Brandon & I are in love

The blog below had nothing to do with Brandon. He and i are very much in love, for which i am very thankful. He is a great husband and wonderful Daddy to our beautiful son. I am so thankful for him and all the other incredible people in my life. God has truly blessed me with many amazing friends and family. I love friends. I love community. I love relationships.

My house is complete

I got to meet the Pringles in Sacramento this weekend to pick up my "babies" and bring them back to our house for the weekend. It is so much fun having them here again. It feels like my house is complete and full, now that they are here. It is amazing how quiet it seems when they are gone. Xander is loving having the extra attention, love & competition in the house. Elijah adores Xander, but still likes to be that baby at times, which is really funny to watch. Emma is the little mother at all times and carries Xander around, feeds him & is my little side-kick. Simon is a great big-brother like always & enjoys doting on Xander and playing games with him. Tonight we were giving Xander a bath & Simon kept making up new games to entertain Xander. We just enjoyed some late-night smoothies, you-tube & a game of cards before I tuck us all into bed for the night. I love them so much! It is so nice to have their joy & laughter fill my house once again.

Good Intentions

Recently, I feel like my life has been very cluttered with good intentions left unmet. Good intentions to write thank you cards from Xander's birthday (thank you to all of you who came or sent gifts, cards & well wishes)***Good intentions to clean my house, deep clean my house, organize my desk & actually "move into" my closet***Good intentions to plan a date for Brandon***Good intentions to send care packages to my friends who are expecting (I have all the stuff, just sitting on my counter in the laundry room...it's been there for 6 weeks)***Good intentions to call a few of my friends/family who I love & miss so much (especially my not-so-little-anymore Pringle kids)***Good intentions to write thank you cards for Christmas, & dinner invitations, sweet gestures & kind words***Good intentions to send cards to my sisters...
The list goes on, and as I pour over it and realize how many I have failed at. To those of you who feel I have failed you, I am sorry. I already feel like I have let people down. All i can focus on is being a good mom right now. And thankfully, that is the one thing in my life that I am not failing at right now. SO, for that, I am not sorry!

Good times

What a faker!

Tonight Xander and I were playing and he accidentally hit me with a toy. So what did I do? Well, obviously I pretended to cry. I was like "boo-hoo-hoo...wahhhhh..." and then I told him that he hurt me and asked him to give me a hug. He ran over and with his most wonderful Xander-like-smile, gave me the biggest, most loving hug ever. I thanked him and we continued to play. A few moments later he looked over at me and made the funniest, most fake sounding whiny cry ever. He was like"wah-wah-wah" with a big smile & a twinkle in his eye. He was anxiously "crying" and awaiting my response. So i scooped him up and gave him a big hug, of course, which was exactly what he wanted. What a little tease!

the update

so the update is:
xander had a fantastic birthday
he is now running, yes RUNNING, around the house
he has a friend here that he LOVES & they play together once a week
they jump up & down and run wild when they see each other
xander often will tackle him when they play, cade is not sure if he likes that or not ;(
xander likes to dance- he spins around then squats...repeatedly
he loves all his new birthday toys...thank you!
he sneezed & hit his head on the table last week- chipped the table & his tooth!
didn't even cry
xander signs pretty well now- please, more, all done, sleep, thank you, eat, bottle...
he says daddy, mommy, mimi, GP ("jihp"), doggie, "mELMO", peez, cheez...
he brings me the remote when he wants to watch tigger or elmo on tv
xander LOVES loves LOVES to read books
he performs for the camera & loves to watch himself in home movies
xander loves to give hugs & kisses- he will randomly stop playing to come over & hug me
he is SO loved

what a wild rumpus!