and then the avocado exploded!

and then the avacado exploded!
You know those "back pains" I was having? Well, it turns out that my gall bladder was "exploding" (that is a medical term) I just got home from a 3 night hospital stay and an emergency surgery. I am fine. Thank you for all your prayers.

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I am soo glad you are okay!!!! Sarah told me you were in the hospital. poor you! i love your my space! your cakes are beautiful! and so are your kids! feel better!
-Posted by Mommy of Many on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 10:21 AM

Another smash hit, Tyson

I love it when Ty does the shopping. He always comes home with something new and exciting. Ususally it is something like a frozen pizza or a bottle of sprite, but today he brought home 'The Adventures of Little Brown Bear, volume 2'. It is stupid. (Even Tyson has admited that he is uneasy the whole time he is watching it) Also, he brought me cookie dough ice cream, so he is redeemed. The boys liked the stupid bear show. I think it is translated from French because the phrasing just sounded a little off. Like: "you are always so horrible to me, dad-dy" Telling your kid he can't plant flowers in the rain is not horrible, chaining him to a pipe is. Anyway. I am going to eat my ice cream now.


Comments:
Don't forget to mention that each episode of Little Brown Bear is literally 3 minutes long with one of those minutes taken up by opening and closing credits. The DVD reads, 10 episodes, 30 minutes run time.
-Posted by Tyson Aaron on Sunday, September 23, 2007 - 10:40 PM

Was he shopping at Wal Mart and got the video for $1.00 I have seen those there. Gotta love the parent who chains its young to a pipe.
-Posted by Brookiemom on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 2:16 PM

us

me: "Austen, you wanna snuggle?"

him: "No, I want to snuggle"

me: "Hey, Austen, Aaron spit up on me."

him: "giggle giggle"

me: "Henry has green socks"

him: "giggle, no he doesn't, he has white hair."

me: "no, I said he has green socks. Alex has brown hair."

him: "giggle giggle. No he doesn't, he has a Thomas puzzle"

me: "okay, but he has brown hair too"

him: "...and it has a bridge and a tunnel and a track and a hill..."

me: "my tummy hurts."

him: "okay, you want me to rub your back?"

(This conversation made me happy so I am sharing it, by the way, Alex does have brown hair)

sleeping in

I was talking to my husband recently and we (I) came to the conclusion that I had not slept in past, say, 9:00 for about a year. This is due in large part to him (husband) having to chaperone a teen sleepover or similar every other weekend and also to me being pregnant. I hate being pregnant. I am so uncomfortable when I am pregnant that I cannot sleep. I love to sleep, too.

I had a backache this morning, they start in my back and before long the ache turns into a clench and it moves all the way to my stomach. The first time this happened I thought that I had a stomach ache. I took some Tums. Tums do not work on backaches. I stayed in bed even after Ty took the bus to work. Even though the kids were already up. I thought, they can wait for breakfast for another half-an-hour. I heard some screaming. I waited it out. Austen came in and told me he accidentally hurt Henner. I went then to check on Henry. To my surprise, he was in his high chair. With a bowl of cereal. With milk in it. AND a sippy cup full of milk. Austen had a similar setup on his side of the table. I called Ty. "did you feed the kids breakfast?" He did not. Austen did!

My 3 year old got bowls down, got cereal out, poured cereal, got milk out, poured milk, got sippy cup out, filled sippy cup and made breakfast for himself and his brother. The only thing missing was spoons. Kids can eat cereal without spoons, though. I was so proud. I used to think he was behind on stuff because he didn't talk or dress himself as soon as other kids. Tyson and I came to the conclusion that Austen is a man of action. He doesn't talk about making breakfast, he does it.

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word.
I kid. What a smart boy! I am so proud of my little nephew. That story almost made me cry. I miss you guys so much.
-Posted by Sarah on Friday, September 14, 2007 - 1:37 PM

Austen is a lot like his mama, self sufficient and a caregiver. Love the bubba
-Posted by Brookiemom on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - 4:33 PM

sarah told me this story it is great, what an awesome kid!
-Posted by Mommy of Many on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 9:37 PM

Austen will like that, I think

This was Austen's prayer today:

"Thank you for Drew and for falling and I am sorry for it and I tried to stop it and he is okay and thank you for it."

(Drew fell down the stairs last night, thankfully, he is okay)

Also he said:
"I want butter and ketchup on my sandwich, that should be good. Austen will like that, I think"

(butter is, as you may remember, actually mayo)

Comments:
I laughed so hard I almost spit out my nectarine.
-Posted by Sarah on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 1:21 PM


The boy does definitely have an overdeveloped sense of responsibility. Was that all he was having on his sandwich, butter and ketchup?
-Posted by Brookiemom on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 8:48 PM

it wasn't actually a sandwich, it was a hotdog on a bun, he called it a sandwich. I think it is appropriate to have mayo and ketchup on a hotdog.
-Posted by spe©ialbekah on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:44 PM

Babies doctoring babies

I asked Austen what he wanted to do when he grows up. He told me he wants to cut hair. But only Henner's hair. I told him that he can't make enough money to eat only cutting Henner's hair. He said he wanted to comb Henner's hair too. When I told him that even with combing Henry's hair he still wouldn't make enough money to eat, he was a little disappointed so he decided to be a doctor. A babies doctor, only babies. "I only want to doctor the babies" he said.