weekend together

So I had Himani for a little over 24 hours this weekend. Wasn't to bad. I got there about 9 saturday morning. Didnt do to much that day. My mom did come over and bring us ice cream before bed time. Lina said we could watch a movie. So we watched Monsters Inc. Surprising to me. She wasn't scared of it. That is 1 of my favorite Pixar movies. But Himani didnt sit still for too long. She went to bed pretty easy b/c she didnt have much of a nap. But she was up by 730. Of course the night im there she doesnt decide to sleep in like she does sometimes. O well. After a year and 4 months I am ALMOST use to getting up early and not dragging by the evening. Today we went to my moms so I could get a trim from a family friend that came over to cut my mom and dads hair. Himani got to play with Addi and Josh. Or as she says Otch. She always asks where Josh is but is scared when she see him. We had lunch. Which she actually ate all her meals for me this weekend. She hadn't been eating much at all during the day. Then we got a surprise that Lina and Ryan were going to be home earlier than expected. So we headed back and Himani was happy to see them. Then I got to go home and do some homework! Having a lab for physiology online is alot easier than it sounds!

Earlier this week she was really sick for about a day.

That picture is actually her on my lap. We were cuddling on the couch and she fell asleep! I couldnt believe it. She slept for about 30 minutes and then an hour and half later she slept 3 more hours! But then she seemed a little better.


I was going to make a list of Himanis new words. It seems like she says something new everyday. But the only 1s I can think of are "sticker" which she says really good and. "Sta" thats me! Yes I have moved up from that to Sta.

I had the twins Wednesday night. I can't believe how big they are getting! They are starting to listen alot better too. They are so darn smart it amazes me! I had gotten Lindsay out of the tub dried her off got her dressed had her brush her teeth. Got Gabriel out got him dressed then I put de-tangler in L's hair well G thought he should too but he put lotion in his hair. A big Glob of lotion. I started to laugh and said O no we have to get that out! he freaked out and started to cry. I took him into his parents bathroom so he could lay on the counter and I could wash it out under the sink b/c there was no way I was getting him back in the tub. Bed time was easy. They ran around the kitchen about 50xs so Im sure that helped!

picture time

We be jammin

Anywaysssss. I got my old ipod and decided to put music on there for us to listen to in her play room. I decided I would introduce to every kind of music. I think I have a good variety on there. I have some country. VERY LITTLE tho. I am not a big country music person. But I grew up around it at my grandmas. So most of what is on there are songs I remember listening to with them. Like Alan Jackson. Theres home videos of all us grandkids singing "I dont need booze to get a buzz on" by him when I as like 4 and my sister and cousin like 7 ha. BUt I didnt put that song on there. What else. I did get some kid songs. I got Dora (who is like 1 of the only kid shows I cant stand) singing all the classic kid songs like ABCs and Itty's bittys spider. I also got some of my favorite old songs from Sesame Street Like Rubber ducky. I did get some Yo Gabba Gabba songs. Himani and I don't watch tv much. only when she is really really sick or if we have a long day together but those Yo Gabba Gabba songs get in your head and stay there for LIFE. I have woken up from a long night sleep singing those songs. Ha. My favorite is "there s a party in my tummy."

Also got some Beethoven, Bach and Andrea Bocelli. For the record I liked his song "Time to say Goodbye" before they were in all thse Will Ferrel movies. That music just makes you feel smart.

Also got some good dancing music. Lady GaGa and Michael Jackson. Which she seems to really like. And of course I had to throw in the music I like. Death Cab, Fray, Coldplay, U2, Bob Marely, BEatles, 311, and I found a blink 182 song that doesnt have the F bomb or any curse words in it. I looked through and listened to the songs that was questionable.

School starts tomorrow. BOOOOO.

And just in case no 1 knew. Up with Conan Down with Leno

PIctures

Its been a while since I posted last. Well things have been going good. Ryan/Lina/HImani have moved into a huge/beautiful/awesome house. Which I am happy to work in. HImani has tooonnns of room to run. But heres some pictures of lately with stories on some of them.

We watched it snow all afternoon Wednesday. But she would never say snow. Somehow she realized snow is water. or at lease she thought it was b/c she kept saying wa wa, wa wa.

The next day we walked through it. Not much else. We didnt even stay out for 5 minutes. But got bundled up I wanted to see what she would do. She seemed afraid to walk in it. And then she fell a couple times.




She ate this sandwich in like 2 minutes flat.

She was interested in the movers today for about 5 mins. There was one of the guys that has long hair. She pointed at him and said JOSH JOSH. I told him thats not josh. She has seen JOsh an whole 2xs in her life. And for the most part was scared of him. NOw JOsh has long hair and a beard. I guess that scares her. I dont mind it.

She kept saying Where'd Josh go? Where'd JOsh go? She can hardly say my name but she can say JOsh! I am with her 5 of the 7 days a week. Maybe I am just pushing to hard for her to say my name. She kinda will say it. But you have to have an imagination to think she said it.

Videos from my Flip!

YAY! I got on my moms computer and was able to dl the few videos i had on there. I will still have to figure out how to add videos on my computer. But at lease you can see these i got some new funny ones on my iphone but we will just be happy i figured this out for now!

Himani didnt do much today. She didn't nap yesturday so she went to bed early last night and then didnt sleep all the way through the night. So she was pretty sleepy all day long and didnt talk as much as she usually does. But I think she tried to put together her first sentence. While she was eating breakfast. she said very slowly. "Dada work. Mama shhhhh." Which means dad went to work and mom was sleeping. Which she knew wasnt true because they walked out together.
^Himani dancing to her keyboard music.



I have to be sneaky with Himani and taping her. Once she notices what I am doing she says CHEEEESSSSEEEEE


^ addi loves cereal! notice shes starts sucking her thumb!


^ my mom thinks she can teach addi to say I love you. So she got my cousin kenz to practice with her. They will say " I love and sometimes Addi coo and its sounds like you.

play date #2

Today was cold. I was going to take Himani to my moms but it was freeezing so i decided no. But then Himani had thrown 2 fits by 9 so i figured we better get out of the house or it would be a long morning.
My mom got out all of mine and sisters toys from when we were little that she had left. So that was all of my doll house stuff all of Stacy's Teddy Ruxpin and Grubby.
Himani had lots of fun with Addi. Addi is quite the drooler so she always has a bib on. Well if any drool, or if she sneezed or even cough Himani went over and wiped her face. She also tried to pick her up. She struggled and really try but no success. I guess she doesn't know real babies weight alot more than her baby dolls and Addi is probably only 10-15 lbs less than her.
My cats didn't run from her. 2 of them even came up to her. I think they are use to my dad being home and getting attention alot so they want attention all the time and don't care from who. Himani was pretty gentle for the most part with them. Unlike her meow she has at home.
When Addi took a nap Himani didn't want her to and kept running into the room. She also wanted Addi to play with her and sit on the floor with her. But Addi cant sit on her own just yet. She rather sit up than lay down so shes close. So i had to hold her up so they could "play" together. Then Himani tried to give her some toys to play with. Addi just looked at them. And 1 time Himani yelled NOOOO and took the toy back like Addi was going to do something with it. hahaha
Here's some pics from today.

^ I caught her off guard with the camera. Which is rare because usually as soon as she sees my phone she goes cheeeesssse. wish the picture wasnt so fuzzy she had CRAZY bed head this morning


^ She had fun stuffing the people in there and then saying "stuck stuck" another new word of hers

^tucking addi in


^ saying their goodbyes. Addi got lots of lovin from Himani today

Hi my name is "That"

Himani and I stayed in all last week because of the weather! I am pretty sick of this snowing. If i was a kid it would be better. But I am grown now and have to drive and get out daily most the time. Not fun.

We have been having fun with all of her new toys though. with her art easel she got came alphabet magnets and i have been working with her on them. She will repeat letters A B C D E. after that she gets distracted. Sometimes she will say F. And then other times I will just pick a letter and show her and tell her what it is and she will repeat that sometimes.

She still hasn't said my name. I'm still "That" to her. = ( We have been working on that and saying I love you. She will repeat I but nothing else. She can be stubborn sometimes when you want her to say something. Her new words are "Mirror" and "hair" She said mirror and I said are you kidding me Himani You can say Mirror but you can't say Steph.

Himani is still afraid of the hulk and Elmo hands we got her for Christmas. But she has touched the hulk hands asking "whats that" but wont do nothing else with it. I put them on her dolls trying to show her its OK. Ive kissed them. Ive put them on. Ive used them as a pillow to show how soft they are. Not sure what else to do. Hopefully she will come around and like them soon. At lease for Josh he's sad she doesn't like them.

I figured out what my problem is with putting videos on here. I plugged in my flip video and it just loaded the videos onto the Iphoto that was already on my Mac. But I had a few seconds at my moms this weekend and when you plug into my moms computer it loaded a system but i didn't have time to see if i could load it on the website. I guess when you pay a butt load for a Mac they only let you have 1 system for photos and videos. Thanks alot Mac i liked you up until now. So either Josh will have to sit down and figure out how i put it on here from my computer or I will have to load all my videos on my moms computer to put it on here.

This weekend was busier than I thought would be. Thursday Josh and I had my bratty little cousin over. Josh fell asleep before midnight b/c he had to work late Wednesday night and then had to turn around and be to work at 7 the next morning. so I had to stay up with Kenz and she cheats horribly at board games. Friday was my grandparents 50th anniversary party. We had my other cousin over that night and him and Josh stayed up way to late playing video games. Then the whole family met to have dinner then some of the family went to dave and busters. Then it was game night at my aunts. But I got home at 9 with a headache and still have a headache now. It almost made me throw up last night and now today I cant stand to have the lights on. I've pretty much slept away the day away today. Awesome. The prescription meds i got from the doc before Christmas no longer work. I guess I am having headaches from the concussion I got in November and then I was getting rebound headaches from trying to get rid of those headaches. But I think I've had a migraine this weekend. SO nothing I have works for that. and the doc wont give me anything for those until February when I go back. So what I'm basically saying is I got nothing I needed to get done this weekend.