Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Camden making himself comfortable on top of the ottoman on top of the couch while TG vacuumed.

4 adorable "Twinkle Toes".   I got to fulfill my dream of matching "sister" outfits.


HEARD:

Riley getting into her jammies.
Me:  Hey Roo, you've got your pj pants on backwards.
Riley:  I do?  Oh gosh.  I so embarrass me.

Me:  Night night Cam.  I love you.
Cam:  Nigh nigh.
Me:  I love you.
Cam:  Um you Ma.

Riley:  Mom!  We did that.  Last night!
Me:  What's that?
Riley:  We went in that boat in A-why-wee.
Me:  Yes we did, but not last night.
Riley:  Yes it was!  It was last night!
(Everything that happened in the past is last night to Riley)

On my phone.
Cam:  Hell-whoa.
Cam:  Wah-der. (water)
Cam:  Das a wah-der. (that's a water)
Cam:  Bye.

Standing up.
Cam:  UP!
Bending down.
Cam:  Dowwwwwwn.

Every morning when I go to get him.
Cam:  Dada?
Me:  He's not here.
Cam:  Dada at werrrrk.
Me:  That's right.
Cam:  Eber-buddy? (everybody)

Shirt up, grabbing his tummy.
Cam:  BELL-DEEEEE!!!

 

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Little man is ready for some summer fun.


Clearly so is our sweet Sassy girl.


Toy tea party, the gang's all here.


Someone so tired from his day that he passed out on the couch with Riley and I.


The cutest little ant we ever did see.


HEARD:

While we were out and about yesterday Riley found three pennies, when we got home I asked her if she wanted to put them in her piggybank...

Riley: Ohh ooo ooo! I'm a riiiiiiich!

We've stopped giving Riley naps because some nights when I would go in to check on her before I went to bed (at 11) she would be laying there awake. So by bedtime she is exhausted.
Me: Come up here and lay down sweetie.
Riley: Good, cause I'm a tired girl.

Running through the house when she got back from her week at Gigi and Papa's.
Me: I've been a busy girl.
Riley: Yes you have Mama!
Riley: Oooh I like your pitch-ders.
Riley: Ohhh I like dem new pill-dows.
Riley: Ohhh you fixed dat V!
Running into her room.
Riley: What's new in here?!?

Gesticulating wildly at my water bottle.
Camden: Wan summmm! Wan summmm!

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Our much adored Riley girl, actually looking at the camera. I'm not sure if you've noticed from our pictures, but she is almost always wearing a dress. Every morning when she wakes up, after hugs and kisses, she will go straight to her closet and pick out her own outfit for the day. She prefers dresses and I love how sweet she is in them.


Our little man, pushing his toy car around and making "vroom, vroom" sounds. He loves playing with cars, trucks, buses, anything with wheels.


Camden playing in the toy kitchen. He started bringing out the teacups and teapot after watching Riley and I play tea party earlier this week. Now, he will toddle over, hand one to me, bang his cup against mine (cheers!), and then pretend to drink.


Our mini mes.

Yes, our 3.5 year old still has a paci. Yes, she's only supposed to have it at sleep times. Yes, her major dependence on it round the clock until she was 2 is probably why she has some speech quirks. Yes, she is being weaned of them. Yes, she will be paci free before kindergarten.

But also...
Yes, our child sleeps in her own room, in her own bed,for 12 straight hours, and has not once ever gotten out without our permission. Yes, our child uses her paci as a lovie and doesn't have a blankie or special stuffed animal. Yes, 99.5% of the time she leaves those pacis in her bed and is not allowed to carry them around or out of the house with her.

Yes I'm defensive about it. Why do you ask?

HEARD:

Riley: Mom? Mom?
Riley: A wittle help here? Please?
She rounds the corner into the bathroom where I'm washing Camden and her nightgown she was trying to put on is stuck on her head.

Riley: I don't like this car. I think we should get another one.

Riley: What are we gonna do today?
Me: I don't know yet bug, why?
Riley: Hmm. I'ms thinking that maybe we could see my fw-ends and haves a picnic.
Me: Oh yeah?
Riley: Yes, that sounds like a good ideas!

Riley: We got a fishies and we put them in a tank in brudders room.
Gammy: What did you name your fish Riley?
Riley: I don't want to give dems a name. I thinks I'm just gonna call dem fishies or something.

Me: Camden, all done?
Camden: "aw duh"

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Spending the beautiful spring days playing at the park with our friends.


Playing with brother's little red wagon. Everyone loves the wagon.


On the iPad. She asks multiple times a day, "Mom, I play the iPad?". If TG or I are using it she sits by us and audibly sighs until it's her turn.


HEARD:

Watching Bieber's baby video, right before the Ludacris interlude
Riley: WOOOO-DA!

Laying in our bed before bedtime watching Spiderman, TG comes in from the shower in his towel to get his clothes.
Riley: Daaaaaaad, you nakey like a jaybird! Put some ca-whoas on man!
Riley: But I like you shiny tushy (disclaimer she did not see his tushy so we're not sure why she said that but we cracked up anyway)

Whenever I leave to go somewhere without her..
Riley: MOM! YOU BACKS!

Riley: On my weddins day, I'ma mar-wee Air-wee-el! A-cause I wants to be a mermaid, that be my dream come trues Mom.

In the car, at home, in stores, just about anywhere she hears our "dams" - ie jams as I call them.
Riley: Moms, let's ROCK OUT!!!

Riley found a feather outside and wanted to keep it but I told her she had to throw it away.
Sighing.
Riley: Oh, sigh, I wish I could keeps it, but I unnerstans, I'll throws it in da trash myself.

As he points to everything for which he has no words yet...
Camden: DISSSSSSSSSSS!

Seen and Heard

SASS-A-FRAS.


Funny lil man showing you his big chompers.


Hey Mom, take a pick-shers of me and Sheriff Woody.


Mr. non stop mobile.


Either Southwest.com had a glitch or flying from Kansas City just got a hell of a lot more expensive...


HEARD:

Riley: Hey Mom, guess what? I gots a day-bee in my bell-wee.
She's rubbing her belly.
Me: Oh really?
Riley: Yes, it's a day-bee doy.
Riley: He's comin soon. Den I gonna go's to w-iv at Char-wotte's house.
Me: You're leaving me?
Riley: Yep.
Me: Where will you sleep?
Riley: In Char-wotte's room.
Me: Where will your baby sleep?
Riley: sighing as if I'm slow, bothering her, or both... In day-bee An-fer-knee's room.

Riley and I cuddling in my bed watching a show before her bedtime. She's holding my hand and my ring is twisted around backwards.
Riley: I fa-wix you wing Mom.
Me: Oh thanks bug.
Riley: I wants a wing too Mom.
Me: You have lots of rings Sass.
Riley: sighs. But, but, but I wants a biiiiiiiig wing.
Me: laughing
Riley: Oh, I wubs you Mom.

Before she went to bed the night before I told her I was going to the gym and that I would be riding the bike. This morning when I went in to get her up for the day...
Riley: Oh hi Mom! Hi! I awake! Those dump ta-wucks are being so w-oud.
Me: Good morning sweetie.
Riley: Dids you have fun ridin you bike?
Riley: I hopes you had fun a-cause I mee-ssed you.

Riley waiting for me to open the sliding door to our van.
Riley: To infinity, and beyond!

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

TG about to take lil man for his first trip down the bounce slide. He went from excitement (seen here), to terror, to giggles. It was quite funny.


The loves of my life. Someday I will get a photo of all of us smiling.


Our princess who was not amused by my photo taking during her cake eating.


My two kiddos at the 3rd birthday party of a dear little friend.


HEARD:

Riley: Okay Mom, you wistening?
Me: Mmhmm.
Riley: You gots two choices okay? You can either watch your show or then it's my turn.
Riley: So, what's your choice?

Camden: Dada. Mih "milk". MaMA! Mo "more".

TG: Hey Riley, I have some bad news. It's raining so we can't go on our hike today.
Riley: Hmm. Thats a problems.
Puts her finger to her mouth, hand on her hip
Riley: How's we going to fix that problem? Maybe wes can take out my ba-wack car? (her power wheels)
TG: It's raining Roo.
Riley: Okay, maybe we's can take a picnic?
TG: It's raining.
Riley: Let my see here, maybe we's can go to the park?
TG: It's raining.
Riley: I knows! We can paint...
TG: That would work.
Riley: OUTSIDE!

She is drawing Valentine's cards for everyone in the family.
Riley: I love you always Gampy.
Riley: I love you always Lolo.
Riley: I love you always Gammy.
Riley: I love you always Mommy. You are my favoritest Mommy eber. Thanks for gib-ings me my cock-a-late milk for ba-wreck-fest.

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

My 3 year old who just looks older everyday!


Yet another attempt at that elusive smiling sibs photo.


My 9 month old and his grrr face.


HEARD:

Riley is laying in her bed in the middle of the day.
Me: What are you doing bug?
Riley: Takin a wax.
Me: A what?
Riley: Takin a wax. See?
She puts her hands up behind her head and crosses her legs.
Me: Oh, you're relaxing?
Riley: Dat's what I told ya!

Matt is pretending to be asleep on the floor.
Me: Uh oh. You have to wake up Daddy!
Riley: Wakeeeey, wakeeey.
Riley: It not workin!
Me: Make more noise!
Riley: SOUND! SOUND! SOUND! SOUND!

Getting Riley into her jammies before bedtime.
Riley: Oh Mom. Gives me a hug!
Riley: I wubs you Mom.
Me: I love you too Riley girl.
Riley: I gonna miss you.
Me: Where am I going?
Riley: I gonna miss you when you go to Harris Peter.

Looking at some of my old college photos during dinner.
TG: Do you know who is in that picture?
Riley studies it for a few seconds.
Riley: It's you! And Mommy!
TG: That's right.
Riley: You's snuggling Mommy!
Riley: Ohhhh.
Hangs her head and makes her sad face.
Riley: I wish I could snuggle Mommy. Hey Mom! You wanna snuggle on da couch wit me? I can gets a pill-whoa and a ba-wanket and we's can snuggle.

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Our little friend Elfie. We read the story and named our Elf on November 30th. Day 1 - she was skeptical, like she wouldn't go down the stairs once she spotted him sitting on our tv. So I told her that the gift each day in the advent calendar tree was from Elfie. Now the first thing she says after "Good mer-nin Mom" is "Where Elfie? I tinks he brought me a pr-wesent!". She always waits until she spots him to check her present tree. It's too cute.


Riley helped decorate our "widdle twee". I think the hair things give it a nice touch.


TG and Riley hung lights on our door. She loved it.


Posing with my sweeties by our door. See my burlap wreath in the background?


HEARD:

Riley pitching a fit because she doesn't want to put a jacket on over her pw-etty dwess.
Riley: I don't want to.
Me: It's cold out Riley. You have to.
Riley: BUT I don't wanna wear dat wacket!
Riley: It dont matches my shoes!

Listening to her little daycare friend babbling to her.
Riley: I'm sorry Bud. I have no idea what yous sayin.

Looking at our tree all lit up and decorated.
Riley: Mom.
Riley: I wubs our bid (big) tr-wee.
Clasping her hands.
Riley: It's wub-wee (lovely).

Camden is trying to play with the little baby laptop Riley has.
Riley: No no no brudder. in a very sweet motherly voice
Riley: Lets my see her. What can I gibs you to keep you busy.
Tapping her finger on her mouth with one hand on her hip surveying the toy baskets.
Riley: I knows! Mickey!

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

A holiday dinner of Christmas tree pb&j complete with Target baby puff stars and yogurt raisin snow mounds.


Miss Potato Face.


Riley and I snuggling before bed time.


Being forced to wear the candy cane headband from the Target $1 section. Can you tell she was still pretty sick in this photo?


My sweetie in a Tinkerbell dress and bow holding a "bee-u-tee-ful wose".


A picture of Camden and me that Riley took with my phone!


HEARD:

Riley coming into the kitchen where I'm feeding Camden.
Riley: Mom...I need to tell you sumpin.
Me: What's up sweet pea?
Riley: I knows you ta-wold me to be careful wit dis (it's a 20 cent wreath pick)...but I breaks it. (the paper price tag has come off)
Riley: I so sorry Mom.

Riley: Mommy? You gives me one liddle bear hugs? Wike dis? (quietly) grrrrrrr.

Watching The Wizard of Oz with TG.
TG: See, Dorothy lives in Kansas.
Riley: Kan-sw-ass?!?
TG: Yup.
Riley: Like Gammy and Gampy and Tata! That's my fabe-or-it fam-a-ly. I gonna gives dem a big hug! (she hugs herself)

Watching Tangled in the movie theater.
Riley: I don't wike dat scar-wee witch!
Me: I know.
Riley: She a tryin to get Ra-cun-zel and dat Fa-winn Rwider!

On a side note, Tangled was such a cute movie. It's definitely one of my favorites and if you have kids (or even if you don't!) you should go see it! We saw regular, but I'd recommend 3-d because there was a part in the movie that would have just been amazing in 3-d!

Seen and Heard

SEEN:

Riley, the Good Witch.


Cam boo, my little cereal face, rocking his "Terrible Toddler" bib.


Riley, (who by the grace of God got her Daddy's long legs), looking just as cute as can be in her little sparkly red shoes.


Camden playing peek-a-boo with me from behind the couch.


HEARD:

Coloring a picture of "Swinderwelwa" and "Prince Carming"
Riley: Ohhh. Prince Carming tied up. (she has drawn a circle around him)
Me: Why?
Riley: Him a baaaaaad boy!
Me: What did he do?
Riley: Prince Carming broked Swinderwelwa's heart. So I tied hims up and I gonna dump juice on him.


Me: Riley, are you hungry? Do you want a snack?
Riley: Oh, sure!

Riley: Mommy, you give me one can-knees?
Me: Yes.
Riley: Thanks you Mommy! You da best!

Watching the trailer for Tangled on tv.
Riley: I gonna go see dat moo-bee.
Me: That's right.
Riley: I goin on a date. I gonna see dat moo-bee with my fam-a-ly. But not my brudder. He a day-bee.

Sitting at the dinner table watching football while TG and I finish dinner prep in the kitchen. Riley: Whoa-uh! Good catch boy!