Pryscillaisms & Unfriendly Water

Pryscilla & Eden stayed with my parents for a few nights... here are some more funny things they said that we don't want to forget!! Also, Silas is about to turn 5 months old. He is rolling over and about to start eating real food. I can't believe it! He's still my main little man. I CANNOT get enough of him :) :)

Conversation with a 3.5 year old ~

KPaw - I'm off to work. One day you will go to work too Pryscilla
P - No I won't
KPaw - Why do you say that?
P - Girls don't go to work, just boys go to work

This is most likely a "Pryscillaism" (term coined by my dad) from our recent conversation that went a little something like this:

One afternoon, the girls were wondering where daddy was. I told them he was at work. They then proceeded to ask me, "mommy you don't work"? I laughed first, then explained, yes of course I work, but I get to do it at home. I take care of you munchkins all day long and believe me that is work!!! Then they laughed at me, and said "nooo that not work". I said, well I do other work too - I do all of that work for the sick babies, you know when you go with me to my meetings. Then I also work on the computer doing art and computer stuff. But yes you're right mommy doesn't go to work, so she can stay home with you! That's my most important job - to take care of you and our family! Who would have thought teaching them about their mommy & daddy's roles at 3.5 would result in an adorable little "pryscillaism" that girls don't work!! Amazing little minds that I'm very blessed to be shaping. She may not have it right BUT there is an underlying value in there I'm happy to build upon. Dad called me to tell me about this tonight and how serious she was when this little convo happened; I told him yeah in this house we're taking it back old school traditional :) Haha.

Here's another...

Eden is swimming at the house with my mom. The jets are making currents in the pool and she is swimming toward the current which is pushing her away. She asks my mom why the water is pushing her away and if it's because "the water don't like me"???? Tooooo precious!!!!

Miss E

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A Few Words From Miss P

Pryscilla: I'm not a baby anymore. I'm growing up. Really really fast. (with big girl expressions on her face of course)

Mom: I know too fast

Pryscilla: I'm sorry. 

Melted my heart!! She's such a sweetie!! 

Round 2:

P: Mommy Eden hurt my feelings

M: Why what happened 

P: She told me to go away

M: Well that wasn't nice of her was it

P: No...my heart hurts, (proceeds to hug me) and says my hearts not beepn anymore

M: Oh yes it is sweetheart yes it is

:) Didn't want to forget either of those moments with her! 

We like getting dirty

Taking their babies on a walk!

Love playing outside!

Love when the girls imagine!

One of my favorite times is when I come around the corner and find the girls quietly playing in their room. Tonight they were reading to their babies before putting them to sleep. They pumped milk to feed them too. So cute!!

Day #2 - swimming

So today was day #2. Miss Eden made some progress. She managed to get in the "blue thing" with her teacher a few times. The first time on her own and the next few with the help of Ms. Brittany pulling her in. All she wanted to do was get to the "white thing" where she could touch bottom and then she acted like a fish. She doesn't have a fear of water just deep water. :) Pryscilla did great again! 

Eden left her class to sit on the bench

We made a quick stop before heading to swimming

She started out in perfect position! 

See that grip??

He's Stolen My Heart

So I got very behind on blogging.  You May already know our newest addition was surprise a little boy. We named him Silas Michael. (And no not after uncle si on the hit tv show duck dynasty). In fact Silas just turned 3 months old and I watched it for the first time a few nights ago. I will say it was quite funny.

I'm so in love with little guy. Wanted to share his 3 month pics with you.

First Day Of Swim Lessons!!

Today the girls started swimming lessons at aerofit and wow did they show off their different personalities. Honestly it's sometime hard to tell the differences since they seem to switch off every few weeks. I'm always very slow to answer peoples repetitive question, "so do they have complete different personalities?" But more and more lately Pryscilla seems to be more adventurous & Eden is a bit more shy. They've never seen an olympic size swimming pool before so when we walked in they BOTH  freaked.  Crying, holding on to me, and scared. In the midst of all that their teachers introduced themselves and I made big deals about their pretty swimsuits. That seemed to do it for P. She turned the switch off and was ready to go. Unfortunately until the last 5 min of class we couldn't get Eden to go near the pool. I even resorted to bribery and she didn't care. At the end coach Mat got her to get in an area she could stand. She was still very timid but at least she made it in the water, right!! Pryscilla did great she did all of her kicks, blowing bubbles, and floating on her back and front with the teacher. I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow!! If you have any "tricks" for me leave a comment please!! :) 

Eden wasn't going near the pool.

Until the last 5 min this is as close as we could get her

Here's P kicking away

Waiting her turn

Teacher talking with P

Very proud of herself

Eden joined in the last 5 min where she knew she could stand

Here she is kicking (on her own) 

My Sister's Maternity Shoot

I had the opportunity to take a few maternity pictures for my sister and brother in law. They are expecting their 1st baby in just a few short weeks. I have such a beautiful sister and am so thankful for her. We are so blessed to be traveling this pregnancy journey together. As it nears an end, I am thankful for the moments we've shared. Pictures, showers, 3D ultrasounds, shopping, nesting, and getting ready for our babies!!

Maternity Pics and Catching Up So I Don't Forget....

So much has been going on. This blog is so very neglected. I hate that!! I feel like I'm going nonstop with the twins and moving really slow these days because of Baby H! Brian is working so much and actually just returned from a week long managers meeting in Denton Tx. Preemie Prints is still going and growing. My sister is preparing for her bundle of joy to be here very soon as well. Eden and Pryscilla have grown up so much since their birthday and are two amazing little girls who bring us so much joy (except for when they are being lil' monsters LOL)!! :) I just wanted to share a quick list of things Brian and I laugh about and talk about so that I don't forget. I also want to share my maternity pics taken by a really good friend of mine Ashley Siegert. I met her through Preemie Prints. She's a volunteer photographer and just overall an amazing person who I'm blessed to have in my life. Here is a link to our pictures.

http://ashleydsiegertphotography.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/new-baby-collier-part-1-maternity-bryan-college-station-photographer/

Things to remember before our life drastically changes yet again!! :)

Girls are 3 years old!!

That the girls make up their own words for things, know they are incorrect, and still choose to use them! Here is a short list from the Eden & Pryscilla dictionary:

NUM NUM - food, snacks, pretty much anytime they are hungry they will come around the corner saying "mama you making me num num???" :)

BEBE - also known as pacifier, binky, etc. The girls still nap and sleep with these things and I don't care. One day they will decide they don't want them anymore until then it's fine with me.

ZEBA - Eden's toy zebra she sleeps with at night will always be "zeba" to us
(Pryscilla sleeps with pink bear. Every night we must have zeba and pink bear. There have been many nights we are searching for animals. Guess who's we are always looking for... Eden's. We are always looking for zeba!!)

FRILLA - Okay so I know I gave one of my girls a difficult name. It's kind of hard to pronounce and dear God bless her when she has to learn to spell it. HAHA. As long as she can say and spell her name by the time she graduates high school, I'm good! Pryscilla currently introduces herself as "Frilla". I work with her on correct pronunciation and she tells me it's too hard and she's Frilla and that's just it.

There are many more but pregnancy brain is kicking in right now, and I can't remember. I'll add to the list as they come to me.

Names.....Eden calls Pryscilla "Prilla" / Pryscilla calls Eden sissy or Eden.

Going to bed/Waking Up

Pryscilla has a harder time going to sleep at night. She has more anxiety overall about bedtime than Eden. She also is my early riser....daybreak to be exact. As soon as the sun comes up I hear her calling me. I come to her door and she points to the window and says, "Mama it's no dark outside, it's morning time!" She says it with such a cute and bright smile that I usually say okay baby lets go make breakfast.

Eden is a slow riser. She lays in bed and then slowly moves to the couch with zeba and her bebe. She usually asks me to cover her up and she'll watch something on TV until she's ready to eat. That routine is usually how it goes unless Brian steals her from her bed before she gets up to cuddle with him. She's his cuddle bug, our little Eden bear the cuddler.

Potty training 

We're 95% there!! YAY. They go all by themselves, they make it through the night on a regular basis, they haven't had any accidents in the car (I take our potty with us now just in case), they get candy or a sticker when they go. I'm so happy that I won't have 3 girls in diapers.

Playtime

They love to cook in their kitchen and always make me num num to eat. They feed their babies and their animals. They play puppy all the time. Pryscilla is usually directing the situation and telling puppy Eden what to do (although puppy Eden does not always listen)!  They love to play with our dogs Lola and Roxy. They love to dance and play with their babies putting them to sleep, giving them baths, feeding them. They work on their numbers and letters and like to play school. They love to color (P is really good at coloring!! She usually stays in the lines). They love to help me clean. Eden loves her barbee. They like to play farm and read books. They love to play outside!!! They are wild girls...balls of energy!!!!!!! Keeping me busy every day! They have lots of friends too!

The girls are so excited for their sister to come. I'm praying it's a great transition with no regression. They have grown up so much and are such lil' helpers that I really think that is what they are going to be doing. Helping me a lot and taking care of their babies along with me. We are looking very forward to growing our family. I'm pretty much miserable at this point, but I know in just a few short weeks it will all be worth it when I look into my little baby's eyes. I can't wait for that moment in time. It's one that stops time just for a minute. I remember my dad telling me at one point in time that life is a series of so many events many and most of which you won't remember years later. It's those extremely special moments that take your breath away, that freeze time, those moments are the ones you will remember. Those are the moments that create your life. I can't wait because I have one coming up in 6 weeks!