God's snakes!!!

If you've learned anything from my blog, it's that you can never be sure what Olivia will say. She is *very* perceptive and she keeps me on my toes constantly. I'm just waiting for the day she totally embarrasses me at the store with that sassy little mouth of hers! She is a piece of work, let me tell you.

Anyways, I seem to always find myself saying "Goodness sakes Olivia" about 10 times a day. Like when I find her in the middle of the refrigerator, or when I find 3 DVD's stuffed in the DVD Player and her screaming that Dora won't play, or when I hear Cooper scream in terror as she picks him up and carries him through the house....you get the picture. So yesterday as Olivia was driving me crazy about yet ANOTHER Dora DVDs (how many of these things have they honestly made? I think I have the whole frigging collection) I took a deep sigh and before I could utter my "Goodness sakes Olivia", she chimed "GOD'S SNAKES MOMMY!"

I laughed so hard I could have wet my pants!

My mean kiddos :)

Deja vu

Olivia is really starting to act like her Mommy! Ok, background story time: I hated school....I mean, *loathed* school when I was little. I'm talking kindergarten days people! And I always seemed to fool my dad into thinking I was sick and letting me stay home with my Grandma Hill or my Grandma Alma. :) He was such a sucker! And I got away with it for a long time before my mom put a stop to that! Ha ha!

So anyways, this morning Olivia comes in my bedroom, plops down on the bed and announces that she is not going to school today.
Me: You're not?
O: Nope, I'm staying home and playing all day.
Me: Hmmm, no, you have to go to school.
O: But why? I don't want to go.
Me: Well, Mommy and Daddy have to go to work so you and Cooper have to go to school.
O: *sigh* OK.

It was like I was having deja vu right there! I can remember having the same conversation with my dad many, many moons ago!

Random

You know I love pictures so I thought I would share these! Plus, I didn't want anyone to forget how stinking cute my kids are! :)

I'm attaching a picture of my niece Loren with Olivia. These two girls are T-R-O-U-B-L-E when they are together! Olivia is just a few months older than Loren and they fight like siblings.

Anyways, just thought I would share! :)

Under the table and dreaming.....

Is that the right Dave Matthews title? I can't remember.....Anyways.......

Cooper has a new, very strange behavior I've noticed lately. Whenever I give him a cookie, or a Cheez It, or some Cheesy Puffs (insert Cartman "Yes I want some Cheesy Poofs!" here), he immediately walks to the table, crawls under it and eats his food. Strange, very strange. I don't steal his food, his Daddy doesn't steal his food, heck, even Sissy doesn't steal his food. So what's the deal?

Of course! It's those darn little thieves at daycare! They can't be trusted I tell you! Cooper is by far the smallest "toddler" baby in the baby room so I guess he has adapted ways to make sure he gets his fair share of snacks. Those other fat little babies can't cram themselves under the table. Ha ha!

I hope this behavior doesn't last too long - it is kind of weird to watch him!

BFF

Al is so jealous right now - Olivia and I are BEST FRIENDS!!! Yeap, I am her one and only best friend in the whole wide world. Her exact words, not mine. :) She won't let her poor Daddy do anything for her - *I* have to get her out the car, *I* have to give her a bath, *I* have to dress her the mornings, all because I am her BFF. Now I know I shouldn't be so giddy about all this, but I know that one day Olivia is going to not want to be around me and think I'm the uncoolest Mom in the world. So, let me enjoy this time where she loves me ok? Although, there is no way I'm going to turn into The Uncool Mom! Ha ha!

So, for now, Al says that it's fine - Cooper is his best friend. It's so funny because Coop has this look on his face like "What? But I want to be Mommy and Olivia's BFF!" Ha! Poor Al!

Cooper's attitude

This pretty much sums up Coop's attitude the last few days! Ha ha!

Crazy Cooper

Yeap, you read the title right......my son has gone CRAZY!!! I don't know what has gotten into Cooper the last few days. I guess those two teeth coming in are really giving him a fit and turning my normal sweet baby boy into a little monster. Or maybe he has watched his Sissy act crazy for the last 13 months and it's finally wore off on him too. Gosh I hope not! Anyways, this morning after Cooper was dressed, he was playing with a balloon that Livvie had gotten from a birthday party yesterday. Well, he just didn't want to give the stupid thing up. The whole time I was getting ready for work, I had to referee my children from killing each other. *Not* a good thing on a Monday morning!

So, when we were finally ready to head to the car - Olivia was crying because Coop had the balloon and Al was having a heck of time prying the balloon from Cooper's fat little fingers. Do you know that babies possess super human strength? Just try to take something from a baby and see how hard it is. The saying "It's like taking candy from a baby" is so not true with my two. Anyways, Al finally got the stupid thing loose and you would have thought he had beat Cooper! He screamed, went limp, threw his head back in anger, and literally tried to jump out of his Daddy's arms. The WHOLE way to the car. And as Al was trying desperately to get him in his car seat, Olivia just looked at me and said "Cooper is acting crazy Mama" and I said "yeap, he sure is Boo Bear!" Ha ha!

I'm beginning to realize that Cooper isn't going to have that super sweet personality I thought he would have after all!

The Little Mermaid

Has it really been 10 years since the Little Mermaid came out? Wow! I can remember watching it on VHS (am I showing my age yet?) at Rachel's house back in the day. It was re-released on Tuesday and Nana got Olivia a copy. Olivia LOVES this movie.....she has probably watched it 10 times already and it's only Thursday. She is upset, however, that Melody is not in this movie. I've explained to her 100 times that Melody is in the second Little Mermaid movie, that this one is about her mommy. She's not impressed. I'm waiting for her to tell me she wants to be Ariel for Halloween now instead of Dora to the Rescue. But I keep reminding her about Dora so hopefully I won't have that issue with her. Wish me luck......Oh, and because of this silly movie (yes I called it silly darnit!), Olivia will NOT leave her hair pulled up. She wants to have it down, completely down and all in her eyes because as she tells me "Ariel wears her hair like this MOM"....since when have I been bumped to MOM? I want to be Mommy!!!! She sounds so grown. I hate it.

Speaking of Halloween, I found a costume at Nana's house that is a 12 month size. We completely forgot that they sent the wrong size last year! So Cooper gets to be Pooh Bear. I'm sure he won't mind....he's not into all this jazz yet. Next year though, it'll be on!!!

New word

I have no idea where Olivia picks up vocabulary! I guess she really pays attention to what I say and what all the ladies at daycare say! Nana told me that on the way home from daycare the other day Olivia started telling her a story. After Nana interrupted her, Olivia said "well ACTUALLY Nana...." How funny is that? Olivia can always surprise me with the things that come out of her mouth.

Cooper on the other hand, has learned how to say "ta da" and "thank you". He sounds so cute! I hope he picks up on language as fast as Olivia did. Of course, that might not be a good thing though. :) I already fight with his big sister almost daily because of her sassiness. GGGRRR....

I have some very strange kids you know! One can talk too well and the other can barely talk! Ha ha!

It's coming!!!

I am such a fan of Halloween!!! I can't wait for it this year. I'm all in the Halloweeny mood this year since the stores are putting that stuff out. Last year Olivia went as Piglet and Cooper went as a Frog. Wasn't she the cutest Piglet you've ever seen???
Now, Cooper doesn't look too thrilled to be dressed up but he was only 2 months old in this picture. Hopefully this year, he'll be more into it. So far Olivia had decided she wants to be Dora to the Rescue. Which is basically just Dora. I haven't found anything I really like for Coop yet, so I'm still looking. Maybe a cowboy? I don't know.....I still have some time to look and see what I can find.

Make it stop!!!

Please someone give me back my sweet little girl! Olivia has been the BRATEST kid in the world the last few days. I'm not sure what is going on with her these days. She had a huge meltdown this morning before we even left the house. UGH! I really hope this is just a phase and she will be getting out of it soon. She went to bed early and slept all night so I was sure she would be in a good mood this morning. But nnnnooooo.......I swear my blood pressure goes up every time she starts throwing her tantrums!

I guess I should be thankful that Cooper wakes up with a smile on his face every morning. :)

Shoes hurt his feet?

I can't get Cooper to wear shoes to save my life! I can't even get the little Stinker to wear socks! What am I going to do when it starts getting really cold outside? I have got to get the boy used to socks and shoes!!!!!!!

I did find some soft leather shoes that I can get on over his socks that seem to stay on pretty well. He still hates them though, but will at least walk around in them. He won't even get up with his tennis shoes on. GGGRRRR! I have to admit, it is hard covering up those chubby little feet. They are so cute and I just want to nibble on them! :)

I did not have such an issue with Olivia and I never put shoes on her either when she started walking, and she took to shoes pretty fast. For some reason though, Cooper loves to be barefoot and fancy free!

Move over!

Wow, you better not get in Cooper's way when he's walking! He is all over the place now. I love it! I have so much fun chasing after my little man - maybe I'll actually shed a few pounds. Ha ha!

He actually told me no this morning! I put shoes on him (which he LOATHES) and I said "come on Coop, get up and walk" and he looked at me and shook his no while saying "uh uh." It was so funny. Now don't ask me to get him to do it again because I probably can't. That's how it goes with him. Hopefully he left his shoes on at daycare and is getting used to them being on. But I can totally see him whining until one of the ladies takes them off. Stinker!

And if anyone needs an leotards in size 4T, I have a few I can give away - Ha ha! Apparently Olivia plans on wearing her purple to EVERY SINGLE class. She wants no part in wearing the pink one or the black one. Maybe I should have bought a couple of this purple one. Anyways, nothing really new to report! Hopefully I'll have some new pictures up soon!

Proof that baby powder is evil

So here are the pictures I promised from yesterday. The first one is of Olivia after she had poured the baby powder all over Cooper's head. Doesn't she just look like she is up to no good? Bad, bad, little girl! Cooper thought it was the funniest thing in the world that he was covered in the stuff. But be warned, that stuff sticks to everything - it took me forever to scrub it off his scalp. Ha!

Baby Powder is the Devil Part 2

Ok, so if you've ever read my blog before, you know that I think baby powder is evil. It really is! And after my last encounter with it, I had banned it from my house. BUT Cooper got a really bad case of diaper rash and I had to resort to buying some more. I even bought a small, very unnoticeable bottle of it in hopes that Olivia never saw it. I was wrong. Dead wrong. Al got Cooper dressed this morning and surprisingly, Olivia got up early. All was going well in the Griggs household. WWWWEEEELLLLL.....as Al was leaving for work, he went in Cooper's room to say bye to the kids when he found Cooper covered with baby powder and Olivia standing over him piling the stuff on his head. And Cooper was laughing! He thought it was the funniest thing in the world he was covered in white dust that smelled really good. Little Stinker!

So, of course I had to spend a few minutes cleaning him up but I think I got most of it off. I took some pictures and I'll post those tomorrow. I did notice when I dropped him off at daycare that I had missed a spot on the back of his head. You should have seen the looks I got when I explained why Cooper smelled so strong of baby powder. What is it with Olivia's attraction to baby powder?

I am going home and throwing that stupid bottle away!

It's about time Little Man!

So Cooper has finally started walking! Yay!!!!! I knew if I had just a little bit of patience he would come around. He still looks like a drunk sailor, but he's getting around pretty darn well. I am so happy - I can't wait to chase after the little guy. He even tries to run after Olivia and falls flat on his face. Ha Ha! I tried putting shoes on him for church on Sunday and he was having none of that. He wouldn't even stand up in those things. So, I took them off of Little Boss and he started walking away. Little Stinker! I know it won't be long before he's running after his big sister. :)

Olivia started dance at Brenda Cranford's last night and she had a ball! I was so proud of how well she behaved and listened to her teachers. And of course she was the cutest little girl in the whole class. :) Me? Biased? NNNNOOO. Her friend Gracie from daycare is taking it and her cousin Loren is in the other class during the same time. Fun times!

Dora in time out

This is what Olivia was doing the other night - punishing her Overall Dora by putting her in time out. I literally laughed my butt off! She told Dora that "she had been bad and was going in time out and if she didn't face the wall she would get a spanking!" That is exactly what I always say to Miss Olivia!

I guess it's true that kids repeat EVERYTHING you say!

Not yet....

So Cooper is my lazy child. He'll take a step here and there but shows no interest in being a walker. :( I keep telling myself that he came into this world a month early so maybe his little (yet extremely smart) brain thinks he's only 11 months old. Patience is just not my thing....I want to chase after the little bugger already! His new favorite word is "uh oh" - he says it after *everything* now. And he's officially on cow's milk and only eats baby food at daycare. He's my growing boy!

In Olivia news - her Daddy and I took her to see the movie "Barnyard" over the Labor Day weekend. We didn't make it through the whole movie because (and I quote) "cows don't walk on two legs Mommy, they walk on four so this movie is silly!" and so we had to leave. *sigh* I guess that's a drawback from her inheriting my genius. :) So also told me this morning that meatballs can't drive cars because they have no arms. OOOOOKKKKK.....I have no idea where that came from. I don't eat meatballs so it must be some influence from one of those little monsters at daycare. Who knows!

Happy Birthday Cooper and Nana!!!

Happy Birthday to you!!! Happy Birthday to you!!!! It's Cooper AND Nana's birthday today! Cooper is the big ONE and I won't mention how "young" Nana is. :) I don't think she would like for me telling the whole world her age. he he

It's amazing how much difference a year makes! The first picture is of Cooper when he was just a few weeks old and the other one was taken at his party on Saturday. He's gotten SO BIG! He is such a wonderful baby and I thank God every day for giving me two happy, healthy babies. We did save him a present to open tonight so that he kind of "knows" today is his actual birthday. Of course technically he won't be one until 11:55 pm - Ha! But we'll go ahead and celebrate. :)