My Hoi Polloi

yep.  my baby is getting old.  11 months old today with a totally fun/funny attitude.  this is her give-me-that-cookie-or-i-will-scream-at-you-like-this-all-day face.  no really.  she really does this funny scream/growl to get what she is after.  works too.  

happy 11 months!  crazy that you have been here almost a whole year!

a few of the kaleb pictures i took the other day.

who me? {love this face!}

a few lyla pictures i took the other day.

smiles.

piano playing.

sharing her sucker with grandma.

i have been wanting to take some cute pics of my kiddos but never have the time/patience.  my mom offered to let me come to her house on a cold day last week so that she could help me.  i never feel like i get good pics of my own kids but i loved this one....

these two really do love each other.  it is pretty cute how they play and fight and hug and love. good thing they do though...they will have to play together when new baby comes cause i may be a little out of sorts.  {sigh}

p.s. i did get a couple pictures that turned out pretty cute.  i will post them as soon as i get a minute.

i asked kaleb what he did at school today and he tells me, "we dus' did crowwwanns and cuppy-cakes"

ahhhhh.  that explains the messy face.

thanks to the photo effects in oh so entertaining photo booth, i am able to give you all a little preview of what i will look like here soon...

yes.  that is me with a fake photo booth belly.  but it will soon be a reality as baby#3 will be here before i have even had a chance to adjust to baby#2.

here is my pretty much non-existent teeny baby bump.  it is small because it is  morning...and because any weight i had gained was lost last week due to that dang flu bug!

we took kaleb rock climbing last weekend.  he was so excited to go and then he saw the wall we wanted him to climb.  it was big and tall and "sceery".  they have cute harnesses for little kids and even climbing shoes.

before seeing the "sceery" wall.

then...kaleb sees the wall climbs up about 8 feet...looks down...and says he is done.  i went with them expecting only to be the designated picture taker.  but corey really wanted kaleb to be brave so i got a harness and shoes and climbed up right next to kaleb.

we made it a race to see who was faster.  i would climb a little and then tell kaleb where to put his hands and then just wait.  it took us about 15 minutes to get all the way up.  my arms were killing me by the end of the night.

corey promised him a slurpee and some candy if he made it up.  i think was the only thing that kept him going cause he was pretty scared to be so high (about 50 feet up).  but you ask him now and he is so proud.  most convos go like this:

grandpa: kaleb did you go rock climbing?

kaleb: um yeah. i'm brave and i climbed all the way to the top and i got to go to the treat store.

grandpa: you did!  you are such a big kid.

kaleb: yeah. and brave too.

it was such a fun night!  i am glad i was talked in to going with them!

first of all...dang you blogger!  dang you for loading my pictures in the opposite direction in which i requested...whatever.

anyway, kaleb keeps asking us if it is christmas yet and we just kept telling him that it can't be christmas until we put our tree up.  so after days of him begging to put up the tree, we acquiesced.  up went the tree and the train...which has been "loved" to death and it has only been up for 4 days!  our tree is looking haute!  sorry, no picture of the full tree though as it is nicely decorated on the top and a scantily clad on the bottom two feet...only unbreakable, shiny snowflakes are down there to be chewed by baby.

kaleb doesn't quite understand that there are so many days left before christmas.  so i decided we would make a chain so that we could rip off a link every day in hopes that would help him get the idea that christmas is still a long way off...

to my dear baby jayne:

i love you.  you are cute. and cuddly. and squishy. and smart. and very kissable...almost edible.

but...there are a few things you should know:

1. shoes are not for chewing

2. carpet is not for sucking

3. toilet paper is not for eating

4. hair is not for pulling

5. neck skin is not for pinching

6. yogurt is not for spitting

7. shoulders are not for biting

and

8. garbage is not for touching

please make a mental note of each.

love, (as you call me) mamamamamamamamamamama

p.s. i love you

corey's little sis mandi had a little talent show for primary the other day...she didn't really want to participate unless lyla could dance with her.  lyla, always eager to comply, was all for it!

lyla is getting pretty big...i think everyone there was ready to jump in case it looked like mandi was losing grip on baby.

thanks for letting her dance with you mandi.

i chopped a few inches off this week.  and i think i like it.  no more hair pulling from lyla...she can't reach it nearly as well.  yay for new the new hair do.

favorite picture from halloween this year:

kaleb and his cutie friend haley trick-or-treating...kaleb didn't get excited about it until he and haley started trick-or-treating together!

last thursday all the kids in kaleb's preschool class got to wear their halloween costumes and do a cute little parade for all the parents.   the weather was so beautiful that we got to do it outside!  

all lined up getting ready to start the parade. (kaleb looking a little terrified)

i am so behind on my blogging.  i even forgot to get a 9 month post for sweet baby.  she is getting so big.  happy nine months!

then kaleb, {funny, wise kaleb,} smiles, chuckles a little bit, puts on his puppy dog eyes and says, "yeah, good trick huh dad."

i am standing in the doorway and i say, "that is  not a good trick that is yuck bud. how is that a trick."

he tells me, "it IS a trick.  you dus' get a little bit o' pee in the garbage can and it's a trick."

and then, again, he smiles, chuckles sweetly, bats his eyes, and walks away.

we totally got owned.

i have some crazy haired kids in the morning.  just had to share these pics:

oh yeah.  and look what my baby can do now.  sad, sad day.  i can never let her out of my sight again with stairs this steep in the house.

the kids and i headed up to gardner's village with janae and candice and kids last week.  it was the perfect day to be out; not too hot or cold.  i think the boys all had fun together.  cole kept saying to me, "kaleb's my friend."  so cute!

cole, jett and kaleb looking at the witches "green juice"

thanks for the good getaway idea janae.  where should we go this week?

we cut kaleb's hair yesterday.  he looks cute...i am still a little bit sad about it though.  his hair was so perfect.  it needed to be cut bad though.  BAD!  i think it makes him look a little bit younger.  what do you think?

before.  (love the smile; this is his camera smile)

i can't decide whether i am going to love it or whether i am going to regret cutting it.  good thing it is just hair.  it will be back in 6 months.  but for now...

goodbye snarls.

goodbye morning rats nest.

goodbye leave-in conditioner.

goodbye long curly locks.

**tear**

goodbye cutest hair ever.

til we meet again.