Saturday, September 29, 2012

Men are just happier people

One of Kirk's friends posted this on facebook. It gave us such a good laugh I thought I would share!
MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE

NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes.

EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A few of my very favorite things about Audrey

Playing pregnancy with Kirst
Giving Daddy kisses at lunch
Making princess crowns out of whammy
She makes me happy when skies are grey
Real sisterly love
Taking a nap in the bathroom, notice the doggie on a leash
New Years, love those baby blues
All smiles on Kirk and my bed
Mustache girl
These girls love to play dress up
She still loves Adam and insists she will marry him and have babies
This is her favorite baby doll. She loves to carry the baby around in her shirt
She loves holding baby Ellie
Can't get enough of her sweet smile
Baby horsey and also her favorite blue outfit
Audrey insisted on wearing her "soccer" shoes and socks
This girl definitely has parents who adore her
She LOVED this kitty, wish we could let her have one of her own
My gorgeous girls!
So excited to be a big sister! (Taken the night we found out we were pregnant)
I love when this girl climbs into bed with us in the morning
She loves to go hiking with her Daddy
So much attitude, especially when it comes to "pop"
Mischievous smile
Likes the idea of fishing...not the actual fish
Love those baby blues
So photogenic
Loves her Daddy
LOVES coco!
Sisters!

Playing doctor to her daddy
Hates having the sun in her eyes!
bandaids fix everything
Loves rocks
Broken arm :(
Had to have the blue cast
So sweet
How can you say no to that smile
Gorgeous girl
LOVES mommys makeup
Our cuddle bug
Loves her nana
Scared to death but still managed a smile
Dora for Christmas!

Loves Cody and pop
Audrey is our sugar and spice. It's not always easy to be her mom, but I wouldn't trade being her mom for anything. A few of my favorite things about her:
She was born to be a mother. She almost always has a stuffed animal or baby in her arms (along with their blanket and bottle). She talks to them (and they talk back in a high pitched voice), bathes them, puts them down for naps, takes them potty, and disciplines them. We are always finding stuffed animals in random places all over the house (our bed and the baby's crib are her favorites). I feel like we have way to many stuffed animals at our house, but she loves each one of them so much I figure a couple years of stuffed animals everywhere isn't so bad.
Audrey is very gentle. Her feelings are easily hurt, we really have to watch the tone we use around her or she can be in tears over the simplest things. She is always the first to notice when someone needs something or to lend a helping hand.
We can't force Audrey to do anything she doesn't want to do and sometimes have to be very creative to make things sound enticing to her so she will do them.
She also likes to learn things at her own pace aka she doesn't mind wearing her shoes on the wrong feet not matter how many times we try to teach her differently!
Audrey is a smarty pants. A couple days after her birthday we went swimming as a family. We were only in the pool for a couple minutes when Audrey says "I know how to spell my name." She had never spelled it by herself before so I asked her to spell it and then she did! She spelled her name correctly right then and there. I told her to spell her name for Kirk and she did! She has since spelled it over and over correctly. That little Audrey of ours is something special.
Audrey came up with her own clever word for flatulence. She says "Oh I beeped" I think it's the cutest thing and love "beeped" much more than fart.
She loves her sister and the conversation before Kirsten goes to school goes something like "I'm going to miss you. I wish I could come with you." The girls are best friends and love to play together all day everyday.
Audrey is our snuggly girl and is always up for sitting on our lap for a minute and giving us hugs. Before bed she insists on a hug and a kiss and always makes a sweet "mmmm" sound when she hugs us.
She's brave and doesn't hesitate to go into the deep end of the pool (with us right there) or climbing as high as she can when we hike. But she is also really smart about things and always insists we hold her hand whenever we cross the street (or parking lot).
She LOVES her baby brother and talks to him a couple times a day. She also gives my belly kisses every night. She loves to rub my belly  and say "hi baby." It's so cute and I can't wait to introduce the two of them (I may have even teared up at the idea).
Audrey screams like no ones business, but at least we know she is passionate about life.
There is so much personality to our sweet 3 year old, this is only the tip of her iceberg, she is so much joy and I'm so grateful that I get to be her mother forever.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Why I like being a mom

Because when we pulled up to the park tonight Kirsten hoped out of her seat, leaned over my chair and gave me a big ol smackeroo for no reason at all.
Because there is always a race to see who can put their seatbelt on first in our car. Kirk and I always loose and someone from the backseat always says "it's ok mom, maybe tomorrow." So yesterday when Kirsten lost (to everyone) Kirk couldn't resist saying "it's ok Kirsten, maybe tomorrow" and we all burst out laughing. Then I said the same thing and we laughed more. And then Audrey waiting just long enough pipes up "it's ok Kirsten, maybe tomorrow" and we all laughed and laughed and laughed.
Because when Kirk laid his head on my stomach last night our baby boy tried for twenty minutes to push his dad off. It's amazing to play with a person we helped create but haven't met yet!
Because I get to smell little hands when they come out of the bathroom
for a soap check.
Because my girls name their stuffed animals Dynelle.
Because we have to whisper during breakfast because Audrey baby dolphin is "sleeping."
Because the girls were getting into the tub and Kirsten runs downstairs to get a toy and Kirk tells her "I can see your naked bum" and so she turns and runs back up to the bathroom exclaiming "Audrey, dad saw my naked bum!!!" And then Audrey gasps in shock!

Being a mom is an honor and so much fun! I sure lucked out to have such funny, smart, amazing little girls. And it doesn't hurt that my coworker is hot!

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Our little artists

Kirsten drew this in primary. She is the princess and her castle. You can also see a mouse she drew and the mouse's castle.
The first family picture Kirsten drew. She drew it back in June and it makes me smile every time I see it.
Kirsten drew this in primary. Obviously she loves mermaids. I love that she wrote my name and her name.
One of the first mermaids Kirsten drew.
One of Audrey's first drawings, I think it's a cute face.
This picture Kirsten drew cracks me up. I'm on the right, Kirsten is in the middle, and Kirk is really tiny getting squished by Kirsten.
This is the first picture Kirsten drew of all five of us including our baby boy.
The first time Kirsten wrote all of our names. It's so fun to have her grow up!