Its been far to long

I need to get back into this blogging thing!!!!! I have been doing things like a mad woman on the go non stop and its finally catching up to me. phew! lol

well a few things that have been going on....lil zaiderman is trying to crawl and can pull himself up into a sitting position!!!!! he is so funny when he is trying to crawl...he gets up on all fours and rocks and moves his knee forward but hasnt gotten the move the arm forward yet...although I expect it to happen soon. and the sitting up thing is HUGE for him. He just had no desire to sit up at first...he knew how but didnt want to. and now that he can pull himself up he just army crawls everywhere and then sits up. I love it!!!! Its really bitter sweet though since he is our last and I feel like it is going by in the blink of an eye. I have been trying to take more pics and videos but they are mostly on my phone so i can send them to hubby. I am very much ready for him to be home.....I miss him like crazy and lily is getting impatient and wonders why daddy has been at work for so long lol. I keep telling her daddy is on an adventure with diego and will be home soon!

Lily.....oh sweet....adorable....terrible two lily. She is the sweetest most loveable hugable adorable child when she wants to be but can switch to a total demon in a matter of seconds. I know she i sjust testing me most of the time but i can say I have failed a few of those tests. I try not to give in to much but its so hard to find the balance between being over strict and under strict. Of course we all want our children to be happy but where do we draw the line? is it at the extra story at bed time? at the wanting to eat only fruit snacks and hot dogs for 3 days? I mean whatever makes them happy right? That was my theory up until a few days ago. Lily has started boycotting bedtime like its going out of style. it has become a hour and a half to two hour battle to get her to go to bed and i can say that my patience is thin and non existant after about 30 min of the struggle. I think I may have found a solution.....although not one im proud of......I have been told to take away her favorite toy as a punishment but the problem is she doesnt have one. yes my 2 year old does not have a favorite toy. her favorite thing is watching her cartoons. I have been wanting to cut back her tv time for awhile now since she learned to go in the guest room and turn on the tv if she didnt like the music mommy was playing....so i think i found a solution


I moved the tv up to her room and im only going to let her watch it at bedtime. So far tonight it has been working great and she has only come out twice. once to ask mommy for a kiss and once to ask mommy for a hug. I know this may not be the best solution and maybe its a bad idea but for now I can say that im liking it because tonight is the first night I have not sat on her floor crying. Have you ever just gotten to apoint...after the yelling, and the bartering and the spankings that you just are at a loss of what to do? That was me every night....I just didnt know what to do so eventually I would sit on her floor and cry.....pathetic? maybe.....but I just couldnt handle the stress lol. Another reason we are only have 2 kids. i dont think I could handle anymore.

anyway she is still a great kid and apparently is a lot like I was.....im sorry mommy! I feel for you! lol. she can now sing twinkle twinkle little star and still sings her own little version of you are my sunshine that I love. she has the cutest little voice and my heart melts everytime she sings. she also loves to read to her babies....and she loves to play with zaiden most of the time lol. she can get a little possesive over her toys but she does like to bring him stuff and try to teach him stuff. right now she is helping me teach him dada......oh thats another thing!!! zaiden says mama and baba....loudly! lol we are working on dada but he just looks at me like im stupid and screams mama. lol i dont think he actually knows im mama I think hes just making noises.

He has gotten to be such a chunky boy. He got off boob and onto formula and chunked right up. I love it! I love his little fat rolls. he is so ticklish on his chubby thighs and on his ribs....his laugh is just so great. the sweetest baby laugh you have ever heard. I cant believe how similar and yet how different him and lily are. I mean they look exactly alike....they got some good genes thats just plain to see but they are similar in a lot of ways other then appearance.

In other news lets see......we are getting our backyard done finally!!!!! after living here for over a year we got a brand new beautiful red wood fence and are getting sod and all sorts of great plants put in.....as well as....hold your breath.....starting a garden!!!!! anyone who knows me knows I cant keep plants alive for anything lol but we are going to start growing our own veggies and fruit and whatever else we can. it will be an adventure thats for sure....tays gonna have to show me the ropes.

I dont know what else to really write about....a lot has been going on but same ole same ole at the same time lol. If that makes sense. I will make sure I start updating more then once a year lol. Love all you who read!!!!!!