moving on up

this little mcnugget had a HUGE accomplishment today. greta met with her vision therapist today and she was tested to see where she was as at. i am proud to say that with greta's mad vision skills she no longer needs darcie, our vision therapist. all though i will miss our darcie (she has been with us for nearly 2 years) i am glad that greta is progressing so well and no longer needs her services. greta will always qualify to have services with the school for the blind because of her vision impairments (OMA & CVI) but at this point greta's vision is one of her strengths. she see's perfectly and now knows how to compensate for what her brain can't produce. i am thrilled to the gills with my little prets.

its been rough the past couple of weeks with greta for me. i keep setting goals for her, for myself. like, i really wanted her to walk by christmas.... well christmas came and went and we still don't have a walker. it's hard, really hard. greta is totally not a disappointment but i find myself disappointed because nothing is ever good enough for me. the things greta has overcome and what she is accomplishing everyday are amazing, that should be enough. but come on, is it so much for me to want my nearly 2 year old to walk? i want her to walk because i know she would love walking, its so much better than crawling. don't get me wrong, she is really close to walking and it will happen very soon but (of course)i want it sooner. we keep working with her, working on walking, working on signing, working on talking. the work seems endless but always worth it. if i have learned anything with greta, i have learned patience. she will walk, she will talk, when she is good and ready.

she is perfect, perfectly greta and today i am proud as punch to be her mom.

yzma & kronk

the other day brooke and i took the kiddles swimming. it was a gay old time and the kids were in heaven (one day brooke will blog about it). the aftermath of swimming is always interesting, getting 4 kids under 4 out of swim clothes, showered, and dressed all in a small dressing room is a lot. as brooke and i were quickly getting ourselves dressed i noticed how thin brooke is (who get that skinny after 2 kids?) and noticing how not thin i was. i was actually disturbed by it all day.... how can we be sisters? then the thought came to me, yzma & kronk. brooke is yzma and i am kronk and it is hilarious. brooke is all bones, her hip bones protrude for miles, and with her 8-day old balloons for boobs(her words not mine) she embodies all things yzma, minus the face. it's only because we are best friends and the fact i'd kill for her body that i can say such things. she know's i love her. plus, i am kronk. please laugh with me....

brooke

me

p.s. if you haven't seen the emperor's new groove you are missing out. its been a favorite for years. and yes, i too like kronk enjoy carrying around brooke on my back.

lol.

big brother and kid sister

trevan was working late and i was busy being domestic (dinner and dessert? wow.), so the kids took to entertaining themselves at my feet. i was rocking out to glee and i looked down to find these 2 being siblings, best friends, and laughing at each others craziness. it made me very happy to be where i am. my life felt good, it felt necessary, and i felt like everything so far has been worth it, just for that little moment.

jude is the best big brother. he adores greta and he totally gets her. he understands her gibberish and he knew she too would want headphones and a strainer on her head. we had an incident last week where some kids were calling greta a "stupid baby". it broke jude's heart, he sobbed and sobbed and held greta close and told her she wasn't a stupid baby. i am glad greta has a big brother to protect her. jude's love for his sister brings a tear to a glass eye. i adore him.

and this one? well, she wants to be jude. she has to play with whatever he is playing with, sing when he is, laugh when he is, yell when he yells, and be near him at all times. they both love a "bubba hug" (as jude calls them) and love to sit next to each other on the couch with their own silkies sitting as close as you can humanly get to each other. lest you think they are always besties, know that they also fight a lot too. it can get a little rowdy. what can i say? we are passionate, loud people (trevan excluded). when they are fighting over something its always funny to hear who cries first because greta may be little but she can hold her own. all fights end up in a "bubba hug" and just as soon as the fight started its over and they are back to being brother and sister, best friends.

its good to have siblings.

its just not fair

in the land of southern utah your kids, in the middle of january, can play outside without parkas, snow boots, gloves, and a mask. its really not fair. my kids were in 7th heaven all week, in fact after 5 minutes of being there jude told me "i like st. george, we don't have to go home.". i don't know if it was the weather, the cousins, or the good food but none of us wanted to come home.

my kids love tucker. he is the sweetest boy ever. i guess they too know he was meant to be mine.

jude and gil were the best of friends and the perfect companions.... but gil is everyone's perfect companion. i luv him.

the reigning princess of the lamoreaux home, miss gwyenth rose herself. i am afraid robyn got me for a daughter and it is hilarious. lucky for her, gwyn is a much sweeter version.

greta... no words.

i am still grieving the fact that we are not in moving van to southern utah right now. i guess its okay though, in about 3 months i will be singing another tune. i kind of LOVE northern utah in the spring, summer, and fall.

p.s. thanks robyn and saint bob for having us crazies. we'll be back.

alive.

we are alive and well.

last week after months of sputtering our semi-new computer and its faulty hard drive gave out on me. it was devastating seeing as i spend about 2 or more hours a day on it (not something i am proud of). the good news is that its still under warranty so i took it to macdocs and i am happy to say in less than a week my computer has found its way home.... back into my loving arms. that being said, it was a nice break. i didn't realize how much time i "wasted" on the computer. you can be sure that if you have a blog, i look at it. its a problem and i hope my week comptuer-free helped me and my addiction, even just a litle bit.

(how much time do you spend on the computer?)

to ward off the winter blues i packed up the station wagon and headed down to st. george with nannie for some fresh air and MUCH need cousin play time. let me just say, i want to live here... scratch that, i need to live here. the weather? perfection. oh, and its a wonderful distance from family, nothing an afternoon in the car can't keep from. i love it here. i just hope when i move down here (because it is happening) my friends are as wonderful as robyn's.

this is what i left

and this is where i am now.

perfect, right?

i don't want go home. i told trevan that we would be back in april but now that my computer is home i guess i can come back sooner.... maybe. stay tuned for more really exciting things.

oh and thanks for reading my blog, it means a lot to little ol' me.

goodbye 2009

its been nice.


{january}

{february}

{march}

{april}

{may}

{june}

{july}

{august}

{september}

{october}

{november}

{december}

i miss the past, the future scares me, and right now is kind of perfect.


here's to 2010