3 Men & A Little Lady: The Family Help Continues....

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Family Help Continues....

My parents departed and Kenny's parents arrived. I am so grateful for them coming out to help us after my c-section. It was so nice to have them here and so nice to have the extra hands. I'm not sure how I am going to do this mothering thing by myself. I have been so fortunate to have such supportive family. Currently, Mya is doing great! She has gained a lot of weight and now even has some rolls. She continues to be smothered/loved on by her brothers and is easy going. The older boys love to hold her, but continue to call her a him. Owen continues to call her an it. He always says, "I wanna hold it. I wanna tiss (kiss) it! So toot (cute)!" We do think she is pretty cute! I love having a girl! After 4 c-sections the recovery has been harder after each one. I am still sore, but getting stronger each day. I can't wait to feel like myself again, so I can "mother" my four children.

Grandpa Summers meets Mya

Loves from Grandma Summers

A mighty miracle occurred while Grandma was at our house. Do you see that leafy green being placed in Owen's mouth? Owen, our only child who would not eat fruits and vegetables, was converted over this week to a fruitatarian while grandma was here. I was truly amazed as grandma told Owen to open his mouth and Owen obeyed. He didn't really seem to enjoy the whole vegetable experience, but he chewed and he swallowed upon grandma's request! Truly a hallmark moment in my eyes. He now eats carrots, broccoli, green beans, salad, and some fruits! I'm not sure how long it will last, since grandma has returned home, but I now know it can be done, even if not that enjoyable.

Three Generations of BYU Fans!

Drew and Ian got to go to their very first football game while grandpa was visiting. How fitting that their first football experience was going to a well loved, by dad and grandpa, BYU game. BYU played San Diego in San Diego so it was a perfect game to attend. The boys loved going to the game and are now true BYU fans themselves. BYU won which made it even more spectacular! I'm glad they were able to have this experience with their grandpa summers and Kenny.

After a week and a half of Kenny's parents being here we now move onto Kenny's sisters being here for another week and a half! I can't wait!

2 comments:

jen said...: c-sections are hard! the recovery is so much longer, i've had both. i'm glad you have so much help, i hated feeling like i couldn't do the things i wanted to take care of the family. so i know how you feel, but know that they understand and want you to be better.
you have a neat family, i love to follow your blog!; November 3, 2009 at 8:53 AM
jen said...: also i didn't feel somewhat normal until the 8 week mark...hopefully it will be the same for you. good luck :); November 3, 2009 at 8:57 AM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"