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Busy Mommy Journal

The busy Mommy journal is facebook! When they do something cute I just post it thinking I’ll go copy paste it into my journal later. Well, later really means laaaaater. So, I’m going to “journal” it on the blog. So, if you’re extremely interested in reading people’s journals this post is for you.

May 19th 2011 - Meredith: I poked my finger. Emily: On what? Meredith: A pokey. (I love listening to my kids talking to each other)

May 24, 2011I - was feeding the girls lunch and I tried to give Rebecca some more food. Apparently she was all done because she scrunched up her nose and gave me a look so I'd know she was done.

May 31, 2011 - Today while I was waiting for someone to answer the phone (you could hear the ringing because my phone is loud) Rebecca says, "hi, hi". She's also trying to mimic my animal noises for a dog, and cat. She is growing up too fast.

June 3, 2011 - Meredith is getting crackers "for the baby". Uh huh.

June 6, 2011 - Meredith turned 4 today. Ate pancakes (one in the shape of a 4), we went to the zoo, McDonalds for chicken nuggets, came back home and swam in the kiddie pool, the girls watched a movie while mom went shopping for last minute b-day shopping (dad was working from home today), had pizza and an ice cream birthday pie (cake) and presents. She tells us she had a good birthday. And Emily says it's the best birthday ever.

June 10, 2011 - Just spent a wonderful "afternoon" with the girls. (That's what we call the time before naptime or Rebecca's second nap. After that it's a whirlwind of dinner preparations and tidying up for daddy's arrival.) We sang around the piano, chased each other around, heard lots of cute little giggling, received lots of kisses and Rebecca practiced giving all of us her version of a kiss. Very cute, very slimy. :)

June 12, 2011 - Rebecca was so cute at church today, as usual. She showed the Young Women at church how she says, "hi" on mommy's cell phone. She tried escaping from me into the very "echoie" cultural hall into a quiet Elder's Quorum meeting, she danced to the hymn in Relief Society and was just plain adorable. She is such a joy.

June 13, 2011 - Meredith has an infected finger. It started out as a little scratch with a scab and she kept picking at it. Urgh! We went to the doctor to get some medicine and she does a fake little cough everytime I give it to her to make sure I know she's "sick". Nathan told her, "Oh, I'm not sure your sick." She gave him a quick little cough to let him know that she was indeed sick.

June 14, 2011 - Emily was crying today that she'd hurt her foot. Rebecca came over to give her a hug (her version of a hug) and smile at her. This is the second time Rebecca has done this act of "comforting". It brought a smile to Emily's face. It worked. Rebecca is the sweetest little baby. Rebecca is also learning how to say, "bye, bye". Babies grow up so fast!

June 15, 2011 - Life is crazy right now. Really crazy. That is all. (Side note: this is when we found out about Nathan’s new calling and I wasn’t feeling too well from the pregnancy. I felt slightly overwhelmed.)

June 15, 2011 - I told Emily, "if you pick up the trash off the kitchen floor (the girls made a mess!) I'll let you mop!" Oh, she's so excited! I love little kids. :)

June 29, 2011 - Rebecca is already becoming quite the musician. She dances to music (even the hymns in church) and I was just singing and she started "humming" along. I love it!

July 1, 2011 - Meredith was being naughty, so I told her to go to bed. She's tired.
And she says, "I'm not going to live in your house anymore."
She keeps repeating this over and over again. Finally I tell her. Fine, go take your nap and then you can leave
She bursts into tears and says, but I want my mommy and daddy to go with me.
So cute.
She threatens me with leaving, but wants me to go with her.

July 5, 2011 - Emily just showed me her two songs that she "made" on the piano. One is called "Brian's Song" for her leopard? (Apparently she has an imaginary leopard named Brian.) The other song sounds suspiciously like her piano lesson song. Adorable. Oh, and right now she is teaching Meredith how to play the piano which consists of teaching her "Brian's Song".

July 25, 2011 - So, Emily is a very well trained helper. She mops the floor, empties the trash, makes her bed, gets dressed without nagging, showers without help, empties the dishwasher, rinses dishes, loads the dishwasher and now it's time to start Kindergarten. What!?! I just finished training her so she can help me. Ugh. Now I have to start all over again with the next one who is not exactly cooperative. Oh, and she tidies any room I ask, which is a HUGE help.

July 26, 2011 - My freedom is over in 2 weeks. Emily will go to school and I will have to be on a set schedule every day. I will have to make sure she eats, gets dressed with her hair done and to school by 8. Plus, I'm missing my big helper, which actually means a lot more work to me. I am excited for her. Gone are the days of taking it easy when we feel like it.

July 30, 2011 - Rebecca loves to feel that she's playing with the big girls. She will run after them just as fast as her little legs can carry her. It typically means she'll run after them for a few seconds before they turn the other way and run back. So she has to turn in another direction and keep running. It's adorable and I love watching it.

August 11, 2011 - Rebecca's newest word, "go-go". LOVE it! And this is a very important word for a 1-year-old to say.

August 12, 2011 - Rebecca's two newest words: "two" and "ee" (three). And then I realized, yip, I DO count ALL THE TIME! Meredith, pick up your toy and put it in the toy bucket, You have to the count of ten. "one...two...three..." It's the ONLY thing that works with her right now. So, my 13 1/2 month old is learning how to count. She's already got as many numbers down as she has animal sounds.
Rebecca is playing hide-and-seek with Daddy and the girls. Emily came up to me and asked me while I was holding Rebecca, "where are they." I told her I wasn't going to tell. Then Rebecca started pointing in the room they went. She is growing up WAY too fast. It so cute to see this little 1-year-old attempt to do the things the 5 and 4-year-old are doing.

August 14, 2011 - Today Rebecca began to "sing" with me. I was singing to her for her nap and you can't really tell it was singing, except she was making noises the same time I was and when I got to the end of the chorus and paused so would she.

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