Momma Moe's Blog: New arrival!

I'm going to be taking a brief break from blogging for a while.....to enjoy and lap up every moment I can with my newborn daughter, Marley. She arrived safe and sound at 9:25 PM on Saturday, June 20, 2009. 6 pounds, 8 ounces and 18.5 inches long. 8 and 8 on her apgar. She is a beautiful, healthy baby girl with the blackest, fullest head of hair I've ever seen on a newborn. Pics to follow when I can....but she's safe, she's ours, and she's home. Many thanks for all your prayers and support.

Cast of Characters

Me: Momma, Moe, Jamaica
Pete: husband, father, grandfather
New Baby: Marley
The Triple A Threat: Alex (the one who NEVER stops talking EVER, Runs 24/7 a constant, verbal monologue, EVEN IN HIS SLEEP; a/k/a He Who Never Shuts Up), Austin (talks not so much and not very often, but rather, every so often he SCREAMS LOUDLY, HIGH-PITCHED, PIERCINGLY, EAR DRUM CRUSHINGLY; a/k/a The Screamer), Andrew (he whose vocals have still to be determined, but I fear he's a combination of both brothers)
The Big Kids: Matthew, Ashley, Jessica, Adrian
The Grandsons: Jared, Colton, Lukas, Felix
The Grandparents: My mom and dad (Howard and Jean) and my Aunt and Uncle (Al and Nell)
Uncle and Aunt from MY side: Aunt Chris (a/k/a Aunt Boo-Boo) and Uncle Mark (my brother)
The Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Inlaws and assorted outlaws from HIS side of the family: Aunt Gloria (Pete's sister); Uncle Terry and Aunt Teresa (Pete's brother and SIL); Uncle Mike and Aunt Mary (Pete's other brother and SIL); cousins: Sandy, Randy, Bodie, April, Amy, Greg, Teddy, Cody, Hailey, Brooklyn, Samantha, Dominique, Kassidi, Tyler, Steven, and some others that I can't remember their names coz they breed like rabbits and there's just so damn many of them
The Alabama cousins from MY SIDE of the family: Tabatha (Alex's birth mother); Linda, Tommy, Lisa, JP, Christian, TJ and some others I can't remember their names

Nicknames

Alex - Boomer (by us when he was a baby, coz he was so big); A-wex (by Austin and Andrew)
Austin - Peanut (by us when he was a newborn, coz he was so tiny); Bruiser (by us when he rapidly began putting on weight as an infant); and, at varying times by Alex, the following: Hop-A-Long (when Austin began crawling and following Alex); Rooti-Tooti (stuck for a long time); Atchoo (maybe because Austin sneezed?); Apple (your guess is as good as mine); and Water Hose (Don't Ask); Ottin (what Austin calls himself)
Marley - Ma-wee (by Austin and Andrew); Molly (by Alex); My Precious Princess (by Alex)
Andrew - Wizard (by us, because he had such a wise, knowing expression as a newborn) and Mody (by Alex....??????); Mop Top (when his hair turned to dreaklocks); An-woo (by Austin)
Matthew - Re-peat (coz he looks so much like Pete); Mattchew; Cricket; "Bur-bur Matt" (by Alex)
Ashley - Miss Scarlett (Pete's pet name for her); "Sissy Ash-we" (by Alex)
Jessica - Jessie or Sissy Jessie (by Alex)
Adrian - Puppy (by Pete); Sissy Puppy (By Alex)
Aunt Chris - Aunt Boo-boo (by Alex)
Gloria - Aunt Glori"O" (started by Angelia); Aunt "Gwo-wo" (by Alex); "Sissy" by Pete and his brothers
Terry - "T-bone"
Jared - The J Man; J squared
Colton - King Cole
Felix - garage door (by Alex); who knows where that came from
During Alex's marine-life naming phase: Daddy: dolphin; Mommy: whale (gee, thanks, Alex) ; Alex: fish; Austin: fish
During Alex's bug-naming phase: Daddy: Roach; Mommy: lady-bug; Alex: grasshopper; Austin-beetle
During Alex's animal naming phase: Daddy: Hoot Owl

Translator

"Dooby-doo" for Scooby-Doo, by Austin
"Wo-wuld" for world, by Alex
"Pooky" for spooky, by Austin
"Schwim" for swim, by Alex
"A-doo" for Andrew, by Austin
"Stool" for school (Alex)
"A-dee" (for Alex, by Austin and Andrew)
"Dooby-doo" for Scooby-doo (Austin)
"Funge-Bob" for SpongeBob
" 'Struction" for Construction
"Stooby-Doo" for Scooby-doo (Alex)
"doze" for those
"Bing-bing" for Bling-bling, coming from Austin
"Schweep" for sleep
"I love lu" for I love you.....so cute!
"Sheen" for machine, as in bubble gum machine, back hoe machine, construction machine, etc.
"Le-low" for the color yellow...he can say Yell and he can say Low, but not Yellow
"Dada: dick-less!" after hearing SO OFTEN me telling his father, after coming up with some absurd scheme, "Honey, don't be ridiculous!"
"So" for because, as in "Alex, why didn't you finish your macaroni? You love macaroni!" Alex: "So I'm not hungry!"
"Fooky" for spooky...yeah, gotta listen to that one real close
"Free" for 3; as in Momma saying, "Don't make Momma count to 3!" and Alex replying, "one, two, FREE!"
"A-no-wo" for another
"tomorrow" for any reference to time, i.e., yesterday, last week, next month, etc. Kid has no concept of time, much like his Momma
"ooky, sank ooo", i.e., "cookie, thank you" for THANK YOU (Austin's first "Thank You" was for a cookie, so it stuck)
"Bun-Bob" for Sponge Bob
"Mee-moo" for favorite blanket (yes, I know, where in the world did that come from)?
"Dink" for drink
"Wa-wer" for water
"Bobble" for bottle
"Giggy" for kitty
"A-ew" for Andrew
"Ottin" for Austin
"A-e" for Alex

Alex-isms

To his grandpa when gramps took him to a HUGE toy store and Alex saw a truck loak of construction equipment toys: "Paw-paw, I'm in heaven!"
Austin my best pal!
Paw-paw my best buddy!
In attempting to train Alex to NOT interrupt when others are talking: when I am interrupted by Alex, I say, "Excuse me! I am talking!" To which Alex replies, "Mommy, go to work at talk to Annie Annie!"
Singing Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" at bedtime, along with his ABC's.
Everybody happy? Mommy, you happy? Daddy, you happy? Everybody happy? Everybody make a happy face and SMILE!

Favorite Books

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Islands in the Stream - Ernest Hemingway
Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Emma - Jane Austen
The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Bible

Things That Make Momma Happy

Andrew's first hair cut!
Austin hugging everyone (and everyething) in sight, saying, "Mommy! Watch!"
Alex's First Parent-Teacher Conference: Alex is a great kid!
A decent night of sleep!
Alex telling everyone that his brother Austin is his best pal!
My new dining room outfit!
Alex's 4th birthday party: A Great Success!
Narcotic pain relievers for that nagging lower back pain
Our New Van....
Seeing Andrew's birth mother this weekend and her joining us at our adoption support group Christmas party, where Daddy played Santa again!
Teaching children (including my Alex) the meaning of advent in my church 3- and 4-year old Sunday School class. What delights!
Seeing my oldest son in his very first ever Christmas musical performance! He rocked!
Alex telling me "Mom, you da bomb!" just because I brought home cheese from Publix. (???)
Austin helping Mommy unload the dishwasher, bending down and taking every single item out, one single item at a time, then reaching up to hand it to me, while screaming in his own, unique, Austin pitch: "Mommy! He-yah! (here)".
Alex telling me that he forgives me and that "we're still best friends, Mommy" when I apologized for yelling at them earlier.
Getting to spend Thanksgiving with my family AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO COOK!
Austin...sleeping through the night
A bouquet of pink flowers from my guys....just because!
Plans to Shop, Shop, Shop after T-Day!
Andrew's surgery for yesterday was cancelled! His hand his healing, according to his doctor, "better than expected!"
Hearing Alex said that he is friends with his schoolmate Maggie, "even if she is a gu-wul"
Hearing Alex insist on, and then saying, the entire blessing of our meal, and including a blessing for his new nephew, Felix, who came for a visit
Momma to Alex: "Do you how much I love you?" Alex to Momma: " A bunch?" Momma to Alex: "Yes, but do you know how big of bunch I love you?" Alex to Momma: "A bunch of much-es?" Momma to Alex: "That's right!" Alex to Momma: "That how much-es I love you, too!"

Things That Make Momma Not Happy

A sick hubby!
Alex and Austin dumping my bed pillows in the bath tub!
All in one weekend, a broken glass, a broken picture frame and a broken perfume bottle!
3 nights of non-sleep!
Two sick babies at home!
Hubby completely burning and ruining (to the point of having to throw them out) two, not one but TWO, very nice baking pans in one week! Stay outta my kitchen!
Hubby breaking the glass shelves in my new china cabinet the first night!
When there is at least one child awake every hour from sundown to sunup. Every night!
This nagging lower back pain
Alex figuring it out that it was Daddy playing Santa at the Christmas party.
The price of a new van.....Santa, care to help us out?
Having to shop for a new van! The week before Christmas....with 3 squirmy kids....and company on the way....and a party to attend...and food to cook, gifts to wrap...you get the drift!
Finding dirty silverware and dirty glasses in the kitchen cupboards and drawers
Husbands that keep the volume on the television AS LOUD AS IT WILL GO!
Having to get up at 4:00 AM to bring in Christmas presents from the trunk of my car to hide them in the guest bath so the kids don't see them!
**cough, cough** Someone spending approximately 36 waking hours over the weekend watching football...and that someone was NOT Momma, coz she did 36 loads of laundry!
Realizing that I yelled at the kids - for no real good reason
Since I didn't cook for Thanksgiving, NO LEFTOVERS all weekend!
Another broken glass...that makes 5 this week!
Borrowing my car and leaving the radio turned up FULL BLAST, so that the next time I get in the car to go to work, my eardrums are removed without assistance of anesthesia!
Four, Count 'em: 4! Broken glasses in one day! Four!
Leaning in for a hug and kiss from Austin, Austin all puckered up and leaning towards me, and then, instead of a kiss, I get a scream, so loud and so highly pitched, that only dogs and the mentally insane can hear it! What does that make me?
Telling Mommy to "move, big butt"
Austin, S.C.R.E.A.M.I.N.G. every single, solitary minute from 2:10 AM on Saturday morning, until 10:50 AM on the same Saturday morning, even though it felt like a week!
Husbands that shuffle their feet when they walk down the hard-wood floor hallway

Monday, June 29, 2009

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