Fun Phrases

"Daddy, are you eating crunola (granola)?" Avery

"Avery, you don't want to take a nap?" asked Mommy.
"Yes, I don't," Avery replied.

"Ave.. She ruined another one of my greatest masterpieces!" exclaimed Erin to herself.

"Daddy, that tickles my armpickles!" (armpits) Avery

"Dad, are you coordinating that?" (recording with the camcorder) Erin

"Mommy, I am so beau'iful!" Avery

My personal favorite ... "Mommy, let's go listen to Dave Gramsey in my woom!" (It was naptime, and when we went in and turned on the radio and Dave Ramsey's voice came on, she exclaimed with joy ...) "Oh, that's MY Dave Gramsey!" Avery

There are so many more that I need to write down somewhere, but I wanted to share these while they were on the brain, or as in the last post, as it was happening! Happy winter!

Three minutes at the Rahija's

(Lots of yelling and slapping noises coming from upstairs)
Mom: "No hitting!"
Erin: "Owwww! Please quit hitting my nose!"

Erin: "Hey, Avery, want to go downstairs and make Valentines?"
Avery: "Oh yes!"
Erin: "Ok, let's ask mom if we can. "I'll yell it to her. Hey, I'll yell it through my digerido (her new instrument that is as long as Avery)!"

(3 second laps)

Avery: "Aaaaaaa!"
Erin: "Oh, Avery, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. Are you ok? I'm really sorry"
Avery: "AAAAAAAAAA"

David: "I'll bet you anything that Erin turned around with that digerido to her lips to yell for you and didn't remember how long it was, or that Avery was in the room and just clocked her with it."

Erin: "Shhh! Shhhh! Hey, I'll make you laugh to help you feel better!"

(loud spitting/farting noises from the digerido)

Avery: "Aaaaaaa"
Erin: "Hey, Avery, I'll give you a dollar if you fergive me."

(about 1 minute passes with general conversation)

Erin: "Avery, I'm really sorry I hit you in the eye with the end of my digerido."

A few minutes of play pass, Erin is trying to make Avery feel better by coddling her, so she tries to put her down for a play nap, and they end up playing "mom/daughter" I think.


"Oh, be careful baby, you're wasting all your digest-es! Oh, not them, they have fur." (who even wants to guess what's going on up there!?)


(This is a little slice of our day, probably about 3 minutes-worth.)

Wishes, Treats, and Dreams

So Santa was a little late with Ember's Christmas wish -- maybe if she would have articulated it, we would have known to include them in her wish list, but on Thursday night, her gift arrived ... I suppose the only one she really wanted ... her two )bottom) front teeth! I couldn't believe it - she's been drooly, but not really cranky, just a little clingy. I hope all the rest of the teeth are this easy to acquire!

Another first for Ember this week was her first bowl of rice cereal or "solid food". Most kids I know do not enjoy this first bowl, as they cannot figure out how their tongue is supposed to work WITH the spoon to ingest the sloppy, pasty mess in the bowl. The tongue usually works against the spoon and rice, pushing it out as quickly and with as much drool as possible. Not Ember, NO NO, my fluffy little girl took about two bites to figure out that she could get more food in her belly if she worked with the spoon and slicked that slimy stuff right down -- no spills, no crusty hair, no nothing, just a happy baby who wanted more when we finished! David, after looking at her then at me, asked just one question, "And this surprised you?" Yep, she's our little chunk!

And our last "first" of the week ... Ember, growing the way she does, pretty much reached maximum capacity of her bassinet, which both her sisters, her Aunt Desiree, her mommy, and her great Aunt Connie all used. She bravely joined the big girls in her big crib in the sleeping room, and loves it! She loves to chatter at and sing to the animals on the mobile, and mommy loves that the animals lull her to sleep! So, we can put her to bed when we go to bed and bid her sweet dreams, and we go to our own room, which is our own again! Our room is now child-free in the evenings ... at least until a leg ache, nightmare, or thirst attack hits :)

Exciting week here at Castle De La Rahija! Hope your week was fun as well!