OH FOR THE LOVE OF PAPA

My girls LOVE their grandpa (Papa is what we call him around here.) From first thing in the morning they go looking around for their "papa" and are usually pretty upset when he's sleeping after working the overnight, or already at work for a daylight shift. It has been a really neat blessing living with him and seeing the relationships develop...at any rate...tonight we had a Christmas Party for the Day Care I worked for and when it was over we were desperately trying to convince Bekah that she really did want to go home by enticing her with all the things she loves at home. We were putting her in the car and I said "We need to go home and find Dudders" (the dog) and she said "YAY go home find papa." I replied "Oh, baby he's at work already, we'll have to see him tomorrow." She without missing beat replied..."OH CRAP!" We laughed soooo hard and for sooooo long. As a disclaimer, she doesn't often say crap, she says shucks more, however, sometimes, as with disappointmets like this one, she pulls out the big words...She probably learned them from me. This brings me to an equally funny papa story but I am so long winded in my lack of story telling abilities and it's one am so I'll save that one for another day.

Head Injuries

I am learning that babies bounce pretty effectively...they are rough and tumble and often pick right on up and keep going...most of the time.
Tuesday I was shopping at Michaels for stuff to make our Christmas cards this year. Madi was in the front of the cart where children belong and Bekah was in the back where children do not belong. I know this because as soon as I put her there a sales associate informed me of this. So, I told the sales associate that we weren't going to be there long and it was better than the damage she would do to the store and that Bekah would be perfectly fine, "we do this all the time," I told her...soooooooooooo...twenty minutes later...Bekah fell out of the cart. Onto her head. She did not bounce, or pick up and keep going or do anything at all really. Mostly she laid there very still and then started SCREAMING...she had huge bruise instantly. We packed up and left and came straight home and to the ER where we found she was not broken only concussed. We are very blessed that it was not worse. She is doing just fine and loved being able to eat popsicles and watch Dumbo all night that night since she was on a clear liquid diet and low levels of stimulation. All in all it ended up ok, but it was not one of those days I'd ever ever like to re-live! Now she tells everyone about "Bekah bumped her head all better!" She'll live!

Date Night and Troublesome Toddlers

So tonight Troy and I snuck away after bedtime to go four wheeler riding! It was FREEZING! It was so much like our early dating days though! It was a lot of fun being out at night just us...reminds you of why you deal with days like this particular one...

Madison just learned to say mom...she's been saying Daddy for like a year now. (not quite that long, but it seems that way) The only downfall to this newest development is that she doesn't say it, she whines it. Troy was laughing tonight so hard while we were cleaning up dinner because she just wanders around mercillously moaning "mama mama mama." The first hour of this was music to my ears...the next three, not so much! We have discovered that after Bekah screamed for the first six months, the next two years have been blissful with her...on the other hand, our peaceful, sleepy, relaxed baby Madison is a TERROR! We laugh constantly at her crazy groaning and shrieking (we don't really laugh at the shrieking, we cringe, but it's still kinda funny). She is such a handful. We call her monkey as she is into everything all the time. She never sits still! Bekah will play in her room for hours quietly...Madi does nothing quietly! We just wondered how these precious babies turned out SO dramatically differently than they started and how to deal with what we are learning are the longest terrible two's in history!!!

Almost one whole year!

So, I found your comment Karey! 19 days! I am not very good at writing on my own blog, since I'm pretty sure no one even reads it...but I am really quite good at snooping through everyone else's! Since the blogging world allows me to live a little outside my little bubble, I thought I'd just share what's going on with us, and maybe someone else will get to live a little too... who knows, here goes...
In the year since that horrible first post...
The girls are all grown up...at least they think so!
We are expecting our first son in April...we can NOT agree on a name! (I think Frogger, Troy thinks Benjamin Ward Polamolu Mast...see the conflict?)
We've moved in with my dad and next door to our wonderful neighbors, The Vaughns!
I got a job, and don't have it any more...( I needed to be on bedrest)
Troy got a promotion with no perks, just more work! We're just grateful for a good job!
We had a fire and now have a new kitchen (and every jar of tomatoes I was canning that night sealed!)
I'm sure eighty five million more mundane things have happened, they just aren't coming to mind right now, making me feel really pathetic since we are SOOO busy...it's not looking that way on paper! I'm going to try and keep this up from now on, the girls say the CUTEST things and I'd love to share them with you also! Thanks for the sanity you've all brought me...here's a peek into our asylum!

You Think You're Boring...

So, this is my new definition of boring...living my life with two beautiful little girls and a very busy husband and a high maintenance dog and Mary Kay and Tupperware and church callings, vicariously through Matt and Karey Crain...you my friends are not boring! We have found that we are entirely dependant on you for our entertainment and world travel and local travel and just generally for any excitement in our lives. We have also decided that all aspects of our lives are limited to being kid friendly. We caught ourselves cracking up the other night when we were SOOO excited to go to Chuck E Cheese with two tiny babies who didn't even appreciate the 100 (yes, that says 100) tokens that we purchased for "them." So, instead of a first introductory blog, I've just typed a response to Karey's false declaration that the Crain's are boring...