Casa de Fruvellhoffs: November 2014

Thursday, November 27, 2014

AJ

In the middle of the night AJ woke up with pain in his legs. Russ got the tylenol and I went into his room and rubbed his legs. So softly he told me, "Mom, I remember one time when my legs hurt. I stayed in here to see if they would stop and they didn't. You came in here and rubbed my legs and they felt better." I told him I was glad to hear that. I then told him that he needed to tell me when his legs felt better and then I'd go back to my room. "Yeah, because you need your sleep Mom." Amen.

He's a sweet guy. He also let Russ and I know what tasted good and what tasted bad for Thanksgiving dinner. It looked like turkey, mashed potatoes, corn casserole, dinner rolls, and pumpkin pie made the cut.

Love,

momma

Soaking her up.

Dempsey is getting bigger by the second these days. Maybe it was being away from her for 5 days, but something has just made me appreciate every cuddle that much more.

This girl's personality is just so amazing. She is fiercely independent, yet so so appreciative of snuggle time. The past couple days I've caught her awake in her crib just peacefully hanging out.

Today Grammy told her to go give me my phone, and she wobbled all the way in the other room and gave it to me. The girl is a smarty! I just love her so!

Love,

Momma

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

364 days.

Let the record show two things.

•until last night, it has been at least 364 days since we have experienced uninterrupted sleep at night. Last night all 3 children slept the entire night in their beds and are still sleeping. Wow.

•I have been with DSnow 364 consecutive evenings. This will be my first night away. Excited? Yes. Partially already missing my sweet girl? Completely.

Love,

Momma

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tomorrow. HoneyMoon #3.

You're going where? Oh without the kids. REALLY? BUT who is watching the kids? Wow. I WISH I could do that..yea no time, no money, no way I could get away from the kids for that long.

Russ and I hear it all. This is honeymoon #3 for us, starting tomorrow. 5 nights with NO KIDS, just US. Now I know we are lucky. Lucky to have grandparents that will be amazing and come hang with our kids. Lucky that we have time to take off of works. Lucky that we have money to afford to go. I tell you what...we make this stuff a priority.

Why? Because every couple needs to get away and be with their loves. You get to remember what it's like when you first met. You get to appreciate each other on FULL SLEEP. And do some of things you did before you had jobs and kids and responsibilities. It's a time to fall in love all over again. And then there is the whole not cooking for anyone, not making beds (screw that we don't do that anyways), no laundry, no cleaning, no diapers, no sippy cups, no requests every 5 seconds, no bedtime routine, no zipping zippers, no kissing boo-boos or wiping tears, no buckling carseats, no hurrying or shushing, no giving tylenol for ouchy legs, no finding snacks, no cutting apples, no pouring more milk, no helping to wash hands, no reading books, no convincing them that they MUST GO TO BED...you get the point. Right?

Grammy is awesome. I love my husband. Forever body. Let's do this Florida.
Love,
Megan

Dempsey Snow Baby.

Oh sweet Dempsey Snow. My littlest big SURPRISE. I am writing to you today in honor of your almost FIRST BIRTHDAY. See...your Dad and I are headed out tomorrow to go on Honeymoon#3 and will be gone for your actual birthday. Please don't be too mad. I figure that you will appreciate how in love your Dad and I are for years and years because we go on these types of trips. So thank you in advance for not being too cranky. We went to the ice cream place to celebrate tonight, and I'm pretty sure you ate the most ice cream out of all of us. Dang girl you like your ice cream:)

I was rocking you tonight and thinking about your birth story. I thought about how sometimes I'd give anything to go back to that day. It was such a special day, so EMPOWERING, so joyful, so hard, so great, so SURPRISING. The night you were born I could hardly sleep. I kept staring at you. You were A GIRL? a GIRL. hah. Still cracks me up how wrong I was.

Girl or not, you have been such a fantastic addition to our family. You are loved by everyone you meet. People often complement us on how you are so "chill". You really are. And just to prove how awesome you are, you GIGGLE when we put pink eye drops in your eyes. Who laughs with eye drops??? You love to grab cars, trains, and legos and make the appropriate noises. You LOVE climbing the stairs and today experienced your first head plant while trying to get down the stairs. Oh adventurous one you are...

I love your name by the way. I still think Dempsey is a rockin' name. AND Snow. Well that is mostly your Dad and I can't help but watch when snow falls down and remember the night you were born. I'm so happy that you have Snow in your name.

Last week I was at the YMCA on the treadmill, and I could see into the gym. There was a team of younger girls at basketball practice. SQUEE. I got really excited and pictured you out there on the court. Who knows...basketball might not be your thing. That's okay. As long as you find something you love, I'm down with it. I just can't wait to teach you and MOST OF ALL show you what a strong female looks like. I'm learning all the time from the girls I work with in school. I know I won't be perfect, but lady...I'm so so willing to be the best STRONG momma I can be for you.