Simple Pleasures from my kids

What simple pleasures can I find every day? Well my children provide plenty

Willie- with his little one toothed grin, he is an absolute joy. He is most content in the arms of his parents. He is so observant, his eyes are like little bright sponges- they soak it all in. His laugh, his smile, his little baby voice babbling away. What is he trying to tell us?



Harvey- Aaahh my Harvey boy. He tells us several times a day that he loves his WHOLE family. I think my favorite thing right now is his little mispronunciations, they are sweet but I know he will outgrow them soon. Willie is pronounced with an 'L' at the front. Huggy, checky, a lot of ee sounds at the end of a word. Tonight he sat on my lap while listening to scriptures, reached over and patted Willie's head and said 'Oh Lillie I'm you big brother'. Harvey is always trying to save us from the monsters- he is a hero, a superboy, a GOOD GUY.



Abby- My precious daughter! What would we be without you. Abby loves to surprise us by doing a special chore without us knowing. She creates parties to entertain mommy all the time. She is always trying to help and play with Willie. When we made a lentil dish called Yamiser Wat for dinner she devoured the first helping, asked if she could have more and shouted 'oh YES' when we inquired if she liked it. She is pretty frank about things- when I asked her how I looked one day, her eyes got really big and she responded almost breathlessly- 'Barbie!'. She is mighty good at laying on the compliments. She has the best laugh in the whole world- it is downright ticklish. When Abby laughs, so do I.

FIVE

5!

The first five people...to leave a comment on this blog post will receive something made by me. However there are some limitations:
1. I make no guarantee that you will like what I make :)
2. What I create will be just for you
3. It will be done within a year (might take a while)
4. You have no clue what it is going to be
5. I reserve the right to do something really fun

Here's the catch: if you choose to do this, you must post this on your blog and be ready to make something for five people too. This will be fun! When you receive the fabulous item I make you, you must post a picture of it on your blog.

I already have something fun in mind!

Harvey Moroni Pectol -3

Harvey! My sweet little baby boy is 3 years old. And what a character he is. I always assumed he would be very rowdy, into things, daring, etc. He isn't really. When he was learning to walk he would take one step, then pause while he got his balance before he took another. Now that he is old enough to think about it- he absolutely won't go down slides. Not even the little ones at the kindergarten playground. He does love dirt, swords, killing monsters, fighting, and all those boy things. His favorite of our Sunday Movies are the Nephi ones. Only he says Nefighting! He's quiet and keeps to himself, he isn't demanding really. But that doesn't mean he doesn't need us. One of his favorite sayings of late is- I Love You, I Love my HO FLAMMILY!! He finally learned how to give a hug- until now he would just kind of lean into you, but now he wraps his arms around your neck and pulls himself as close as he can. He loves doing things with his big sister and doesn't really understand when there are things he can't do the same- like go over to a neighbors house without his parent(s). He likes his little brother- but doesn't really appreciate all the hair pulling, button grabbing, and kicking feet that seem to make up Willy right now. I really don't know what he is going to do when Willy is big enough to acutally follow him around. I guess he'll learn, and I hope they'll be friends. In honor of his big milestone I foudn some pictures of him over the last few years. I'd like to put a special thanks to my mom here- she made him every single one of those birthday cakes, and he has loved them all.

Sleep???

Last night Willie woke up at 12, 2:30, 4:30, and 5:40~ then Jeff put him in bed with me and was off to work. He woke up at least one other time- but those are the times I nursed him. Yes, this is pretty typical. I know, I know! He's over 6 months old what on earth are we doing nursing so often at night? I wish I had an answer for that. First off- he hates his bed. He does not want to be left all alone in there, he wants to be held. The mobile was helping, but then it's battery died, I don't have more at this moment. He won't take a pacifier- no matter how hard I've tried he just will NOT take one, he hates them. He's teething- evidenced by the tons of drool, general fussiness, chewing really hard on everything. So he wakes up in the night not feeling well and wanting to suck on something. I gave him teething tabs and rocked him once but then he woke up again 20 minutes later- so I nursed him so I could get an hour or two. The experts say the key is getting them to fall asleep on their own at bedtime- I agree. I just haven't found a way to do it. I'm not going to make him cry all alone for hours on end- that just seems completely inappropriate to do to any child of any age. Modified cry it out methods don't seem to work for him either. He just wants to be in my arms to fall asleep. Jeff's will do to. Even then he has to cry about it for a few minutes. Cosleeping sometimes feels like the only way, but I don't sleep as well, and I can't help but wonder how much I disturb his sleep when tyring to soothe him to keep him from waking all the way up. And Jeff and I really like having our bed to ourselves. In related news- He has one of his teeth. And I have what appears to be a small bite mark on one side. Nursing on that side is really awful right now, I hope it heals soon.