A couple of Kylee things..and some Kade thrown in also!

So Kylee was singing yesterday in the car...anyone with small children and Noggin know Laurie Berkner...well I kinda recognized the song...

Kylee: "so I turned around...and heard a sound...and it said IM GONNA CATCH YOU, YOU BETTER RUN, I'M GONNA CATCH YOU HERE I COME...SO I JUMPED RIGHT IN TO MONDAY...AND I HAD MYSELF A GUN DAY"

Holy shit...she might join the ARA...I'm almost definite now she will be sitting talking politics at age 8...just probably won't be voting Republican.

Kylee: "mommy..this is an old car" (mind you I drive a 07 Ford Expedition)
Me: "you think?"
Kylee: "yes...I think we need to get a new one"
Me: "Cars cost lots of money...that is why you keep them for a long time. In fact, maybe I will keep this one til you turn 16 and you can drive it"
Kylee: "No..I want a different car"
Me: "like what?"
Kylee: "A different car"
Me: "like what kind of different car"
Kylee: "I want a CONVERTIBLE"
Me: (a little shocked that she even knows the word...so I figure she doesn't really know what it means, right?) "Why is that?"
Kylee: "I like them. The top goes down"
Me: "oh"

Yup...she is liberal, care free...definitely not a Republican!

I remember thinking when I was pregnant with Kade how the second child always gets the shaft...and I was sure I wasn't ever going to do that. But, true to form, I know in my mind that I don't spend nearly as much time on vocabulary, learning new things, etc. that I did with Kylee. I would like to say that it's a good excuse or something...but it's just that I am too tired...almost all the time.
So, I was playing with Kade on the floor determined to make it a point of spending at least an hour of quality learning time a day with him. I was trying to help him with balancing, etc...and it was a lounge, but it was 3 steps! Yup! Getting closer to walking. I feel a little vindicated since he already holds the remote for the TV up to his ear and says "hi" Both my kids did that early...is that a kid thing...or does it mean this mommy is on the phone way too much?

Well, I am off to bed. I have been running a low grade fever today. I developed a nice chest cough and watery eyes yesterday. I think that left ear infection is trying to do me in...I don't know. Maybe I brought a bug home from Vegas...which then would disprove the entire theory of things staying in Vegas! Night!

What I learned today...

A couple things really....

1: For those of us who do all our own wrapping...go to Michaels...they make this little thing that is like what you get to open the mail for cutting wrapping paper...Its fun and FAST!! I may never use scissors again (at least as long as I know where that little dohicky is...which may be until next week!)

2. Take notes on this one...it may be very helpful for you. When using gift wrap tape and it folds over, do not stick it to your lip to straighten it back out because you only have one hand...it can AND WILL) take the skin off the inside of your lip! I wonder if I can sue 3M like that lady sued Mickey D's?
3. Despite how many times my child asks me what my cell phone number is again, she knows it. How would I know this? Because she called me tonight to tell on the babysitter Beth when she didn't make her cinnamon toast right and when Kylee threw it away out of anger, Beth told her now she would have to eat her green beans...so Kylee told her she was mad at her and was calling her mommy. She didn't think she really would do it...until I returned a call frantic because I had missed the earlier call. Nice, huh?

It has been forever!!!

I havent posted in so long. I have been better at my myspace than on here...so you can always look over there...it's under BeckyBrahma. I had posted on November 7th that Kade had been sick with an upper respiratory infection and ear infection. Why the long stretch in posts? Kade is STILL sick! Can you say A MONTH!!!! I have been to the doctors 6 times with him in 3 1/2 weeks (once also with Kylee...but that is a whole other story). So if you are wondering why I am not posting lately, this would be it...I'm exhausted. I have been up to my ears with Kade's illness...my business partners aren't so thrilled I'm leaving over Christmas for two weeks...and at the end of the day, my "to do" list just gets longer and I get nothing accomplished. Kade is the most attached child I have ever run into. If he sees me and is with someone (even Kylee or Sujoy) it's a complete meltdown. He will actually crawl over to me just to touch me. Can you say Momma's Boy? I love it, but I can't do anything when he's home. When he's at school, I have to be at work because I'm leaving...so I get nothing done at home.

I have started other therapies with a chiro to try and get Kade well...so far I have had better results in 3 days with his ideas than 3 1/2 weeks with traditional medicine. Still remains to be seen, though. At any rate, I have been brought to tears over the situation about 5 times this week...in the end, I have to suck it up, cause crying isn't going to make it better.

On a brighter note, go check out my new pics of mommy and son photo shoot. It was supposed to be a family portrait for a Christmas Cards done by the most talented photographer on earth, but Kylee had HUGE meltdown over her curls not being big enough (I'm so screwed when she's a teenager) and we were going to have to council. After much tears (on both Kylee's part and mine...and I screwed up my makeup job my friend had come to do) Sujoy told me to just go with Kade...so we got some VERY special pics of us...and they really describe his personality and our relationship to a tee. Makes my heart happy.










Kylee did the sweetest thing today. Kade was on my lap (imagine that) and he was screaming for Kylee (he screams "Kai"). She came over and looked at him...kissed him on the forehead, and looked me in the eyes while rubbing his head and said "this is just the best thing of all". Melted my heart...made motherhood all worth while. It was in that moment that I knew they will always have eachother to rely on..and I almost started crying. That right there was the reason I wanted two kids....That was all the validation I needed to know I am doing my job well.