Sunday, November 20, 2011

The worst blogger? Nah...

Josh told me yesterday that I am the worst blogger in the world. Now, pretty sure I fall in the bottom 5% but the worst? Come on...

So an update. Here it is. Rip is insane (not much of an update, but rather a reminder...), and Chet is very likely a genius. Seriously. I feel I have a pretty realistic grasp on my kids and their abilities, and Chet is honestly brilliant. He was trying to put a piece of toast on his spoon! Amazing! Doesn't sound like much now, but you would have been flabbergasted had you been there. Obviously. But really, I hate to sound cliche but Chet is so much fun right now. I forgot how much I liked this age (10 months). He's just so pleasant and he accepts most of Rip's abuse without too much complaining. We love him. He has started taking steps and eats well, sleeps well, and is snuggly. Chet is our rock star.

Rip, on the other hand, is clinically insane. He spends most of his day using a spatula to do one of two things. He is either using it as a sword and shouting 'Pancakes!' at me, or he is shoving the spatula in Chet's face screaming, 'Two bites!' or 'Mo bite Keck!' Apparently me forcing Rip to take 'two more bites' on occasion (every meal) has scarred him and he is transferring his frustration onto Chet.  This is what Rip is taking from his childhood. Hmph. Yes, food is still an issue with Rip. He generally sticks to his basic food groups of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cold cereal, and yogurt. Oh. Toast. Can't forget toast. So feeding Rip is still the bane of my existence.

Also worth noting, Rip is obsessed with the movie Spirit. It's the Disney horse one (Thanks, Lindsey for letting us borrow this)? Yeah, so he has been waking up early and coming in our room at 6:30 asking for 'Mo neigh show?' When I say 'asking' I really mean he is demanding vehemently. He has watched it at least 4000 times just today. I think I am starting to like the show. If you've never seen it, it's definitely a must-see. It gets better by the 5 billionth time. Can't wait for tomorrow's showing.

Josh has been busy busy, which is really just a cutesy way of saying I hardly see him and the boys are starting to look at the produce guy at the grocery store as a father figure. I usually am okay with it, being that it gives me ample time to watch Say Yes to the Dress, but being that I have already watched all 86 episodes available on Netflix, I'm sort of sad right now about his absence. The only thing that helping with flying solo is that I don't have to make dinner. Rip doesn't eat anything I make anyway (except the aforementioned token 'two bites'), so we eat pancakes for dinner when Josh won't be home. We eat a lot of pancakes.

That about wraps up this random blabber. I'll post some pictures next time. Probably Halloween costumes or something original. Stay tuned.

5 comments:

megship said...

You also watch Sister Wives so quit trying to sound so intelligent.

Macie is going to beat Rip up and Presley is going to beat Chet up.

Natalie Scott said...

Stop forgetting about What Not to Wear! I try to watch it. That means I record all the shows and watch about one per month. You need to come out so we can stay up late watching several episodes in one night.

I just want you to know that my boys were obsessed with Spirit when they were little. That was in the day of VHS and we used that tape till it was seriously no more. I kinda wish I had it for Sam. He'd love it.And you are right. It does start to get good after the billionth time!

Brooke said...

You seriously just listed all the things Bindi eats! I feel like my life is figuring out what to feed her that's new, then I give up because yogurt does just fine. However waffles have seem to be a hit lately:)
We also have spirit running 12 hrs a day at our house. I think she dreams of it because she wakes up and the first thing she says is "horse show". Now Ava is catching on and says it as well. I like the show because it is a great babysitter while I actually get things done!

Frazier Family said...

Glad you like one of your children :)

cameo said...

If it makes you feel any better, which I'm sure it doesn't, Logan's a crappy eater too. If yogurt didn't exist, he'd pretty much starve. Lunch, dinner, snack time pretty much make me want to kill myself.