Aaaa-Chooo

Honestly, is there anything worse than having a baby who is not feeling well? Right now I can't think of anything worse than seeing my little baby miserable.

Keokeo

My heart aches for my kitten Keokeo (we call her Keo for short). She had to get spayed today. I know this is an inevitable part of having a pet but it's so hard to see such an innocent little kitten miserable. And of course I can't help but feel responsible because I made the appointment to have this done. I pray her recovery is fast. I cannot imagine how animals deal with the pain because after surgery, we as humans get pain medication.

My kitten was not happy with the staff at the vet. When I went to pick her up this afternoon the vet assistant asked if I could get her out of the cage and put her into her own cage because she was hissing at the staff a lot. Duh, she's hurting and you did it to her. My kitten is feisty to begin with so I was fully prepared for whatever she wanted to throw at me. I think she felt my compassion and love for her though because it was so easy to carry her. I love this kitten so much. I'm so happy we were able to rescue her.

Something else that really hit my heart today was KayLee, my three year olds prayer for her kitten. I asked KayLee to pray with me over Keo this morning before Herbert took her and my little girl amazed me with the words that came out of her mouth. I guess she really does listen to when we pray every day because you would have thought the prayer just came out of a church elder or someone. Impressive to say the least and heart melting to the max. This makes me feel like maybe I am doing something right and maybe my children really are listening and understanding the great gift of faith and God.

It's been a very busy week. It's felt very long as well for some odd reason.

On a happier note, the weather is getting warmer and I'm loving it! This weekend is suppose to be awesome, sunny and mid 60s, wahoo!

Also I didn't have many food wars to contend with today. My girls ate well today, unlike yesterday and we all know how frustrating these battles can be. I received some fabulous advice from my dad on how to get my girls to eat better. He also complimented how well Herbert and I have done with food choices with our girls. He thinks we've done an awesome job on introducing many fruits and veggies into my girl daily diets. Now what child doesn't like to make their parents proud? I felt so happy to hear that from my dad. I love to see how my diligence and desire to be a good mommy have proven to be fruitful.

Well speaking of my little girls, bath time with Daddy is over and it's now time to do our mommy and daddy snuggle time to prepare for beddie bye time. Then it's time to watch some Criminal Minds with the hubby and snuggle up with him.

Night night.

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when stubborness is just too much

So my almost 4 year old has hit a horrible phase. She's never really had what I would consider the "terrible twos or even threes" until now... Just last month I remember bragging to my mom, just how much I was enjoying KayLee's age. It was as if this totally new little adult emerged. She was such a great little girl. She was listening and helping. Everything was perfect. I was enjoying our little conversations, her views on different things and even her overly helpful messes. I thought, wow, my baby is getting big and changing into a little girl and not that little baby anymore.

Wrong! It's been two weeks now and not only has my little baby left me, but now my little lady has left me too. In her place is a stubborn and defiant half baby half lady.

Mom's out there, help! How long does this last? And how can I get through it? I hate scolding my child...honestly because I hate to hear her cry. Crying tears at my heart and makes me feel so bad. But...I don't want my little girl growing up without the correct level of discipline. But what is that?

E-V-O-O

Hurray! Today I go back to cooking my family meals. My husband had been on a diet for the last two weeks and, well, none of my cooking was allowed. Instead, actually, my husband spent many of those days cooking for me. It was a nice treat and I did enjoy both the break and good food but I do miss cooking. I'll let my husband continue his culinary yumminess on weekends but during the week I prefer to play chef. I really enjoy cooking. I am not sure what it is but it fills me with a great sense of joy when I can prepare a delicious meal. I also the love the family togetherness it brings. Now the after dinner dishes...I can do without those.