Iddle me this....: May 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Twinkle Twinkle Bitty Bee

Willa Ann reminds me of a little star. She literally twinkles!

Twinkle Twinkle Bitty Bee

Oh how much you mean to me

You came to us from heaven above

And filled our hearts with so much love

Twinkle Twinkle Bitty Bee

Oh how much you are to me

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Having two children has cured my "Middle Child Syndrome" to a degree. I had quite the revelation this morning---it is impossible to parent each child the same way because each child is so different. This is a big "no duh" to most people out there I am sure. I, however, need to see if Hallmark carries a MCS card to send to my parents. Hey Mama and Daddy--you two are officially off the hook.

Charlie Mac could sleep anywhere as long as I nursed him to sleep. Until now I thought that I had made a mistake doing that and that I was also denying Willa Ann that because she just gets rocked till she's drowsy and falls asleep in her bed. I was in a catch 22 emotionally. I thought that I was being selfish just to get her to go to sleep more easily--nevermind that it's a skill that's good for her too. Mama guilt reigns supreme. WELL--I now feel that all things are equal because Little Miss will NOT sleep just anywhere. She wants to be in HER BED. She let us know this in no uncertain terms last night at our friends Elizabeth and Trace's house when her bedtime rolled around. We actually had to leave! She got quiet in the car and then once we got home, her outrage continued until her daddy rocked her in her room. She then slept so sweetly for many hours. So, now her sleep is also high maintenance and therefore I am absolved of selfishness. It's so weird how that works. Let's blame the media.

Last night I had one of the most awesome moments with Charlie Mac. I was rocking him in his room before I put him in his bed. He now requests the "Iddle Song" every night which warms my heart to no end. Last night I was singing the end of the first verse "you'll never know dear, how much I love you, till you have an Iddle someday" and he chimed in after with a long "deeeear" and then said "Mama wuv ChaMac?" and I said "Yes, I love you so much" He replied with a thoughtful look and "Dada wuv ChaMac?" And I said, "Yes, Daddy loves you very much too." He then asked "Mamadaee wuv ChaMac?" And I said "Yes, we both love you so very much" And then he said "Mamadaee wuv ChaMac." And literally wiggled with glee and snuggled down for the rest of the song. My cup runneth over.

Friday, May 16, 2008

ChaMac's Car--what I forgot to add

He is living for this car--Last night he drove it to the bathroom to brush his teeth. He sat in it while we brushed his teeth, then announced "Brush my cars teeth!" got out, walked around the front and brushed the grill with his toothbrush. "my car clean!" Gotta love it.

Last night he came into our room at 1 a.m. and wanted to drive it. Bradley took him back to bed and he wouldn't go to sleep until bradley went with him to the guest room to sleep. He then proceeded to wake his daddy up every hour asking if he could go drive his cah.

I am so excited he loves it so much!! If I ask him if he loves it he says "yes, hug cah" and hugs it.

Pics in the link in the post below....

xoxoxo

ChaMac's Cah

First, I apologise for the tiny pictures. Please go to this link to see the big versions.

We ordered a pedel car hotrod for Charlie Mac. I showed him the picture of it a week ago when I ordered it, printed it out for him and he carried it around quite proudly calling it "ChaMac's Cah." I think he thought that just the picture was the greatest thing and had no clue that there was an actual toy coming his way. Yesterday at lunch, the doorbell rang and CM ran to the door with his dad to see who it was. I was in the den feeding Willa Ann and heard a little voice shrieking "ChaMac's Cah! ChaMac's Cah!!!" over and over again! There was a picture on the side of the box you see. Bradley and I were just as excited as Charlie Mac and our excitement took over our good sense because instead of saying "yay! look at the picture! We will build it tonight!" we opened it. In front of Iddle. With 30 minutes left in my lunch break. Nevermind being 2 years old, patience is hard enough for anyone when their new car is sitting in front of them and they can't drive it. Bradley assembled like the wind though and I ended up getting back to work in a timely fashion....albeit with my hair standing out in every direction.