Just an Update

I feel like crap today.  I woke up early this morning, all excited to go running, grocery shopping, and spend the entire day outside because it's soooo nice out there!  And BAM, it hit me.  Sick as a dog.  I crawled back in bed for a few hours and let Cam watch Playhouse Disney.  Feeling a little better now.

Then Cam dropped a jar of strawberry jam, and it shattered all over our kitchen floor.  I got to spend forever on my hands & knees sweeping up teeny-tiny glass particles before Roo woke up.  That was fun. 

Church was wonderful yesterday.  It always is.  Every week when I'm in the middle of it, I wonder why we bother....kids all over the place, food and saliva and snot smeared all over my & Nate's clothes, Roo & Cam always decide to be BFFs right during Sacrament Meeting and start squealing and laughing at the top of their loud lungs.  Why can't they do this during the week?  Roo doesn't want to sit still, Cam wants to go potty every 5 minutes, the list goes on and on.  But when I get home, I always feel peaceful and happy.  No matter what.  The talks in Sacrament meeting were amazing (what I heard of them anyway).  In our ward, two couples are assigned to be up at the Primary Children's Medical Center branch.  They spoke yesterday, and I think there wasn't a dry eye in the meeting.  They told amazing stories of children and families who are fighting cancer and other diseases.  They spoke of their faith and willingness to submit to the Lord's will, no matter how difficult.  They said that if Christ were walking the Earth today, He would be at Primary's.  He would be sitting with those children, blessing them, teaching them.  I pray daily for my children's health and safety.  We can't escape heartache and trials in this life....but I pray that my trials don't involve my children being in pain.  I hope it's me over them!  I remember when I was very sick right before/after my mission....My dad was with me for every x-ray, surgery and doctor appt. He kept saying, "I wish it was me."  Now I understand what he meant by that!  I would take ANY ailment from my babies and put it on myself. 

Roo is 14 months today.  She has really seemed to grow up a lot over the past few weeks....must be the walking?  She's saying lots of cutie typical words now.... and she loves loves loves to be outside.  She loves to get dirty and dig around in the grass, woodchips, dirt, etc.  This Spring/Summer is going to be so much fun with my kids.  She also eats up a storm now.  I'm anxious to see how much weight she's gained since her 1 yr appt.  She's also turning into a sassy-pants....knows just what she wants!  Cam likes to bully her....takes her toys out of her hands and she screams....can't even count how many times he has been put in Time-Out for taking stuff from her.  She still worships him though....just like I worshipped my big brothers.  She follows him everywhere and wants nothing more than for him to pay attention to her!  There are rare moments when he'll really play with her (like when he's trying to get out of going to bed...."I wanna play with Rooster!")

(Like her bib, Tristan?  I love Etsy!!)

She's such a goofy girl.  And usually messy-haired and filthy.  Am I a horrible mother?

She totally has a mullet right now.  This is why I usually do something with it!!

Cam also seems to be getting older each day.  Every day when he wakes up, he rattles off his list of friends and asks to go to all of their houses to play.  I know he gets so bored here.  I wish I was one of those moms who could spend hours each day doing educational crafts and activities....but I'm not.  It's been a long Winter for me!!  Cam cracks us up all the time with his smart-aleck comments:
Cam: "Mom, can I have a cookie?"
Dad: "Not right now."
Cam: "I'm asking Mom, not you, Dad!"
Dad: "Go right ahead."
Cam: "Mom, can I have a cookie?"
Mom: "Not right now."
Cam: "Oh....."
I love that he thinks he'll get a different answer out of the other parent.  He tries this little move all the time!  Sorry Cam, mom and dad are on the same team!! 

He is still hooked on his binkies like a drug.  I told him on his 4th Birthday, we're going to tie them to balloons and let them go into the sky.  He's pretty excited about this, actually.  All along, I told myself that on his 4th birthday, I was gonna get rid of his binkies and his diapers.  It's been awesome having him out of diapers sooner than I anticipated.  Hasn't had one accident in over a month now.  He likes to pee standing up now....which is nice, but he thinks it's funny to pee all over the back of the toilet.  It's not funny.  It makes me want to hurl. 

Cam, my other messy kid.

I just figure as long as I show up to Church with them scrubbed and styled....the rest of the week doesn't matter!  Right?