The Irving's

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

A Few More Things

Work is going good for David. Not much to report there. He's been doing well with the tool. Hopefully that can be more successful this coming year.

In September the kids got to meet their great grandparents, their great uncles, see the ocean and fly in a plane for the first time!

Avery went to her first ballet (me too). The Nutcracker. December 13, 2014

We went with Grandpa and Arla. Avery got to dance to I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas. She met some of the dancers after the show and LOVED that. Especially the jesters. She fell asleep in the car clutching her silver glittered Nutcracker. It's proudly displayed in her bedroom right now. She wore a pretty red dress that sparkled and twirled. She loved twirling. She sat through the ballet very well. I was very proud of her.

This year in our stay at home mom's group I was in charge of adopting a family for Christmas. We adopted a family consisting a single mom and 4 daughters ages 10, 9, 7 and 1. They just moved here from Hawaii. We showed up at their tiny home today (12-16-14) and there was nothing in the house except 2 couches and a tiny tiny tv. Nothing. As we carried in all of the gifts the girls were giggling and in awe of how much we carried in. It was such a blessing. They had an aunt there and she kept saying "you have a Merry Christmas now girls!" They thanked us in Hawaiian and told us Merry Christmas in Hawaiian. We provided each girl with pants, shirts, socks, hats, gloves and pajamas as well as some toys, books, movies, etc.

It was a blessing to provide a Christmas for those girls.

It's Been A While

So, what's happening in the Irving household? Not much really. We're recovering from a week of illness for all of us. Last week was a blur and my house has paid dearly. I slept very little.

Avery Girl Irving is now 4 years old. FOUR. YEARS. OLD. I'm not really sure how this can be but it is true. She goes to Mother's Day Out once a week and loves it. Right now we are battling huge tonsils (hopefully a change in diet will result in no need for surgery) and a gross and infected tooth that will hopefully be coming out this week.

She tells me multiple times a day that she loves me. She's perpetually hungry. She loves My Little Pony, Frozen, Curious George and many other things. She continuously hounds her dad the second he walks in the door. Does he want to play in her room or brother's room? Does he want to play tag? Does he want to sit on the bench and watch her ride her bike? Does he want to play her Frozen game? She is a sweet big sister to David. She doesn't always listen. She's getting kind of sassy. She never wants to leave the house and likes to argue.

I love that girl.

Baby David is 13 months old. A toddler.

He's sweet and cuddly and getting to be pretty silly. Every morning we wake up before Avery and we go into the living room and until she wakes up I constantly chase after him to keep him from trying to get into her room. He looks at me and smiles, makes a run for it and laughs when I snatch him up. He is so excited when she comes out of her room each morning. He used to cry when we told him "no" and now he laughs. He loves light switches. He loves to be outside. He loves to ride on the rocking horse in his room. He still wakes up multiple times a night. He loves his mommy but is starting to really like his daddy. He gets so excited when David gets home. As soon as he hears the door he goes to it smiling. I finally cut off his baby mullet.

He likes to eat avacado and bananas. He likes to eat whatever you are eating. He likes to throw things. He likes to do things he's not supposed to all the while laughing...over and over. He has the sweetest little face. He likes to pull Avery's hair. He finds it quite funny. He's got his top 4 teeth and 3 bottom teeth, working on the 4th. He loves bath time. He's like a moth to the flame when he hears the water running.

He's the best.

They met Santa

David was thrilled.

I can't believe this year is coming to a close. I'm excited to see what the next year has in store for us.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Overwhelmed

With a title like "overwhelmed", one might assume that my responsibilities as a mom of 2 has got me stressed, tired...overwhelmed. That's not what I mean though. I am overwhelmed with how good I have it. I have a hard working husband, money to pay my bills, a home to live in and 2 precious children. I am blessed. Sometimes it overwhelms me. I have it so good. So very good.

I am loving being a mom to two kids. Avery has got to be the most precious girl to walk the earth. She can be ornery but she has a heart of gold. Twice recently she has surprised me with the sweetness of her heart. Once I went to Walmart with her and baby David and realized at the checkout that I had forgot my money. I was embarrassed and mad. In the car on the way home Avery offered me her money from her piggy bank. She also now asks me if I have my money when we go places :)
The other day I told her we were going to a birthday party and I hadn't got a gift yet. She said "Mom, we don't have a present!" She decided she was going to give one of her ponies to the little girl. She also wanted to give a little goat that she plays with in the tub because it was clean ha! I thought it was sweet.

She is the opposite of me in so many ways. Her personality is perfect. She is the best big sister. She watches out for her brother and she loves on him. Her face lights up every morning when she sees him. She races to go get him up from his nap. She loves that boy. She calls him brother, buddy and bup. It makes my heart so happy to see the two of them.

I've been very blessed with how easy the transition has been since having baby David. I know I have many years and countless scenarios to come in which I will feel overwhelmed but we have transitioned as a family almost seamlessly. There was no disruption. David fit right in. He belongs to us. Most likely it was the 3 year age gap that helped that out!

David's personality seems to be more laid back than Avery. He's working on his own schedule as far as crawling, pulling up and eating food. He's a mama's boy. Big time. He loves me and I like it :)
If I get him up from sleeping and Avery doesn't go get him with me, I'll bring him to her and his little legs just kick up a storm and he smiles so big. He loves to terrorize her when she plays. He's so precious.

I just can't get over my kids. I'll never be a perfect mom. I will do so many things wrong. I will do some things right. I never want them for a second to doubt that I don't/didn't love them fiercely. Because I do. It overwhelms me how much I love them. I never questioned whether I'd love my second child less than my first. Not once. I can honestly say that. Moms over time have managed to have more than one child and love the others just as much as the first. I knew it was possible and I was right. I love David with every ounce of my being. Every fiber of my body. Just as I do with Avery. Someday they will read this blog and so Avery and David: I love you to the moon and back and deeper than the sea. I love you more than you'll be able to comprehend, until you have your own sweet babies. It is my prayer that you never ever question it.