joys of motherhood: october

-Caitlin's current obsessions are: #1 her "Pinkalicious musical" cd. i bought it on accident while trying to buy the actual book then i busted it out a few months ago to see if it could keep her happy in the car and I'm seriously regretting that decision. Caitlin demands "pink songs" as soon as we get in the car and I now have low-budget show tunes about pink cupcakes stuck in my head 24/7 #2 playing in the parked car. She lives climbing around and getting into compartments. She would stay in there for hours if I let her. #3 soap or shampoo or lotion, just as long as any of those have the pump top. i find her "washing her hands" (aka squirting soap all over them and rubbing it all over her body then playing with the running faucet water) ALL the time. She also sneaks into my shower and squirts shampoo all over. #4 dum dums suckers are her favorite candy by far. I keep a handful in a hidden pocket of my purse to use as bribes whenever needed.

-The other day in church we sat in the first row of the back area, so there was a little space between us and the pews ahead. Caitlin took that as a perfect setting for ring around the rosies and started running around in a circle singing the song. This was bad enough but in addition to this: her version of the song is obviously not perfect but she knows most the words, especially "ashes ashes" the only problem is that she can't quite pronounce the sh sound so it's sounds like "asses asses" (donkeys of course)... So yes, that was my kid running around in circles during your quiet worship service singing about asses.
- I was feeding Nolan his bottle and had to walk into the other room to check on something. I did so then came back and sat down on the couch and thought to myself that something was missing... something seemed too easy about that. Then I realized that I had walked around with him holding his own bottle! I hadn't been using a hand to hold it or my chin to balance the bottle while I walked. This doesn't happen all the time but him learning to hold his own bottle is a game changer.
-Ever since we went to the Temple open house Caitlin has been identifying all of the temples she sees. The other night as we were driving home it was dark and the Mt. Timpanogos temple was illuminated and looked so beautiful. Caitlin said "Ooo mommy mommy I see temple" me: yah that's the temple right there isn't it pretty? C: "Yes. Mommy I go temple." She wanted to go there right away and go in. It was really sweet.

-The other night Caitlin said her bedtime prayer all by herself. Usually we prompt her to say different things but this time she started all by herself and kept going. It was a very sweet and simple prayer and the whole thing brought a tear to my eye.
-Caitlin's word to describe her right now would be: unstable. Call it the terrible 2's, blame it on teething, whatever the reason is.. She is very hot and cold. She will change her mood in the blink of an eye and its all really quite exhausting.
-Caitlin has gotten two of her 4 molars.. The two top ones. I noticed she was chewing on weird things and she's been acting a little off and sure enough I stuck my finger in her mouth and felt those little chompers. She loves using the oragel numbing medicine.
-The other night I went to a baby shower and Rebekah was kind enough to babysit while Paul was still at work. I'm sure the kids had so much fun with her. When I got home I was talking to Caitlin about her night and she said "Mommy I missed you!" That made my heart melt.
-If you ask Caitlin if she will do something, she almost always replies with a very confident "yes" but only actually does it about 70% of the time
-People stop me all the time to tell me how cute Nolan is. (I'm not trying to brag.. It's a fact, but also one I agree with) most people comment on how big he is, or how pretty his eyes are but the other night a lady told me that he looks like a teddy bear and I need to dress him up as a panda... I'm hoping she just meant for Halloween.

-The other night Paul drove with Caitlin to Salt Lake and while they were in the car Paul said "Do you want to listen to Pinkalicious or just talk?" Caitlin said "Talk" and Paul said they just talked to whole way there about anything and everything. She's at a really fun age for communicating and it's Paul's favorite thing to see what she will say.