Talking Autumn

I still have no idea what she's saying but she certainly does.

 

P.S. Her eyes totally remind me of the blue eyed people in the movie, Dune.

Autumn Feeding Ebby

I'm posting this video with the hope that none of you will judge me harshly for allowing my kids to eat off the floor. But seriously, it's getting really hard for me to crawl around on the floor four or five times during a meal picking up after my kids. At least this way my back and knees don't hurt as much and my kids actually eat something.

What-the-what?

I believe my bedroom has been cursed or jinxed or something because I've found two of these little guys in the past two weeks. Not in the kitchen by the back door, or the family room by the front door, but in my bedroom. Also (and I'm quite happy about this) I've never found a spider or any other creepy-crawlies. 

Come on guys, it's not Halloween yet. I'm sorry if I upset you but can you please lift this curse? It's starting to really creep me out.

Thank Goodness for Toddlers

So, yesterday was probably one of the worst days of my life. Which is really sad considering it was Andrew and my 6th Wedding Anniversary.

Background:
Andrew just finished a two week anesthesia away rotation in Salt Lake City, Utah. The kids and I were able to tag along and it was wonderful. We were able to stay with my parents and see a lot of awesome people. (Except the Palmer Grandparents, sorry.) I was tired but LOVED every day.
We left last Saturday and spent all day in airplanes and in our car. Finally we arrived home just to turn around the next day (our anniversary) and take Andrew back to the airport so he could start a four week anesthesia rotation in El Paso.

Story:
I want to prefece this story with a reminder to all that I'm pregnant. I'm finally in my third trimester and my hormones are going CRAZY!!!
I didn't really start to cry until we turned into the airport. By the time we said our good-byes I was pretty inconsolable. Poor Andrew. I'm sure he got a lot of weird looks from people. When Ebby realized he was not going on the plane with Andrew he had a melt down, screaming and thrashing around in his car seat. As I started to drive away Ebby realized that I was making more of a fuss then him and stopped.
Completely calm he said, "Mommy, what's wrong?"
"I really miss Daddy."
"Oh, it's ok Mommy. Daddy's coming back."
"Thanks Ebby."

Later that same day (during another crying episode) Autumn dropped her toys, ran over and gave me a hug.

I don't know how I would have managed yesterday without my loving kids.

What are you doing?

Background.  Ebby and Autumn were splashing around in the tub. From two rooms away he saw me in the front room putting on a movie for him.

Ebby: Mommy! What are you doing?

Me: I'm putting on the movie, Green Eggs and Ham.

Ebby: What?!?

Me: I'm putting on Green Eggs and Ham.

Ebby: WHY!?!

Me: Because you like it.

Ebby: OH! Thank you, Mommy.

Cute Response

After seeing a picture of Darth Vader for the first time Ebby responds with, "How cute."

To be fair, Vader was playing an accordion.

Here's a link to the video Ebby was watching at the time.

The girls are finally going to outnumber the boys!

We had an ultrasound today. Besides finding out that we're having a girl we saw a little taste of her personality. Our little beauty must somehow be related to Jackie Chan. After almost every pause to take her measurements the sonographer had to try to find her again. She flipped and spun so many times it was tiring to just watch her. Near the end I swear she did a spinning jump kick right onto the probe. That one actually hurt.
We're so excited to have another baby girl but we're kind of at a loss when it comes to names. Any (serious) suggestions?