Sweet Moments

My kids are growing so fast and doing and saying the sweetest, funniest things lately.  Here are a few sweet moments that I have caught.  Todd was reading a Jake and the Neverland Pirates Book to them right before bedtime.  

 

Taelyn and Trent are at an age where they have discovered they each have an opinion and (mostly Trent) doesn't always want to do what the other wants and (mostly Taelyn) gets really upset when things don't go her way. So when I catch them in a moment like this, I cherish it.  They are so sweet when they want to be. 

 Todd caught this moment before he left for work. (Not my most flattering pic)  I don't know what is happening, but since the time change in November, EVERY morning since then, they both wake up at about 6am and crawl into bed with us.  We haven't really done much about it since they don't wake us up or each other, they just crawl into bed and go right back to sleep.  We've actually been able to get a few more minutes of sleep since they are sleeping so soundly with us.  I may not look too comfortable, but I kinda like it.  Todd, not so much, so its going to stop... soon... maybe...

 Before church

Taelyn was being super stubborn and defiant and wouldn't take a nap, so I put her in her room and let her cry it out, while I went downstairs to clean.  I said she didn't have to sleep, she would just have quiet time until Trent woke up.  It got really quiet and I found her in the loft curled up in a little ball, knocked out!  And she said she didn't need sleep... The joys of having a three year old.  She looked so pathetically sweet in the fetal position, I just left her there until nap time was over. 

Some funny things they've said are:
Taelyn: "Mommy, my leg is too scratchy!"
Me: "Do you mean itchy?"
Taelyn: "No Mommy, I mean scratchy because I have to scratch it!!!" 

Trent: "Ate (sister) hurt my feelings."
Me: "Taelyn, be nice to your brother."
Taelyn: "I don't want to hurt his feelings, but he's getting on my nerves!"

Taelyn: "Mommy, baby hurt Jesus's feelings!"
Me: "Why, what did he do?"
Taelyn: "He hit me and Jesus doesn't like that!"
Me: "That's right, he doesn't like that, go tell your brother all about it."
Taelyn, running to tell Trent: "Trent, you aren't supposed to hit Ate because Jesus doesn't like it, He's gonna get you."
Trent: : "Jesus? Ok, Ate, sowwey!"

Taelyn: "Trent, I'm not gonna eat my food, are you?
Trent: "Yes, Ate, I eat it."
Taelyn: "Here Trent, you can eat my food too."
Trent: "ok, Ate."
Me: "Taelyn, you have to eat your food."
Taelyn: "But Mommy, I don't want my food and Trent does, so I gave it to him, I'm sharing!"

So obviously, Taelyn is the mastermind and Trent seems to just go along with what she says, when he does, its bliss, but when he doesn't, Taelyn is not such a happy camper.  Trent used to do EVERYTHING Taelyn told him to do, now that he is realizing he doesn't have to, they have begun to fight a lot and I am not happy with this at all.  Hopefully its just a phase they will grow out of, if not, my lovely black hair will be taken over by white hairs much faster.  I certainly look forward to these sweet moments. 

Its Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

Since having kids, Christmas decorating has gotten a lot more elaborate.  I would decorate every year, but I never really took it further than our house. I would decorate the Christmas Tree and hang a few other festive things around the house, but that was it.  Now with the kids, they seem to get so excited about everything, I have really gone all out (well, for me).  I took it farther than just the tree. 

 I asked Todd to hang lights outside, we have done it in the past, but for the last two or three years, we haven't done it.  Todd's logic is, "when our house is decorated, we can only enjoy it for a few seconds before we drive into the garage and don't think about it again, BUT if all of our neighbor's decorate their houses, we can enjoy looking at all of their houses from our house." Super lame, that's just him being a Scrooge.  He told me if I wanted lights, I could do it myself, so....

This is me doing it myself

 When I got the lights together and the ladder, nails and hammer together, he said, he'd do it, but at that point, I was already set to go, so I did it. 

 The photo Todd put up on Instagram

 While I was putting up the lights, Todd was raking up the leaves and letting these little ones play in them.  In Todd's defense, he did edge and mow the lawn for the first time in two months...

 The end result of our hard work.  It's simple, but I am totally happy with the way it turned out. 

Todd's mom is coming to visit for Christmas and so the whole day, Taelyn kept saying, " I see all the Christmas stuff, but I don't see Oma anywhere, she is supposed to come for Jesus's birthday and she's not here yet!"  It really was cute, and kind of sad because she just knew that once we put up the decorations, Oma would just pop up from behind something.  We explained she would be here just before Jesus's birthday and so she wasn't really satisfied, but she quit asking about it.  Until then, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the DiMillo home and I love it!

Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving is always such a great time to be with family.  I LOVE having the holiday's at my parent's house.  Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on what we are most thankful for and for me, it is my family.  I don't know what I would do without any of them.

I have the most supportive, understanding, compassionate, helpful, loving (I could go on and on) husband.  He makes me happy on a daily basis, he is an amazing provider and my kids are so fortunate to have a daddy who loves them so much.  He does all of this when he's not getting on my nerves, (which is also daily.)

Taelyn is such a joy.  She has a presence about her and an infectious laugh.  She is the light of our lives, she is our entertainment, she has the wittiest personality, which sometimes gets her in trouble, but I don't know where I would be without this crazy little performer, my miracle baby. 

Trent is my Tank, my not so gentle giant.  This boy is so affectionate, always wanting to hold my hand and give me extra kisses and hugs.  He tries to smother his not so affectionate sister, to her dismay.  I love that he loves her! He is a lover, almost to a fault.  He hurts us sometimes because he doesn't know how to control his strength.  He has given me bruises and bumps on many occasions.  Trent is adventurous and is not really afraid of anything,  The good Lord knew what he was doing when he gave us Trent.  I need him in my life.  Oh, how I love my loving boy.

We seriously took about 20-25 pictures trying to get a good one and this was the best I could come up with. There was not one single picture where we all looked decent.

I adore my family and they are what I am most thankful for on Thanksgiving and everyday.  We had so much food and fun, Trent refused to take a nap, ended up passing out on the floor where he was playing with a floaty and a cash register. 

Taelyn found him and called us to tell us he was sleeping.  No, we did not tell her to do that for the picture, she did this all on her own. 

I am sad to say, I didn't get a good picture of everyone together, this is less than half of the people who celebrated with us. 

Thanksgiving day was wonderful, spent with the ones I'm most thankful for. 

Chiefs, Food and Wine, Oh My!

On Sunday's Todd watches football ALL. DAY. LONG.  He is a die hard Kansas City Chiefs fan.  He and his friends went to Kansas City in 2010 (when Taelyn was just 6 months old) for a game and he brought back this 18 month cheerleading uniform for Taelyn.  He figured she could wear it for the next football season.  Well to our surprise, Taelyn has been able to wear this Cheerleading uniform for THREE seasons now.  I am amazed that it still fits! Boy did he get his money's worth with this thing.  At the time of this picture, the Chiefs were winning 9-0, now they are 9-3, not too shabby for a team who only won two games last season and Todd just so happened to be at one of them, against New Orleans, when they beat the Saints.  (Lucky Him)

 

 What a difference a year makes

 

 Daddy's rally helmet

 Silly Trent

After spending the morning with my family, went to Beverly Hills with one of my oldest and dearest friend's, LaQualia.  Her brother has a wine bottling company and invited us to the Beverly Hills Food and Wine Festival. 

 Frenemies!

 We were being way too silly

 It was such a nice day date with my friend.  We went hungry and sober, we left full and with a nice little buzz.  The different wines were amazing, not to mention all of the free samples we got.  We filled our bags to the brim with so many random things.  It was fun, fun, fun!!!