Quotable Quinn 2012-4-24

Today at 4AM over a banana & a few sips of water, cuddled on the couch in the dark living room ...

Quinn (wrapping her arms around my neck): You the best Mommy I ever met!
Mommy: Oh thank you, BabyLady, you're the best toddler I ever met & I love you so, so much!

A few minutes later (finishing said banana):
Quinn (kissing me): You the best Mommy in the world!
Mommy (pulling you as close as I can): You are the best daughter ever!! You make Mommy so, SO happy!

You also told me that you'll miss me when I am at work today.  That makes me sad.  I * WISH *  I could spend more time with you!!   I do the best I can to be with you two as much as I can.  Some days, it feels like a balance.  Others, I am racked with guilt & I literally physically crave closeness with you & BabyTait.  It's not easy being a SAWM (stay-at-work-mom), it's definitely not easy.

All my love for always, BabyLady,
Mommy

Q at 2YO9MO

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You love to play doctor
You love to play Little People & your Disney (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) characters
You love Sesame Street, especially Abby's Flying Fairy School.  Mommy begrudgingly allows television

Quotable Quinn

This morning, over a slice of cheese & some apple ...
Mommy: Quinn, I love being home with you!
Quinn: I love being home with you, too!
Mommy: You know what else? I love being your mommy!
Quinn: I love being your girl!

The other day as I got the knot out of your shoe:
"Mommy you're good at fixing things!" ...  I have officially arrived in MommyVille, then, because Quinn you're right.  Fixing things is chief among the duties of a mommy!

This morning as Mommy got up & you wanted me to make your breakfast, "Mommy, you the best Mommy ever!"   Ohmygoodness, you make my heart sing BabyLady!!

Last night over dinner ...
Daddy: Are you sure you are all done, Quinn?
Mommy: You aren't hungry any more?
Quinn: No, I'm fine.
... You have SUCH a good vocabulary & use expressions & figures of speech correct.  SUCH a smart girl!!  (You can also count to almost 30, you can count by tens (??!!), you recognize letters, you know your colors & your shapes.  We're really proud of you!  You'll be all set for preschool in the fall, as bittersweet as that is for Mommy & Daddy ...)

all my love ... all of the time ...
Mommy

Literal

Me: We're gonna brush teeth & read one page of Pooh & then it's time for bed.  Roger that?
Quinn: I not Roger, I'm a GIRL!

... The next night ...

Mommy: Please just pick a short book because we are past your bedtime.  Roger that Kimosabe (sp?)?
Quinn: I not Kimosabe, I'm a GIRL!

That you are, Quinn, that you are ... A very literal girl!

Love,
Mommy

A good heart

BabyLady, you have such a good heart, a sweet soul.  Recently, one of Mommy's coworkers' father passed away.  Mommy mentioned this to you so we could include her in our prayers at bedtime.  You never forget.  Tonight you asked "Mommy, what passed away mean?"  I told you that it meant he went to be with Jesus in heaven.  You looked very thoughtful for a minute while you processed this & then you asked, "& Mary & Joseph, too?"  You then said we needed to pray for Daddy's coworker (Gloria who died earlier this year) & the people in the car accident (we got stuck in traffic on I-96 on the way home from Grand Rapids a few weeks back due to a car accident).  I just can't get over how thoughtful you are. By this I mean, that the wheels are always turning. You don't forget a thing.  You can recall so many details from BabyTait's birth. You told Michelle just exactly how to get to the Big Park.  You talk about how you went to Mommy's work at Halloween & got candy (trick or treated).  You're only two & yet you can readily recall so many details for your experiences ... & without even being prompted!

You take in everything we say & soak it up.  One of my favorite things that you say is "I just need a little MommyLove."  That's something Mommy says, "Aww, do you just need a little Mommy love?"  To hear you request MommyLove melts my heart & makes me grin ear to ear.  Another example of your adorable one-liners happened the other night ... In the middle of the night.  All of a sudden I heard, "Moooooommmmmy, I have a problem!!" at 3AM.  You were poopy & hungry & needed Mommy to rescue you.  Mommy loves to be needed by you guys!  Your speech is peppered with words & expressions that Mommy & Daddy use.  For example, as you're playing with your Little People, you say things like, "how wonderful !" & "nice to meet you!" & "oh man. oh boy."

BabyLady, I've said it before but it still rings true: I can't get enough of  you.  You are an amazing blessing.  A gift from God.

All my Mommy Love,
Mommy

Quotable Quinn

Said by you last night when we said prayers after our Hail Mary & Now I Lay Me (your current favorite prayer ... Mommy ends it with a twist to be a bit less morbid & scary.  It goes like this: Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.  May angels keep me safe from harm & wake me with the Mommy alarm!):

Mommy: God bless ...

Quinn: Your eyeeeeeee ...

Mommy: Ok ... Who else?

Quinn: Your eye brow.

Mommy: <chuckling> Ok ... Who else?

Quinn: Santa Claus, your necklace, Baby Clare, Grandma & Grandpa, Grammy & Grandpa "Patt-i-son" (Patterson), etc.

Quinn to Mommy after Mommy got out of shower & 'lotion-ed' up:  "You smell delicious." I say that to you & your baby "brudder" after your baths.

You also think it is hilarious to call us by our first names: "Ay-win" (Erin), "Tahd" (Tad).  It is BEYOND cute how you say Erin.  Swoon!!

Out of the mouths of babes ...

Dear BabyLady -

You say the cutest things & this certainly won't be the last time I record them here!

A few adorable things you've said lately include:

"Me the best singer I ever met!!", you were dancing & singing in the living room for your audience (BabyTait & me).

"Me the best dancer I ever knew!", again while showcasing your adorable dance moves for us, including "wagging your tail", shaking your booty, & "dropping it like it's hot". Absolutely awesome.

As we were deciding when to go to birthday shopping at Somerset for Grandma, "Me like to buy things!" wuh-oh. You are your mother's daughter! I looove to shop & I enjoy it even more with my BabyLady in tow!

Something else you said lately that made me laugh happened the other night when we were saying prayers. Every night we say Hail Mary or Now I Lay Me or both. After that we do God Bless. (Mommy said prayers every night just the same way as a kid & I still do today!) This particular night after we started off "God Bless ..." & you replied "Santa!" cute. "Ok, who else?" "The Paci Fairy!" Ha!! Guess you forgave Mommy & Daddy for sending the Paci Fairy to our house ... (bless Santa & paci fairy). ...