"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."

             -Angela Schwindt

Monday, December 1, 2008

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When I started this blog, almost two years ago, I had NO IDEA how crazy my life would become. Just last week, I had no idea how crazy my life would become...
This child, who weighs less than the turkey we had for Thanksgiving, must have had a switch flip inside her this last week. She has ALWAYS been all over and into everything. Or so we thought. It's gotten worse. She is REALLY EVERYWHERE! She can climb anything and get anywhere. She runs. It is more like a sprint. She is wild and crazy. She is reckless (yes, that is spelled correctly) and gets hurt a few times a day.

I took very few pictures on Thanksgiving because Tim and I were fighting for our lives to keep her contained. We even moved a heavy, full toy box in front of the stairs at my mom and dad's house and she grunted and pushed it out of the way and went up the stairs!! There is NO stopping her.

Tim is fighting for the rights to his chair back and Jenna is fighting for rights to her stool. Sometimes, they both get in it...Here they are with Jenna's sea monkeys. These started a week or so ago.
She now has tooth number five, the third one on the bottom has appeared (a couple weeks ago). You can see it in the first picture.
Molly bears the brunt of this as well...
See...CRAZINESS!
As soon as I get Ashley from one mess, she has made another.
-Or is hurt again.
-Has Jenna and or Molly by the hair and won't let go.
- Is splashing in the toilet again.
-Is standing up in the stool pictured above.
-Is getting on Jenna's bed.
-Eating dog food.
-Is drawing on her tongue with a marker.
-Or eating a rubber stamp.
-Is trying to get outside.
- IS outside.
-Eating dirt.
-In the china cabinet with crystal in her hands.
-Or is spilling drinks...

There are so many more! And most of these have been while she has a cold! She has not slowed down!!

I simply can't keep up. I am in a constant sweat and am actually running to stop her! I am afraid it will get worse...

Funnily enough, Ashley has taken to saying "uh -oh." Um, yeah. "UH - OH!"

8 comments:

Leslie said...

Uh-oh!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim said...

aww man! Bless your heart! Hang in there! I have a toilet splasher too! Thankfully he hasn't learned to lift the lid open yet so as long as we keep the lid down we are ok...for now, at least.

Unknown said...

Uh-oh is right :) Hang in there and just try to take one crisis at a time. I'm sending prayers your way!

When will she be old enough for the Mom's Day Out that Jenna goes to? ;)

Nancy Hood said...

;) I shall pray for thee~

Unknown said...

I meant to comment last night on Ashley's hair - it's getting longer and SO cute!

Rachel Dominguez said...

OH MY Gosh...are you sure that Is NOT Melana over at your house. Melana is EXACTLY the same right now. I just got done telling my parents this morning that I CAN NOT DO THIS ANYMORE. I feel like I say the word NO more times than i breathe. She is in the food cabinet, the christmas tree, on top of the kitchen table, in the boys playstation games, unrolling toliet paper, messing up the pretties....EVERYTHING. I'm glad it's not just me. I love this little booger more than anything, but my god is she a holey terror!

I guess I could say....Welcome to my club, but how not fair is that. I just hope it passes soon. And as for teeth? Try cutting 7 at once. Melana is on #13. She has 8 in front, 4 molars and working on a 5th.

There must be someting in the prenatal pills now days!

Rachel

Laura said...

Uh oh. She sounds like my twins were... some days I think its gotten better.

((HUGS))

Jana @sidetrackd said...

Wow! You've got your hands full with that girl! I'm afraid this is how life with Boo will be once he starts walking. AAAAAAA............