Mom came recently to visit but as always we let
our guest take all the pictures, so once I receive them I’ll post about our
time together. Anyways, things are
pretty good around here with our newly expanded family. We are finding our new normal and getting
into routines. Corbin is still rocking
and rolling and getting much better at nighttime, only waking up once… Praise
the freaking lord above!
Obligatory
cute pics of baby Corby
And Leighton, well she is turning into quite the
little booger… She is getting too smart
for her own good… well, maybe not just smart but funny. We realized a while back that she was going
to be a great party trick… hell, why do you have kids anyways but to turn them
into walking party tricks. Jon and I
decided that we were going to teach her “earmuffs”, like in the movie Old School,
where the kid puts his hands over his ears so he won’t hear the parents cussing
and saying inappropriate things. We gave
ourselves a weekend to make this happen.
Well, we showed her how to cover her ears with her hands when we said
“earmuffs” and she got it after the first try… Jon and I were ecstatic and we
decided then that our kids gets humor…. AWESOME! Then, Jon and I looked at each other and
said, “well that took two minutes, what do you want to do for the rest of the
weekend?”
Basically, Laylay is a hoot! Yesterday she was walking around the
house holding two toy tea cups and she started hitting them together while
yelling in a monotone voice, “TEA HANDS, TEA HANDS, LEIGHTON’S TEA HANDS!) Maybe she isn’t funny, just a little special…
but I will take that! When people meet her for the first time she
usually doesn’t put on a show… she sits there shyly, meekly and most likely
giving the new person the stink eye (we have really got to work on that). However, get around her a few times and she
lets her hair down.
She makes
the most ridiculous faces so when she does them I have started calling out
names to go along with them… here are her latest faces (at least the ones we have pictures of)…
Happy
Fish face (or "Bitch" face in leighton lingo... It's always fun walking towards the Aquarium in
the mall with that newly acquired word!
Angry
This is her watching DORA face… she doesn’t know
it is a face! L is obsessed with TV and Dora
which makes me want to shoot myself (especially when I find myself singing the
songs while I am alone… I hate you Dora!)
And the piece de résistance, Popeye!
On top of the faces, Leighton has become skillful
with using her words… she totally understands everything and she has already
started using that against us! What is the normal exchange when a kid is going
to bed?
Mom/Dad: night night, I love you!
Kid: night night, I love you too….
Well, this is how it goes in our house;
Jon: Leighton, Go give mommy a Hug and besos and
tell her night night.
(Leighton runs to me, gives me a hug and kiss)
Me: night night honey, I LOVE YOU! (BIG HUG)
(Leighton runs back to Jon saying nothing… Jon
picks her up to take her to bed upstairs)
Jon: Tell mommy, I love you.
Leighton: night night mommy
Jon: Say I love you mommy.
Leighton: mommy Night night
Jon: I love you mommy, night night
Leighton: Bye bye mommy, Bye bye
(Jon and I both shake our heads and Jon takes
the little booger up to bed)
In Leighton’s room:
Jon: night night baby, I love you, sleep tight.
Leighton: night night daddy
(Jon turns off the lights and is about to shut
the door when Leighton grabs a random toy she calls bodyboss and she proceeds
to say, as she gives it the biggest hug ever…)
Leighton: Bodyboss, I love you!
Until Later ...