successful latch and its working..a bit. I'm going to give it 1 more week and if nothing has changed, I'm saying good bye to nursing all together. and hello to $30.00 a week on formula. sigh.

so, thats all..

we are spending our days, snuggling up in blankets in a bed of Kleenex taking short breaks to clean up puke and making the most of the close time with my kiddies.

fa la la

guess what im SECRETLY doing today??


THIS....

dont judge, people! WHOOO! I CANT WAIT!! GOTTA GO GET STARTED!

shes my maya

This little girl, is so amazing. She makes me laugh a million times a day, she is so sweet and she loves her little brother with all her heart. She is goofy and silly, she has the biggest imagination of anyone i have ever met, she can have a conversation on her fake phone to her opa for 10 min straight. she is spunky and wild and loves to dance. she likes to use the vacuum hose as a microphone and can sing almost as many songs as i can. She is kind and loving, she is affectionate and cuddly. she is mine, she is Maya, and i could eat her up.