Silly Things

Here are a few things I wanted to share... some happened a while ago, so I hope I can remember the timeline:

1. Words of Tyler:
Back in January (sheesh... I know it is seven months later... give me a break, at least I wrote them down, LOL) Tyler said a lot of funny things. Here are the things I wrote down.

• a baseball is called a baseball bat
• a spaceship is called Spaceship rock (combining rocket ship with spaceship)
• when Tyler would thank you for helping him he would say "dee doo help me". I remember a time when he was trying to carry something and struggling a little. I smiled as he struggled and picked it up and picked him up as well. He said "Dee doo help me carry me" and gave me a hug. It was so adorable.
• For Christmas we bought Tyler some children's tools. He calls them his "own tools". Why does he call them his "own tools" and not just "tools"? Well Tyler's friend, Anthony, who lives next door has some tools. Tyler LOVES to play with them. One day I was over there and I asked him if he wanted his own tools. He said Yes! From then on he calls them his "own tools". I love it! Sometimes if we are watching TV and they are fixing things he will get his "own tools" and fix things with them. He will be a fix it man like his daddy!
• when something is broken he would say "it's broten. It's broten mommy" :D
• If he broke something he would say "I brotit" for I broke it.
• When Tyler accomplished something he would say "Ta Da!" and sometimes bow too. I miss him doing that.
• Sometimes when Tyler would do things I would say "you make me so happy!". He would give me a hug. In time he would do something good and he would say "I so happy you" meaning I make you so happy. I would say... yes you do and give him the biggest hug. I love Tyler! You do make me happy.
• A soccer ball is called a "soccer game"
• A football is called a "football man"
• A girl is pronounced "gwil"
• Other way is pronounced "a way"
• We buy the yummy Western Family yogurt (pre-mixed of course). We love it. Anyways, the yogurt container has cow spots on it. So, Tyler calls it "cowboy yogurt". The milk that has the cow spots on it is "cowboy milk" LOL.

Ahhh the cute things from kids. I wish I wrote down more! What a cool kid.

2. Cute story from Tyler.
In May Tyler would wake up and sing me the good morning song (I think he got it from the show Little Bill or maybe nursery?). He would come see me and sing:
Good morning, good morning we welcome you today.
Good morning, good morning we welcome you today.
Each morning I would say, where is my good morning song? He would sing to me.
On the morning of May 29th he came into the computer room where I had been working and I asked him for the good morning song. He said "I don't want to sing the good morning song!" I laughed so hard and gave him a hug.

Now when Tyler wakes up he comes and finds us and says "It's morning day!!!" I love it! Sometimes when I try and get him to take a nap he says "But it is morning day!" I say Yes, but we can rest on morning day. Lucky us, huh? :D

3. Lincoln loves to carry small soccer balls around in his mouth.
They are more cloth-ish and not foam so you don't have to worry about chunks of foam ending up in his mouth. He crawls around with them a lot! Here is a cute photograph of him just the other day. (Look his hair is sort of sprouting too!)



I will try and backtrack through photographs and write down more stuff in the coming weeks. It is fun to remember things.

First Day of School... Not Yet...

Today Parker would have started Kindergarten. I remember when he was little, really before he was even born, I was so excited to one day be able to take Parker to Kindergarten and get him his first backpack! Alas... the day is not here as I have missed my little boy for over four years now. I try to remember the good times and not reflect on missing him... but it is SO hard!

On July 15th, Parker's Angel Day, we didn't know what to get for Parker for the cemetary. The last couple of years we have tried to get things for Parker that in turn "Parker" would give to one of his siblings. I think we will have July 15th be a present to Tyler and October 28th, Parker's birthday, to Lincoln. December will be to the family with Parker's Christmas Village. As we eventually have more children we will vary it up? or something? or who knows.

Anyways, we didn't know what to get for Parker on July 15th. We looked around the store... nothing felt right, or it wouldn't work with the weather, or whatever. We were running out of time because Rodger had to get to work. We were stressed. Not happy as we were missing Parker so much. Then at the end I saw school supplies. I thought... that is it!!! Parker would be going into Kindergarten. We should get him a backpack and supplies!!!!!!!! So we did!

We bought Parker his first backpack and a notebook, dry erase markers and eraser and a white board that helps them write letters and numbers, etc. At the cemetary we gave it to Parker. Then we told Tyler Parker wanted to tell him something. Tyler went over and said "What Parker?" I said "Did you hear him? He said he wants to give you the backpack and stuff so you can be ready for Preschool!" He said "Oh wow. Thank you, Parker!" He immediately put all the stuff in the backpack and put it on and said "Thank you, Parker!"









It made things a little easier that day. Still hard knowing we are missing all of these new steps and stages with Parker... I try to be happy. I just miss my son.




I love my Kindergartener!

Conglomerate

There are a few things I have been meaning to put up on our blog... crazy busy lately:

1. Around the 19th-ish of July Lincoln had his 7th tooth come through. I am mostly glad his top two teeth came through fairly fast so he wasn't a vampire for too long. Tyler was a vampire for a VERY long time and it was funny. Lincoln is getting more stable with help while walking. I wonder if he will walk around 10 months like his two brothers... we will see. He sure loves to pull himself up to EVERYTHING and loves to walk with help.

2. A funny story... on August 1st, late at night, Tyler was laying on my legs while we watched TV on the couch. All of a sudden he started to cry a little bit. I asked him what was wrong. He said "My heart!" I said "What is wrong with your heart." With his hand on his chest he said "My heart is gone!" Rodger and I started to laugh a little bit. It was so cute. I said "Your heart is fine." He said "I can't feel my heart!" I said "Your heart is fine. Do you want me to help you find it?" He nodded with tears on his face. I was trying not to laugh because he was definitely worried, but it was hilarious. So I took his hand and put it a little lower and said "Do you feel it now?" He said "Yes." with relief on his face. I said with a smile on my face, "Tyler, the good thing is, as long as you are breathing your heart is working." He said "Ok Mommy". What a cute boy (or as he would say "I am not cute. I am handsome. You are beautiful and georgeous")!

3. Most of all I want to put on my blog how grateful I am to be married to Rodger. We had our 7 year anniversary on July 27th. We have been through a lot in our marriage. I hope we have become better people because of it all.

I am glad Rodger contacted me in 2002. He was living in Cincinnati at the time, so I would have never known he existed. I am glad he served a mission here in Provo so he had the desire to come back to Utah and go to school. If it weren't for all of that he would have never contacted me back in March 2002 and wanted to get to know me. 4 1/2 months later we were married. Yeah! I am so grateful for the blessings of the temple. Because of the temple, if we keep the commandments, we can be together forever... and that will be the gratest blessing ever... to stand hand in hand with Rodger and our children forever. Thank you for being my husband, Rodger! I love you with all of my heart!