Wanted: A Clean Brother

This evening, I was on the phone with Matt's sister and near the end of our conversation, I heard Gavin start to cry like he does when one of his siblings is torturing him. I hung up the phone and Gavin was walking toward me. I noticed that his hair was wet and there were water drops on his shirt. I was thinking, 'Did I leave the water squirt bottle down?' and then I smelled it- cleaning product!!! I ran to where Blake was and sure enough, he was holding the Lysol kitchen antibacterical cleaner, the stuff I use to clean my stove and kitchen counter tops!!!!! I grabbed Blake, gave him a spank on the bum and immediately put him in his room. Then I rushed Gavin to the bathroom, stripped off his clothes and diaper and started the tub to clean him off. Since Gavin wasn't screaming or anything, I figured Blake had managed to miss Gavin's eyes, THANK HEAVENS!!! Gavin was totally unaffected by the whole ordeal, except for the drama of getting him out of the tub! LOL!

I had a stern talk with Blake after he was done with his time out. I told him that while it was Mommy's fault for leaving the cleaning stuff down where he could reach it, he was NEVER to squirt anything at anyone, unless he asked Mommy or Daddy first. Again, thank goodness a crisis was averted. By a millimeter!!!!

You know you take too many pictures of your kids when....

.... your almost 16 month old babe says, "Cheese!" when he sees the camera coming!! LOL!!

Gavin has conquered....

... the TABLE!!

Ever since this kid was young, he has loved to climb. At 10 months old, he climbed up onto a toy bin and tried to climb on the window ledge in our family room. By 11 months old, he'd figured how to climb onto our couches. I had to teach him how to slide down backward on his belly to avoid any potential nose dives.

He finally decided that he needed to move onto bigger and better things, I guess! It didn't take him long to figure out how to climb up on the chairs and get up onto the table. Gavin gets ticked if the chairs are pushed all the way in because he can't squeeze through! Haha! We have carpeting in the dining area so he hasn't quite figured out how to pull the chairs out, but I'm sure that's coming next now that I've put it down in writing!

Cricketing

So I do this thing. Matt probably thinks it's annoying. When I'm trying to fall asleep, I rub my feet together in a kind of rotating motion. I don't know why I do it, I just do! Matt calls it cricketing. LOL! Sometimes, I even cricket Matt too! :D The funny thing is that Gavin does the EXACT same thing!!!! When I went in to check on him before bed last night, Gavin was laying on his tummy, his feet were crossed at the ankles and he was cricketing his feet! I just had to laugh to myself! Ahhh.

Miserable mess!!

Brooklyn and Blake have been sneezy, sniffly, snotty messes the past two days! Brooklyn carries around a handful of tissues with her and even took some to bed with her last night!! It's been kinda windy today, so I'm not sure if the wind is stirring up the dust and triggering allergies or if this is the beginnings of colds. I'm hoping it's not the latter! *fingers crossed*

Speaking of allergies, I really, REALLY need to get Blake in to be allergy tested. We're having issues with his super loose stools (TMI!) again. His allergy shiners are also becoming more prominent again. Awhile back we were trying a dairy elimination diet and I wasn't so sure that it changed anything, although it's kinda hard to eliminate ALL dairy. I'd rather just have him tested to see what exactly we need to stay away from. Note to self: make a ped appointment on Monday.

My turn!!

I was tagged by Jess, so here goes!

1. Comics or novels? Novels! I'm on a roll with reading right now!
2. Neat or slob? I'm not super neat, but not a total slob. How's that?? :)
3. Chocolate or peanut butter? Chocolate!
4. Cold or Hot? I like snuggling up in blankets on the couch, but I don't like cold weather (i.e. below 50 degrees - can't stand snow)
5. Talk or sleep? Depends with who! ;)
6. Being told you're loved, having time spent with you, getting a present, having something done for you, being touched. Which describes your greatest need? Time spent with me
7. Which is your least favorite season? Spring (I thought this said FAVORITE season!!! oops!)
8. Do you like your photo being taken? If it turns out well, yes!
9. Have you ever blabbed a secret when you said you wouldn't? Probably
10. Who do you think has the most interesting life in your social (blog) group? Um....???
11. Do you ever fantasize about having a different life? Not a different life, just my life in the future
12. Have you ever had to start your life all over again? No
13. What are the three most important things to look for in a relationship? Trust, respect and humor
14. Words, tone and delivery, or body language: Which do you absorb first? Which is the most important? Absorb body language first, tone and delivery is most important
15. Are you a good communicator? I think so, Matt might say otherwise!
16. Do you think you talk too much? Sometimes, yes
17. Can you handle the truth? I have a hard time taking criticism
18. How often do you cry? A lot more now that I'm a mom! Little things just send me over the edge!
19. What sound annoys you the most? Teeth grinding (Matt!!)
20. Where did your pet get its name? Don't have a pet, but I'd love to name a dog Bentley
21. Would you rather be single, dating, engaged or married? Married, for sure!! I'm glad I'm past the dating phase!
22. Significance, self-worth, security. Which is more important? Self-worth
23. If you could have one super hero power, what would it be? I'd make a duplicate of myself so one of me could clean the house and the other could play with the kids!
24. Do you think you are a good driver? YES!
25. Why do you go to work? Because I love being a mom!! (most days...)
26. Who was your favorite teacher? What's your favorite subject? Mr. Green, my band director. He died a few years back and I miss him. My favorite subject was either Anatomy & Physiology or Humanities.
27. Who's survey would you most like to see? Jennie -- TAG!! And don't pretend like you didn't see this! ;)

Late night visitor

I seem to have a little person coming to visit me several times during the night. That little person is Brooklyn. Last night, she came in twice- once at 1:00am and once at 3:00am- telling me she needed help putting her blankets back on. The girl LOVES to have her FOUR blankets piled on her every night! But it seems as though she's not competent in putting her blankets back on herself in the middle of the night and she must come wake me out of my peaceful slumber to do so. I feel like I have a newborn baby again!!! Grrr! We went to bed after midnight because I had to do a load of Gs so we would have clean ones this morning. Then Brooklyn comes in at 1am and 3am, then Gavin is up just before 6am, so I nurse him and put him back to bed. Then he's back up at 7:30am for good!! Matt claims he was up two times because one of the kids cried out. I must have been out cold because I didn't hear that nor did I feel him get out of bed. Is it too much to ask for a night of uninterrupted sleep??!?!? I don't function well unless I get my good eight to nine hours of sleep! ;)