Dawgs and Dirt

Our Abby is a chatterbox.  She's always talking.  She talks out loud, thinks out loud, narrates her life - and the life of her sister - out loud.  She's always mumbling and pretend playing and chatting up her babies or stuffed animals or anything else.  It's fun to eavesdrop and try to figure out what's occupying her thoughts.  Today had two very distinct themes : Todd Gurley and Dirt.  Yup, I'm raising her right! 

If you happen to not be a die-hard Bulldawgs fan, Todd Gurley is our amazing running back.  Abby has latched on to his name.  Todd Gurley this, Todd Gurley that.  She called Chloe by the name Todd Gurley.  I even heard her use his name in vain while doing the Highlights picture search.  "Todd Gurley!  I can't find it!"  Fortunately she doesn't know many true curse words, because this girl has a mouth on her. 

Her other preoccupation has been Dirt.  Dirt is Florida-Georgia Line's current hit single.  And one of Mommy's [and therefore Abby's] current favorite songs.  We listen to it a lot.  She asks for the Dirt song as soon as we get in the car.  She hasn't latched on to any specific lyrics, simply the word "dirt."  Dirt, dirt, dirt.

I love her little, well actually huge, personality :)  She's a mess!  And she's so different from me, there's times I just don't know what to do with her!  She can always make me laugh, and she has the cutest things to say.  She's certainly the most extroverted of the family.  Although, in her old age, I have noticed she seems to be scaling back.  She's not nearly as talkative or comfortable around strangers [not necessarily a bad thing!].  She takes more time to warm up when we get somewhere.  And when she's done, she's done.  She has a blast at playdates or school, but then she needs to come home and chill and regroup [which I think makes her an outgoing introvert instead of a true extrovert.  psychology 101 expert right here.].

I love you my Abby-Girl!! 

spontaneous dessert playdate

On Monday, I made Christa's triple layered yumminess for small group.  [think chocolate chip cookie dough, Oreos, brownies.  think lots of leftovers and not much willpower on my part.]  Eager to find some friends to help us finish up the dessert, I randomly started inviting people over for an afternoon snack.  Abs had lunch bunch today, so I didn't pick her up until 1:00 and she had already eaten lunch.  So from 1:15 until we left for the bus stop, we had friends in and out.  It was so much fun!!  I love when we are able to get some of the "littles" together.  So often I feel like the girls' friends are Ryan's friends and their sibs and they tag along with his activities.  [or actually in reality, I suppose, their friends are my friends' kids :)].  So having a house full of preschoolers was a fun change, that doesn't happen enough these days! 

We had Ms. Erin and Max, Grant, and Grace for awhile.  They weren't able to stay too long due to nap times.  Ms. Beth and Jack and Smith came; we haven't seen them much recently, so that was really nice.  Ms. Kelsi and Naomi and Alice came by, as did our newest neighbor Ms. Ashley with her twins, Sam and Jack.  A houseful of little guys was so much fun!  Abby, Naomi, Sam, and Jack are all the same age [as is Max, but he left early].  We love watching those four play together and thinking [aka, worrying!] about them being in kindergarten together next year. 

We do talk a lot about moving, but I have been pretty content the last month or two.  And days like this remind me how blessed with are with amazing friends and neighbors.  Our bus stop is already pretty awesome, and it'll only get better next year with all the rising kindergartners.  I love the thought of Abby riding the bus with her big brother and all those friends.  I'm starting to think we really are stuck here forever! :) :) 

brotherly love

Last night Chloe was up throwing up.  All sorts of fun, crib cleaning, laundry loads, quick rinses in the bath tub, you get the picture.  Not much sleep for us!  We moved Abby to Ryan's bottom bunk so she could sleep better, which meant it was really hard to get Ryan up for school without waking her up.  And then Chloe had diarrhea on our comforter and Nellie missed the litter box and Ryan wet the bed.  And Chloe had her Babies Can't Wait eval at 8:30, so no time to clean up or even think about getting back into bed!  Needless to say, Mommy was pretty frazzled by the time Ryan got on to the bus and coffee was a must-have. 

But ... right after Ryan got off the bus, he immediately asked, "how's Chloe doing?"  My heart melted!!  What a sweet big brother!  I love my awesome Little Man!