sweet sayings

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Reese, like every other kid, kept asking, "Is it Christmas yet?"  I would tell him, "No. Not yet. But it's getting closer!"  We were driving to the store and Edward and I were talking, when from the back seat Reese exclaimed,  "IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME! I heard it on de radio Mom!"  The song "It's Christmas time" was playing.  Boy was he excited.  I told him "Yep. It's super close now!"  Then as we were unloading out of the car and walking across the store parking lot the song came on again. (You know how some shopping centers play music in the parking lots now).  Reese looked up at me as he held my hand and said softly, "I hear dat again Mom.  You hear it too?" (I think he thought the music was coming from heaven or something.)  Listening I nodded, "Yes. I hear it too."  This deeply contented smile settled on his face.  It's a moment I will always remember.

I was making the boys pancakes for breakfast this morning and Reese kept asking "Are you done yet Mom?" After the third or fourth time of me saying "Not yet Reese." He responded, "Taking a long-time Mom.  My tummy getting wowied (worried)." And he looked down and patted his tummy like he was reassuring it.

Anytime Hayden wants to eat more of something he likes, like pizza or chocolate milk, he tells me, "I need eat more Mom.  Need get reawy high.  Big tall wike Daddy!" and he stretches his hand up as high as he can to emphasize his point.
Today I was trying to get him to eat some vegetables and he told me, "I can't eat dem Mom.  I no want get big tall -break Mommy's house!" and he pointed at the ceiling.  Little stinker ;)

Reese was watching Max and Ruby, and kept saying "I want come in der and play cars wif you Max." Perplexed, he came and asked me, "Hey Mom, why Max not hear me?"  I didn't know what he was talking about, so he went and danced in front of the TV, "See Mom.  Max not see me!"  I explained that it was just a cartoon, they weren't real.  Still confused he said, "Mickey Mouse see me."  I was just as confused as he was and said, "No. Mickey can't see you either."  A couple days later when he was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse they asked, "Do you see the triangle?"  Reese said, "It's right there!" and pointed.  Then Mickey went on "That's right! There's the triangle!" (The new jr shows ask the audience questions and then pause to give them time to answer.)  Reese smiled and looked up at me,  "See Mom! Mickey does see me!"  And then our previous conversation finally made sense to me.

Today at the playground Hayden was pushing the empty swing.  He told me there was a Ghost in it.  He told me the Ghost was trying to get him "wif it's sharp teefs".  I told him I had never seen a ghost with sharp teeth before.  He responded, "Well dat's cuz it's a puppy-dog-ghost Mom! Dem do hab sharp teefs".   

Sweet Girl!

Grayce is giving us some sweet smiles now! 

She is seriously SUCH a sweet little girl!

Merry Christmas!

 Reese loved playing with this Nativity set, but for some reason he would lock up Mary, baby Jesus, and the sheep, in this star lantern thing we have sitting on the next shelf.  Everyday I would find them in there and put them back where they belong.  When I asked Reese why he kept locking them up, he said, "No Mom. Not locking dem up.  Keeping dem safe."  "Safe from what?" I asked.  "From da BEAR!" I guess I'd better go over the actual happenings at Christ's birth with him a few more times haha.  
I love my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ, and am so grateful for the added peace that is felt this time of year.

Cute lil Elf and Arizona Snowman!

Footsies!

The first time I put Grayce in a footsie outfit, Hayden was very intrigued.  He kept touching her feet and asking, "Mom, why her shoe not come off?" repeatedly.  Then he disappeared back in his closet for a while, and came out holding this red long john outfit proudly (which I'd totally forgotten we even had).  He said, "Now I be same as baby Sisser!"  He sure had fun prancing around the house in his footsies!

We sure do love our sweet little girl!

Hayden is reluctant to relinquish his spot as baby of the family.  He has little fits of jealousy where he tells me to "put baby sisser in her bed", and if he hears her wake up he will run over to me and beg to be picked up, barricading my path to get to her room because he knows I'm going to get her.  We have good days and bad days...the bad ones are full of lots of clinging and whining.  It helps when Reese is at school and Grayce is taking a nap, because then I have one on one time with Hayden and he is such a sweet Mama's boy.  It is such an honor to be the apple of his eye, and
such a privilege
to be his Mother.

Reese and Grayce bonded very quickly.  He is very nurturing, tucking her blanket around her, and shielding her eyes from the sun in the car, and holding her hand.  He will sing to her if he ever hears her cry (he sings "rock a bye baby, rock a bye baby, rock a bye baby" over and over because he doesn't know how the rest of the song goes).  We have a bin filled with rattles and other baby toys.  Reese took each toy out and showed Grayce what it did and set it next to her incase she wanted to play.  In school Thanksgiving week they went around in a circle and said what they were thankful for.  His teachers told me when it was his turn he said,
"my baby sisser".  

Birth of Grayce Dae DeHoyos

Born Friday 11-7-2014 at 3:20pm

7lbs 6oz, & 20"

I had hoped to do a natural -epidural free- delivery this time around, sans petocin.  But at 39 1/2 wks I was impatient, and getting swollen, so at my Doctors appointment I asked him when would be a convenient time per his schedule for me to have this baby.  He said he was working that Thurs at the Hospital and could schedule to induce me at 10am.  Knowing I was hoping to do a natural delivery, he said he could break my water first, and see if that would get things rolling. (I had been dilated to a 3 for the past 2 wks with contractions pretty much every night).  I wonder how things would have played out if that had worked according to plan.  As it was though, the Hospital tried calling me at 6am Thurs morning to let us know they didn't have any available rooms.  I missed the call so Edward and I showed up at 10am and were sent home.  They called us around 6pm that evening to let us know a room had opened up, but by then my Doctor had already gone home, so when we got to the Hospital they placed a gel thing and then basically let us sleep all night long.  At one point in the night I started having regular contractions every 10 min, and asked the nurse if I should get up and walk around, but she said, "Nah, no studies have ever proved walking furthers along labor, so if I was you I'd just sleep." Which I thought was pretty funny, basically they were stalling knowing my Doctor wasn't available to come back in till the following morning.  The next morning they did more gels and I started having regular contractions, was even coupling with some of my contractions (having another contraction before the last one had finished), but I wasn't dilating at all.  The afternoon nurses were funny, said they had hot dates that night so I had to have my baby by 5pm.  They started me on Petocin and being the wimp I am I gave in shortly thereafter and asked for an epidural.  From there I dilated quickly.  They had the in house Dr. come in and break my water.  After that the baby's heart rate dropped with every contraction.  The nurses were just about to try hooking a heart monitor up to the top of the baby's head, when my Doctor walked in.  The in house Doctor had text him and told him I was an 8 and ready.  It was such a calming feeling seeing him walk in.  I had been worried about the baby's heart rate, and was fighting the groggy feeling of the epidural trying to stay alert -but once he walked in I felt a peaceful contentment knowing I was about to meet my daughter and everything was going to be ok.  My Dr. asked how my induction from hell was going, put one glove on, and told me to try pushing.  The nurses squealed when they saw a baby head saying "Wait! We aren't ready! The cart's in the hall!" Dr. Lepetich chuckled and said "Take your time, I'm not going anywhere." Although I wondered if he wished he'd put two gloves on.  Moments later sweet Grayce was out and they had me reach down and grab her.  She is so beautiful and oh so sweet.  I didn't need any stitches this time which is great, so my Dr. congratulated us, and then was off to feed his llamas.  They dried Grayce off while she was still on my belly and then left us alone, which was different but nice.  She is a pro at latching on -started nursing right away.  An hour later they came back in to check her weight and give her her vitamins and what not, and 24 hrs later we were headed home! My Mom came down from Page to watch the boys while Edward and I were at the Hospital, and stayed for a week.  She is such a wonderful help and I was so grateful to have her here!  She always says how glad she is to have a daughter and how glad she is I have a daughter now too =)