Happy New Year!!!

December started rough!! Eli had a cold starting Turkeyday weekend and gladly shared it with EVERYONE!! Evi was the worst! Thank goodness she's hardly been sick, because she is a DRAMA QUEEN! Every cough was like she was dying! It was ridiculous. But we survived, only for Scott to come home the week before Christmas with a new one we now all have. Fantastic!

We took pictures with Santa, which Evi was fine as long as someone was with her. When I tried to just get her to sit on a stool in front of Santa without me she became very clingy. Santa said just let me have her, so I let him have her, and it wasn't pretty. Eli, didn't seem to be bothered one bit by the whole ordeal. But looked awfully cute in his santa suit! Unfortunately it will have to wait till I get my computer back from computer doctor to share the pix with Santa. (luckily it was still under warranty...by 2 months!!) but I have been completely lost without it!!! Mom says she can tell how bored I am since I've been calling her like twice a day!! teehee!!


As you can see, Christmas Eve brought LOTS of snow to OKC. So I had my first white Christmas, to which, upon hearing me say this, Evi replied, "it's my first white Christmas too! Better than a blue Christmas, but I'd really like a rainbow Christmas." Of course, Scotty was worried all the snow was going to put a kink in his plans of having 10 days to himself starting Christmas day since the kids and I were planning to go Houston that evening. But he dug out his truck, loaded us up and kicked us to the airport curb!

Just kidding! I was looking forward to mommy time (with my mommy and sisters) just as much as he was looking forward to alone time!

Luckily, we made it to Houston. We even stopped by my grandpa's for a quick visit when we landed. It was planned to be quick, seeing as it was past Eli's bedtime. It was the first time in a while that all the Wilhites were under one roof. (minus only my husband, but what's new, I think everyone has decided he's a figment of my imagination!) A roof which my son pretty much cried the entire time under!! Seriously, my happy child who never cries, cried for all my family. Evi stumbled over a dog and then she was crying. So we did family photos with a pouty 4 year old and a wailing 5month old. And then I promptly welcomed my cousins for providing them with birth control and left with my crying babies. So let this be a lesson to me...Eli is a perfectly happy baby, as long as he's in bed by 7pm each night!

Evi left Santa chocolate milk and cookies, with carrots for the reindeer. We also wrote a note to Santa with her gift requests, which she wrote the items herself. (I told her how to spell them, of course! She's smart, but not that smart!) She requested skates, hula hoop, dvds, barbies and glitter ice. And of course, Santa came through like a champ. She had a great Christmas! She's actually a lot better on the skates than I would have thought. She also got this crazy riding toy called "ez rider". It sits on the ground and she only uses her legs to make it go and steer. There is video at the bottom. It is her new mode of transportation around the house. She can't go anywhere if she's not on it. One of the toys Santa brought Eli is driving him nuts. He just wants to lick it, like everything else he sees, but it's to big for him to figure out how to get into his mouth, so it just really ticks him off instead.

He's so funny to watch. Or should I say, to watch him watch us. He concentrates so hard on what we do, especially with food. He has now yanked a waffle, french fry, and bean burrito from our hands and has enjoyed them all. He could still care less about baby food though. He does roll over like a champ and sits up pretty good by himself. And goes to town over a baby biscuit. He still has no routine to his day, however. He's only awake for 2 hours at a time still, but his naps are nowhere near routine. He gets up at different times, so that puts naps different. The only routine is that he is typically ready for bed by 6:30pm. Luckily, since we have to drive sister to school and such, he's a pretty easy baby and sleeps where ever when he needs to.

On a side note, Gigi and Chacha got Mali a dog! Yes, A DOG!!! She's cute, a little yorkie (Toto dog) that I have already thrown a fit about the possibility of it being in our family photos!! I think the best I'm going to get is us doing one with and one without. I'll have to do my best to ruin the ones with...a dog, who is this woman claiming to be my mother??!?!?! I did train the furball to come to "here kitty, kitty" while I was there...just doing my part!

5 months

Well, we started the month with Evi's4th birthday party. (We celebrated her birthday on at least 6 different occasions, which goes with Scott's dad belief that a birthday should be celebrated all month- Evi sure tried!!) Pirate & pixies was the theme this year and Chacha came in full pirate regalia, and Marni Mali & I were pixies. Chacha was dubbed “Mr. Pirate” by one of the kids and it stuck. Instead of gifts, I robbed my sweet child of experiencing an on slot of gift opening by doing a book exchange. (Scott says I'm no fun!) We did a cake walk to get to open a wrapped book that each kid brought. They weren't sure what was going on at first, but once they got the hang of it, they really liked it. We also did the hokey pokey, which Evi loves. I was surprised how many of them didn't know it!! It was a fun party, but it didn't out do last year's barnyard theme!!

I can't believe how much she has changed since this time last year. When she cried everyday when I dropped her off at school, was afraid of other children on playgrounds...now she sometimes walks herself into school and will go up to unknown girls on playgrounds and ask if they want to play with her!! Granted, she's always attracted to the older girls, and I know one day one of them will say no when she asks (which will break my heart!). Now on the other hand, it took me and a nurse to hold her down while another nurse gave her shots at this last doctors visit. Eli didn't flinch for the first one, and barely whimpered for the second one. And sweet Evi was standing over him telling him it was ok, it would only hurt for little bit. This was after her blood curdling scream session.

Eli is the happiest baby! He smiles at everything that moves (I know 15+ years from now I'll be rephrasing that sentence!). Anything his hand grabs onto goes straight into the mouth. It's fun to watch him concentrate on something and get his little hands to cooperate in getting it. He's almost rolling over, and give that boy a mirror and he's content! He still has this blob of curly hair on top that is always doing it's own thing. He gets lots of compliments on it! Even though sometimes it just looks like a bad toupee. I would have given anything for Evi to have had hair like that as baby for bows, but no!! She was bald as could be!(but don't worry, my sisters have already put bows in Eli's hair and took pictures..sorry Scott!) He has started cereal, and had green beans and sweet peas. He doesn't seem particularly excited about any of them! Right now my poor baby is a snot factory. He also has a horrible cough, which his sister showed signs of as well...great, 2 sick babies!!

Last month I vowed to be a more patient mom. And so far, I've done pretty good, I think. Not perfect, but better! Not that I'm horrible, or mean. I mean, it's not like I beat my children (a lot.... just kidding I do NOT beat them!) I just felt myself loosing my patience easily, and I was always the patient one! Amazing how children and a husband can wear that trait out!

Evi had her first school performance called a “Tasting Feast”. The pre-schoolers sang some religious & thanksgiving themed songs, it was cute. Then they had plates of food ready for everyone with things the kids had cooked in class. It brought a tear to my eye to see her up there singing. It was so sweet!

On a funny religious note, she asked the other day, “How did God make cars?”

She is already asking questions about how to drive the car, like what I push to make it go. And why aren't my hands on the steering wheel, does that slow it down? (I was coming to a stop at a light and was opening something up when she asked this). She is full of questions, constantly. And a lot of the time my standard answer is, “that's just the way it is” or “those are the rules”. What's really funny is when I hear her say those responses to her daddy.

We ended the month with several Thanksgiving dinners, and yet still didn't find a way to fit one in with the Dude!! Sorry Dude! And a trip to the Renaissance Festibal, as Evi says it. It was entertaining as always, and it's amazing how much money I can spend on food there!! Love those ScotchEggs, yummy!

Vacation 2009

Well, we just got back from a week in Tampa/Disney with Scott's family. It was a blast. We celebrated Evi's birthday with 3 days at Disney. Mom joined us since she had wanted to take Evi to eat with the princess back in December, but she didn't know any of the princesses yet. Boy has that changed in the last 10 months! So we did lunch with the princesses on Evi's birthday and it was a huge success. She was a little standoffish at first. But mommy just pushed her right out there, and she got over her fear pretty quickly. She met Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty (her personal favorite), Belle, Snow White and Jasmine. It was worth every penny! (And the food was pretty good, not that you get a chance to enjoy it what with all the excitement of the princesses!) She also met Tinkerbelle, Silvermist & Rosetta, the fairies. (I paid $20 for a disposable camera for this meeting since I had left the camera in the car for our last 2 hours in Magic Kingdom. I thought we were done with photoes by then.) She was still afraid of the characters in the big costumes though.

She still LOVED Goffy's rollercoaster. We took her on the next size up roller coaster, Thunder Mountain, she liked it until the last 30 seconds (and there was nothing major then). But the goofy one we rode over and over and over.

This trip to Disney was the way it should be. We had 2 hour waits for rides at Christmas, and only 5 to 20 minutes this time. It was awesome! Because it stunk to wait 2 hours for flying dumbo! She got to watch the fireworks this time too. It was so much fun to watch her face react to the fireworks.(we seemed to be the only people moving at that time, we were high-tailing it to the exit to beat the crowd, so she watched over Scott's shoulder)

But this trip just solidified my thought that our children will just miss school to go to Disney in the off season. It's totally worth it! And Eli was the perfect baby. It was the "happiest place on earth" for him. Evi had a rough time in the evenings because she refuses to poop in public places (she gets this from her father) and was having pains from holding it so long. She was even refusing to go at the hotel, so we had to wait till she finally fell asleep and then get her to potty. I even took a potty seat into Magic Kingdom, but its "magic" didn't work on her!

Eli had his first trip(s) to the beach. It was fun to watch his little legs buckle when the cold water hit his toes! His mommy's so mean! Evi and Grace got along better than ever, it was so nice! And baby Mya looks like such a little girl now, she's so cute! (almost 2).

Evi is definitely a firey four! She and I have been butting heads a lot lately since she has started with this defiant "NO MOMMY" when I tell her to do something. And of course, bossy me just can't let it go. So we just go back and forth pushing each others' buttons. But today, I vowed to be a more patient mother. She's only 4, she's only 4, she's only 4...I'll let you know how I do : )

Eli will be 4 months later this week. At 3 months we bought him an exer-saucer since he always wants to stand (he's been this way since birth almost! trying to sit up and stand) It's amazing how much he's changed in a months time. His feet are now flat on the floor. He can bounce. He can purposely put something in his mouth...kind of. Sometimes he's even successful getting his "fire" back in there. And of course, he's always successful with his thumb. Which makes me cringe. I keep battling him because I'd rather him take a pacifier, because I can control when he stops getting it, his thumb is his forever, and I have no control. And we all know how much I like to have to control...So I'm sure he'll be a thumb sucker! Damn kids!

Evi has decided to "Picasso" things lately. Like her train table, bathroom counter top, and bed sheets. But luckily, all her markers are washable. Unlike when Marni picassoed the back of mom's van with a rock. teehee!

Here are a couple of videos too. Notice that in one of them, she is dancing with the characters on tv. It's her new favorite show, Fresh Beat Band. The other is her on the Goofy Roller Coaster, her favorite ride.

I love Halloween!

I Love Halloween!!!

Here are some pictures from Halloween. We just got back from Tampa on Halloween, so I had to hurry up and decorate, carve pumpkins, and finish Evi's costume! But I got it all finished, and am very proud of her costume & my jack-o-lanterns! Evi was her kitty, Flower. And Eli was a bear. I'll blog soon about our vacation this past week.

Evi's family picture

Here is the infamous family picture Evi did at school that I was bragging about in the last blog. Notice Scott's large nostrils...teehee! Now he's paranoid about the size of his nose. Also notice that only she has hair down the side of her face...which is right on since I cut my hair off. It's halarious! It's big, so Eli almost gets cut off. I think we'll frame it!

3 months & 4 years! (almost)

Moving right along...Eli is 3 months now and Evi's 4th birthday is at the end of this month! We will be celebrating Evi's at Disney by having lunch with the Princesses. (we are going to spend a week in Tampa with Scotty's sister & family) I can't believe she's going to be 4! We were all laying in bed together the other weekend morning and it was amazing just to look at Eli and know that in 4 years he'll be there. And the fact that they grow and change so much between Eli's age and Evi's!
So far Eli is a very happy baby! Granted, he's only 3 months old, so he has plenty of time to turn that around! But he is always smiling. And tries to talk a lot already. He's distracted easily from nursing, so most the time it's easier just to go to his room. He's awake for an hour or so then asleep for about 45 minutes to an hour. He has a distinct cry when he's ready to take a nap, kind of like he's trying to throw his voice. I don't remember noticing anything like that with Evi. He's had a booger problem since birth. (I have to use the sucker at least once a day to get a big ol' booger out of his nose so he can breathe.) But the since it has cooled off, he's had a lot of drainage at night too. I've been putting him on a wedge to sleep, but he just slides down it through the night. Scott's been doing the same (the drainage, not the sleeping on a wedge) so the poor baby has his daddy's sinuses too! He's asleep by 7pm each night. And it's a struggle for him to make it to that. He gives me about 7 hours, but since I don't go to bed then, it doesn't do me much good! He usually gets up for the day around 7ish. So 12 hours total at night, I won't complain!

We are back to not napping (Evi that is) and going to bed at 8pm! Which makes mommy very happy! Of course Evi almost looses it in the process of making it to 8, but I need a couple of hours of adult time at night, so we tough it out. Plus, TV has started back up, and mommy and daddy love our tv time, it's our version of "quality time" together. She has also been sleeping in her own bed, and occasionally, all through the night without waking and calling for me. It took some MAJOR bribery on my part, I'm not ashamed to admit it! I purchased a box and all the Disney Princess dolls, and told her for every night she stayed in bed, she'd get to choose 1 item from the box. It took a couple of nights to realize I meant business. And a couple of mornings that she was successful, she wouldn't choose anything from the box because she was upset she had slept by herself!! But now, she hardly misses a morning, and I'm running out stuff in the box!
What's funny is how different it already is between first and second child. With Evi, I didn't put her in her crib in the other room until 5 months, and even then I put a twin mattress on the floor of her room because I couldn't stand to be not in there. Now Eli, he's already in his crib in his own room. It was hard the first couple nights, but now, not so much. By the way, this is the one thing I said I would try harder to do this time around, have Eli sleep in his own bed.
And I have decided to do his room in pirate. We painted it a light blue with slate blue waves all around the bottom of the room. It is the smallest room in the house, and amazingly the room actually looks bigger. The bedding is super cute. I'm really excited about it.

Evi had a few rough days at drop off at school. But then this last week she did great again. So now I will be working on getting her to go in by herself so that when the bad weather gets here I won't have to get Eli out of the car. Keep your fingers crossed! But right now I'd like to brag a little on her: They did faces of their family at school and posted them in the hallway. Some didn't even look like faces, some just had dots for eyes, nose and mouth. Then there was Evi's. We had hair, teeth, cheeks, etc. And she wrote " dad, mom, evi, eli" under each of us by herself. I realize she has a slight advantage seeing as they are all 3 letter words, but we are impressed none the less! To quote Kelly Bundy from "married, with children", She's "a genie!!"

This last weekend we went to Ryan, OK's homecoming parade. Evi rode in the float down main street with our cousins and threw candy. Eli nursed down main street! Then we hung out with our other new little cousin, Carlee, who is just 6 days younger than Eli, and has a very tiny head! She was so dainty compared to Eli, (a whole 3 lbs lighter) and of course, I forgot to take a picture of them together!
We also had visits from The Dude, Great Grandpa and Page. And Uncle Randy was able to come see us. We can't wait to meet the rest of the family when we go to Tampa!


Scott took Evi to Home Depot and while in the store she says loudly (which seems to be her only volume level) "Daddy, I have hairs!!"
Don't worry, she meant hairs on her legs. She just realized at that moment that she had hair on her own legs.
She's turning Japanese:
She has a pair of rainbow socks that she has taken to wearing with flip-flops so the rainbow can be seen. It's quite the fashion statement! And they really need to be washed!

Here is a video of Evi & Eli. And yes, I did catch myself saying an expletive at the beginning of the video. So pardon my french! But I thought I was already recording and Eli had been smiling and talking away before I realized it wasn't recording. Sorry!

2 month checkup

So today we had Eli's 2month well baby check. Evi received a flu shot, and Eli had 3 shots, so needless to say, I left there with 2 unhappy campers! Evi didn't cry last time she had a shot. She saved it all up for this time! (and she'll get a few more at her 4 yr checkup next month!)
Poor Eli, his mother totally betrayed him! It's horrible. I fully believe in vaccines, I just hate that they are pushed on us all at once! I mean he has 6 different sets of germs coursing through his body now! (one shot had 3 in one, and he also received another vaccine orally.)
At this appointment they also do measurements and let you know how your child's growth compares to others his age. For instance when Mila had her 2 week checkup last week, Marni said her head measured in the 10th percentile, meaning 90% of babies her age have a bigger head than her. (that's all I kept saying at the hospital after she was born was what a small head she had)
Eli, on the other hand, measured in at the 75%, meaning only 25% of other babies have a bigger head than him!! See Marni & mom, I kept saying Eli's head was bigger!!! I swear the entire pound and 2 1/2 inches Eli had on Mila at birth were all in his very large noggin!!!!! I don't want to hear any more about the pain of childbirth Marni! I'd like to say that my children having bigger heads just means they'll be smarter, but that's pretty unlikely considering the brains Marni has!

He's also in the 90th for weight and length. So he's big n' tall! Which is better than Evi. She was super fat for her age group and super short! And look how long and lean she is now! So now Eli will probably be the short one as an adult! So he's 13 1/2lbs, and 24 inches now! The pix in the bib is his 2 month pix. He smiled big when Evi reached out to touch him. He loves his big sister!


Evi's jams right now: We go together - Grease, Help I'm alive - Metric, and We are Family
and she's all about rhyming!