"Need nap, Budder!"

Yesterday, Gavin only slept for 40 minutes or so at nap time (he's used to sleeping for 2-3 hours in the middle of the day). He was extremely crabby and very sensitive all afternoon. And by 5:30 (when I was starting to make dinner), he was a hot mess.

Gav and Viv were playing like crazy people while I was trying to get something together and Gavin kept getting very upset by rather trivial things. He was cranky. And interestingly, Vivi realized this. She left the kitchen and came back a few minutes later with a pillow and a blanket. She put the pillow on the kitchen floor and proclaimed, "Need nap, Budder! Lay down now! Too whiny!"

To my surprise, Gavin thought this was very funny. He laid down on the floor and let Viv put a blanket on him. Then Vivi proceeded to sit down next to him, pat his butt, and tell him to "Close eyes, Budder." He did and they played this go-to-sleep-nap game for about 20 minutes.

Fav Phrases

Vivi and Gavin are talking up a storm these days. Here are just a few of the phrases that they repeat hundreds of times a day.

Vivian
"Shoes now, Mommy/Daddy."
"Nank you." (Instead of saying "nit nu" like Gavin.)
"No, budder." (Translation: No, brother.)

Gavin
"Where me go?"
"I come, too."
"Get it, Mommy/Daddy."

"riding" his bike

we thought we'd never say it

Wes and I have recently found ourselves saying things that our parents said to us as kids. For instance, my mom used to always say, "let's not and say we did" whenever she wanted to say no to our requests. When I was little, I had no idea what the saying actually meant. I just knew that it meant we weren't going to get to do whatever it was that we wanted to do.

A few days ago, I heard Wesley say this exact phrase to Gavin after Gavin asked to go play outside (it was 40 degrees and raining). Then, Gavin asked, "Why?" Without skipping a beat, Wes said, "Because I said so."

And by the way, I've also been known to say these phrases and others we thought we'd never say.

Who have we become?!

Petting Zoo

Today, we took Gavin and Vivian to a cute, little petting zoo. They were in love. And what I mean by that is Vivi was in love with the animals and Gavin was in love with touching all of the animals' stuff (i.e. their toys, houses, water bowls, etc.).

This was the scene right when we got there:

We had a great time and will definitely be going again!

dinner

Playplace

Our new neck-o-the-woods has several perks. For one, it's closer to stores, work, and childcare. But probably one for the best parts is that we live a mile or so from a McDonald's with a playplace. Gavin and Vivian LOVE this perk of our new neighborhood.

This girl...

... must ask to color (with crayons, chalk, or markers)

at least 492,751 times a day.

She's Sweet

Vivian is sweet. Yesterday (and today so far), Gavin has been sick; puking-his-guts-out sick. It's pitiful. 

At one point yesterday, Gavin was laying on his belly, on a towel, only in his diaper, in the middle of the living room floor. I was sitting on the floor next to him rubbing his back.

Then, I had to go upstairs to get something. When I came back down, Viv was sitting in my spot on the floor, rubbing Gavin's back. It was unbelievably precious.

Hugs