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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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10 minutes ago, my plan was to curl up in bed and take a nice long nap while the girls did, but my sweet Ember had other plans. Both of my girls have been swaddle babies from day one, but she is growing out of even our biggest stretchy muslin swaddle blankets. Don't get me wrong, I am a swaddle pro. I wrap those babies up like burritos...no, even tighter than burritos...taquitos? Anyways, when she is tired and wrapped up tight, she sleeps great for naps and bedtime. When she is in a feisty break-out-of-my-swaddle mood, decent naps are a no-go. Which is okay. She slept her best night so far in her 4 months of life last night, so I should be adequately rested.
I decided it was a good day to update the old snoop bloggy blog. (Do I sound hip when I say that?) It has been nagging at my mind lately, but sometimes I find blogging daunting. Which is funny...because it's blogging for goodness sakes. It is supposed to be enjoyable, and I truly enjoy writing down the funny and sweet things that happen in my day-to-day life, but when I go this long without blogging, I feel like one blog post can't do our recent happenings justice. There are only a few who follow our blog that would like to be kept in the know about things we have recently been doing, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal, but brevity never really was a strength of mine...obvious no? 2 paragraphs already and nothing actually said. Stay with me here! I'll do my best to fill those of you who care in on what we've been up to this summer.
At the beginning of June, my beautiful, sweet, smart Reagan turned 2. I didn't have as much of a mid-life (hopefully not really mid-life) crisis as I did when she turned one, but birthdays are always a little bittersweet for me. There is nothing "baby" left about her. I still call her my baby, and she still asks to be "wrappied up" sometimes...see? I am a swaddle pro. But she is definitely one of the big girls now. She talks and talks and talks like it's going out of style. Some of the things that she says are absolutely hilarious, and sometimes they are rather embarrassing, especially when we're in public. I have had her say "Whoa, biiiig" out loud when we were standing in line at the supermarket behind a "Whoa Big" person. The other day we were playing in an arcade at a restaurant when a family speaking French walks in to let their kids play. The minute Reagan hears how they talk and that it is different than the way we talk, she starts yelling "Blah blah blah blah, kids! Blah blah blah. Kids are silly!" Because she thought they were just speaking nonsense. It's hard not to laugh when these things happen, because she is very observant. She is entering a very curious stage and is always asking me, "What's that? What does that mean? Who's that?" to questions that I sometimes can't even answer. Like yesterday, I mentioned to Jason that something made me nervous. She overheard and asked, "What's nervous, mom? Why mommy nervous?" Try explaining "nervous" to a 2 year old. All morning today, she was saying "You're makin' me nervous" in a funny voice. She has me rolling in laughter with the things she says sometimes. Because she is so observant, we really have to be careful about the things we say. Did you know that some words in the English language really sound like cuss words when one letter is left out? And did you know that 2 year olds frequently leave one one letter when they're saying them? Catch my drift?
Besides the hilarity that is Reagan Penelope, she has a very sweet and sensitive side as well. She rarely complains or throws tantrums, and when she does, she looks at you with these eyes that seem to look into your soul, trying to understand why you might be telling her "no." She and Jason continue to be best friends, and I love watching them play and talk. Jason always mentions that he hopes she will always cuddle with him and caress his face and give him kisses. For both of their sakes, I hope she does too. She is a doll and so much fun, and she continues to teach me more than I could ever teach her.
Jason also recently had a birthday. I won't mention how old he turned, in case he is embarrassed, but he shouldn't be embarrassed because he is still really young and really cute and has a lot of life left in him! (That sounds like I am describing a car). We had a great day, complete with a barbecue in honor of him, where he got his very own gas grill. If he wasn't officially a man before, he is now. Jason has been busy this summer with his internship at Comcast Arena, helping out in the marketing department. He was lucky enough to catch his very own "Bieber Fever" when he attended his first...and probably (hopefully?) last Justin Bieber concert. And by attended I mean work alongside the Bieb Man himself, back stage. No, not back up dancing, although I'm sure he'd be happy to do that too, but organizing the sound check and meet&greet. That's right, folks, we've got a real VIP on our hands now. Last weekend he also helped out at the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA for all you hard core fans) show, and could be spotted on showtime if you looked closely. I am very proud of him, and am excited for him that he is finally making a name for himself doing what he is good at. He works hard, and I am grateful for that.
Shortly before Jason's birthday, his parents came to visit us for Ember's baby blessing. We were so lucky to have them to ourselves for a week, and we all had so much fun. Reagan especially enjoyed her time with "Grandma GG and Papa Kent" and loved all of the attention she got. She loves her some attention! We were able to relax and watch movies, eat good food, get very spoiled, and visit our neighbors up North in Canada to see the new Vancouver temple and explore the city. Ember's blessing day was so special. We blessed her in my parents home, and we had lots of family and friends present. It was such a personal and intimate experience having it at home, and will be a day I always remember.
Speaking of Ember, or "Sissy Goo" as she is still known in our house (Jason almost called her Sissy Goo when he did the baby blessing), she is exactly 4 months old today and is such a source of sunshine and joy in our home. She is absolutely adorable and sweet and rolly-polly and I couldn't ask for a better baby. She is so relaxed and easy going, and I honestly don't know how or why I got so lucky. She allows me a full night's rest at night, eats great, and is always just smiling from ear to ear about who knows what. Something must be going right in her life. She is a very quiet and soft spoken baby for the most part, but as soon as her older sister goes to bed, she giggles and coos and tells me all that she has been waiting to tell me all day. She must like her one-on-one time. She loves Reagan, and watches her antics all day long with wonder in her eyes. She is a trooper too, because Reagan loves her a little "hard" sometimes, and all she does is scrunch up her nose and tense up her shoulders when she knows Reagan is about to smother her with love and kisses, all while keeping that infamous grin on her face. Like Reagan did as a baby, she looks so much like Jason, but we think she may have my eyes...and my rolls and double chin, but don't tell me you noticed that even if you did. =) I celebrated her 4 month birthday with her last night, just the two of us, and gave her a tiny taste of rice cereal, which, as I accurately predicted, she hated. I gave Reagan a taste of it hen she turned 4 months as well, and she equally gagged and pushed it out of her mouth. Just a tradition I guess. I know Ember doesn't need it, but it was fun to try anyways. We will wait 2 or 3 more months before trying it again.
Jason and I just celebrated 4 years of marriage last month. It has been the best 4 years of my life and I love who I am becoming and who we are becoming together. I truly feel lucky to have found him. We didn't get to do anything too outlandish because he was working, but he did give me tickets to go see good old Jack Johnson in concert at the Gorge in October. We are beyond excited for that. I have seen Jack (yeah, we're on a first name basis, don't be jealous!) in concert twice before and it's always guaranteed to be a good show. We are going with my sister, who, by the way, will be leaving on her mission for our church just a few weeks later.
Speaking of Haley, she will be going to the Naga Phillipines Mission and I couldn't be more excited, proud, (jealous...in a healthy, sisterly way), and nervous for her. So many emotions. I will really miss her so much. I don't know how I will handle not seeing her for 18 months, but I know what she is doing is so important and I love the gospel she will be teaching to the Naga people, so I guess I am going to have to be okay with it, huh? I love her. She is an inspiration to me.
And...the current. We just got back from a lovely and much needed trip up to the beautiful Mt. Baker wilderness with my family for the very first Annual Pratt-Wilson Family Reunion. It is fun for me to look forward to the future when all of my siblings will be married with kids as well, and we can all get together just like we did this weekend. It was so relaxing and beautiful. We stayed in an amazing cabin and just spent time together. There was no cell service or internet, so we really were roughin' it (kidding). In all honesty, it was so nice to just get to sit and talk and listen to each other, without any outside distractions. I could really get used to that. We hiked, swam, played games, ate, fished, played tennis, and just soaked in the gorgeous scenery. I felt like I was on the set of the movie "Heidi" or something. There is really nothing like it. We live, in my opinion, in the most beautiful place in the world.
I decided it was a good day to update the old snoop bloggy blog. (Do I sound hip when I say that?) It has been nagging at my mind lately, but sometimes I find blogging daunting. Which is funny...because it's blogging for goodness sakes. It is supposed to be enjoyable, and I truly enjoy writing down the funny and sweet things that happen in my day-to-day life, but when I go this long without blogging, I feel like one blog post can't do our recent happenings justice. There are only a few who follow our blog that would like to be kept in the know about things we have recently been doing, so it shouldn't be too big of a deal, but brevity never really was a strength of mine...obvious no? 2 paragraphs already and nothing actually said. Stay with me here! I'll do my best to fill those of you who care in on what we've been up to this summer.
At the beginning of June, my beautiful, sweet, smart Reagan turned 2. I didn't have as much of a mid-life (hopefully not really mid-life) crisis as I did when she turned one, but birthdays are always a little bittersweet for me. There is nothing "baby" left about her. I still call her my baby, and she still asks to be "wrappied up" sometimes...see? I am a swaddle pro. But she is definitely one of the big girls now. She talks and talks and talks like it's going out of style. Some of the things that she says are absolutely hilarious, and sometimes they are rather embarrassing, especially when we're in public. I have had her say "Whoa, biiiig" out loud when we were standing in line at the supermarket behind a "Whoa Big" person. The other day we were playing in an arcade at a restaurant when a family speaking French walks in to let their kids play. The minute Reagan hears how they talk and that it is different than the way we talk, she starts yelling "Blah blah blah blah, kids! Blah blah blah. Kids are silly!" Because she thought they were just speaking nonsense. It's hard not to laugh when these things happen, because she is very observant. She is entering a very curious stage and is always asking me, "What's that? What does that mean? Who's that?" to questions that I sometimes can't even answer. Like yesterday, I mentioned to Jason that something made me nervous. She overheard and asked, "What's nervous, mom? Why mommy nervous?" Try explaining "nervous" to a 2 year old. All morning today, she was saying "You're makin' me nervous" in a funny voice. She has me rolling in laughter with the things she says sometimes. Because she is so observant, we really have to be careful about the things we say. Did you know that some words in the English language really sound like cuss words when one letter is left out? And did you know that 2 year olds frequently leave one one letter when they're saying them? Catch my drift?
Besides the hilarity that is Reagan Penelope, she has a very sweet and sensitive side as well. She rarely complains or throws tantrums, and when she does, she looks at you with these eyes that seem to look into your soul, trying to understand why you might be telling her "no." She and Jason continue to be best friends, and I love watching them play and talk. Jason always mentions that he hopes she will always cuddle with him and caress his face and give him kisses. For both of their sakes, I hope she does too. She is a doll and so much fun, and she continues to teach me more than I could ever teach her.
Jason also recently had a birthday. I won't mention how old he turned, in case he is embarrassed, but he shouldn't be embarrassed because he is still really young and really cute and has a lot of life left in him! (That sounds like I am describing a car). We had a great day, complete with a barbecue in honor of him, where he got his very own gas grill. If he wasn't officially a man before, he is now. Jason has been busy this summer with his internship at Comcast Arena, helping out in the marketing department. He was lucky enough to catch his very own "Bieber Fever" when he attended his first...and probably (hopefully?) last Justin Bieber concert. And by attended I mean work alongside the Bieb Man himself, back stage. No, not back up dancing, although I'm sure he'd be happy to do that too, but organizing the sound check and meet&greet. That's right, folks, we've got a real VIP on our hands now. Last weekend he also helped out at the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA for all you hard core fans) show, and could be spotted on showtime if you looked closely. I am very proud of him, and am excited for him that he is finally making a name for himself doing what he is good at. He works hard, and I am grateful for that.
Shortly before Jason's birthday, his parents came to visit us for Ember's baby blessing. We were so lucky to have them to ourselves for a week, and we all had so much fun. Reagan especially enjoyed her time with "Grandma GG and Papa Kent" and loved all of the attention she got. She loves her some attention! We were able to relax and watch movies, eat good food, get very spoiled, and visit our neighbors up North in Canada to see the new Vancouver temple and explore the city. Ember's blessing day was so special. We blessed her in my parents home, and we had lots of family and friends present. It was such a personal and intimate experience having it at home, and will be a day I always remember.
Speaking of Ember, or "Sissy Goo" as she is still known in our house (Jason almost called her Sissy Goo when he did the baby blessing), she is exactly 4 months old today and is such a source of sunshine and joy in our home. She is absolutely adorable and sweet and rolly-polly and I couldn't ask for a better baby. She is so relaxed and easy going, and I honestly don't know how or why I got so lucky. She allows me a full night's rest at night, eats great, and is always just smiling from ear to ear about who knows what. Something must be going right in her life. She is a very quiet and soft spoken baby for the most part, but as soon as her older sister goes to bed, she giggles and coos and tells me all that she has been waiting to tell me all day. She must like her one-on-one time. She loves Reagan, and watches her antics all day long with wonder in her eyes. She is a trooper too, because Reagan loves her a little "hard" sometimes, and all she does is scrunch up her nose and tense up her shoulders when she knows Reagan is about to smother her with love and kisses, all while keeping that infamous grin on her face. Like Reagan did as a baby, she looks so much like Jason, but we think she may have my eyes...and my rolls and double chin, but don't tell me you noticed that even if you did. =) I celebrated her 4 month birthday with her last night, just the two of us, and gave her a tiny taste of rice cereal, which, as I accurately predicted, she hated. I gave Reagan a taste of it hen she turned 4 months as well, and she equally gagged and pushed it out of her mouth. Just a tradition I guess. I know Ember doesn't need it, but it was fun to try anyways. We will wait 2 or 3 more months before trying it again.
Jason and I just celebrated 4 years of marriage last month. It has been the best 4 years of my life and I love who I am becoming and who we are becoming together. I truly feel lucky to have found him. We didn't get to do anything too outlandish because he was working, but he did give me tickets to go see good old Jack Johnson in concert at the Gorge in October. We are beyond excited for that. I have seen Jack (yeah, we're on a first name basis, don't be jealous!) in concert twice before and it's always guaranteed to be a good show. We are going with my sister, who, by the way, will be leaving on her mission for our church just a few weeks later.
Speaking of Haley, she will be going to the Naga Phillipines Mission and I couldn't be more excited, proud, (jealous...in a healthy, sisterly way), and nervous for her. So many emotions. I will really miss her so much. I don't know how I will handle not seeing her for 18 months, but I know what she is doing is so important and I love the gospel she will be teaching to the Naga people, so I guess I am going to have to be okay with it, huh? I love her. She is an inspiration to me.
And...the current. We just got back from a lovely and much needed trip up to the beautiful Mt. Baker wilderness with my family for the very first Annual Pratt-Wilson Family Reunion. It is fun for me to look forward to the future when all of my siblings will be married with kids as well, and we can all get together just like we did this weekend. It was so relaxing and beautiful. We stayed in an amazing cabin and just spent time together. There was no cell service or internet, so we really were roughin' it (kidding). In all honesty, it was so nice to just get to sit and talk and listen to each other, without any outside distractions. I could really get used to that. We hiked, swam, played games, ate, fished, played tennis, and just soaked in the gorgeous scenery. I felt like I was on the set of the movie "Heidi" or something. There is really nothing like it. We live, in my opinion, in the most beautiful place in the world.
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