Changes

I wonder what life would be like if nothing around us ever changed. It sure would be boring, but I do find myself wishing and praying that certain aspects of my life would never change. For instance, take the moment I am currently witnessing. Gracie is on the floor coloring and writing her name (still shocks me that she can do this!) and Keton is hanging out with her while playing with the various gadgets on his can-do-all Blackberry Curve phone. She is telling him how much she loves him, while he is making his phone "talk" and say things that make her laugh. It really is the small things in life. Stella is finally asleep, and sometimes it would be nice if time would stand still for a few more hours while she is doing that. The one thing I miss (besides being able to finish my coffee while it is still hot) the most from my former non-kid life is the sleep. But, as you all know, once that one little one makes its appearance, goodbye sleep! That is a change that is still a little tough to deal with. Change is just part of life. A big part. One moment you are a little one yourself, and the next you have little versions of yourself. Seriously weird, even after years of raising a mini-me. Our family has had some recent changes, all good, but still changes. One being that I have been blessed with work for the summer, which was not the plan. Super great! Another change here is that Brooke and I will be running another half marathon. Yep, we are crazy. And asking for pain. It is in October, so we hit the pavement next week for training. The goal is to beat 2 hours! I will keep you posted on how that goes...
The girls have had a big change this week too. We got rid of the crib and put in a bunk bed type system! They are both officially big girls!
Here is their room now:) They LOVE the beds, and of course during the day they double as a fort. Who knew? And for those of you that see Keton's little bunny ear fingers on the right hand side, go ahead and chuckle. Obviously some things never change....but I do love him so. We have done some work and rearranging in their room and so far I am pretty happy with it. Although I am a little sad that we have no baby in there anymore. But once I do not have to carry a diaper bag anymore I will forget all about that and be thrilled that they are big girls! We are also in the process of trying to put our backyard together. Our plan is to plant an above ground garden, full of greens and herbs for cooking! I will definitely be blogging about that when the time comes. I cannot wait to see Keton out there being Tim the Tool Man Taylor. Haha. Anyone that wants to come and check out that scene is welcome to visit! On a side note, we went to Ikea to get the beds and took the girls too. Has anyone ever taken their children there? Their YOUNG children? There is no way out; it is like one giant maze. Just terrific if your little ones throw a wingding fit and you cannot get out of there. I might have nightmares about that place soon. Oh, and another major change....Gracie ate a bean tonight. Amazing. For all of you who know Gracie, you know how lovely her food issues are (yes I know, like mother like daughter, shush!). We convinced her to eat a chickpea (and I am pretty sure she ate it only because it had a cute name) and we both thought that this might qualify as a milestone. How come that is not on those charts at the doctor's office? OMG. Gracie just came up to me, pointed at her gums and told me that she hurt her "nipple" up there. Uh, those are not nipples kiddo. Not that I am going to show her what nipples really are....hmmm. Funny how children's books don't really prepare you for everything. I suppose that is a lesson for another time of change in the future...
The last change that has happened around here in the recent weeks is that Gracie has become an artist. She drew beautiful pictures of Keton and me. Of course she told Keton that she had to add his yohoo, because after all, that is what he has. Girls have hoohoos, boys have yoohoos. We are not a technical term family.
Here is Picasso's artwork:There is nothing like seeing yourself through your child's eyes. Too many Pixar movies maybe? Oh well. At least she is loving art, reading, and writing. I feel that she will be attending school soon, and that is a change that I am just not ready for. Not that I ever will be.
Bring on the changes...
Might as well try to flow with them, and enjoy the amazing things that are happening around us.