Time goes to warp speed when you're a parent, and I've let way too many adorable sayings go by without writing them down. Anything not etched in stone is bound to get lost in the meandering maze of my mommy-brain, so, alliteration aside, here a few of the things I haven't forgotten yet.
Paisley and Layla both called bananas "mee-maws" when they were little...Paisley has now switched to calling them "ba-mee-maws"
Paisley has started fixing her L's, which is heartbreaking. She now, with obvious effort, calls her sister Layla instead of "Yay-yuh" :(
Both girls are absolutely obsessed with their baby brother (or "baby bru-dough Thatch-oh" as Paisley calls him) They love hugging and kissing my belly, playing with his diapers and tiny clothes, and asking lots of questions about him. Layla is really excited to see him be born, and after countless youtube videos of women giving birth at home, she's all prepped for the big day.
Both girls are ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with books. They wake up around 6:30-7:00, but they don't get up until around 7:30. Until then I can hear Paisley "reading" in her bed over the monitor. It probably adds up to 3 hours a day of reading, sometimes more. Luckily for me most of that is on their own...there are only so many times I can read the same book without going insane. (which must be completely baffling to them-- the more the better!)
Today when I got out of the shower Paisley informed me that I had a nice bootie and boobies. Apparently someone has been spending too much time around Daddy. This was refreshing after the many, many less...uh, positive remarks about my birthday suit. (wow, you have a big bootie mommy!, mommy, you look weird!, ha ha, I see yo boobies!) Motherhood can be hard on one's self-esteem. After Paisley's encouragement, both girls started following me around asking lots of detailed questions, which led to some speed-dressing on my part.
I have many more to add, but it's hard to remember the sweet, adorable things your children have done recently when they're fighting and arguing while whining and begging for lunch. I'll add more...eventually.
*New quote from Layla*
"Mommy, you won't have to take care of baby brother-- we'll do that. You will have to milk him though, because our boobs aren't big enough."
She also informed me that when she gets older she will be marrying Josh (Clark)...though that was only after I explained to her that she couldn't marry her cousin Brayden. Sorry Josh, second choice is still pretty good.. :)
