Post One!
There are so many little things that make me feel all warm and squishy about my kids right now. I just look at them in awe and feel my heart lurch and skip a beat.
I love that I can have a real conversation with Carson.
After months of blobdom, I’m amazed at Ella’s blooming independence and curiosity.
Since I’ve always been the second place parent when it comes to Carson, I’m relishing the fact that Ella thinks I’m the cat’s meow. Raur!
It’s really heartwarming that Carson has such a sensitive side.
I love that Ella still takes two naps! Score some bonus blogging time for me!
Post Two!
There are so many little things that bug the ever-loving CRAP out of me about my kids right now. I just look at them in awe and wonder why the hell I don’t just break down and call a babysitter.
Sure you can have a conversation with Carson, but can you say SASSY much? “NO! I want peanut butter and jelly!!!!” and in the very next breath…”NOOOOOOO! I don’t want peanut butter and jelly!!!!! I have to use my innermost restraint not to strangle him.
After months of being able to just put Daredevil Ella down and not having to watch her every move, I now have to watch her like a hawk so she doesn’t eat the fireplace tools or hang from the ceiling fans.
Sure it’s nice being the preferred parent sometimes. But geez louise, EL-LA! I just want to pee ALONE! You won’t suffer any long term damage by not being held WHILE I pee.
Carson? Seriously? The drama? It’s time to stop it. You’re a two and a half year old BOY not a thirteen year old GIRL.
I am so incredibly sick of being banished to the house except for the two hours between 11-1. It’s time to cut back to one nap a day, kiddo.
HALP!
Useless Freebie!
In reference to my post about the top 100 songs of the 90’s, did anyone notice that Backstreet Boys “I Want it That Way” was number 3??!!! I have admitted in the past to liking the Backstreet Boys, but THAT song as the number 3 song of the DECADE?? Tate and I had an in-depth discussion about this travesty and neither one of us can fathom how anyone would think it belongs anywhere in the top 20, even. To prove my husband’s manliness, I should tell you that Tate feels the song belongs nowhere below the top 2 zillion.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
anne
May 27, 2008 at 2:44 pm
So funny! I’m jealous of your kiddo’s two naps. The Baby’s been on one since I can remember. I can empathise with not being able to leave the house though. It’s hard enough to make plans when I’m not a morning person and I have to block out his possible nap hours. Tee-he, his nap range is like the cable guy, anytime between 11 and 3!
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Madness
May 27, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Backstreet Boys was only in the top 3 to try to simmer down Nirvana being #1… like sour cream on a bowl of hot texas chili
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CourtneyRyan
May 27, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Funny, I have a similar list about my parents…
AND there’s no way that song should be number 3 where there are so many EXCELLENT songs from that time period. While I won’t say its as far down as Tate would like, I do believe it shoudn’t have broken the top 100, maybe even 200.
DAMN TEENIEBOPPERS AND THEIR CALL IN REQUESTS TO UP PLAY TIME!!
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Jennifer
May 27, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Madness, that’s a FUNNY comment!
wright
May 27, 2008 at 3:06 pm
So true – it’s really a dicotomy. Feeling so blessed and cursed sometimes with the kids. Please no one (Jennifer, included!) get upset that I just said a curse. I love my baby more than anything, but just sometimes I wish I could escape. That’s all.
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Jennifer
May 27, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I understand completely!
Teri
May 27, 2008 at 3:19 pm
I’m with you – I go between love and strong dislike within the same minute.
My youngest DAREDEVIL (heavy on the devil) slashed his finger with a very sharp object today….next up, playing with broken glass. That child will give me a heart attack one of these days.
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Lori
May 27, 2008 at 3:22 pm
There is definetly two sides to children…they can be perfectly sweet and a moment later be perfectly nasty. They sure keep life interesting and us on our toes! My 3 year old little boy is so dramatic that I swear he has a teenage girl living inside of him!
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Maggie
May 27, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I have been known to sing along with a Backstreet Boys song or two (just this morning in fact) but I do NOT think that it belongs in the top 10. However I will conceed that a place in perhaps the top 50 should be granted. Clearly VH1 made an error with their original list.
We just quit the morning nap after the younger kiddo’s first birthday. I ended up making the afternoon nap a bit earlier for a while to compensate, but it sure was nice to be able to get out of the house for a little bit longer. And as an added bonus, the afternoon nap went from two hours to three or three and a half, and what’s not to love about that?!
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Madness
May 27, 2008 at 3:25 pm
well thank you Jennifer .. I try, really I do.
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Karen
May 27, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Seriously funniest post EVAH! You have completely captured motherhood! I love it!
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Loralee
May 27, 2008 at 3:31 pm
While I am not a fan of TBSB, I have to admit that moseying through that list made me almost weepy with nostalgia.
Damn, I loved the 90’s…
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Jen
May 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm
It’s all bittersweet isn’t it? For so long I’ve wanted my 9.5 year old to GROW UP and now she is and I can’t stop it. This hits deep.
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Christina
May 27, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Ah yes, I can relate to this on so many levels! Especially the ones about Carson, since my little angel/demon is the same age. motherhood is full of contridictions
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Joline
May 27, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Your dude might not liek that song but I bet he knows the words.
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~JJ!
May 27, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Wow. So So much going on in your head.
I never appreciated 90’s music as it was happening. Now that I have Sirius and I switch back and forth from Hair Nation to Lithium…I’m getting my fill of my two favorite musical decades….Heaven I tell you.
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Lanna
May 27, 2008 at 4:48 pm
MTV and Rolling Stone magazine voted I Want It That Way in the top 10 Pop songs ever written from 1950’s-2000. No matter what you may think of the Backstreet Boys themselves, it is hard to deny that that song permeated the airways and TV in the late nineties. It is one of the songs that teens knew, but even their parents knew segments of the lyrics. Most critics will give kudos to that one song in all the banality of 90’s pop. Personally, I consider it the Pachibel’s Canon of pop music. As an interesting aside, the song is in regular use by cardiac rehab nurses on playlists created for cardiac patients because of the release of serotonin during the song.
Jennifer
May 27, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Top 10 of 50 YEARS??? Equivalent of Pachibel’s Canon in d???? Really?
I mean I do like the song…but…I don’t think it’s that good!
And that is an interesting aside about it’s use for cardiac patients. I’d have thought they use something like Pachibel for that!
Jennifer
May 27, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Joline, he’d never admit it, but I bet he knows them, too!
Queen of Shake Shake
May 27, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Yes and do you go to the grocery store between the hours of 11-1? When you get to the point where you can think of more things that drive you batcrap crazy than things you like about your kid, then you know it’s time for therapy. heh
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tulipmom
May 27, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I think being stuck in the house all day is one of the hardest things to get used to (again).
It’s funny … I don’t remember having to hold SB while I peed but I seem to have to do it all the time with Tulipbaby.
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Lynn
May 27, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I can so relate to Carson…..How long before he turns 3?
the planet of janet
May 27, 2008 at 7:29 pm
teenagers burst unannounced into bathrooms and BEDROOMS too, ya know.
roo-girl is gonna get a REAL edumacation if she doesn’t learn to KNOCK!!!
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Mandy
May 27, 2008 at 7:40 pm
I’m so there….so, so there.
I’m sitting here right now stewing over my daughter screaming “I hate you!” as she stormed to her room and slammed the door. (Wait for it…it’ll come)
Just minutes before, we were cuddled up watching a TV movie, and I was thinking how much I love being a mom. *sigh*
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Christina
May 27, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Two naps? At this point, I would see no problem with two naps. Mira cut out her second nap a few weeks ago, and it’s driving me flippin’ insane.
I completely understand the conversation issue. Sometimes you miss the point and grunt, right?
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Maria
May 27, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I friggin’ love the backstreet boys.
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Cathy
May 27, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Two comments for the price of one!
Comment One:
I totally agree. Love the two naps I get from Liam – love them. Love the Quinn can talk more and understands SO much – it’s crazy. And his personality is so funny sometimes!
Comment Two:
I totally agree. Argh. I feel so trapped in the house – and running out between a 11 and 1 just isn’t worth the hassle. And Quinn – tries to be funny all. the. time. But it’s not always appropriate to be funny and silly all. the. time. That and it’s tiring to answer all his WHY questions.
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Anglophile Football Fanatic
May 27, 2008 at 8:44 pm
NOT a top 10. Maybe a top 30..but just maybe. Ugh. And, comparing it to Canon in D? NO way.
I totally understand your feelings towards the kiddos. I recently said something similar to Puppy about how I think it’s great the kid can communicate, but it is still 3 year old communication.
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all things BD
May 27, 2008 at 9:06 pm
My youngest dropped her morning nap really early, like before her first birthday, and I was so relieved because I got to go out with both kids during the morning hours.
Then I went away for a weekend with hubby (don’t hate) and my friends who watched the girls said they stayed home all three days and she napped each day in the morning for two hours.
Oops, apparently I was the one who dropped the nap, not her.
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Sarah
May 27, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Oh the joys of the love/hate relationship with kids!! I feel it every single day!!
And I agree…it’s just OD that Backstreet Boys is #3. Um, ew.
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Kelley
May 27, 2008 at 11:20 pm
…and lets not get started on the Blogworlds apparent love for New Kids on the Block. Puleeeeeease.
Cause washing vomit off my keyboard is not good for it apparently. My husband keeps telling me to vomit to the side… but it just comes…
Oh and guess what babe? I am home ALONE while everyone else is at school. And I get to do that for a whole day every single week.
na na nana na..
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Devilish Southern Belle
May 28, 2008 at 1:17 am
I avoided the boy band phenomenon like crazy back in the 90s. But I do like a song by the 80s boy band, New Kids on the Block.
I feel for you with the kids…..I remember the days well!
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Stephanie
May 28, 2008 at 7:06 am
Im RIGHT there with my kids too! And definately know how you feel! Gabe has decided I cant do anything alone and Liv thinks it’s fun to change her mind a gazillion times!!
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mep
May 28, 2008 at 7:34 am
Thank goodness for moms everywhere who are willing to post/talk about both sides of the story . . . it makes it easier on all of us!
I admit that I do love me some Backstreet Boys, though Top Three does seem a bit high to me . . .
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Devan
May 28, 2008 at 8:40 am
haha @ holding Ella while peeing. hehe
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Sandy
May 28, 2008 at 9:13 am
I hear ya. Sometimes I just love Babyhead soooo much! And then 10 minutes later I want to strangle him. Oh, and BTW, the NOOOOOOOOOOs don’t stop anytime soon. Babyhead is 3.5 and that is his favorite word now days. *sigh*
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Kristin
May 28, 2008 at 9:22 am
I’m in “Crazy Town” too most days… My twins nap maybe 1.5 hours each day. Not much gets done in that little amount of time. And when they wake, they are ready and raring to go–again.
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Rph Mommy
May 28, 2008 at 10:33 am
*sigh* I remember the two nap days. I miss those days.
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AMomTwoBoys
May 28, 2008 at 11:48 am
Ha! Love it. I totally know how you feel. I’m definitely encouraging Zach’s 2 nap a day habit. Unfortunately, Dylan’s to the point where he THINKS he doesn’t need a nap. But I need him to nap. It’s a battle.
And this is a conversation I had with Dylan the other day:
Me: Dylan, would you like some water?
Dylan: No. I’m hungry
Me: would you like a peach?
Dylan: Yes. But I don’t.
Me: What does that mean?
Dylan: I want a sandwich.
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Dawn
May 28, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I can’t *really* appreciate the pros & cons your children provide you (none of my own, just many years of babysitting & daycare providing), but I can say that I love your children’s names! =)
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Tranny Head
May 28, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Well – at least you can use the handicapped stall in the public restroom guilt-free with a child/conjoined twin attached to your hip, right? As an aside, you haven’t lived until you’ve peed with the stall door half-open as the stroller protrudes into the middle of the public restroom because some kind soul *i.e. jackass* is taking part in an international business transaction in the handicapped stall.
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slackermommy
May 28, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I never imagined I would have such a love/hate relationship with my kids but at the end of the day I do truly love them more than anything.
I never got the whole Backstreet Boys thing so I’m completely shocked they made top three.
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Marti
May 28, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Yeah it’s amazing that one minute I am in love with my kid and the next I want to run out the door and run screaming down the road. Why is that?
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Rayne of Terror
May 28, 2008 at 3:34 pm
And yet 1990s frathouse party anthem, “Bouncing around the room” by Phish is no where on the list. I call a party foul!
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Sarcastic Mom
May 28, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I was wondering if it was normal for Braden to roll his eyes with such expertise.
Now I feel better.
;-P
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andi
May 28, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Dude. Replace the name “Ella” with the name “Arlo” and the name “Carson” with the name “Elliot” and I could have written this exact post. Well, except the part about the Backstreet Boys – I’m nowhere near the authority on them that you are.
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Trish
May 28, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I love your honesty on post 2 … I could have written stuff like that too but not as eloquently. LOL I am with Andi.-
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flickrlovr
May 29, 2008 at 1:34 am
I’m no mommy, but I can totally relate on the nap issue. I watch a sweet 1 year old little one (Baby L) who’s slowly / sometimes transitioning to one nap a day. She usually still takes two, and although it’s a nice afternoon break for me, I know it’s nicer for her mama when she takes a good chunk of a mornin’ one. However, DevilBaby oft comes out to play (AKA hit, pinch, fuss, cry, bang head upon floor when unhappy) when she doesn’t have a two-fer. It’s a catch twenty-two. Good luck! I know we’re having trouble getting Baby L to make the switch from 2-to-1…no fun!
I babysit a lot, and I can also relate to what you said about Carson (and Ella). Gotta love/hate the Jekyll and Hyde routine kids tend to pull-never know who you’re gonna get, do ya?
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Jess
May 31, 2008 at 10:14 pm
HAH!!! I LOVE this. I could do it every single day.
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Soliloquy
June 1, 2008 at 5:59 pm
DANG girl. So eloquently said……
Loved it. Loved every dang word of it.
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