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chicks at the park

  by plannerchick ~ We did Friday at the park a few weeks ago, and it was so nice! The big kids all played, while we sat on a blanket with the babies. My hubby and baby chicks hubby even went and got us lunch so that we could stay there.

I really enjoyed it, the only bad thing was that I sunscreened little bit, but not myself, so I got a BAAAADDDD sunburn. I haven't done that in years, I felt super stupid, but I can definetely say lesson learned!

A few pics from the fun day!

Social Chicklet (My chicklet had just pulled her hair, can you tell)

 

Planner Chicklet

 

Baby Bossy Lou Who

 

Baby Chicklet (Can you tell he is teething!)

Singer Chicklet (the only big kid I caught) Wearing Planner Chicklets Hat!

the mommy diaries

  by plannerchick ~ Just a compilation of thoughts and things I've learned so far! After you read mine, you can add your own. I have learned a lot from the chicks dropping me little tidbits of info. It's always nice to hear how someone else did something or dealt with a situation, or to know that someone else out there struggled or had the same victory as you.

I don't always do exactly the same as they do, but it can always help you to get your own plan going! I have had several people say they would like us to do something like this, offer helpful hints. So here you go, some are just great things that I love about being a mommy, some are how I've handled a situation, and some are struggles.

Lately my chicklet has not been wanting to eat a lot of his veggies, so today I pulled the time old trick of a bite of fruit, a bite of veggies. He would just hold the veggies in his mouth until I put in the fruit, but hey he ate them!! One time he must have gotten a good taste of the mixture because he shuddered from head to toe, and made the funniest face. I was proud that we got finally got them down!

My baby boy has learned the fine art of anhing loudly (you know the sound) when he wants something. I have been telling him "no sir" when he does this over and over, but on the other hand I am the only way he has to get around right now, examples would be - I don't like sitting here anymore, I want that and can't reach it, I'm just plain mad and I want you to know about it right now.

About a month ago he started giving sugar, and I absolutely LOVE it. He will grab the sides of your face and open his mouth and give a huge "kiss". He will do it over and over, and look right at you and give you a big two tooth grin. It's his own way of saying I love you. It is the most beautiful thing.

I finally broke down and bought a paci clip on Wednesday. We only use it in the car because half the time he plays with his paci like a toy and ends up flinging it into the seat, but then when he's ready to sleep he wants it, and I have to either do a Chinese acrobat act to get it, or pull over. The paci clip has saved the day, I just find the ribbon and pull the paci of whereever he has lodged it (usually down by his side) and voila' happy baby.

I WANT TO PUT MY BABY IN FOOTSIE PAJAMAS!! And nowhere seems to be willing to help me out. They either only go to 9 months in footsie pj's (my baby is in 12 months now) or if they are footsie they are flamable (which I probably would not have cared or noticed if a sales associate hadn't pointed it out). They have these kind that are footsie but they snap around the waist and are 2 piece and I don't like them right now. Probably because my mind is set on something else. Maybe it's a stupid want, but it's my want!!!

Our night time nap is getting shorter and shorter, and I think it may be on it's way out. I am not the biggest fan of this because the short nap is making him fussy some nights. I sure it will eventually even out in the wash though.

He has gotten to the point where he gets good and tickled at stuff and will laugh so hard. It is the cutest thing in the world. His big brother especially can get him going. I love it!

I love being a mama, it is the most amazing thing. I love watching him grow and develop this adorable little personality. Just when I think my heart can't stand it, I fall even more in love with him (which I thought was impossible). He is such an amazing gift from God, and I feel so blessed that He allowed me to be a part of this precious little boys life. I cannot get enough of him.

Okay so those are my thoughts of late, and now I want to hear yours. Don't let the fact that mine are about a baby hold you back, if you have older kids please still leave a comment!

smile cinnamon?

by bossychick~ The boy has reading home work every night, which he reads to himself, and then out loud to me. Every now and again he mis-pronounces something, because when reading to himself he guesses at the word if he can't figure it out, for instance...

He sits down gets his book ready and starts reading, like this... "Smile Cinnamon was a pieman". I said "what?". He says, "Smile Cinnamon".

I looked at the page and said "son that says Simple Simon".

He grinned up at me and said, "Smile Cinnamon was my best guess."

On a different assignment he was reading to me and says, "musical voice monkey", and once again I said "what?"

It was mischievous monkey.

That is all, you do what I say- Bossy 

game for 12/5

by singerchick~ Today's game is Guess the Chick.  Below are all of our cute little faces before the wrinkles, grey hair and stretch marks.  Just kidding.  I'm probably the only one with grey hair. :-)  You can laugh or ooh and aah, but make a guess for each picture and you will be entered into a random drawing to win a super cool giveaway. 

Today's giveaway is the Matrix BiolageFortifying Shampoo, Fortifying Conditioner, and Fortifying Heat Styler.  A value of $39 donated by Leah Moneyham, Hair Stylist and Makeup-Artist at Glamour Boutique, 2078 Gay Ave., Sneads, FL 32460. 

Leah offers the following services: foil hi-liting, color, waxing, pedicures, perms, cuts and hair and makeup for special occasions such as weddings, proms and pageants. (She will go on site.)  Contact Leah for an appointment at 850-593-6079 or 850-272-2222.  Her salon hours are Monday - Tuesday and Thursday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. each day.  Tell her you heard about her on sevenchicks and she'll give you $5 off your first visit.  For more information visit here.

On to the game.  Leave a comment with all seven of your guesses.  Be sure to include a guess for each picture to be included in the random drawing.  Your guesses don't have to be correct, you just have to have all seven.  The winner will be announced Monday.  Oh and excuse the picture quality.  We had to pull way back from our parents dusty old photo albums to get these and lets face it, they didn't always take great photos.

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shopping with papa

by singerchick~ I'm sad to say that my memory is not very good.  I know the chicks are saying sarcastically, "No, really?  We had no clue."  But because of this, choosing a favorite Christmas tradition is a little hard for me. 

We grew up doing the same things as everyone else.  Opening gifts from Santa on Christmas morning and spending all day with family eating, talking and just being together.  Those memories are great, but no unique tradition stood out to me until I started thinking about my grandparents who I don't get to share Christmas with anymore. 

I thought about my Grandma L and my Papa who I miss more than I ever thought I would.  Mr.  Singer and I were just talking about this the other day.  You take your grandparents for granted until one day they're not there to call up and chat with.  And we were discussing how we should really cherish the time we have with those family members still here.

In all the grandparent reminiscing I thought of a very fun tradition we had with my Papa.  Every year Papa took the four of us grandchildren shopping a couple of days before Christmas.  We could get whatever we wanted and believe me we loaded up the buggy.  The best part of this tradition for me as I look back now was not getting the things, but just being with Papa and my cousins; creating memories that would last forever.

This is the four of us with Papa at K-Mart.  You can laugh.  It was probably early 90's.  Can you guess who I am and which one Social is?

     

It's almost over

by babychick~ I know I've been absent lately and I'm sorry for that. But to tell you the truth I've been savoring every minute I can with my tiny before I have to go back to work. This is my last week off and all day today I've been debating whether or not to put him down for a nap and get things done or just hold him all day. I'm doing a little of both.

I don't mind working, I never have. Most days I actually like to get up and go to work, when things are going smoothly. I have a really good job and it is not stressful at all, but today I'm dreading going back. I just don't want to leave my baby boy for 9 hours a day, especially when I was just getting used to this mommy thing. I am so thankful to Socialchick, because she will be keeping him during the day. And my husband is now a full time college student and has 2 days off a week so he will be able to be with him more. I couldn't ask for a better situation.

Other than leaving my baby behind the only thing that makes me not want to go back is the fact that Plannerchick is leaving me. See we have worked at the same office for a little over two years now. I know that she is going home to be with her tiny and I am happy for her. But I'm a little selfish and sad for myself. Work won't be the same without her, I won't have anyone to sit and talk to for hours on the slow days. I'll miss you Plannerchick(not like we aren't sister-in-laws or anything)

So to all you working mothers, what are some things that helped you make the transition back to work easier?

Here I am savoring all the snuggle time I can:

Rejuvenated!!

by babychick~I've always heard that motherhood is the hardest, but best job a woman could ever have. I never really understood that until now. At two weeks into it I feel as though I've ran the longest marathon known to man and yet I feel so rejuvenated. I'm getting less sleep than ever in my life and have raging hormones but yet I feel more alive than ever. I say rejuvenated because I feel like that is what God has done with so many parts of my life. It's so amazing what He can do!

I'm not going to lie to you and tell you everything is just perfect, because it isn't. We are waking up about three times a night and when the crying doesn't stop I feel like crying also. I'm starting to figure out this schedule thing but it's hard. But at the end of the day I can't keep myself from thanking God for the precious life he has given me. I never thought I could love like I do right now. I love my husband more now than ever, and cannot get over how much he loves our son. I love to just sit and watch him when he is holding him. I love that big chicklet treats him like he is her full blooded brother. I love that I can't keep my eyes off of him even in the middle of the night when I'm feeding him.

So far everything has been great though, I know there are going to be bad days and good days but I'll take it as it comes. I have recent pictures but I'm too tired to find the camera, maybe sometime this week.

the case of the missing flop

by singerchick~ I have a funny story to share (sort of ) involving my oldest chicklet.  On Wednesday nights we arrive at church early; probably about an hour to an hour and a half before service.  While hubby and I are getting ready for service, the chicklets usually have a little bit of free reign.  They feel right at home wondering around and "helping" others do things such as water plants, make coffee on Sunday mornings and operate the sound.  Oh and I can't forget getting tic tacs from pappy's office and making sure that everyone else gets a tic tac as well.  Occasionally I can get Little Man to sit in the nursery with "mancy" but usually he bucks that to wonder around with his bubba.

Anyway, I digress.  Last Wednesday just before service I was rounding up my chicklets to get them to their class when I noticed that Big Man only had on one flip flop.  I asked him where his other one was and he said he didn't know.  While I'm looking around real quick for the missing flop, I'm wondering how a child walks right out of his shoe and doesn't even realize it .  I didn't find it and didn't have time to continue the search so my one shoe wearer went to his class not bothered in the least by his bare foot.

Fast forward to after service.  Mr. Singer looks around a bit for the missing flip flop and I sit Big Man down for a chat.  I tell him to think real hard and tell me where he saw his shoe last.  He gets real serious and says "I went upstairs to see "Ms. Secretary", then I sat at the computer , wrote my name, my shoe fell off and I just lost it.  I couldn't help but laugh a little bit because we had looked all around that computer and everywhere upstairs and it was nowhere to be found.  I continued to question him and he kept saying the same thing.  I really wish I had a recording of our conversation because it was quite humorous.  Finally, I concluded that he just didn't know. 

We were getting ready to head home and just count the shoe as a loss when I thought I'd check upstairs one more time.  I looked all around that computer thinking Big Man wouldn't make up the whole computer thing when finally the shoe caught my eye.  It was behind the computer all tangled up in the wires suspended mid air.  That explains Big Man's story and it explains why no one could find the darn flip flop.   Case solved.

So listen to your kids.  May sound a little odd, but there's some truth to what they say.

cutie pies

by plannerchick ~ My in laws took mine and baby chicks chicklets on a mini vacation a few weeks ago. They took them to the Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari in Columbus, GA. It's got a drive through area where the animals come right up to your car, as well as a walk through zoo. The kids LOVED it, I am still hearing all about the animals that my chicklet saw.

Then they spent the night in some kind of hotel/lodge, and came home the next day. It was a quick trip, but a fun one. Plus the kids got to have special time with thier Meme and Pops!

I wrote all of that to give a little background on the picture that my mother in law took of them while they were there. It is the cutest picture of the 2 of them with thier treasure from the trip, they each got a stuffed animal. My chicklet chose a tiger (which he has named Rocky, b/c he said, it just looks like a Rocky), while baby chicklet chose a wolf (not sure what she named hers!). Anyways, I just had to share the pictures, b/c it was too adorable!!! but I am just a little bit partial!

2 years old

by socialchick~ Two years ago today I began a new chapter in my life. I became a mommy. Good Lord I never knew how much it would change my life. As they handed me that tiny (not so tiny 9lb. 8ounces) bundle of joy so many emotions flooded my my mind and my heart. And every day there is a new emotion, a new challenge, and a deeper love for Miss Priss.

Raising her these past 2 years has truly been a joy. She has taught me so many things. She has such a passion for life. Seeing the world through her eyes has been an awesome experience for me. I can't believe that she has already grown up. She is defiantly a little priss but she has such a tender heart. She loves people. She is going to be a little social like her mom.

Three weeks before I had her a prophecy was given over her and I like to read it every year just to remind me that God has her in the palm of his hand. I would like to share it with you. It is kind of long but such an awesome word from God.

Father your hand is upon this child as she comes forth. She will be a warrior in your kingdom/ She will be one that you have placed your prophetic utterance in. Daughter, know that I am releasing my word of wisdom into you. You are going to be one that at an early age will see thing in black and white. You will have a mothering anointing and will want to set things in order. You will want to see everything running smoothly. You will not want to see those around you hurt in any way. You will have arms that will reach far and wide for me. You are going to release my love unto the people. You will release a hope and joy into those that are around about you.

You will be filled with mercy and compassion even at a young age, even as a preschooler. You will see the hurting and you will go and comfort them, you will cry with them and you will try to make them feel better. You will speak words of life into situations that are dead situations. You will speak healing and restoration. You will be a worshiper.

You will be a dancer even at a very, very young age, even before you are walking. You will be crawling and sitting and rocking back and forth to praise and worship music. You are going to be worshiping me at a very young age. People will be astonished with how you can dance and sing. I will give you new steps and words to sing. You will be one that will be a psalmist and a writer of music.

It is awesome how I have already seen so many of these things come true. I can't believe that she is already two. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Miss Priss! I love you!