Thankful.

Gabby teaching Elliot to crawl, and yes these kids are always naked it seems!
So alike these two! Making pizza together, with flour EVERYWHERE!
Yesterday I was thrown a few curve balls, but made it through without any problems! Elliot has been waking up lots during the past few nights, I say teething but for how many months can I use that as an excuse? He woke up right before Clay got home from work at midnight, then thought it was great fun to climb and kiss on Clayton once he came to bed. He was happy and wide awake at this point, which means it was almost 2am before he went back to sleep! Big sister woke up early at 6:45am which means I was tired! Gabby went to get her tooth brush from her bathroom and returns asking me what made her floor wet? Overnight her toilet flooded the bathroom! We cleaned it up a bit and then called maintenance to deal with it. I guess in addition to the clog some flap or seal in the tank was broken and kept the water flowing into the bowl. I let Clay go back to bed since he didn't get much sleep either, and he had to work. I took the kids to get our weekly supply of fruit and veggies. Get the kids buckled in after Trader Joe's and the van won't start! AHHHHHHH! Gabby munched on carrots, Elliot was fussy so I held him while asking people in the parking lot if they had jumper cables (note to self, buy some!) Finally a kind man with his two boys jumped the van and I was on my way home. I got a bit of a short nap with both kids as Clay left for work. We had a good evening of playing at the park, reading a million stories and playing pretend. I am Walter, G is Danny.... it is her new favorite book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, it is Jumanji continued but in Space!

Elliot has become a singer, especially when he is being put to sleep (I much rather him sing than scream!) It is so sweet to hear him trying to figure out what noises he can make with his mouth. Last night I said "Momma, Daddy, Gabby" and he would laugh and smile each time I said Gabby or sissy. He even sounded like he tried to say Gabby "Ga-ba."

I walked early this morning with the kids to the store to treat Gabby to a donut, she was SO excited about it. This is only donut #3 in her life, but that memory of hers won't let her forget about them! Clayton has taken my battery to the auto store to get a new one and buy us a set of jumper cables, oh I love having a handy husband who takes such good care of us. And on a happy note, we paid off the van this week- lets just hope this battery snafu isn't an indication of problems to come.