Why we lock Audrey's door

When Audrey goes to bed we lock her in. Just so she has that boundary and can go to sleep...also so she doesn't escape and get into things.

Brent's been renoing
He hasn't been on baby duty in months
I went on a girls night last night
He thought her door 'automatically locked'
(it doesn't)

Let's just say I woke up to nailpolish
On little toes
On our new cabinets
On our new tile
On our stepping stool
On our hardwood as she clearly ran into my room to show me her pretty toes...much to my HORROR!

My little monkey

Audrey is such a monkey.
She makes me laugh so hard.
She recently learned how to
-open doors
-remove childproofing
-unlock bathroom door locks
-unlock 'French door' door proofing

This morning I was changing beckham and when I came back in the kitchen she had scaled the cabinets, climbed on the counter and ate a banana!

She spices up my everyday

Almost done

This whole Reno process has shown me how strong I am, how capable I am. I heard a quote the other day.

'there are only two seasons where children need there parents, when they are children and when they have young children. If you aren't there for them during those seasons they wont need you during rest'

I pray to be the type of mother that is there for my children, patient, giving, kind and tender. I want to be there in the good moments and the bad. I want to be useful and reliable. I pray that I can be all these things for them.

Oh how we love our babies and how fast the seasons go. It feels utterly sad that my moments of being a mom to babies is disappearing so fast. We would have loved to have more babies but with me getting so sick we just don't have enough support to get through another nine months. So blessed to have two babies. My Audrey and my Beckham.

I'm full of flaws and full of quirks but I'll do my best and that's all I can do.

ER

Audrey's first doctors visit (besides checkupa and immunizations)

While I was packing she snagged the Advil, got the lid off and...drank it.

Made for an adventure, poised control, ER visit. She majorly chilled out (has never been that calm!)

She was A-ok. Just kept on observation to make sure. Sure gave this mommy a fright.

Beckham on the other hand hated the hospital. Just wanted to run free...let's be honest running free in a hospital when you are 11 months old is not really a good idea ;)

Quite the long ordeal and for sure has made this moving process go slower.

No no no

In the back seat if the car...what do I hear beckham saying

'NO'
'NO'
'no no no'

Haha oh dear. Besides mama and dada his real first word is NO

Moving with two babes

You know that moment that your packing in the laundry room and both kids are beside you quiet and you realize that Audrey has rubbed nair hair remover all over her legs and beckhams head...

Those are the moments that your eyes bulge in horror. 15 seconds 15 seconds.

I got it off...so he's not bald! Phew. And none was even close to his eyes.

7:46pm

It's about that time of night when the kids are in bed and the husband will be coming home from his crazy day and I start thinking...

'I better clean up this kid destroyed house before Brent comes home so I can pretend I'm a good house wife'


Let's just say once Brent told me he thought he'd be a better house wife..we would prob starve because saying it kindly 'his kitchen skills lack' but he's a cleaner he's a cleaner and organizer!