It's been a while!!

I feel like we have been sick this whole month! So far we've had 2 stomach bugs, strep, a cold, and a teething toddler. I'm just glad that February is the shortest month of the year!! I have been jotting down a few Melanie and Meredith-isms in my absence from here....

First off, Melanie and I were bedridden all day Saturday with a nasty stomach bug, so we used my cell phone (ahhh, gotta love technology) to call down to Daddy whenever we needed something. On probably his 6th trip up and down the stairs bringing Melanie her gingerale and crackers, she looked at me and said, "Mommy, I could get used to this!" I laughed a little then, because if I had laughed as hard as I wanted to I'm pretty sure my head would have exploded, I felt so icky. Thankfully, Eric took Meredith down to Mom Mom's for the day and night and she was the only one of us not to get sick, so thanks Mom!!

Last night, Eric rented some movie that I had no intention of watching, and since I'm still not 100%, I put Meredith to bed and Melanie and I went and watched t.v. up in our room while Eric watched his movie downstairs. So we are laying in bed, and we hear the movie downstairs and we heard all of this gunfire (on the t.v., of course.) Melanie looks up at me and says, "Mommy, do you think that's Daddy taking care of that nasty cat?" I didn't even know what to do, our little 3 year old girl asking me that! She's crazy!!!!

Melanie also has a new favortie song...."Wannabe" by the Spice Girls. Yes, I have Spice Girls on my Ipod and while it was on shuffle the other day, "Wannabe" came on while I was in the shower, and I couldn't change it. Now, Melanie is hooked! I think we listen to it about 15 times a day.....our car trip to Chicago next week should be interesting!! :)

The vocabulary on the child....she told us the other night that Meredith is her "nemesis". I know she got that from "Phineas and 'Berg'" but it's still really funny because she was mad at Meredith for something and she used it in the right context.

This is a funny one....we live a few miles from a chicken plant, and whenever we drive by it on the side road or on 575, we can sometimes smell it. Melanie knows where it is, but whenever she smells anything in the car, she blames it on the chicken plant. We were out running errands the other day and she said, "Oooh, Mommy, the chicken plant stinks!" We weren't even close to the plant, so I said, "Honey, we aren't by the chicken plant." She starts laughing and says, "Oh, well, then it must be my toot." We raise them with class here! She also will come up to me and say, "That thing you smell? That's my toot." At what age do you start to get embarrassed by your gas instead of amused by it??

This may be one of my favorite things that she says. Anytime Melanie sees an American flag, she gets all excited and says, "Mommy, there's Meredith's birthday flag!" I think that is so cute!

She also has an obsession with the blow up things that are supposed to be people and they are waving and moving around and are brightly colored....I have no idea what they are actually called, but everytime she sees one she gets all excited and shouts out, "Daddy!" (She has been doing that for a couple years now, but I don't know if I've ever documented it.)

As for Meredith....I feel like I always have more to say about Melanie because she talks more right now and does more stuff, but Meredith is just thriving. She is getting in to everything, LOVES, LOVES, LOVES "Cars"....she has her jammies that she wears every single night, along with her slippers, her cups, her plate and silverware at dinner, her gummy vitamins (we can't walk by the cabinet where we keep them without her going "Ca cas!") her toys, and we watch the movie at least once a day. She loves it! She calls them her "Ca cas" and says that phrase at least 100 times a day (no exaggerating there.) We have been calling her "Little Irene" because the way she looks (sometimes) and some of the mannerisms and the way she acts remind us all of my Grandma Wesley. She has a "baby" that she has to take to bed with her every night, of course, still with her blanket. She ADORES her big sister, and wants to be just like her, and Melanie is the best big sister. One of her favorite words is "Saaa shaaaa" and we don't know what it means, but it's really cute. She still does the "Uhhhhh huhhh" and the "Uhhhh uhhhhh" for "Yes" and "No", announces to the world when she "pe pes" and loves to say "buh bye", waves backwards, and claps whenever she hears an audience on t.v. applaud (Mel Mel used to do those things, too).

While I am trying to type this, my babies are in the playroom, putting on all this jewelry and turning themselves in to princesses. Poor Meredith's Sleeping Beauty crown keeps falling off because the poor baby still doesn't have a ton of hair to hold it in! They have so much fun together. She also just swiped a whole box of "Cars" graham crackers off the counter, which I am 99% sure are now dumped all over the playroom floor. It's a good life!

I'm not buying any more toys!

Melanie caught a stomach bug this week, and for a couple of days, all she ate was soup, crackers,and Jello. When she came down with a tummy ache, I ran out to the store and bought a bunch of stuff, including soup with different shaped pasta, such as Disney Princess, Dora the Explorer, and Sponge Bob. Well, they also had Cars, and even though it was Mel Mel who was sick, I bought a can of Cars soup because I thought Meredith might like it. Well, she will not put it down! She plays with it from the second she gets up until she goes to bed, and if she misplaces it, she pitches a fit! I have tried to get a picture of her with it, but she just runs from me when she sees the camera, so for now, I am just putting a picture up of the can....she just tried to take it to bed with her for naptime!! I don't think the Cars soup is ever going to make it to the stovetop.....she just runs around with it going, "Ca car. Ca car!"

Another long night....at least they made it humorous this time!

This happened a few nights ago....I can't believe I forgot to post it! It was the night of my birthday, and Meredith woke up around 3 just raring to go! Of course, she ended up waking Melanie and Eric both up, and Melanie thought she was just being hilarious! So at this point, it's around 4, everyone is awake, Meredith is jumping in the middle of our bed, and Melanie is laughing because "Meredith makes such a good Perry the Platypus noise. It sounds just like him." She was laughing, and because Melanie was laughing, Meredith kept making the noise! This turned into Melanie pondering the idea of Icky Bear being a secret agent. "Mommy, I think Icky Bear might be a secret agent for Ogama. But I have never seen him with a hat. Do you think Icky Bear is a secret agent?" I was laughing so hard it got them even more riled up!! Let's just say no one fell back to sleep until about 6:30!!!

What a great birthday!

Even though I don't like the thought of getting older (who does??) I really had a great birthday this year. After my last post, my family came over for dinner, and Lulu had asked me if it was ok if she brought a friend, which I said was fine. So she went to go pick up her "friend" and abut 10 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Eric went to go answer the door and all of a sudden I hear him laughing, and telling me that there was somebody here for me. I go to the door, and there was a life size cardboard cut out of Robert Pattinson on my front porch, with no one else around. Lulu got out of her car and left it running, jumped out and left him on the porch, rang the bell, and ran and jumped back in her car and drove off! So then I am out there, laughing hysterically with a giant cardboard cut out! It was so funny! Melanie and Meredith gave me a New Moon board game(I decided that I can't say that I like anything without it exploding in my face! :) and Melanie got to give me my Twilight birthday party, which she was thrilled about. She was so cute and sweet with my birthday this year. I ended my day watching the Man vs. Food live special with Eric and one of my best friends dropping by with cookies. And tonight, I get to go out to Ted's for a relaxing birthday dinner with my hubby! As much as I hate getting older, this birthday was so great I wouldn't mind them coming around more often!!

It's my birthday!

Well, it's only 2 in the afternoon, but I have already had a great birthday! I had the best wake up call from my sweet baby Melanie...she came and got right in my face and said, "Guess what Mommy....it's your birthday! Happy Birthday!" and then she gave me a big hug and kiss! Before I was even really awake, I checked my phone and had a message from my dad, "You started us off 28 years ago, we're so glad we had you!" Then a call from my mom and Jenny Lee, who surprised me with an early phone call while she was "working" :) Then the text messages started, and I got on my Facebook, where it was only around 8 and I already had a bunch of friends wish me a happy birthday!! I also received a slightly racist e-card from Lulu, (see above) which made me laugh! It's just been nice....I am getting exactly what I wanted for my birthday....a nice relaxing day with my 2 sweet healthy babies and husband and family!

Zap it up!

Melanie knows how to say the word "zipper" but she doesn't quite know how to say "zip". Anytime Melanie needs something zipped up, she says, "Mommy, will you help me zap my pants up?" or "Daddy, will you zap my tent up?" Last night she put "Gwiz" (aka Griz, her bear) to sleep in her tent and then I heard all about how she zapped him up in there with her Ariel pillow (because that's Gwiz's favorite) and so she couldn't sleep in her tent because of two things - because it was zapped up already and because Gwiz snores!