Momma Drama

Random thoughts:

Devin says "comp-a-bee" instead of company. Cute.
She also says "Pilly-grum" for pilgrim.
Devin has entered the whiny stage. Not cute.
Devin is full of bruises right now. Wouldn't take any help from anyone while trying to roller skate the other night. God, she is so fiercely independent. That trait will serve her well when she's older, if it doesn't kill me in the process of honing itself.
Devin had a middle child mindset before she was even a middle child. She is just 'in your face' enough not to get lost or overlooked between the oldest and youngest. Amazing.
I thought for sure I wasn't going to have enough love for both her and Trent when I was pregnant with her. I'm so glad I was wrong.

Trent thinks Billy Squire's "Stroke Me' song is saying "snow, snow, snow....." Cute. He also thinks "then one foggy Christmas Eve....." is really "then one soggy Christmas Eve...."
I can't believe he actually has some things wrong with him that may require surgery at some point.......how scary is that for us, let alone him??? Granted it's not brain surgery, but still...
He was so excited to go back to school today after Christmas break, and I was so sad to see him go.
Kindergarten is half over. My how time flies........he has learned so much.
Trent is so animated and expressive. He needs to be in drama class, or debate, come to think f it.
He had his first 'at school injury' today. Took a sled to the corner of his eye. Same eye he banged up when he was smaller......:( He looked so small and stoic when I got to school. I almost made him cry (again) by letting him see me upset.
He was so sweet, holding hands with Devin the other night at skating...telling her 'You're doing so good Devin!!"

Maiya is a TV remote hog. She can see the damn thing a half mile away......this has been going on for awhile now.
She can shake her head "no" at you before you even say it, because she knows full well that whatever she is doing is wrong. Cute.
I think she says "Zurg" (the dog), at least it sounds like it to me and the dog.
She is supposed to be off the bottle and the binkie by now if I follow the same procedure as with the other two......what gives?
She still doesn't like to be rocked to sleep. This kills me inside...........not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but heartbreaking nonetheless.
She will be walking within the next two weeks.
Maiya is a total pain in the ass at the dinner table for various reasons.

I'm freezing right now.
I may try to have a migraine tomorrow, at least it feels like it. Probably need a drink and some Tylenol.
Dave is a nervous wreck about tomorrow. I hope his drive isn't hampered by snow. No word yet from TN.
I need to mail off some Christmas presents.
And pay the electric bill.
My sister's birthday is Thursday...she will be 44. Wow...seems like yesterday (or maybe the day before yesterday) she was helping me make my bed and teaching me the words to "The Candyman." Wonder if she forgives me yet for the time I rolled out of the trundle bed in the middle of the night and rammed her right in the back with my elbow? Or the time I broke her favorite Coca-Cola glass? She is a wonderful Aunt to my kids.....she got robbed in that department from me. She had my nephews when I was 18/21.....not to interested in anything but myself at those ages.......:( Oh, to have it to do over again....

Back to your regular scheduled program:

Zipped Trent off to school this morning, hated to see him go. Christmas break was great, it was nice having him home for two weeks. He was so wound for sound he could barely contain himself this morning, anxious to get back to school. Took Devin and Maiya to the ped.'s......Maiya is 20# 5 oz (50th percentile) and 30" long (just under the 90th percentile here..long girlie!) She got two shots today, Devin always sings to her during them and she did pretty well with them. Quieted right down and looked at her sister like she was crazy. Devin got to be checked out today too, big thrill for her there. She wants to be sick so bad, but alas...it wasn't meant to be today. Just allergy symptoms today (for both of them actually.) I forgot that they do a CBC/lead test at the one year check up, so Maiya ended up with a bonus stick. I had to snag Dave at the hospital first to get his insurance card, so I had him take her into the lab and do the dirty work. Devin sang to her from the waiting room...loudly. God love her. She has done okay the rest of the day....just a little tired acting, but her naps were all off kilter today so I can't blame her for that. Trent's appointment with the ENT is Wednesday the 14th, then the allergist on the 16th.

This water is trying to kill me today, wants to climb back out when I swallow it down. Really hate the stuff with a passion. Skipped out on any exercise today. Bad!! Yesterday I did 6 minutes on the exercise bike (1 mile), and that damn near killed me, hate that stuff too. I'm not ready to give up yet though. The big bag of peanut butter M & M's are calling me from the kitchen though....I can still hear them, even though I tried to bury them under a mountain of shit. Bastards.

I really need to get off of here and go finish the stack of paperwork that is standing in the way of me and the scrapbooking table. Letters to write from the Christmas cards, Thank you notes for Maiya's birthday gifts, a ton of scrap papers with things written on them that need to be transferred into the baby books. Think I'm whacking it all from the list right now though, in favor of a drink and a few minutes of TV before bed.

Cheers and goodnight!