Another Cael funny!

I had just finished blogging today (check out the other two posts) when Cael woke up from his nap. So here I am again, typing away. It's just that he said the funniest thing......I had to record it.

When I put him down for his nap today I told him it was "NAP TIME AND HE HAD TO TAKE A NAP TODAY." He asked me why and I told him that it was so that he could "be a happy boy when he woke up."

When I left his room I locked the door (from the outside....we turned to knob around). I rarely do this but he has been trying to sneak out a lot and I didn't want to deal with it today.

So.....after a 1 1/2 or so, I was sitting here at the computer and hear him get out of his bed (his room is just above me) and walk over to the door. He jiggles the handle a few times, realizes it is locked and starts to cry......

Cael (screaming at the door): "Mommy......let me out. Let me out. LET ME OUT!"

All the while I am on my way up the stairs to unlock the door.

Cael (still screaming): "UNLOCK THE DOOR......MOM.......LET ME OUT......UNLOCK THE DOOR.....................I'M HAPPY......(sob, sob).......I'M HAPPY."

I just had to laugh.....and laugh.....and laugh.

I opened the door and said, "You're happy?"

He (with a big 'ol pout on his face) said, "Yes."

So I picked him up and hugged him.

What a funny boy.

Great Grannies!

During our trip to Utah the kids got to see and visit with two of their Great Grandmas.

Granny T (my mom's mom)

and Granny G (Rob's dad's mom)

We actually got to see Granny T a lot. She lives with my parents and that just happens to be where we stay when we go to visit. Gabe loves her so much. Every morning he would ask when she would be waking up (which usually isn't until 12:00PM). Then he would tell her how much he missed her while she was gone. It was really sweet.

Granny G is now living in a care center. We got to see her twice while we were there. Once on her birthday and again the next Sunday. We were also privileged to visit with a lot of Rob's family we haven't seen for quite a while. It was great.

I am so glad my boys have had the opportunity to get to know quite a few of their great grandparents (Great Grandma and Grandpa T included). It's because of their examples and traditions, passed down generation after generation, that we are who we are today.

We love our families and are so grateful for them.

Just some winter-something-something- thingy-dingy's!

What?

Yeah, I have no idea what that means either. Fact is....I didn't have a title so I came up with something creative.

Just wanted to post some random pictures and happenings in the lives of the G's.

I finally got a picture of Isaac with his "santa" gift. I cant say that he ever really rides it but he does drag it around sometimes (and I thought he was REALLY going to like it).

This is a picture of the "project" I did for Rob this Christmas. A flashback to the glory days. Ahhhh....the glory days. (Okay so it's not a very good picture but you get the idea).



Talk about a Winter Wonderland. This picture was taken from our front porch. Our neighbor sets corn and bird feed out three or four times a day and we get to watch all of the ducks and Canadian geese eat it up. It's pretty funny. The ducks scare very easily. They fly off at the slightest sound. The geese just stare at you,totally unmoved by your efforts....even when you honk and swerve at them. Here you can see the ducks flying away as I opened the door.

Rob is feeling pretty accomplished. Look at what a good job he has done keeping his family from being snowed in. This picture was taken before we left for Utah. When we got home 9 days later we had to shovel another 18 inches off our driveway before we could even get the car into the garage.

Other random news:

Rob is still looking for a job. He had a language assessment test with the IRS today and has 7 other job applications pending. He is also applying for another 6-7 today when he gets home. We have faith that the Lord will take care of us and are mindful of his time frame. We are just hoping the Lord wants us to find something before the end of February. Otherwise we will be moving in with Mom and Dad G. A GRAND ADVENTURE FOR ALL!

Well, I have some fun news (NO.......I NOT THAT KIND OF NEWS......SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!) I get to teach STEP aerobics. YEAY! I LOVE STEP AEROBICS.

I start this week and am SUPER excited. My very own class (that no one can take from me......except my boss, I guess). Wish me luck. Also, MY GOLDS GYM finally got a Power Pump class (1 hour of weight lifting) three times a week. I know this may seem trivial to some of you but I have been waiting for this for a long time. I went this morning and can barely move. I LOVE IT! I can certify in it as well come March. It will only cost me....... choke..... cough....... $399. For that, we will have to wait and see....until then, I will just thoroughly enjoy going to someone else's class.

Cael "funnies"

Cael is definitely our comic.

He has such a sense of humor (when he's not screaming at someone) and says some really funny things.

11/3/08
I was putting Cael down for a nap. He crawled into be and pulled up his blankets.

Cael: "I love my bed."

Me: "You love you bed?"

Cael (with a smile of absolute contentedness): "Yeah."

Then rubbing pillowcase, "Mommy, feel it." (as if I would fall in love with it too if only I touched it)

1/1/09
Gabe came in and woke me up at about 6:30AM this morning telling me that Cael had thrown up on his blanket. I went out into my mom's living room to investigate (we were on vacation). Sure enough, he had.

Me: "Oh, Cael. Did you throw up?"

Cael (very casually): "Yeah, I went eugh, eugh, eugh and then in all came out."
(now, I have no idea how you would begin to spell out retching noises but use your imagination)

I just had to giggle.

Me (smelling something other than throw up): "Oh, are you poopy to?"

Cael (very matter of factly): "YES."

Me: "Okay. Well let's change you. I'll go get a diaper."

Cael (over his shoulder...again, very casaully): "And wipes"

Now, this conversation may not seem very significant or even funny to some of you (other than the retching noise bit) but it amazes me that he can be so casual about throwing up.

In fact, if he hadn't inherited my red hair (and come out of my womb) I would wonder if he was my kid at all.

What a way to welcome in 2009!

Beware ye weak stomached people!

I can't believe it is 2009!

We certainly did our best to bring it in with style.

Vomitting children, husband sick (although he bypassed the vomit) and me......well, I wasn't so lucky.



5 years and 6 days marks the date of last time I threw up.

It was 2 nights after Christmas.

Before that, it had been over 18 years.

Can you believe that!

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a real fear of throwing up. I mean, a crippiling fear of it.

5 years ago I had to have Rob there to baby sit me, rub my back, clean the sink out (because I refused to vomit in the toilet even after he cleaned it), and even say a prayer that I would let my body relax enough to let it do what it needed to do.

He then called my parents and announced to everyone that my "vomit-less" streak was over and I had lived through it. Cheers were heard around the world.

I handled myself much better this time.

I did it all on my lonesome.

Just like a big girl.

I even cleaned up after myself.

Progress............Progress is good.



Here's to another 18 years........and may it not come sooner! :)