So, a friend in the ward here is throwing me a baby shower with this being our first girl, and since we have a lot of what we need, I decided it would be helpful to post a wish list for them (or anyone else out there who was thinking of a gift :)) to go off of.
My sisters have given me a lot of clothes from their girls, so for clothes all I really need is church dresses and tights and maybe some soft-soled leather shoes like Robeez. (And, by the way, I really don't mind second-hand stuff!!)
So, here's the list:
(I am also registered at Babies R Us under Stephanie and Daniel Wright in Chandler, AZ.)
*Church dresses all the way up to size 18 months, with sleeves please.
*A Woombie in size newborn regular. Sold at www.thewoombie.com or ebay with free shipping.
*Soft-soled leather shoes.
*Tights
*Anything in the Little Cowgirl by Carter's line that Target recently carried--I LOVE the line, and didn't manage to pick anything up from it while it was in stores. (Again, I don't mind second hand things.)
*Gift cards to Lowe's for paint and other supplies to decorate baby's room.
*I would love a Boppy Lounger. (This is different than the normal u shaped boppy.) Here's a link: http://www.target.com/Boppy-Newborn-Lounger-Slipcover-Bubbles/dp/B0011E62RY/sr=1-2/qid=1250727043/ref=sr_1_2/192-3298510-2076747?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-index&frombrowse=0&index=target&rh=k%3Aboppy%20lounger&page=1 (You'll have to cut and paste since I can't seem to get the blogger insert link function to work.)
*Huggies wipes. All styles/scents are fine, but I love the gentle care Sensitive.
*Cute girly burp cloths. I LOVE the ones Babies R Us carries that are Gerber that are pink and purple SOFT cotton cloth diaper style with appliqués, they feel almost like soft t-shirts. Wal-Mart also might carry some in their Simply Basic line.
*These cloth diapers: http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=1279 in Zinnia, Blossom, or White.
*Lightweight large blankets for swaddling. I'm good on "snuggle blankies" but need like the large flannel blankets that people are always making. (I have some boy styles I can use, if needed though.)
*Pastel colored links for linking toys to the carseat, and maybe a few girl colored infant toys.
*If someone is crafty and knows how to make binky clips, I'd love a couple in PLAIN girl colors that will match outfits easily. Like like or dark pink or purple, or a white one. She won't sleep with them, so the beaded style would be fine, too.
*I wouldn't mind a Mommmy Pampering gift/card like to Bath and Body Works, or The Body Shop.
I think that's about it. They are mostly wants, not needs, so I suppose if one wanted to give a cute outfit, that's fine, too. I'd prefer 6-9 months and beyond in that case.
---Stephanie
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
More on the House We're buying
So, I'm upstairs on the dinosaur computer, but the c and spacebar work, so it's better for typing and I thought I'd fill in on the house. It's in Queen Creek about 19 miles drive from where we are currently, and 22 miles from Daniel's work. So a little bit of commute but not horrible. Queen Creek was one of the hardest hit areas with the Real Estate crash, so there are TONS of forclosures out there for AWESOME prices. Ours, believe it or not, is a 3947 sq ft, 6 bedroom, 3 bathroom, with okay sized yard, for a screaming price. Now, granted, in Idaho, or Montana, or other parts of the country you could buy more house or at least a lot more land for what we're paying, but here it's a smoking deal! It has a formal living room/dining area in the front, then the kitchen, then a large family room, with a small bedroom, bathroom, and laundry room (with SINK!) comprising the bottom floor, and a fair sized loft, master bed and bath with LARGE closet, and 4 other bedrooms each with walk-in closets on the 2nd floor. It will allow our family to grow nicely and me to have space to eventually do stuff with!
We're going through hoop after hoop with normal home buying stuff like inspections and paperwork, and additional inspections, paper work, and meetings for the government program that will be doing a second loan of 22% of the purchase price with no interest and payments, and if we stay in the house for 10 years it's forgiven completely--yes, you heard that right--basically it's a huge amount of FREE money as long as we stay in the house for 10 years.
The inspection found some issues with the AC and we spent a little to do a temp fix for that, and will have to budget in the $14000-$2000ish it could cost to have running up to par by next hot season, but that's the only major thing needing fixed. Even the paint is in decent shape, and it's not missing appliances or fixtures. So, now we're holding our breath while working through all the legistics.
Close date is officially the 15th of October, but we're pushing for closer to the 22nd of September (which may actually be doable). The lovely part, is that's the same time window when baby could come! I just hope all the timing works out. Pictures to come at some point. Probably after it's official.
--Stephanie
We're going through hoop after hoop with normal home buying stuff like inspections and paperwork, and additional inspections, paper work, and meetings for the government program that will be doing a second loan of 22% of the purchase price with no interest and payments, and if we stay in the house for 10 years it's forgiven completely--yes, you heard that right--basically it's a huge amount of FREE money as long as we stay in the house for 10 years.
The inspection found some issues with the AC and we spent a little to do a temp fix for that, and will have to budget in the $14000-$2000ish it could cost to have running up to par by next hot season, but that's the only major thing needing fixed. Even the paint is in decent shape, and it's not missing appliances or fixtures. So, now we're holding our breath while working through all the legistics.
Close date is officially the 15th of October, but we're pushing for closer to the 22nd of September (which may actually be doable). The lovely part, is that's the same time window when baby could come! I just hope all the timing works out. Pictures to come at some point. Probably after it's official.
--Stephanie
Monday, August 17, 2009
Top 10 Excuses for Not Blogging
okay,these are my REAL excuses, so probably not very funny, maybe I should do a funny one as well. How bout any of you bloggers out there add a comment with yours and we'll make a list.
10. I'm pregnant, so not thinking clearly and can't even remember to make important phone calls, like scheduling my 20 month-old's 18 month well child visit.
9. The house is usually a wreck which heightens the can't think clearly syndrome.
8. Once I start a post, I'm addicted to waiting for comments, and usually get next to none, so why set myself up for disappointment?
7. I already spend too much time on the computer.
6. Trying to "catch up" takes too long.
5. Our "c" button on the laptop is basically shot, so I have to cut and paste my "c's" which means hitting SHIFT plus insert every time.
4. The space bar is also having issues, so I either get no space or 3-4 in a row,and there's no rhyme or reason to it. So, typing anything longer than a website address is tedious.
3. I have two little boys always clammering for my attention, and one of them likes to climb on my when I'm on the computer.
2. Getting stuff ready for the baby is time consuming.
1. We're buying a house!!!! Therefor, tons of searching, paperwork, phone calls, paper gathering, getting a home inspection, dealing with the logistics of a government incentive and all the hoop-jumping it requires, is enough to keep my distracted from anything recreational! (Nother post to follow with details on the house we're in the process of buying.)
--Stephanie
10. I'm pregnant, so not thinking clearly and can't even remember to make important phone calls, like scheduling my 20 month-old's 18 month well child visit.
9. The house is usually a wreck which heightens the can't think clearly syndrome.
8. Once I start a post, I'm addicted to waiting for comments, and usually get next to none, so why set myself up for disappointment?
7. I already spend too much time on the computer.
6. Trying to "catch up" takes too long.
5. Our "c" button on the laptop is basically shot, so I have to cut and paste my "c's" which means hitting SHIFT plus insert every time.
4. The space bar is also having issues, so I either get no space or 3-4 in a row,and there's no rhyme or reason to it. So, typing anything longer than a website address is tedious.
3. I have two little boys always clammering for my attention, and one of them likes to climb on my when I'm on the computer.
2. Getting stuff ready for the baby is time consuming.
1. We're buying a house!!!! Therefor, tons of searching, paperwork, phone calls, paper gathering, getting a home inspection, dealing with the logistics of a government incentive and all the hoop-jumping it requires, is enough to keep my distracted from anything recreational! (Nother post to follow with details on the house we're in the process of buying.)
--Stephanie
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Mommy's need sick days!
So, last week starting on Monday, I got an abscessed tooth. OUCH! It was awful and by Tuesday night I wasn't sleeping worth beans. Wednesday night, even after starting antibiotics, I ended up in the ER because the pain was so severe. Not that they did much besides trying to numb me to no avail and giving me a vicodin prescription. Mainly I was worried about it getting bad enough to hurt the baby, (yeah, you heard that right, we're pregnant), and we didn't have a dentist yet, and couldn't find an emergency one who would take a new patient at night.
The next day I felt a little better at times and was hopeful the antibiotics were kicking in, but by evening was getting unbearable again. We had had a church activity that evening, and the Relief Society President(women's organization)had talked to me about a dentist she knew. I ended up calling her a few hours later, and she called the dentist, who in turn had me go to his office where he numbed me so I could get a few hours of sleep. Then I would figure out what to due the next day.
Friday came, after only a couple hours of halfway good sleep, and things weren't really improving, so I called him again to ask where I should try to go since most dentists are closed on Friday's. He said I'd have a tough time finding a good dentist since there was a HUGE dental convention in town. But that, if I wanted, he could pull it that night. (He'd said the root canal work looked poor, so trying to save the tooth was probably near impossible). So, about 10pm Friday night, it was pulled. He gave me "long-lasting" numbing medicine to let me go home and sleep, but due to the level of infection, what should have lasted 6-7 hours lasted more like 3-4, but at least I got a little sleep and with more vicodin make it through the night with more sleep than I'd had all week.
4 days later, and we're doing pretty good, finally. But my house is a wreck and my kids are feeling neglected. It's so hard to continue being "mommy" when you feel so icky!
I've loved enjoying my boys more today!
-Stephanie
The next day I felt a little better at times and was hopeful the antibiotics were kicking in, but by evening was getting unbearable again. We had had a church activity that evening, and the Relief Society President(women's organization)had talked to me about a dentist she knew. I ended up calling her a few hours later, and she called the dentist, who in turn had me go to his office where he numbed me so I could get a few hours of sleep. Then I would figure out what to due the next day.
Friday came, after only a couple hours of halfway good sleep, and things weren't really improving, so I called him again to ask where I should try to go since most dentists are closed on Friday's. He said I'd have a tough time finding a good dentist since there was a HUGE dental convention in town. But that, if I wanted, he could pull it that night. (He'd said the root canal work looked poor, so trying to save the tooth was probably near impossible). So, about 10pm Friday night, it was pulled. He gave me "long-lasting" numbing medicine to let me go home and sleep, but due to the level of infection, what should have lasted 6-7 hours lasted more like 3-4, but at least I got a little sleep and with more vicodin make it through the night with more sleep than I'd had all week.
4 days later, and we're doing pretty good, finally. But my house is a wreck and my kids are feeling neglected. It's so hard to continue being "mommy" when you feel so icky!
I've loved enjoying my boys more today!
-Stephanie
Monday, February 2, 2009
Pictures, what pictures??
Okay, WOW, I feel guilty. I just found a friend's blog from my first single's ward in Escondido, CA and had fun looking through her blog post and pictures, and decided to see what my blog looks like on first glance. Man, I should be shot! Here I am, an aspiring child/family photographer, and my blog has next to no pictures! My cop out is that I send everyone on my group email list semi-regular slideshows with pics of the kids, but still.... And, I've not posted anything in awhile, including Halloween and Christmas pics. So, since I'm too busy at the moment to post much, I'll post 2 quick pics, and then if you all bug me enough with your comments maybe I'll remember to post more later this week, or Sunday at the latest.
--Stephanie
Saturday, October 18, 2008
A few Updates with pictures
I know, everyone loves pictures on blogs, so alas, I'll post a few.
Daniel needed 5x7s to post on his office wall, so we took the kids to the park after work one day to try to get some. By the time we got their (he got home late) the sun was already setting, so they didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped, but we still got a couple good ones. The first two are from the sunset shoot. The 3rd is one I took of Seth several months back at a park in Utah. He didn't exactly cooperate for the sunset shoot. 2 year-olds!
Now for updates: Not much to report. Talmage is army crawling all over the place and gotten FAST. The other day he got into the cleanser under the kitchen sink and before I'd realized it (he was right under my feet while I was doing dishes) he had powder all over the floor. Now, where, oh WHERE, are my child cabinet locks we spent a fortune on when we Seth was a baby? Probably in some mysterious box. I'll either have to search for hours and get lucky or search for hours and give up and go spend another fortune on new ones! We use the TOT LOC style and they're not cheap! Talmage also figured out how to climb up the stairs, but still doesn't have great balance or judgment or know how to get back down, so hence the gate in the other post. Today Seth wanted it unlocked, supposedly to go upstairs, so I unlocked it, and he has yet to go up the stairs. Again, 2 year-olds!
Seth has been talking up a storm and we're finally getting him to pull out the binky every time he talks. It's a start. We plan on having the Binky and BaBa fairy visit the day after his 3rd birthday to make them all go bye-bye to another baby who needs them. Not sure how that will fly since Talmage still takes one, the same style, but we'll give it a shot. Maybe we'll see if we can send Talmage's away, too. Yeah, right!
Daniel continues to love work and is learning new things all the time. He can't wait, though, until he gets to the point where he rarely asks how the other doctors would have handled the patient.
The weather is still crazy. Mostly mid-high 90s during the day, but lows in the 50s and 60s. But we did have several days of high 70s low 80s---SO NICE! But honestly, you adjust, so low 90s are actually not that bad. And, sure beats 14 inches of snow that some of the Idahoans experienced the other week!
We were "SPOOKED" the other night by the McQueen ward ghost. It came with a cute little poem and some Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, which are almost gone. Tonight we get to SPOOK some unsuspecting ward members.
The kids went to the doctor yesterday and both got shots. Talmage is miserable today, with fever and whiny clingy-ness. This is the first time either child has had a noticeable shot reaction. Poor baby.
Daniel is currently working his first Saturday since starting work here. He gets to go in from 8-Noon about 2 Saturdays a month. Not bad, though, considering he only works M-Th from 8-5 with a two hour lunch. Yes, we're SPOILED!
Well, that's it for now.
--Stephanie
Daniel needed 5x7s to post on his office wall, so we took the kids to the park after work one day to try to get some. By the time we got their (he got home late) the sun was already setting, so they didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped, but we still got a couple good ones. The first two are from the sunset shoot. The 3rd is one I took of Seth several months back at a park in Utah. He didn't exactly cooperate for the sunset shoot. 2 year-olds!
Now for updates: Not much to report. Talmage is army crawling all over the place and gotten FAST. The other day he got into the cleanser under the kitchen sink and before I'd realized it (he was right under my feet while I was doing dishes) he had powder all over the floor. Now, where, oh WHERE, are my child cabinet locks we spent a fortune on when we Seth was a baby? Probably in some mysterious box. I'll either have to search for hours and get lucky or search for hours and give up and go spend another fortune on new ones! We use the TOT LOC style and they're not cheap! Talmage also figured out how to climb up the stairs, but still doesn't have great balance or judgment or know how to get back down, so hence the gate in the other post. Today Seth wanted it unlocked, supposedly to go upstairs, so I unlocked it, and he has yet to go up the stairs. Again, 2 year-olds!
Seth has been talking up a storm and we're finally getting him to pull out the binky every time he talks. It's a start. We plan on having the Binky and BaBa fairy visit the day after his 3rd birthday to make them all go bye-bye to another baby who needs them. Not sure how that will fly since Talmage still takes one, the same style, but we'll give it a shot. Maybe we'll see if we can send Talmage's away, too. Yeah, right!
Daniel continues to love work and is learning new things all the time. He can't wait, though, until he gets to the point where he rarely asks how the other doctors would have handled the patient.
The weather is still crazy. Mostly mid-high 90s during the day, but lows in the 50s and 60s. But we did have several days of high 70s low 80s---SO NICE! But honestly, you adjust, so low 90s are actually not that bad. And, sure beats 14 inches of snow that some of the Idahoans experienced the other week!
We were "SPOOKED" the other night by the McQueen ward ghost. It came with a cute little poem and some Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, which are almost gone. Tonight we get to SPOOK some unsuspecting ward members.
The kids went to the doctor yesterday and both got shots. Talmage is miserable today, with fever and whiny clingy-ness. This is the first time either child has had a noticeable shot reaction. Poor baby.
Daniel is currently working his first Saturday since starting work here. He gets to go in from 8-Noon about 2 Saturdays a month. Not bad, though, considering he only works M-Th from 8-5 with a two hour lunch. Yes, we're SPOILED!
Well, that's it for now.
--Stephanie
Yesterday's Noteworthiness
Was too tired last night to post, so you get it this morning. So, MY noteworthy activity yesterday was taking Seth to the park while Daniel stayed home with the napping baby. I even packed a lunch. Seth had a good time and I enjoyed socializing with other ladies in our church.
Daniel's noteworthiness, which I can't really count, but I was there, was that we first tried to help a couple Hispanics with a flat tire, and even called our cell phone road assistance because the lug wrench we had didn't fit their lug nuts. The assistance came, but the spare was the wrong size, so they used Daniel's cell to call family. They gave us a big Mexican watermelon to say Thank You.
Then on the way out of Babies R Us, a family needed a battery jump. Only, jumping didn't work, so Daniel took the mom to their house so she could get their van to come get everyone home. I stayed with Seth so they could go faster. They were very grateful and a nice family.
Those two side errands got us home after 9pm. By the time we got the baby gate we'd bought up, it was bedtime and we were both worn out.
--Stephanie
Daniel's noteworthiness, which I can't really count, but I was there, was that we first tried to help a couple Hispanics with a flat tire, and even called our cell phone road assistance because the lug wrench we had didn't fit their lug nuts. The assistance came, but the spare was the wrong size, so they used Daniel's cell to call family. They gave us a big Mexican watermelon to say Thank You.
Then on the way out of Babies R Us, a family needed a battery jump. Only, jumping didn't work, so Daniel took the mom to their house so she could get their van to come get everyone home. I stayed with Seth so they could go faster. They were very grateful and a nice family.
Those two side errands got us home after 9pm. By the time we got the baby gate we'd bought up, it was bedtime and we were both worn out.
--Stephanie
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Noteworthiness
3 things to report today, Can you believe it!
Actually more, I think.
1. Made bed and actually combed/fixed my hair. (I have really easy to re-ponytail in the morning hair, so usually I do that without even combing it, except for Sundays or other outings.)
2. Picked up a friend and her 2 year-old and headed off to the mall for Kids Club. Seth LOVES Kids Club, especially the free Carosol ride, but it takes a lot out of me to go, so we haven't gone at all since we moved here. Really since we were in Utah back in April. (Utah's was different though. Much smaller and closer to the parking lot and no Carosol, and I went with the playgroup I organized so it was a great social outlet.)
3. Cooked fried chicken from scratch with a thrown together recipe while Daniel was running late at the office AND it turned out good. Plus, I didn't complain about how every time I do make the effort to cook, he ends up late. (Oh, guess I just complained now, but not to him, and not in a whiny tone of voice.)
4. Got on the floor and really played with Seth and his new (Goodwill finds) cars that do wheeleys. He had a blast and kept asking for "Mommy play". I guess I don't get down on the floor enough with him. Are any of you other moms out there like that? Why is it that one of the things that matters most to our kids--our undivided attention on them on the floor on their level--is something we so easily forget to take the time for?
That's all for now.
Stephanie
Actually more, I think.
1. Made bed and actually combed/fixed my hair. (I have really easy to re-ponytail in the morning hair, so usually I do that without even combing it, except for Sundays or other outings.)
2. Picked up a friend and her 2 year-old and headed off to the mall for Kids Club. Seth LOVES Kids Club, especially the free Carosol ride, but it takes a lot out of me to go, so we haven't gone at all since we moved here. Really since we were in Utah back in April. (Utah's was different though. Much smaller and closer to the parking lot and no Carosol, and I went with the playgroup I organized so it was a great social outlet.)
3. Cooked fried chicken from scratch with a thrown together recipe while Daniel was running late at the office AND it turned out good. Plus, I didn't complain about how every time I do make the effort to cook, he ends up late. (Oh, guess I just complained now, but not to him, and not in a whiny tone of voice.)
4. Got on the floor and really played with Seth and his new (Goodwill finds) cars that do wheeleys. He had a blast and kept asking for "Mommy play". I guess I don't get down on the floor enough with him. Are any of you other moms out there like that? Why is it that one of the things that matters most to our kids--our undivided attention on them on the floor on their level--is something we so easily forget to take the time for?
That's all for now.
Stephanie
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
My New Goal
dun, dun, da-dun....Make each day a NOTEWORTHY day! Not really sure how to accomplish this, but I was sitting here tonight listing all the things that need to get done, yet realizing how much time I can spend doing nothing at all really.
--DISCLAIMER: CARING FOR CHILDREN DOES COUNT AS DOING SOMETHING, (But it's not a feel-good-because-I-checked-a-task-off-my-list something)--
Anyway, doing something noteworthy to me means things like cooking a nice dinner, or mailing a card to a friend, or getting down on the floor and giggling my head off with my boys, or organizing a shelf, or making the dreaded calls on my to-do list, or taking the kids to the park or for a walk. Basically anything that is more than being on the computer, watching tv with the kids, reading a book (although that's better than being on the computer), or just the mundane tasks involved with caring for two active boys.
So, to bore whatever readers I may have out there, I'm going to start posting at the end of the day just what it was that made that day NOTEWORTHY. Now, you may not always agree with my judgement, but I guess that's what makes us all in this world different. What may be hard for me may be easy for you and vise versa.
Today's NOTEWORTHY accomplishment: Setting this goal and actually putting it in writing by posting it for the world to see.
--DISCLAIMER: CARING FOR CHILDREN DOES COUNT AS DOING SOMETHING, (But it's not a feel-good-because-I-checked-a-task-off-my-list something)--
Anyway, doing something noteworthy to me means things like cooking a nice dinner, or mailing a card to a friend, or getting down on the floor and giggling my head off with my boys, or organizing a shelf, or making the dreaded calls on my to-do list, or taking the kids to the park or for a walk. Basically anything that is more than being on the computer, watching tv with the kids, reading a book (although that's better than being on the computer), or just the mundane tasks involved with caring for two active boys.
So, to bore whatever readers I may have out there, I'm going to start posting at the end of the day just what it was that made that day NOTEWORTHY. Now, you may not always agree with my judgement, but I guess that's what makes us all in this world different. What may be hard for me may be easy for you and vise versa.
Today's NOTEWORTHY accomplishment: Setting this goal and actually putting it in writing by posting it for the world to see.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The cute expressions of a 2 year-old
Some of the cute things Seth says:
1. "Taint too, Momma". (Thank You, Momma.)
2. After naps, he comes down the stairs full of smiles and announces: "Seth's waking up!"
3. Mom or Dad says "Who's turn for prayers?". Seth says "Seth's turn...Jesus, Amen!"
(We have gotten a few longer prayers out of him, but not too many.)
4. "Baby a stinker bug?" "Seth a stinker bug?" "Mommy a stinker bug?" "Daddy a stinker bug?"
5. One day when measuring everything under the sun, he'd measure it, and say "Tunty-nine" or 29 for everything. Not sure where he got that number. Today he saw the temporary permit numbers on the back window of our car, and said "Tunty-nine!".
6. Mom says "Seth, go get your bottle." (Yeah, I know, we're horrible parents to let the kid still have a bottle.) Seth says "Mommy's turn get it."
7. Just a few minutes ago, he came up to me with his bottle in one hand and milk jug in the other, and said "Seth's bottle milk..me!...Micro-ave".
8. When he's trying to lick our faces (a fun game he created), and we're turning away, he'll say "Wait minute. Hold Still!".
9. "Too heaby", for anything he can't lift. The other day I put him down to walk after crossing a parking lot to the store front, and he kept saying "Too heaby" but I couldn't figure out what he was saying. I would offer my guesses, and he'd just yell "Too heaby" louder. Finally I guessed right, he said, "Seth too heaby?" "Yes, Seth's too heavy." (I've often told him he's too heavy for Mommy to carry, so if he wants carried, Daddy can do it.)
10. "New Batties, Fix it? Where scew-dwiber?". He has discovered that when an old toy doesn't make music/noise, that if I put new batteries in it, it works. So he'll help me find the screwdriver to fix it. This was cute until one day he wanted me to put batteries in a toy that didn't take batteries. I tried to explain it, but he saw screws on the bottom and wanted new batteries. I finally had to take the thing apart to show him there was no where to put batteries.
11. "Guk, Guk, Ding!" This one's my fault. One day we were playing with his little garage with a gas pump, and I took a car, held up the gas hose to it, and said "gugugugu DING!" to mimick putting gas in. I did this ONCE! He picked up on it, and repeated it over and over with his cars. For awhile, we'd stop to get gas, and he'd say "Help Daddy, Guk, Guk, Ding!". Then it migrated to "Guk, Guk, Ding, Gas!". Now he interchanges the two.
...more to come as they come to mind...
1. "Taint too, Momma". (Thank You, Momma.)
2. After naps, he comes down the stairs full of smiles and announces: "Seth's waking up!"
3. Mom or Dad says "Who's turn for prayers?". Seth says "Seth's turn...Jesus, Amen!"
(We have gotten a few longer prayers out of him, but not too many.)
4. "Baby a stinker bug?" "Seth a stinker bug?" "Mommy a stinker bug?" "Daddy a stinker bug?"
5. One day when measuring everything under the sun, he'd measure it, and say "Tunty-nine" or 29 for everything. Not sure where he got that number. Today he saw the temporary permit numbers on the back window of our car, and said "Tunty-nine!".
6. Mom says "Seth, go get your bottle." (Yeah, I know, we're horrible parents to let the kid still have a bottle.) Seth says "Mommy's turn get it."
7. Just a few minutes ago, he came up to me with his bottle in one hand and milk jug in the other, and said "Seth's bottle milk..me!...Micro-ave".
8. When he's trying to lick our faces (a fun game he created), and we're turning away, he'll say "Wait minute. Hold Still!".
9. "Too heaby", for anything he can't lift. The other day I put him down to walk after crossing a parking lot to the store front, and he kept saying "Too heaby" but I couldn't figure out what he was saying. I would offer my guesses, and he'd just yell "Too heaby" louder. Finally I guessed right, he said, "Seth too heaby?" "Yes, Seth's too heavy." (I've often told him he's too heavy for Mommy to carry, so if he wants carried, Daddy can do it.)
10. "New Batties, Fix it? Where scew-dwiber?". He has discovered that when an old toy doesn't make music/noise, that if I put new batteries in it, it works. So he'll help me find the screwdriver to fix it. This was cute until one day he wanted me to put batteries in a toy that didn't take batteries. I tried to explain it, but he saw screws on the bottom and wanted new batteries. I finally had to take the thing apart to show him there was no where to put batteries.
11. "Guk, Guk, Ding!" This one's my fault. One day we were playing with his little garage with a gas pump, and I took a car, held up the gas hose to it, and said "gugugugu DING!" to mimick putting gas in. I did this ONCE! He picked up on it, and repeated it over and over with his cars. For awhile, we'd stop to get gas, and he'd say "Help Daddy, Guk, Guk, Ding!". Then it migrated to "Guk, Guk, Ding, Gas!". Now he interchanges the two.
...more to come as they come to mind...
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