True Love

Abs is at the stage now where she is madly in love with her daddy.  And he with her.

When he walks through the door after work, she goes nuts.  Chapman does, too, but he simmers down after a minute or two.  Abby doesn't.  She walks on his feet, clings to his legs, and generally glows and begs for his every second of attention until, well, until he gives it to her.  Which he does.  At almost 26 months old, he still lets her eat dinner sitting on his lap.  Off of his plate.  And whatever these babies want to do with their daddy for the night, they've got it.  Hide-and go-seek every night, frozen tag, dancing to the Hot Dog Dance on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Chapman: "I'm next!  I'm next!"  Abby: "Baby's turn!  Baby's turn!"

Well, I heard Adrian pull into the driveway tonight and got my iPhone camera ready to see if I could catch a frame of Abby when her daddy walked through the door and into the room.

I caught it.

Can you see the little hearts streaming out of her eyes when she sees him?

Hanch's Law School Graduation

there's not enough xanax in this world to combat the amount of stress i feel right now.

and my car is in the shop, so i am stuck at home with two toddlers playing candyland.  and there's not enough xanax in this world for that fact alone.

My Boy

Panoramic pictures

The new iPhone update allows for taking panoramic pictures so I tried a couple out today:

Abby Edited

I bought enough of Abby's 2 year old pictures that they threw in the CD of the pics.  I was just playing around editing some of them tonight.  Here are a few of my edits:

Cropped and a matte:

Cropped and faded:

Cropped and faded (I LOVE this one this way!):

Cropped:

Cropped and faded (I LOVE this one this way!):

Cropped and Black and White:

They Make Eachother Laugh

She makes him laugh.  (She knows right where to tickle him - right under his chin.)

He makes her laugh.

It Is Completed! AND I LOVE IT!

My last charm came in the mail today, a church, that represents the 4 years (May, 2004 - May, 2008) that I pastored Blackjack Presbyterian Church in Batesville, MS... one of the great joys of my life.  The company that I ordered the charm from threw in another charm of Adrian and my birthstones combined, which I already had... so now I am putting each charm with Adrian and my birthstones combined as bookends on each side of our childrens' charms.

Give Me Jesus

Analytical Thinking

This morning Andrew looked at my Hallmark Gold Crown sticker for my mom's birthday card and said, "Is that the King's money?"

Baby Language

I have an ongoing list for both Andrew and Abigail's baby words.  Since they are 2 and 3 1/2 years old and I've never written one word in either of their baby books (I'm too busy taking pictures which not one of has ever been printed), I just have the words on 2 pieces of scrap paper.  The other day, I thought I lost these lists.  However, I have since found these lists and am going to write them in this blog entry so I am never in jeopardy of losing them again.

Andrew's words

• Bawk-Bawk = Big Bird
• La-La = Water
• Ah-booo = Balloon
• LARRRRR! = (What does the lion say?)
• "There's a party in my tummy, so lummit, so lummit" = "so yummy, so yummy"
• Beee-nopoly = Monopoly
• Alishey = Delicious
• Pooh fwy-dye = (Winnie the Pooh Fresh Diaper)
• Backlard and Lesterday = Backyard and Yesterday
• Backlardigans = Backyardigans
• Chrissips and Chris-mix = Crispix
• Charlie Lumps = Lucky Charms
• Buh-milla = Vanilla
• Prentzels = Pretzels
• "Lo Gabba Gabba" = Yo Gabba Gabba
• Knee Headbands = Shinguards
• "The Map" = Adrian's GPS
• Salad = Lettuce
• Scooby Dooby = Scooby Doo
• Helpy Happer = Happy Helper
• Chicken Nuzzits = Chicken Nuggets
• Blanky Blanky Boo Boo = His Blankie
• Lesternight/Yesternight = Last night
• Nappy Pie Poo Pie = Naptime
• Nappy Pie Poo Pie Die-dees = (Naptime Diapers)
• Wake-up time = (Not Naptime/Nighttime)
• Buzz Like-errrr = Buzz Lightyear
• "You Didn't Have to Cut Me Up" = for the song lyric "You Didn't Have to Cut Me Out"
• Neminems = M&Ms
• Apple Sauce (high-pitched voice) - inside joke
• Kimps = Kemps (another inside joke)
• The Beautifuls = One Direction (who sing, "That's What Makes You Beautiful")
• "Don't worry, Jesus will feel you better." = (when someone is sick or hurt)
• PJ-ramas = PJ's/Pajamas
• Hamburger sandwich = hamburger
• Vuh-milla = Vanilla
• Vuhmilla Cream = Vanilla Ice (House Renovation Show)
• Lummit or Lummy = Yummy
• Vanilla Cream Ice, The Project = The Vanilla Ice Project
• Sum-ping = Something (still said it this way at 4.25 yrs old)
• Librarium = Library (age 4 1/2, when we moved into our new house and got a library)
• (The) "Mow Lawn" (noun) = Lawnmower (age 4 1/2, when Adrian bought his 0 turn mower) 
• Baskin Robbins = Andrew calls it "31 Flavors"
• Rich Rengo/Rench Rango, my father - Andrew, 4 1/2 - 5 (He said to Adrian, "My other father's name is Rench Rango".  Adrian said, "He sounds hardworking.")
• Buzzanya = Lasagna - Andrew, 4 1/2
• Alsoly = Also - Andrew - 4 1/2 - 5
• Ice Cream Parlet = Ice Cream Parlor
• "To the engine to be jolly, falalalalalalala" = Tis the season to be jolly - Andrew, 4-5
• Donuts have sparkles, not sprinkles
• "Knee headbands" = shinguards
• "Jophes" = Joseph
• "Concentrated" = Constipated
• "Momma, after Sissy came out of your belly, did she play soccer?" - Andrew, 4 1/2
• "With Liverty and Justice for all" = (Liberty) - Andrew, 4 1/2, (JrK)
• "Zoo catcher" = people who go out to catch gorillas and tigers and stuff
• "Tea and crack" = Mrs. Potts and Chip on Beauty and the Beast
• Caf-ur-eeee-uh = Cafeteria (Age 5)
• Us: "Knock Knock"  Andrew and Abby: "Who is it?" (instead of "Who's there?")
• "Wiss" = With
• "Evil emperserves" = Evil Emperors
• "Jail trappers" = handcuffs
• Andrew calls lamps "lanterns" (age 5)
• Calls frosties from Wendy's "frosted flakes" (age 5 1/2 yrs)

Abigail's words

• Buh-buh-boo (24 mos) = Peek-a-boo
• Tyyy-rone (21 mos) = Tyrone (from Backyardigans)
• Beesh = Andrew
• Mo = No
• Sasa = Sissy
• (then morphed into Seesees = Sissy)
• Click-click sounds = milk
• Oh-Oh (said really nasally) = When her DVRed show ends and the TV pauses and asks if you want to keep or delete that recording
• Bah-ma = Grandma (Grammy)
• Paw-Paw = PawPaw
• Paw-Paw = Snuff (LOL!)
• Me: "Who wants a ___(banana, etc)____"  Abby: "MEEEEEE, BABY!"
• Me: "Thank you, Jesus, for this ______"  Abby: "Deh." = (Day)
• Me: "Remember not to look until I say _____"  Abby: "Bahhhh" = (Peek)
• Sesssssssss (with fist pump) = Yesssssss
• I teeee wooo = I see you
• Cahhh-woo = Caillou
• Dah-dah-dah = Hot Dog Dance (from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
• "Baby Turn!  Baby Turn!  Baby Turn!" (24 mos) - (playing hide-and-seek)
• Me: "It's Bedtime!" ("Nah-nee-nah-nee-noo-noo"), Abby:  "Awww!" (said whiny and disappointed) 
• Dibby-dibb-ooo = Scooby Dooby (Scooby Doo)
• Noop moo = Snoopy
• Me: "What does a cat say, Abby?"  Abby: "EE-mow"  (for Mee-ow)
• Ahn-guh = Annie (her baby doll)
• Ah-bih-gah = Abigail
• Jeh-nih-nuh = Jennifer (Bernero)
• Grammy Juice = Grammy Joyce (Mrs. Coscia)
• Ahh-yay-go = Diego (from Go Diego Go)
• Wummy = Yummy
• *sniff sniff* "eeeew" (Her response to Andrew saying, "Abby, smell this")
• "Bum Bum uh-dee-uh" (while punching her ears with her fists) = The beginning of Rihanna's "Disturbia"
• "Mah Dooo Dat" = Can I do that?
• Mah = I
• Us = Our/We as in "Those puppies coming to us house?" and "Can us go too?"
• An-dwoh (Long "o") = Andrew (she called him this at almost 3 yrs old)
• Misses Uh-tay-toe = Mrs. Potatohead
• Fwainkle = Freckle
• "Wumma Woman" = Wonder Woman - age 3
• When we taught A & A 'The Quiet Game' = Abby won and ran around in circles flailing her arms saying, "My win! My win!" - age 3
• Up-eee-doo = Oopsie doo (Up-eee-doo daisy doo Abby doo and goosie goo)
• If Jonathan was a girl, Abby wanted to name him "Incha" to "Unka"
• Wanting to play "I Spy", Abby said, "My see with my little eye..."
• "My" or "Us" = "I" or "We" as the subject of every sentence about herself 
•  "Jophes" = Joseph
• "My gamma told me..." = "My grandma told me... (whatever she wants that she is trying to convince me of) - started this at age 2 1/2 after we returned from Bora Bora
• "Ahhh wahhhhh you?" = "Where are you?"
• "My nose is weaking" (leaking) = (Runny nose)
• "Peanut butter sawey" = Peanut Butter Sandwich
• "Pink Wheel" = Her little pink Big Wheel
• "Guh-jah-mas/Cuh-jah-mas" = Pajamas
• "Look Momma, it's aliens!" - when we passed a cop car on the side of the road with the blue spinning lights on. - Abby, age 3
• Adrian: "Ready or not, here I come"  Abby: "My in the Christmas Woom" (Great Room) = age 3
• "My cozies" = her blanket sleepers
• "Ban-dans" = Band-aids
• "Yes man" = Yes ma'am - ages 2, 3
• "Wace yuh" = Race you - age 3
• "Gooey gooey Jawnafinn" - what she calls him
• "I will weemember you" - Abby, age 3, to Adrian as he was leaving to travel for work.
• "Jawnfinn/Jawnafinn" = Jonathan
• "Baby Precious" = Jonathan
• "I wike you Jawnfinn, a wiwwy wot." (really lot) = Abby to Jonathan in his carseat when he was a week old
• "Lil Burchy" = Churchy
• Pawata = Piñata 
• Abby found a little crack in her bedroom wall and said, "Momma, our wall is hatching." (age 3 1/2 yrs)
• "Woop woops" = Fruit Loops (age 3.75)
• "Hangaberg" = Hamberger (age 3.75)
• "Boo-kah Boo-kah" = Toca Boca (age 3.75 yrs)
• "We're home" (slurring her words - wuhhhhh hoooome) - age 4, every time we pulled into the Cloisters from 196
• Smoooooooo-veeeeee = smoothie (age 4) 

I.love.this.bracelet.

THIS BRACELET IS MEANING MORE AND MORE TO ME WITH EACH CHARM ADDED!

(I am only adding one more charm, a church, to this bracelet.  Then this bracelet is complete - unless we have another baby someday, then I'll add another initial and birthstone.)  I LOVE things with meaning/sentiment, especially jewelry with meaning/sentiment.  And I'm sure Adrian would have me add, "especially expensive things with meaning/sentiment".  Not necessarily, but not excluding expensive things to be sure.

Left to right:

• Beveled clasp to prevent the charms from coming off the end

• Dangling Engagement ring = Engagement (it even looks like my engagement ring)

• Whale = Honeymoon (humpback whale season in Maui and our humpback whale excursion)

• Wedding carriage = Wedding

• Double birthstone charm = Adrian and my birthstones combined (August and December)

• Dangling pearl = Because it's pretty (if i ever run out of room, this one will have to come off b/c it has no significant life event attached to it)  Or I could say because of my pearly white teeth???  (*sips on coffee*)

• P, A, A = Kids initials and birthstones (The focal point of this bracelet, primarily a Mother's Bracelet)

• Bible = Getting ordained/Becoming a minister

• Dangling Cross = Becoming a Christian

• Camera = Because I'm the Mamarazzi

• Dangling Graduation cap = Master's Degree, $25k of my own moo-lah, Summa Cum Laude

• (Church charm still to come = Pastoring Blackjack Presbyterian)

Then Finished.  Let me tell you, it has some weight to it, too.  

Punkin Pie, 25 months