Choices, Choices

Sadie: "Mom, it's hard to decide who to kiss when there are two cute boys."

Reaction

My niece was born. Before yesterday I had the only kids on my side of the family. Now, I have a niece!
My kids were reacting to the picture that I showed them of tiny baby Payton, who was born 8 weeks early.
Brady asked if Payton got out of Aunt McCall's tummy like he got out of his bed.
Bethanie was trying to make sense of all of the information. How does a baby come early if the dr just cuts a mom's tummy open? (That lead to some interesting conversations that had Sean chuckling in the next room!)
Sadie immediately noticed the umbilical cord in the picture I showed them and nearly passed out and threw up everywhere. After explaining what it was she was almost livid. I don't think she will ever get over the fact that she too had one of those on her at one time in her life.

Umbilical cord or not, that baby is gorgeous. At 4lbs 2 ounces, and 8 weeks early, she is doing better than we could have expected. Continued prayers for our tiny baby Payton!

That's Rough

Sadie (crying); "Mom, I don't even have anything to whine about!"

Persuasion

Brady has recently been testing his powers of persuasion. Yesterday he came up to me with tears running down his face and told me that he needed a treat. I took the opportunity of having him standing in one place to wipe his lunch off of his face.
That was when he got really mad. "Mom! Don't wipe the cry-ness off of my face! I need it there!"

That is Something I Probably Should Have Known

Brady: "Mom, I think dad used to wear make-up and dress like a girl."

Lightning- Ka-Chow

We had an 8 hour long lightning and thunder storm a few nights ago. It went from 9:30pm until about 4am. For an hour around 2am it was the kind of lightning storm where the thunder hits at the exact same moment and it seems like pure daylight flooding in.
That same night happened to be Brady's very first night in his "big boy bed". (Hey! The crib was still working for me!) I was really surprised that Brady didn't come running in to my room. He didn't make a sound!
The next morning the girls were talking about the storm and asked Brady if he heard it. He told them that the storm tried to come in to his room, so he pulled "Lightning and Mator" (his CARS comforter) over his head so it wouldn't get him.

I Had My Suspicions

If I haven't mentioned before, my husband is a scientist. I have always suspected that he would qualify as a nerd. He would be considered a very cute nerd, but a nerd, nonetheless.
He just proved his case. He has a birthday coming up. I just got an email from him telling me what he wanted for his birthday. Wow, it is going to be an exciting one this year!

If your husband is also a nerd, you should know there is free shipping on this book through Amazon. He will be so excited.  (eyes rolling)