walrus meet Tallulah

Tallulah LOVES walrus. She also cannot stop talking about him. or the owl ornament. or the dog. or emu. or any animal in sight. oh, and Nonni. She keeps introducing them and making sure they all know each other...or so it seems. "ahwis, owl, emu, nonni! doooogg, ahwis! Nice ahwis, ah, nice.(pausing to kiss his head then rocks some more)" She is such a hunny.

She loves animals. We made up our own types of kisses, animal type kisses: Buffalo kiss is touching foreheads. The Moose kiss is touching noses (I like it better than Eskimo kisses, she doesn't know what an Eskimo is). Chipmunk kisses is touching cheeks. Mama kisses are on the lips. Angel kisses are when I kiss her eyes before she sleeps. and her FAVORITE...bunny kisses: making sniffing sounds near her ears and neck. We have so much fun! I love to kiss her. How do you stop?! Well, when she starts throwing a fit or tries to hit you away, helps.

Logan and I are trying to convince ourselves that there is something wrong with Vinnie, so we can be done with him. Like he has some sort of mental issue that is causing him to be such a crappy dog. Tonight we were paying him all sorts of attention and Tallulah was throwing the ball for him, everything was great, then he decides to just stop and whiz in the middle of the living room. No down time, no asking, no pacing, nothing. There HAS TO BE something wrong with him, right?! Sometimes he listens. sometimes he is a good dog. sometimes I like him. sometimes he obeys. SOMETIMES DOESN'T CUT IT! Thankfully (for him) Tallulah LOVES HIM...She gets all upset when I let him out, when he is behind the gate, when he doesn't play with her. SO I guess that IS why he is still here.

I just can't say enough about how sweet my T is. Tallulah was being demanding and I was overwhelmed by so many things, I started crying. Tallulah immediately stops and changes her heart. face as apathetic as can be, says "mama, cry?" rubs my arm, pats it, wipes the tears from my cheeks and holds my face against her tummy. She puts her hands around my neck, holding my face and just looks at me, takes her pacifier out (tries to put it in my mouth) and kisses my face and continues to gently touch my face. She has been my gift here on earth. I never thought I would be comforted by anyone the way my mother comforts me, but here is my daughter, (unspoken) knowing and doing exactly what I needed.

Thank you for this awesome child. my dear friend. my first born daughter. She is my gift...and the worlds.

Christmas Eve eve

We are getting excited for Christmas; we are all done with everything. Logan made Tallulah a rocking walrus and it turned out awesome...I will post the pictures soon.

Tomorrow WE celebrate Christmas when we wake up (christmas eve morning) so we aren't rushed to 'fit in' our christmas celebration between all the others. I cannot wait to see how T reacts to the walrus, she is gonna love it...we will post the video once we do it.

Oh the love we have for this sweet child. We just want to bless her little heart out...makes me think how our God feels for us. Our love is not dependent on how she is or how she acts, but just is; and you can't help but want to love on her every chance you get yet knowing that sometimes we have to be firm or disciplinary because of that love. I am so glad HE was an example for us...IS an example, I should say.

Thank you Jesus for loving our guts.

Hey YOU GUYS!!!!

So one of the shows Tallulah likes to watch on PBS is called "The Electric Company"...when they get into a situation they call to the others in the 'electric company' by putting their hands near their mouth and yell "hey you guys!" and well, the others come and they try to fix/solve the issue.

So yesterday, Tallulah and I were sitting on the couch and her sippy cup spilled a little milk on the couch. She jumps up off the couch and puts her hands near her mouth and yells "hey ya GUYS!"

I had to laugh.

I wish my eyes were cameras

Oh how I wish my eyes were video cameras...

Tallulah pointing to her little dish: I just, I just want some candy right there (clear as day).

Me: (laughing) you just want candy right there?!

Tallulah: (head cocked to the side and nodding) um, ya! ya mama! (like, You are so smart, that is exactly what I said) Me: show me...where is the candy (since we don't give her candy)

she walks me to the fridge with her right arm behind her back, swaying her left one, points to the door, I open it, and she lifts her hand up and points to the chocolate chips...and says "this"...I grab the chocolate chips, still laughing. She walk to the table and sits on her stool and says "Thank you."

Oh how I love this child.