Annelise-isms

Annelise, our middle child, is one of a kind. She always says or does the funniest or cutest things, and Nappy and I find ourselves turning our heads to laugh or trying hard to hold the laughter sometimes. Her little quips and actions come so randomly sometimes that it just throws you off. She could be in big trouble and in the middle of being disciplined and yet find a way to just crack us up. So anyway, recently there were two incidents that were hilarious and worth mentioning.

#1: A few weeks ago, Nappy opened up his dental office and participated in a local mission here in Portland, called Compassion Southeast. This mission was offering free dental services to those who could not otherwise afford dental care. So after being screened, people would be bussed to our office where they would receive free treatment and then get picked up. One particular patient came to our office and received some treatment. When he was done, we went back to the waiting room to wait for his ride. At the time, Zoe and Annelise were playing in the waiting room with the toys and saw this patient sitting with gauze in his mouth. Annelise proceeds to say in bewilderment, "You didn't get a toothbrush and a toy?"

#2: Annelise was playing in the living room today with Nappy and she was about to jump off the top of the couch. Nappy told her that if she jumped she could fall on her head and possibly hurt herself really bad and then we'd have to take her to the hospital. She says to her dad, "At the hospital, will they give me a new head?"

Oh Annelise, what would we do without you in our lives to brighten up our days!

Piercings

So Zoe decided, out of the blue, on Friday that she wanted to get her ears pierced. Annelise didn't really care to do so, but when it came time for us to leave for the mall, Annelise wanted to come along. I told her that we were going only for those who wanted to get their ears pierced. She said she wanted it too, so I said ok and took both the girls. Earlier, I was thinking about the situation, and said to myself that it would probably be easier to take the girls on separate occasions so they couldn't feed off of each other's reaction to the pain, but for some reason, I totally spaced it when Annelise asked and decided to take the two kiddos.

Big mistake! :(

When we got to the mall, the girls were super excited to get their ears pierced, not having any clue of the 30 seconds of pain they were about to endure. We walked in to Claire's and started to look at earrings. At this point, they were going crazy picking out all these "cute" earrings for themselves. When the store assistant manager was ready for us, I had to decided which girl would go first. I picked Annelise thinking that she'd probably have less of a reaction. So, I distracted Zoe by telling her to walk around the store and find things she likes.

Here's Annelise before...

And then here she is after...

So, at first she was just shocked and sat for a few seconds, speechless. And then it hit her... Of course after a few short minutes, she was back to her normal self. Well, needless to say, Zoe had a change of heart after seeing her sister's reaction. At that point I was not going to let her get out of it so quickly. After all, it was HER idea and we drove to the mall for the sole purpose of having this done. So, it took a good 15 minutes of her crying and flinching and trying to dodge the poor gal who was doing the piercings and she finally gave in...

Now, it's all about showing off their earrings to everyone and anyone who will listen. If you ask them now, they love their earrings/ears pierced.

** Funny side story... Our friend has a little daughter who's been wanting to get her ears pierced as well. So, we met up with them and they saw my girls' earrings. Then, Zoe proceeds to say, "Don't do it, it really hurts. Don't do it"...She was trying to talk her friend down from wanting to get her ears pierced. I was cracking up when I heard this. Kids are so funny sometimes.

So bad...

Ok, so here I go starting something that I probably shouldn't have.  What was I thinking to start a blog when I have never in my life been able to even keep a journal?  Anyway, since the last post, things have been busy.  Last week, Jonah had an ultrasound to check his bladder, kidneys and the like.  Then he had a VCUG, which I have no idea what that stands for.  All I know is that it was a test where they stick a catheter in the poor boy and shoot a die in his bladder.  Then, he's supposed to pee all that stuff out and they check to see if any pee "refluxes" or goes back up into his system.  Well, I'm sure my interpretation isn't really scientific but that's what it looked like to me.  My little guy was such a trooper.  He didn't cry when they stuck the catheter in him.  However, he did cry when he tried to pee all that stuff out of his system.  Regardless, he's ok for now.  The doc called a few days later and said that his kidneys are a little inflamed, and they will do another ultrasound at his 1 year check up to monitor that.  What a relief.  Now, our current dilemma is getting him to sleep thru the night without waking up.  We just started to try some things out, so I'll keep you posted on that.

The girls, on the other hand, are doing great.  They crack us up constantly.  Zoe's turning out to be our little athlete and Annelise is our diva/princess.  If I can remember to actually sit down and learn how to use this site, I'll post some pics.  Until next time...