Quotable Torii

Torii was making me laugh all day today. Sadly, I can only remember two of the funny things he said.

He was helping me make muffins today and at one point he said Yessireeee.

When I was making supper he was playing with his toy kitchen and couldn't find something for it. We looked a little bit and I told him I couldn't find it. He said, "Well it didn't just walk away by itself."

Some privacy please!

When you become a mother, whether you like it or not, you forfeit your privacy. I rarely get to use the bathroom by myself. My kids could be totally focused on something, but as soon as they hear the bathroom door shut they are in there with me. They don't even knock. They just walk right in. I've tried locking the door, but that doesn't hold them back.

So I don't know what I was thinking when I went into the bathroom to try out my new pump. I had a manual one before, but this time I went all out and bought a nice electric one. So it makes some noise. First Rion came in. I think he liked it because it's sort of like a machine. He had to study it to see how it worked. Then Torii came in. He's interested in anything to do with the baby so he asked a ton of questions. On a side note, the other day he told me I gave milk like a cow. Thanks, that makes me feel so good. Anyway, I got rid of the kids and then Fred comes in. He asks if he can help. Enough already!

Hopefully Cordelia will take the bottle so the next time I go out by myself I can take my time and really enjoy myself. And will I ever enjoy myself.

Questions

In college when ever you met someone new one of the first questions that was asked was "what is your major." I always thought this was annoying and considered just introducing myself as "Hi, my name is Stacy, and I'm majoring in communications." But then the next question would be, "what are you going to do with a communications major."

When you have a baby it's the same thing, just different questions. Next time I'm out with Cordelia and I see a woman look over and smile I'll just blurt out, "she's a month old," before she even has time to ask. No actually I won't do that because I want my baby to be noticed. Because after that first question is out of the way, the woman will usually say, "Ohhh, she's so cute." Then I get to say, "I know."

Mom moments

On the sister's blog I just wrote about having a mom moment when baking a pie today. I was referring to my mom who is often the butt of jokes when it comes to forgetting things in the microwave. But then I thought about it a little bit and thought a mom moment could refer to all moms. Fred was telling me a story today about a woman at a gas station who was freaking out because she couldn't find her credit card. Long story short she found it in her coffee. I told him she must be a mom. Now some people would call that woman absentminded, but a mom could easily do something like that. We are responsible for so much it's amazing half of all the things we do gets done. As I was thinking about it a mom moment is pretty much like a senior moment. Mom moment sounds better though, so that's what I'll start calling all those little mishaps that happen every day.

My favorite things

My list will be less impressive than Oprah's, but here's what I've discovered this past year that I like, can't live without, or makes my life easier. In no particular order:

1. Intuition razor I know this product has been around awhile, but I don't like change. I only tried it because I got a free sample and I absolutely love it. It's so easy and quick to use that it's perfect for busy moms. Now, unfortunately I don't have an excuse not to shave my legs. This will be the first winter in a long time (before I was married and had to impress) that I will have smooth legs.
2. Steve and Barry's I love this store. It's like Old Navy, but Walmart prices. And anything fashionable that is associated with Sarah Jessica Parker has to be good.
3. Blogging I wish I had more time for this because I'm addicted. I'm constantly writing down notes to myself for when I do have the time to blog.
4. Craftster I am addicted to this website. As soon as I'm done blogging I'll be checking out what's new there.
5. Retractable roof stadiums The game at Miller Park was so much fun. Since it was a cold spring day the roof was closed. I don't understand why Minnesota isn't getting one.
6. 3 in 1 cribs I bought a new crib for Cordelia that converts to a toddler bed and then a day bed for when is older. Another, why didn't I think of that product.
7. Charlie and Lola This is my favorite cartoon to watch with the kids. It's also the best thing to put on when I need to take a shower or have a few minutes alone.
8. America's Most Smartest Model I haven't watched reality TV in a couple of years, but this one is worth watching. Some of the models are really dumb, but surprise there are some really smart ones. The girls keep getting kicked off, which is good. That means the cute guys will be around for at least one more episode.

Sleep

I've been lucky in that Cordelia sleeps really well at night. Still I feel dead tired at night and it takes me awhile to get up when she cries the one or two times at night. I guess after a full day of taking care of her and running after her two brothers is what wears me out. Normally I am a light sleeper. Now I sleep through anything, but Cordelia's cries. She usually wakes up about 3am. As I get up I notice two little bodies in my bed. I didn't even hear them come in, which doesn't help my plan to walk them back to their room everytime they get up so they can fall back asleep in their bed. That plan was working too. I now sleep through my husband's snoring too. This sleeping through everything is kind of scary too. I'm used to the boys coming into bed with me, but not my husband. Since he works overnights I only sleep with him two nights a week. One of his work nights, he came home early and I woke up in the middle of the night and noticed this man in my bed. For a moment I was really scared until I realized who it was. I find it so funny that I can sleep through all of this, but one little cry from my little girl wakes me up. It's a mom thing.

He's always watching

It's a shame that there is only about a two month period every year that we as parents can threaten the kids with the claim that Santa will not visit if they misbehave.