Just a few little things while I'm thinking about them. Sheesh, I never thought I'd struggle to have to remember, and make the time (not like I'm busy all the time anyway) to do blogging.

Lisette is a sleep talker. It was cute at first, and maybe even a little endearing, but now its not so. She'll have her outburst, wake us up, and then after she gets one of us out of bed she's quiet again. I have to confess, its usually Stephen who gets up. Most of the time she doesn't bring me out of consciousness enough to get me up before he's on the move. Poor Stephen!

Franklin doesn't like Wal-mart. Once he sees where the car is pulling up to he begins to get mad, and sometimes throws a fit. What can I say, he's such a drama king! Its odd though because he's happy to be there when we're inside. I guess he just hates how it looks from the outside. Maybe I should tell Wal-mart so in the future they can make them more appealing and inviting for when you arrive. But if its only Franklin who cares, then I suppose there's no rush.

He loves to sing and does it more often everyday. Whether its the TV, the radio, or one of us, he just might randomly sing along. After he sings he always wants a high five. Usually its not just one; so its more like a high 50. He also plays it up when there are others around. He gets really silly, and constantly laughing at himself. What a funny kid!

Of course the sillier (is that a word) he gets the more memorized Lisette is. She wants to do more with him. She's finally got the rolling over thing down, not perfectly, but she does it more often. Now that she's accomplished that she wants to get moving. Having an older sibling sure rushes things along, sometimes. No, she's not crawling but last night, after rolling over, she kept pushing her self up, and wiggling her head as if she was trying to figure it out. She determined to play with Franklin. At least that seems to be her goal; to get to play more with Franklin.

She does love to be thrown around. We're not overly doing it, or anywhere like we do with Franklin; she's only 6 1/2 months old for crying out loud! When she's laid on a bed, or the couch she wants to be bounced, and tossed (lightly) onto pillows. She seems to have developed that fearless trait that must have skipped over Franklin. Don't worry, he's getting more brave, and I'm sure when Lisette starts showing him up, he'll do more.

Oh, and another thing about Franklin. So I believe I already shared, and if not here it is, that he says "Wha deer dur?" which stands for "What are you doing?". Now he calls the cats "cow" or "kitty cow" sometimes. He still calls them kitties, or says kitty kitty, but sometimes he throws in cow. I think its because of Fatty. Just kidding. He still recognizes a cow, but somehow he says it to the cats. Oh, and "Bobby" is cake. How weird is that? I guess he's making it easier for me to learn Franklinese, but won't give in to learning english 100% just yet. You should hear us sometimes.
F(ranklin): Bobby!
M(ommy): cake
F: yeah! bobby
M: no, cake
F: yeah, yeah, bobby
M: C-a-ke
F: Bobby!!!
M: Ugh! CAKE
F: yeah, yeah!!
...and so on.

Yep, that's how it is with the Cat/Cow thing too. All birds are "guck" (ducks) except for the seagulls, they are "burr". I'm wondering if I can get him to do the whole "Look, pájaro", "no, da bird" with me, just for a laugh. I know most of you are wondering the significance of that. Well, I grew up in Panama from 9 months to 4 years old. We had a maid, who was also like a nanny to me, and she tried to get me to learn spanish. So now you should see how the conversation fell into place and why I still don't know Spanish. Of course I just had an epiphany as to why Franklin won't speak more english.

So now I wrote an entry far longer than I anticipated, but that's ok. This was fast and easy to do. Lisette is still asleep and I have to try for a second time to get Franklin in bed. Have a great one everybody!!

A little for now

Franklin is currently entertaining himself with Sesame Street, and Lisette is asleep, so this is my chance to write something. Not that they keep from it, but somehow I forget, and have been forgetting for a few weeks. We are doing well, just sad that its now December and no snow. Stephen has been kind of busy, but not the way we'd like. Franklin has been duking it out with his natural self, and his inner 2-year old thats been trying to take over. In short, a lot of unnecessary drama. Lisette adds a little to that too.

Franklin sings along with Elmo, and some of his other favorite shows. Sometimes he sings with me, or tells me not to. He tries to play with Lisette, so I'll be glad when the two of them can. Lisette is mad more often about not sitting up on her own. She has a problem though. She's fat, she's chunky, she's got multiple rolls on her legs, and though its really cute, and makes people smile, I think it hinders her being able to sit up on her own. She'll do it for a few seconds, but she's only 6 months so we're not worried. I'll have to post a picture of her chub, she's too cute for words.

We've been trying to get her to eat baby food, but that tongue of hers sure can launch things. I usually give up, after she and I both have cereal, peas, or sweet potatoes all over us. I'm trying to conquer with the spoon before I add in the sweet stuff that all babies love, however, I'm starting to rethink my strategy. She shows a lot of enthusiasm but its not fast enough for her. Franklin has been on an all grains diet. We've been tired of the fits and drama that we've decided to let him have cereal, breads and crackers for all of his meals. I try to add other things to it, or changing the flavors. But I decided when it 9 at night, and he's not falling asleep because he's still hungry, I no longer care how his stomach gets full as long as its full. I gave up about a week ago, and he's been sleeping better, and happier much more often, and less drama.

Ok, the past few weeks over view. My birthday was calm, and relaxing; what all moms need/want. Stephen met the kids demands, and let me relax a little at home. That evening we went to Greta's for dinner, games, and cake. It was so much fun! I really enjoyed it. On Tuesday night we dropped off the kids at Gretas, and we went on a date. Dinner ended up being very short, even though we had originally given ourselves 2 hours before the movie began.

Less than a mile from our place in Thanksgiving Point, and there is a MegaPlex movie theater. No lines, ever! You purchase your tickets in advance, and reserve your seats, so there's no need to wait in line forever to get tickets to something that could sell out, nor fighting to find good seats. Stephen bought our tickets to New Moon nearly a week in advance. New Moon was done so much better than Twilight. Apparently not all agree, so that's all I'm going to say. The audience was 85% girls, and 15% guys. There was one point where the guys (along with me) laughed first, then the girls. It was funny.

Well, there's all of a sudden a lot of drama, so I better end there. I'll do a review of Thanksgiving later.

So far behind

I realize its been quite a while since I made a family post. I promise I will get one soon. However, 10:30 at night, and on my birthday, isn't the best time to do it. Thank you all for your birthday wishes, on fb, emails, and phone calls. Thank you so much, and without any cheese, I honestly do feel very lucky to be loved, and remembered! It has been a very good Sunday, and a very Happy Birthday! Thank you

This could be the start of Something Big

Not really, but getting there. However, I was referring to a song Buena Show Band played back in my high school days. It was one of our starter songs for most of our gigs. One of my fellow tenor players and I would have a conversation that was strictly song titles (a lot like "Who's Line is it Anyway"). It was a fun game. In show band we could cheat because all of our songs were in plastic holders in a 3 ring binder. It was either rediculous, mushy, or even mean; but always funny.

PaciFashions are actually starting to pick up. Getting requests for my ties, and lots of compliments. From Stephen's work place there are a few ladies who purchase them for friends, and ward members who are having babies. The store is also growing with Sheila's culotte's added to the line. Visit QLuvItDesigns.Etsy.com to see the culotte's, and if you're just curious as to what they are. I remember I had something like it when I was a little girl.

We all got a cold in our home, except for Stephen, but we believe he brought it to us. He has a stronger immune system than the rest of us; poor kids got that from me. No one has really been horribly sick, but on Sunday we got substitutes for Nursery anyway. Don't want to risk the kids picking up something else, apart from them giving it to another kid. Sunday was interesting because we actually spoke in church; first time in over 2 years. We were looking forward to it, and I was determined to make myself known in this ward since we never got that chance in Springville. So we spoke, and then went home. The front was empty, since we sat in the front row of the congregation. Our names also weren't on the program, so it was almost as if the odds were against us. Good thing we went home afterward; both kids crashed hard when we got back after sacrament meeting.

Lisette and Franklin just adore each other, and it is so adorable! Franklin is the greatest big brother, and Lisette couldn't be luckier. That goes for us too. We couldn't be luckier to have these two kids. Lisette is just a doll, seriously, she looks like one. Her spikey hair is funny, and, like my sister Inga once called a little persian kitten once upon a time, I call her Spikah sometimes. Long story short, Inga named the kitten Spike, turned out it was a female, so it turned into Spikah. However, I call her babydoll most often. She has the prettiest, deep blue eyes. Like the deep ocean, its captivating. She's a looker! How could she not be with her daddy's good looks. Sure, she has a few of my traits, but she looks more like her daddy, and I couldn't be happier. Afterall, Franklin looks more like me, so now we're even.

Franklin has a deep interest in English; FINALLY!! He shoves his puzzle pieces, and books in my face till I tell him, again, and again, the english word. When I say in my face, I mean he sometimes hits me in the face with it if I'm not paying attention. He still speaks fluent Franklinese, but some english is getting in there more and more. We couldn't be more relieved. Body language can only get you so far, before someone can get frustrated, and I still don't speak Franklinese. He also rides his bike all the time, just not with the pedals so much. He loves to play with Lisette's toys, afterall they were all his once. He's also officially out of the high chair, and into the booster, so we can use the hair chair for Lisette. I asked him yesterday if he remembered being that small, and eating cereal, and he said "(very enthusiastically) Yeah!".

I LOVE Skype. I'm addicted, and people aren't on it enough to satisfy me. We purchased a webcam recently. We discovered, kind of by accident, that we have a rewards program with our bank. So we turned them in for cash and purchased a Logitech C3000 HD. Sweet!! Franklin has been able to chat with Grandma and Grandpa Reed, and Heidi and her family. Reyn is adorable, and is so sophistocated when he talks, I'm so impressed! Tanyth is adorable of course, she and Lisette are only 6 weeks apart in age. I've chatted with Inga, and her 2 kids. I can't believe how handsome little Shemp is. Last time I saw him, his hair was so long he reminded me of Elvis in his later years. Franklin has yet to chat with them since his sleeping schedule has been a little off from being sick. As for the rest of you, get a Skype account, and give us a call!!

I will need to start making more PaciFashions soon. I need to make more ties, and Holiday ones. Tanyth is going to be featured in some (thank you Heidi) to show off another baby, and another type of pacifier; the soothie, and how PaciFashions work with it. I've started a PaciFashions blog, simply addressed PaciFashions.Blogspot.com and soon I hope to have an instruction video to show people that they can work with any pacifier out there. Heidi will be my beautiful hand model. If you've never seen her hands and seens how beautiful they are, just wait till we've got the video. She really does have beautiful hands!

Well, thanks for sticking around and reading all of my run-off. I've left the store window up below my blog posts. I promise I will have new videos and picturse soon!