Little Ryan

While cleaning out his childhood room...Ryan found his childhood glasses. He says he only wore them once because kids made fun of him :( Bless his little heart! Curren thought they were hilarious.

Kale Chips!

Kale is SUPER easy to grow, we seriously just threw seeds down in a row and it was the first thing in the garden to sprout. We picked ALL of this totally bare about a week ago, and it's grown back in full! It's super good for you, we have been sauteing it quite a bit, but needed to try something new.

Fin goes down for a nap at 10, and then it's Mommy and Curren time, we usually are doing stuff in the garden, or prep cooking for dinner, he really loves to help cook, and garden..and he's a great listener cause he knows if he doesn't he gets the boot!  I got this recipe/idea over at this great food blog!

Curren found himself a rollie pollie.

Kale Chips:

Preheat oven to 350

-7 C Kale- (chip size, rinse and double dry)

-drizzle of Olive Oil

-sprinkle of Salt

-Toss Kale w/ oil, lay on a baking sheet lined w/ foil, and sprinkle w/ salt.. don't stack it up, just 1 layer...bake for 12 mins, thats it!

Ready to Bake



YUM!



This is it done, it looks kind of soggy here in the picture, but it's not at all! It's super crispy, falls into a million pieces in your mouth.



Even sister likes it.





a seriously yummy snack thats actually good for you. Curren and I already ate almost ALL of it.

      

NOW...what to do with all this SPINACH?!

 

Air Guitar FOR YOUR CAR!!

straight up, i love to play air instruments in my car. Ryan and I get so serious sometimes- I'm always drums (used to play NBD), he's usually guitar AND bass (i know..super talented...he actually shreds on the guitar)  if we get in a situation and 2 guitar players really need individual attention..and drumming is at a low, i'll pick up the guitar and riff it OUT.  Strung Out is hands down our fav band to play to, LIVE IN A DIVE album, in particular... #7 Bring Out Your Dead, if you must know.

Did anyone ever listen to ARROW 93.1? Classic rock station that shut down.. they used to have "Air Guitar For Your Car" for your morning and afternoon commute, the best.

my favorite air band video from Scrubs! This show deserves so much more credit than it ever got.

and check out this gem i stumbled upon...

if your air band is in need of a drummer, i'm your woman.

Mother LOVE!

 you will instantly forget about pain like this:

 when you experience love like this:

Curren James Urbain 

born 8.27.08 7.6 lbs 21.5 inches long @ 1:59 pm

and then our hearts grew even more than we thought was possible on 6.24.10 when Finley Sage Marie joined our family. She was 7.7 lbs 21 inches born at 11:09 am.

To my Curren: here are some of my favorite pictures of us. How to descirbe you?
My first born, energetic, up for anything, detail oriented, fun, needy, helper, unpredictable, handsome, curious, charming, good listener (most of the time!), sensitive, and most of all you are a lover-you can melt hearts REAL QUICK my little mister! 

 

 

i don't care how big you are, you will ALWAYS be my baby boy

To my Fin Fin- well I don't have very many pictures of just you and I... 2 reasons...1 you are the second child and you have gotten ripped off in that department my dear.. second reason is you haven't been around as long as Curren has!  How to describe you my little miss? Like I said in the previous blog..you are sweet, VERY sensitive, attached to me, happy, looove your brother, are always laughing at something, social, and talkative. Love you beyond words, you are such a part of me, I feel odd not having you around to be honest. Love you TONS!

You two melt my heart. I hope Curren always protects Finley as he does now, and I hope Finley always looks up to Curren and loves him- as she does now. I'm sure you two will fight down the line and piss each other off, but for now I will always hope you end up like Charlie and Lola :)

 

 

Being a mom is what you always hear, the hardest job in the world and the most rewarding- guess what the rumors are TRUE! Your heart just can't know that deep of a love until you welcome a child into your marriage.  Having kids just gives you so much purpose, you live to see your kids experience and learn, you seriously give 110% of yourself to your kids, well at least we do!  Having kids isn't for sissies, it will test your marriage big time! Pick a good partner boys and girls cause you are going to need them when the going gets tough. I am so thankful to have Ryan who is a hands on father and works hard for us, we're learning every day and trying to do our best and not mess our kids up too much! I feel very blessed on this mothers day, and am truly grateful for God's gifts to us!

I think I might be a crazy SOCCER MOM in the years to come..

maybe I was a little too militant?

DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME 5 WOMAN- IT'S NOT RUG BURN TILL IT BLEEDS!!!

all that hard work has paid off and my Finagles deserves one of these!!

the crowds went WILD

                                                            Finley started crawling today!!

and just to prove it a second time.

I don't think i could be any more proud, I feel like she just won the baby olympics or something . Yay Fin!

Flexible Finley.

Let me just lay it out for you. This is my baby..my B-A-B-Y, Finley. I don't know how else to describe her except that she is just sweet as pie.  She truly is, she is always happy, so content, a great sleeper, i could count on one hand the amount of times she has cried and I don't know why.

I have people constantly stopping me in stores, and parks, and EVERYWHERE telling me what a sweetheart she is, and "what a happy baby" she is. seriously constantly (not to brag-just sayin').

Since she was born, the longest I've been away from her is 2.5 hours. She has never taken a bottle and I don't ever want her to! I never feel like I need a break from her, she goes with me EVERYWHERE, date nights are dinner for 2 + one high chair please. She is just such a joy, I am just seriously so in love with her! When she falls asleep at night, I hold her until I go to bed, she is a doll.

And this is why I am having such a hard time accepting the fact that she is struggling.  I know it will probably seem ridiculous to people with babies with serious issues, and not that any baby deserves..serious issues...but for some reason it breaks my heart that Fin needs some extra help, I am seriously having a hard time  with it!

Long story short at her 9 month check up we had her all checked out, everything was great..her fine motor, social, and verbal skills were all wonderful, right where they should be, and some even ahead of the game.  But her gross motor skills are "delayed" uggghhh i hate word. So we have been doing physical therapy with her once a week for about 2.5 hours each session, then i work with her throughout the week. Her issues are that she is not crawling, or pulling herself up. She turned 10 months on Easter FYI.

The reason being (they think) is that she is just insanely flexible, she is always sitting in the splits! see exhibits A, B, and C below

                                                                               A

B

C

so basically, they said...her hips, legs, and back are extremely flexible and it's hard for her to pull her legs in under her tummy w/ out her hips going outward.

all of these pictures were taken in a 1 hour span, she is like that constantly.  Since we've started the physical therapy she has been able to get from tummy to sitting and is showing lots of improvement in keeping her legs tucked under her tummy.  I am working with her as much as I can.

She worries me, she is so polar opposite of Curren- I just never know what to expect! I just hope she keeps getting stronger and stronger and that this isn't something majorly wrong. At this age, Curren was walking in between furniture and standing while holding onto things, and had been crawling for 2 months. He also had 8 teeth..she has 1 that just popped through, he is such a wild man and she is so calm! (I am so happy she is calm SO happy) it's just hard having 2 that are so different and not knowing whats coming next. Worried mom over hurrr, maybe she'll be in the Olympics for gymnastics in 20 years, stay tuned.

overdue

To quote the venerable Shel Silverstein:

What do I do?
What do I do?
This library book is 42
Years overdue.
I admit that it's mine
But I can't pay the fine--
Should I turn it in
Or hide it again?
What do I do?
What do I do?
- Overdues by Shel Silverstein

i feel like this about my blog, it's been so long, can you just jump back in? I hope so, got some stuff in the works......stay tuned