Exhausted...

I feel so bad for Devyn.  We had a REALLY rough night last night.  I have been up since about midnight with her.  She just didn't want to sleep.  She did throw up yesterday and she is crying all the time.  I think she is really uncomfortable and has a bad stomach ache.  Both Brant and I had to go to work today so we had to send her with Natalie.  Which is probably better because she cuddles up to Natalie more than she does me and Brant so I know she is in good hands!  Natalie just sent me this picture.  She looks so sad.  I wish I could go home and be with her. 

Moving Up!

We graduated from our gymnastics class this weekend!!  We are moving up to the next level.  It makes me kind of sad that my little girl isn't in the infant class anymore.  She is getting so old!! 

The kids got medals and everything on Sunday.  We tried to get a picture of Jacob and Devyn together but they weren't really having it.  Well I think Devyn wasn't really having it.  But here are the attempts! 

Here is the medal ceremony.  Devyn only kept her medal on for about 2.2 seconds.

Weekend Pics!

I LOVE weekends!!  I love being able to spend time with my family and do nothing! It's awesome.  

We are in the process of looking for a daycare.  Natalie is going to be having her baby in April so we need someone to watch Devyn and Jacob while I am student teaching.  But then I am off ALL summer and I can't wait to be able to spend every single day with Devyn.  We went to a place yesterday and it was okay but it isn't Natalie.  Not sure how we are ever going to find someone as good as her.

Devyn is into pushing anything and everything.  We push our table around, the slide around, and our foot stool around.  Looks like fun huh??

Devyn is SO into Brant lately.  Everything is daddy.  I think I have mentioned that before but EVERYTHING is daddy.  Oh daddy, wheres daddy, hi daddy.  I am even daddy.  When I come home she says Hi DADDY!!  I am always correcting her saying no honey I am mommy.  I think she is just really excited that we can say daddy and clearly.

Having a temper tantrum... I am probably a bad mom for taking pictures of my child having temper tantrums but they are so funny.  She honestly loses it for no reason sometimes.

I wouldn't give her her pacifier yesterday so this is what she did.  She started crying then climbed into the cabinet and sat there until she was over it.  Well until she was almost over it.

She LOVES taking pictures.  My camera is filled with pictures that Devyn took.  Mostly of the floor or maybe the tv will get in there.  She just likes the instant gratification of pressing a button and something happening.  But here she is trying to grab the camera - she hasn't realized yet that I already have it.

This is one of Devyn's shots.  She got herself.  Not bad for being 1.

DATE NIGHT!!

Brant and I had a date night on Saturday!  A much needed date night!  But after our date night we decided that going out to dinner is just too expensive so I don't think we will be having another one any time soon!  But we still had fun.  We went out for sushi and then stayed at the Westin downtown.  My parents took Devyn!  Thank you Mom and Dad!!  Here are a few pictures from Devyn's Saturday night at Baba and Papa's. 

Oh and we saw Lovely Bones.  I do NOT recommend that movie to anyone that has children.  I was so completely disturbed that there were times that I was sweating and almost about to vomit.  And I am not normally affected by things like that.  But after the movie I decided that Devyn will never be allowed to do anything _ that I will follow her wherever she goes!!  She is going to LOVE me! 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture.  I have no idea why but Devyn just looks so innocent. 

I know I always say this but Devyn LOVES Drew.  She grabbed this picture of him and said DREW!! 

Our new word is choo choo.  When she sees a train she says it.  Good thing Drew has every single Thomas the Train!! 

And we love to take things out and put them back in.  She could do this for hours. 

We still aren't good at eating.  Not sure how we are going to get this to work BUT we try.  I feel like I have tried everythign and nothing works. My mom tried ice cream and she didn't even like that!  Sometimes I wonder where she came from!! 

I love this picture!!  Resting on Baba.

Devyn gave my dad LOTS of attention this weekend.  She can even say Papa! 

My mom put out some crackers and Devyn would take this shot glass and fill it up with crackers and do a shot of the food.  Hey whatever gets her to eat! 

And we have the flu!

It has been a pretty rough week at the Gordons.  Devyn has the flu. Poor little thing.  She really hasn't eaten anything in 2 days.  And when your only 21 lbs that is kind of a big deal.  I really hope she doesn't drop below the 20 lbs mark.  I hate seeing her sick but I love that she is cuddling up to me!  She isn't much of a cuddler.  I stayed home with her yesterday and she wouldn't let me put her down - so I carried her around all day.  The only time she got down was to throw up all over the place.  She only got me once.  She got Brant after he was all dressed up in his suit!  I thought that was pretty funny _ Brant did not. 

Devyn is with Jacob today because she seemed like she was feeling better this morning.  Natalie sent me this picture _ she looks so sad. 

This was her yesterday sleeping on me.  Cutie. I guess it could always be worse.  ALL of my sisters kids are sick! 

Weekend Pics!

It has been a pretty boring weekend here at the Gordon house.  It is too cold to do anything outside...I can't wait for summer!!

Devyn has been really into her building blocks lately.  We sit at the art table and we build all day long.  When whatever we are building falls over she goes Uh Oh...It makes me laugh!  And the new game Devyn plays is hiding in her bedroom with the door shut and we have to go up the stairs and knock on the door and ask where she is then open the door and then she starts laughing because we found her!  But she hides in the same place EVERY single time!

We did have a pretty severe temper tantrum this morning.  I wouldn't let her have another popsicle so she  ran upstairs shut herself in her room and cried and kicked for about 5 mins.  I ignored her so thankfully it didn't last that long!

Here are a few close-ups of the Big D.  She is coming after me in these pictures.

She looks so grown up in these!!

We are obsessed with apples.  Devyn would honestly eat 10 a day if I let her.  She is constantly asking for one.  I think it is because she can say it and I can understand it!  Everyday we are able to understand a few more words_pretty soon she is going to be really talking.

I LOVE these next 2 pictures.  Anne called me the other morning and Devyn was in the middle of a meltdown because of the popsicles again.  I actually grabbed the camera and started taking pictures of her when she was melting down.  This was around 10 am and we had already had 3 popsicles...pedialyte popsicles so they can't be that bad right?!

SNOW DAY!

It is snowing pretty hard out there so I am working from home!!  Yay!!  Snow days used to mean that you didn't have to school _ now all they mean is you get to work at home in your pjs... But I will take it!!

School started back up for me so it has been a pretty emotional week for me.  I had a meltdown last night and I am sure that this is only the first of many more to come.  I don't see Devyn from Monday - Friday...but today I got lucky!!!

We got a tent for D and it has those fun chucky cheese balls in it.  Devyn slides down the slide into the tent and in with the balls.  This is what my kitchen looks like right now.

Devyn has become obsessed with the camera.  She will take it and try and take a picture and say CHEESE!  It's one of the cutest things.  But here she is trying to take the camera away from me!

We have been spending a lot of time at Target just running up and down the aisles.  Last time we went we were playing with this microphone...she is sick of it already but for the first few days we had a ton of fun with it.

Okay she definitely does NOT get this from me but she has started to clean the house!  Brant is obsessed with this thing if anyone cares _ it is a vacuum and swiffer together.