Adventures As a Child-Napper

With all of my time spent with kids (young to old) there is something that I've learned...there is good, bad, funny, not-so-funny, happy, irritating moments. And you have to learn to smile and laugh through the good and take deep breaths (and remember the good) during the bad. As I watch Allisyn 3 days a weeks and Emily/Addy 2 days a week I have many opportunities for funny things to happen. I'm sure that there are many more but these are some of the ones that I can remember at the moment...

...several weeks ago Allisyn started making a new noise, it sounded like she was choking (which of course greatly concerned me). Every time I would look over at her she would stop making the noise and act like everything was ok, I picked her up to make sure that everything was ok. I told her that she shouldn't make that noise, it made me concerned that something was wrong and that she couldn't breathe. Her response...sticking out her tongue at me :)

Yesterday I discovered while playing hide and go seek it's probably best not to play right after it has snowed outside (unless playing with a 2 year old like I was), the snow is a dead give away to what direction you have gone for your hiding. But because I was playing with a 2 year old it was probably good because it made it a little easier for her.

With little girls your purse is free game. A couple of weeks ago I was sitting on the couch minding my own business when Elle (friend of Emily) took my purse and every item somehow became a gift for Emily on her birthday (each item was taken out one at a time and given to her and they would talk about each thing).

I forget the things that are said while little girls play dress-up...(heard from Elle while she and Emily were playing pretend several weeks ago---Elle had a pillow under her shirt so that she looked pregnant), "Pretend that I heard the baby crying in my stomach and I started bouncing up and down because I knew she liked it."
While on campus with Allisyn we stopped in the bathroom and as we were walking out there were two girls sitting by the couch's talking, as I passed them one randomly turned to me and complimented me on my stroller. I kindly said thank you and as soon as I was out of the bathroom started laughing (*no offense to Erin and J.J.'s stroller, it is cute but it just made me laugh).

Addilyn JoElle Skousen

Brea was due next weekend, but we all kind of had the feeling that she would be going into labor early. Last week I was at my Mom's house because of my niece Sarah's birthday, Tuesday morning just as we were getting ready to leave to go to the dinosaur museum I got THE text from Brea informing me that she was pretty sure that her water had broken (somehow I knew that when she did go into labor I wouldn't be in town---be it only 20 minutes away I was still gone!). She told me that Darrell was coming home and then they were headed to the hospital (good!). I went to the museum with my Mom, Sonia, and Sarah but was having a little bit of trouble concentrating (who could blame me :D). So I asked Brea if she wanted some company until it got really bad, she said yes and so as soon as the next bus came I was on it.

It was a rather long day (even more so for Brea), but finally at 7:53pm with less than an hour of real pushing Addilyn JoElle Skousen joined us in this world! It was such an amazing experience to be there!!! Addi is so beautiful and has a good set of lungs like her mommy :D She is a little on the small side at 7lbs 1oz and only 17-1/4 inches long, but she is beautiful from head to tiny toe!

The first family picture! Can't say that Brea looks like she just came out of labor (we couldn't even tell most of the time that she was!)