a good day

Do you ever have those days, that just have so many happy moments, you think. If I died today, it would be okay. Just one of those really good days, when nothing too exciting happens, except that you feel surrounded by love and all the good things in life? Today was one of those days. It began last night, around 2 am. Kiley started crying. She kept crying and crying, until 10 minutes later, she miraculously stopped. Of course, every two minutes, I said to Scott- 'are you sure she doesn't need a bottle. Hasn't she been crying for like a half an hour already?'. It's called sleep training. And it's about time. Girl needs to start sleeping through the night so mom and dad can feel rested already. I mean, she's almost five months old. Come on, stop being such a baby! We'll see how tonight goes... hopefully we won't have to ignore the crying for too much longer... Kiley, after sleeping through the night, woke up around 6ish. Had a bottle and we played for awhile, watching the snow fall outside. So peaceful and serene that time of day. I love it. Then she went back to sleep and I got to go for a quick run on the treadmill. Caught up on my parenting magazines because the satellite was out due to the crazy snowstorm (that everyone says took them by surprise even though we knew about it for two days, and it's November in Minnesota people! Come on!). I was not slightly surprised. Well, I take that back. I thought the weather people would be wrong, as is typical, but they were right. So, i was a little surprised. Jaxon woke up and looked out the window. His first words were, 'mom, we need to get our boots on and go shovel!'. So excited, he makes me feel like a kid again on days like this. So, him and Scott got the full gear on, went outside and made the first snowman of the season. Not bad, though after it was actually built, Jaxon was scared and would not go near it. It's snowing!! Got to get our boots on, and our hat, and mittens, and our coat... and go outside and play in the snow! Or... watch daddy build me a snowman while I tell him what to do. Lookin' a little scary at this point... Dude. Nice hat.

I am not going near that thing. No way dad.

Yes, you are. We built it. Now we are taking a picture next to it.

After the snowman was built, we trekked over to the MOA for a movie (Jaxon and Scott) and shopping (Kiley and me). Came home and everyone took naps. I got to work on finishing one of my projects from my recent jewelry vacation (pics coming soon), and snuck in a little snooze myself.

I know it sounds like a typical day, but I feel like I laughed a little more today... Jaxon is almost three, and seems like he is going on five or six. He's so darn smart. He has these goofy looks he does, asks questions all the time, and has the greatest curiousity and love of life in him. It's refreshing in many ways, hard in others, and downright annoying at times (mom, what's that noise? two minutes later. mom what's that noise? two minutes later, mom what's that...- you get the picture). He always wants to help with everything and has the craziest imagination ever. He is always telling stories. And, he knows almost all of his numbers and I swear he knows a little bit of addition and subtraction. Well, maybe not, but the kid is smart. He also knows when to ask daddy for something vs. mommy. Sometimes, too smart.

And Kiley. She just melts my heart every time I look at her. She is so smiley these days. I'm glad I listened to all those people who told me it would get better. She's gone from a colicky mess to a smiling, lauging, giggling princess. I'm pretty sure she is teething now, which is crazy because I don't remember dealing with that from Jaxon until he was almost a year old. She drools all the time, soaks her clothes or bibs. Don't get your finger near her mouth, you may not get it back. She's also workin' on getting stronger, doing tummy time a lot and she rolled over tonight, back to front. We were just sitting around watching Jaxon run around like a wild man, dancing and pretending he was a dinasaur, and she just went and rolled over! She's done front to back, though it was somewhat of a fluke, so I thought this was exciting and much harder to do at her age. Of course, I ran and got my video camera, not to be the guilt-laden mom, and then she wouldn't do it again. But, I did capture Scott playing helicopter with Jaxon and Kiley doing her best to get over.

Well, I better head off to bed. I mean, it is 9:35 on a Saturday night. Need to rest up for the rest of the weekend. May you have a bright and cheery Sunday!