This Mom Just Doesn't Care

Creighton has discovered the joy in taking everything off of a shelf, scattering dishes from a cupboard on to the kitchen floor, and emptying the contents of a drawer.

Notice the happiness that this brings him? I just can't compete. On first finding the mess he gives me a huge smile as though to say, "Do you like how I've re-arranged?" Then quickly it turns to, "Are you going to pull me away?"
When the house becomes quiet and I am sure he has found something to destory, I don't go frantically searching for him. Instead I enjoy 5 minutes of peace before discovering the mess. I find myself not really caring there is a mess being made.
And because I only want to clean the mess up once that day, it usually stays the way I found it until he goes to bed. It's much more practical than cleaning the same mess over, and over, and over again...

Hmmm...what's in this drawer? Ugh... nothing good...

I'll try this one... Still nothing...

Ah-ha! Jackpot! This is where ALL the good stuff is!

I like to take these pictures so when Cason comes home from work I can show him what fun Creighton had.

Most times I think he does these things to try to get a reaction out of me. But maybe I am judging him unfairly. In the instance of the scattered diapers he was probably just looking for the Desitin and screaming on the inside, "Mom! A little help please? I am extremely uncomfortable."

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I Love My Momma

This past week we celebrated my mom's 50th birthday. Ssshhh... Don't tell her that I told you that. She is having a rough time celebrating this birthday.

I have a great mom. One reason is because she always made everything special. Birthdays, holidays, accomplishments... Our birthday was our VERY SPECIAL day and we felt very loved. One year I wanted a Pocahontas birthday and my mom made me the neatest cake that looked just like Grandmother Willow. No matter what holiday we always made festive sugar cookies and got to frost them however we wanted. It was so fun and I looked forward to it. My mom always let us know how proud she was of us, no matter what the occasion or accomplishment. One year I was in the Spelling Bee and she bought me a special outfit to wear and sent me balloons and took lots of pictures. When I won we had a special party to celebrate me. But even if I hadn't won, I knew she would have been just as excited that I tried my hardest.
My mom is always willing to listen to me. Even if I don't tell her, she knows if I am upset and she wants very much to make everything better. She always listens to me and wants to make me happy. I'm sad that sometimes I didn't take the opporunity to share more with her when I was younger. But now we are great friends and talk everyday on the phone.

My mom taught me how to love other people. When I was younger we were always serving others. My mom was always concerned that everyone felt loved and was taken care of. That taught me that everyone was important and I should always be looking for ways to help other people.

My mom is so fun. She always wants to have a good time. Even when times were difficult she wanted to make sure that we were happy. My mom made a lot of sacrifices to take care of me and my sisters and make sure that we always had the very best and what we wanted. Now that I am a mom I realize she did those things because she loved us, but I am sorry that I was ungrateful for all she did for me.

My mom taught me how to be a good mom. I couldn't have asked for a better teacher than her.

Bed-Head

Unfortunately, Creighton wasn't born with a head of hair, and a few family members have been teasing him about being bald... those meanies! But it is slowly growing in... After nap is a great time to see his luscious red locks. I'm sure he will have a head of hair by his first birthday!

Mr. Mommy

The two days a week that I work, Cason gets to spend all day with Creighton. Creighton has a good time seeing what he can get away with when it's just Daddy. Today I came home from work and heard a few things sort of like this:

"You wouldn't believe all of the things he got into today."

"As soon as I cleaned up one mess, he had made another!"

"He is so fast- I can't keep up with him!"

"He wanted to get his hands on everything today."

"It was so hard for me to get done what I was trying to do."

I am so glad that Cason gets to spend the whole day with Creighton so he gets a little glimpse of what I do the other 5 days a week. I think Creighton was especially curious today because he knew daddy was doing something important: painting the hall. I am also glad they get to spend so much time together because it helps them become great buddies! Creighton and I both think he has a pretty wonderful daddy.

A Little Privacy, Please?

Creighton loves when he hears the shower running. He likes to come in and peek on whoever is in the shower! He giggles and likes the water to splash on his face. Silly boy.