Journaling....growing up!

Today was a good day, so I thought I should journal it. First of all, I woke up in a good mood and with time on my hands. That doesn't happen often (having time on my hands, not the good mood part), and I don't know when it will happen again. But I decided to take advantage and make my free time be fun time for my kids.

Kya and I made cookies today for daddy. He loves chocolate chip cookies, and I don't bake them near enough. She loves to help and always be doing something. She is constantly asking me, "What are we going to do now?"

When I answer, its, "Then what?"

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o I guess I need to have her schedule planned out, and just as busy as mine. Whenever I tell her I need to do some work (usually during Zander's naptime, and since she is not really napping anymore sniff, sniff its her quiet time), she asks,

"What work am I going to do?"

She is growing up so tall, and a lot of her pants are too short on her. So we decided to be creative. I bought a couple bandanas for $1 and added them to the bottom of her pants and made her a matching apron/shirt. I think she looks pretty dang cute, and she can keep wearing these pants for at least through the winter.

Now for Zander. Since my blog is private, I thought it was ok to post this video. He is so active and just really loves to play. I love that. He makes me happy on even my bad days.

We went to the doctor today for Zander's 9 month check up. He is healthy and doing great. He was fighting with the doctor, while being check out....strong little booger. So here are his statistics.

Height: 28 3/4 inches (70%)

Weight: 18 lbs. 13 oz (40%)

Head: 18 in

So, the doctor says he is doing great, following the growth curve and "tall and skinny". That's the same thing we heard about Kya. I was curious about their percentages compairing. I have always thought Zander was a bit on the small side, but he has beat his sister by at least one pound each time. Funny, he's a boy alright! And a stud to boot. I just love him!

I cut Zander's hair today, for the first time. The back was getting to look a bit like a mullet (sp), and it was driving me crazy, so I cleaned it up as best as I could...considering he just wanted to turn around the whole time and look at what I was doing. Silly boy!

His awesome personality is just shining through lately. He is so much fun, and really likes to have fun. I love that. The other day he crawled up to my legs, while I was cooking dinner, tugged on my pants, stood up (holding on of course) and kept hitting my leg saying, "mamamamamama". It was really cute. I just had to pick him up. He loves giving me kisses! Whenever I try to get him to say "ma ma", he just opens his mouth and goes in for a kiss. Maybe that is how he likes to say mom, by kissing me.