Priceful Memories: October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Bye Bye Bergs

Some of you know Jacob and Jessi Berg recently moved from Thalwil to Geneva area. They were our closest neighbors (after the Framptons left) and we gradually became good friends. Jacob & Tally not only worked together, but sat right next to each other. Jessi & I did visiting teaching together, watched each other's kids, took dinners to people (mostly Jessi), went to activities together, etc. Jessi was always serving. She brought meals to me when I was pregnant and after I had Kels, brought me American food products, let me borrow tons of baby stuff, and the list goes on. We used to visit them on Sunday afternoons when we would take a walk in the park behind their house. Needless to say, we miss them.

Kelsey and Abram at the Langnau Wildpark. Kelsey loves following Abram and Abram loves telling her what to do.

Looking at the Wildcats...okay, this was prompted. But cute nonetheless.

Koo-koos! Peek-A-Boo!

The one and only time we ran into Jessi & Abram at Coop

Jacob, Jessi, Abram, Chloe, Jacob's parents & Jacob's sister stayed with us over conference weekend. Our upstairs neighbors were out of town and were SO nice to let us use their place. It was fun to have them (especially for Kelsey), they were great guests. Whatever it takes to keep the Bergs around longer!

Abram being such a good boy, watching conference

Jacob's parents with Kelsey

She really liked Jacob's dad!

A sign of things to come?

Going in for the hug

They're going to miss each other!

Jessi & the kids stayed with us last Sunday after they blessed Chloe in their Geneva ward. It was a quick trip but at least we got to see them again. We will be coming to Geneva to visit for sure.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Grateful

I can't help but feel grateful tonight. Kelsey is still here, all in one piece, sleeping away. Today she fell down a flight of concrete/tile stairs and I found her screaming on the landing. I didn't see what happened. A mother's mantra: I let her out of my sight and I didn't even know it. When I heard her scream, I new exactly what had happened. I've been fearing those stairs ever since she started walking. I was slightly relieved to see her standing and screaming and not lying there broken, dazed or twitching. Every cell of my body still lurched and I almost broke down in tears myself. So today I have learned a valuable lesson without having to pay a high price. For this I am grateful. And for a loving Heavenly Father who looks after our little ones, no matter which side of the veil they are on.

These are not the stairs she fell on, just some she attempted a few weeks ago.
Maybe I'm overreacting, maybe not, but this is my first toddler -okay!

Monday, October 27, 2008

New Look

I've been meaning to do this to my blog for a LONG time. There are still a few kinks to work out (why is that white banner there, apparently it didn't save as "transparent."), but I'm mostly happy with it. Thanks to my cousin Tiffany for letting me use her template codes to go off of. I always dread the thought of redoing my blog but once I get into it, I love learning the codes and playing with it and reading on the internet about how to do things. I think I'm a computer geek at heart. So, enjoy. Although no one will enjoy it as much as I do I'm sure. I'm so sick of that pink one I had with that GOLD ribbon! If anyone wants to give me tips or ideas, please feel free to leave me a comment or email me (I need all the help I can get around here!).

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Music and Dancing

Kelsey has always loved music and now she'll "dance" too. Here's a little taste of how much she loves music. When a song comes on on TV or the radio, she'll start moving her head side to side. Just the other day she started moving her head back and forth like a punk rocker. Neither of us are very musically talented, but maybe she has a chance!

For all my family in Arkansas - Go Razorbacks!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Still here...

Hey, I've been working a ton the past week or so and we had the Bergs in town last weekend. I have a blog facelift in the works and I've only just begun blogging about our Prague trip (I know, I haven't even gotten to Prague).

Tal has been at work a lot and Kels and I have been laying low. She's understanding more by the minute and now will go get my shoes and her shoes when we've spent too much time in the house. The weather had been great until today, it rained all day. So, I hope to catch up this weekend. It's 2:30 AM and Tally will be waking up soon to watch the BYU game. Imagine that. GO COUGS!

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Engelberg

Before Lee & Brent left to go back home to the States, we had to take them to the ALPS! So we went to one of our favorite places - Engelberg. On the way there, we saw the cows coming home "parade" down the mountains. I'm glad they got to see it and it was fun to take some shots too. It was a little windy so they made us ride in one of the bigger cars instead of the covered chair lifts, which was good since we had a baby stroller and Lee. Once we got to the top, I think Brent was ready to come right back down. It was over 10,000 feet at the top and she was a little weary of walking towards the edge of the railing. She didn't even want me to walk that close with Kelsey. But, we stretched her a little, got some pictures, and enjoyed the views. The clouds rolled in and out so luckily we got to see the sweet view - but not so lucky for all the pictures. We went into the glacier caves, which were slippery, multi-colored, and dark. It proved a tough challenge for Lee but he made it through okay. Kelsey was not pleased that I sat her down on cold ice in a dark cave (at the time the music was wolves howling). Poor baby. We had fun and even took a picture of her in her Heidi dress.

We are SO happy that you got to come visit us Brent and Lee and we miss you. We can't wait to see you in December!! Thanks for everything!

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.