Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

Our little night owl

~ Etc.

Every night after we put the girls to bed, our little night owl likes to sneak out of her bed a few times to tell us, “I’m too scared.”, “I have growing pains!”, “Can I just get a one more kiss and a hug?”, and always, “Mommy, could you sneak in my bed and sleep with me after?”
Sometimes when Jay and I are watching a movie downstairs and we go back upstairs after the movie is over, we find her sleeping on the stairs like this.   Sometimes it’s in the living room upstairs when we’re watching t.v.  We’ll turn the t.v off and as we get up to go to bed, we find her sleeping 10 ft. behind us.  We don’t really know how long she’s been “hanging out” with us quietly, but we find it kind of adorable that she loves us so much that she wants to be near us until the moment her eyes shut close.  
My darling girl.  How much I love you.

I’m a mean mommy

~ Etc.

Jay sent me this video the other day with the title of the email, “You are a mean mommy.”.  
Haha, I just couldn’t resist.  And excuse my baby-talk-mommy-high-pitched voice!

Ana’s been super sensitive since the day she was born.  Even as a newborn when she would sleep all day and magically be wide awake, screaming and crying the whole time and pooping every 20 mins. from 12-6 a.m every single night for the first two weeks(best time of my life!), I would tell her, “Ana, no, go back to bed.”  and even though I said it very gently and quietly, she would bawl her eyes out every time.  But as I’m watching this video, I can’t help but to have my heart melt as I see her cute bald head and that round face!  And this is probably because I’m her mother, but even her cries are so cute and not at all annoying.  

Oh…. my girls.  Do you have daughters that are really sensitive also?  Or sons?  Is this a girl thing?
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Just when you thought…

~ Etc.

Just when you thought the kids finally stopped fighting with each other or making a big mess, and are playing nice with their cousin, quietly, and you are able to relax and say to yourself, “Man, I finally get some time of peace and quiet!”  
Then they come out looking like this…

They had colored themselves in permanent markers… don’t want to expose Ana too much, so it’s not pictured but she drew all the way down to her legs.  Apparently she wanted to try out for the movie Avatar.  
I immediately took off their clothes and put them in the bathtub, and even after I scrubbed them over and over again, nope, it still stayed on for several days after that.  

while you are sleeping.

~ Etc.

did you know that every night while you are sleeping, mommy comes and lies next to you to make sure you’re tucked in your blanket, that you’re still breathing and well, and to give you many gentle kisses?    that i just can’t stop starring at you in awe at how beautiful and angelic you look?  that even on those days when i can’t wait until you girls are in bed so i can have some peace and quiet, as soon as you fall asleep i start missing you and wish you were awake to play with me?  that i make a promise to God that i’ll be a better mother tomorrow than i was today?

christmas party at the preschool.

~ Etc.

my oldest daughter adi had her christmas party at her preschool.  
there were crafts, many appetizers, & scrumptuous treats, 
santa, and the students got to perform and sing some christmas songs.  
when the teachers called upon all the students to come up to sing,
i made sure adi was up in the front and looked around to see where ana was,
and guess where i found her?  right up on the stage as well, next to her sister.
ana’s not a student yet so i thought about calling her down, 
but when i saw her determined face and the eagerness to sing and perform too,
i just couldn’t.  so i let her be and she pretended to be a student for the night!
she mouthed the words and did all the actions too, i couldn’t have been more proud.
do you think adi’s mouth could possibly get any bigger?  
adi telling her looooong list to santa.

we were sad daddy had to leave before adi(& ana) performed, but he saw the video when he got home and we were both cracking up.  maybe i’ll post the video sometime. 😉
i hope you have a lovely weekend!

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