Bubba and B

ok so it's been a little over a week since my last post but I am trying. The days go by so quick around here and the nights seem to go by even faster. Even though both kids have technically been sleeping through the night now for over a year it seems like they are now at the stage where they are having nightmares. So i wake up at least once maybe twice a night to screaming kids looking for Mommy! I always wonder why the yell for me in the middle of the night when all day they would much rather be hanging with dad. The joys of mommy duty! They go back to bed quickly but after being waken from a deep sleep to a screaming baby it always takes me awhile to fall back to sleep. It's amazing what a mom can do on only a few hours of sleep. Side tracked for a minute.... back to my original post now. Bubba and B are the nicknames that my kids have given each other. Its so cute when Brooklyn wakes up in the morning and runs straight to Bakers room yelling Bubba Bubba. Baker usually replies with "I am not Bubba I am Baker" but I think he has started to give in to the nickname and just excepts that to Brooklyn he will always be her Bubba. I find myself calling him Bubba more and more these days, he isnt as excepting to me calling him Bubba though. He really loves his name and talks about him self in third person a lot. Im not sure how Brooklyn got her nickname but I'm pretty sure she is stuck with it. Everyone calls her that not just Baker. I think it started because when B was born Baker was only 2 1/2 and his speech wasn't the best. He would try to call her baby but ended up leaving off the ba part and just calling her B. He would tell everyone that that was his B. Lucky for him her name started with a B and it caught on. Now she usually only hears her real name when she is in trouble which lately is about 50% of the day.
They are best friends and I hope they stay that way forever. Baker is very protective over B and is always making sure she is safe and never gets left behind. I hope that's a quality he keeps going into High School and College. Nothing would please me more then sending off Bubba and B to WSU together. We would be very pleased parents!

 

A new comitment!

I am so sad when I look back at my previous blogs and realize I really droped the ball on this blog when Brooklyn was born. I have let the past 2 years go by without really blogging at all. We have done so much and came so far and non of it really documented. So starting today I am making a new comitment to my blog. I think its something the kids will look back at years from now and really appreciate all that it has to offer. Now the big question, do I try and go back and make up for lost time or start fresh. Ive been thinking about this for awhile which then leads me to put this off even longer. So Im just going to jump in, start typing and see where this leads. Hoping to be able to sit down and write at least once a week is my goal. I guess Ill do a little make up info in each one. Today I decided Id write a little bit about each kid, where they are now and what they are up to.
Baker
he is 41/2 and is a complete video game nut. He loves playing x-box and is actually really good at it. I do have to usually fight him to get off and do other activites though. Its always a battle at our house of how much technology is to much. Tyson is always into the latest gadgets like ipads, iphones and anything else starting with an i. Which gives our kids access to all types of fun games. Some are learning some are for fun but Baker is usually realy good at all of them. Other fun things he likes to do is swim. He is in swim class at the Y and really loves being underwater and doing the starfish on his back. If he could just learn to float he would really be swiming. He is more like a rock and sinks to the bottom. He has a lot of energy but is so easy. I couldnt ask for a better boy at home. He has a little trouble foucsing at school but he is very smart. He knows most of his letters and the sounds they make. He loves his sister very much and lets her get away with taking his toys or stealing his food. She is lucky to have him.
Brooklyn
She is hilarious. She is very vocal and tells us exactly what she wants, or doesnt want. We have started potty training which has been an adventrure. She does pretty good most of the time and then she will just decide she is going to pee her pants. I know she is more than capable of telling us when she needs to go potty but she will not be forced to do anything. She is so full of love. She is always giving us lots of kisses and hugs and telling us how she loves us. The problem is she wants to be the center of attention and sometimes gets angry when we have to give attention to other kids. she is in a gymnastics and really does good. They work on the balance beam, the bars and the floor. She looks so cute in her leaotard and tights. We are signing her up for another session and really think this is something she will enjoy later in life as well.