What to Call You

Chris and I have a lot of nick names for our kids and not all of them are as preferred as others.  Sometimes Link likes to dictate his own nickname.  For instance, here is a conversation that I had with him the other day.

Allie: "Hey Bubs, do you like it when I call you 'Sweetie?'"
Link: "I do not like it."
Allie: "What do you want me to call you instead?"
Link: "Pumpkin."

And here I thought it was because 'Sweetie' was too girly...

March Quotes

Link has been extremely funny this month.  I got out to the car as Chris was loading him in to hear the last part of this exchange:

Link: "Stop saying 'Stop!'!"
Chris: "Then stop poking my face."


- During hard contractions, Link asked why I was sad and said, "Is Nona trying to escape?"

- After Link met Nona at the hospital, he asked, "Did Nona slide out?"

- Every time Link gets up from his nap, he comes to find me and says, "I just came to check on you!" (Or Baberton or Nona if they are up)

- One time, we heard Link get up from his nap, go to the fridge, then go back to his room and shut the door.  About 20 minutes later, he comes out and when we ask him if he got up earlier, he says, "I was just thirsty."

- While playing with Nona's elephant rattle, he said, "This guy has a lot of hair.  He needs to shave.  He looks like Daddy."

- After Link brought a broken toy to us, Chris told him that he might not be able to fix it.  Link said, "Do not be ridiculous.  You can fix it!"

- At nap time, Link said, "Daddy is only good for [playing] chase."  A couple of hours later, Link asked Chris to play with him by saying, "Will you play with me because you are the best?"

Poor Baberton

1/20/15

I snuck away for a minute to chat with Chris who was working from home.  I left Link and Jett together in the kitchen.  From our room, we could hear lots of jabbering from Link and lots of giggling from Jett Jett. 

Link comes flying into our room saying, "I took off Baberton's pants so he could walk better."

A minute later, Jett comes walking into our room, pantsless.  Somehow, even knowing that he would be without pants didn't diminish how funny it was.

What's in that Duck?

1/20/15

Link loves using our chapsticks.  He calls them "lips."  One of our chapsticks is a duck that has some balm in his underside.  When I gave him the "duck lips" this morning, he said, "This is a duck.  There are lips in his butt!"

The First Poop

1/17/15

With some encouraging words from his Daddy, Link went poop on the toilet for the first time today.  A few hours later, he came running up to me.

Link: "Mom, change that diaper."
Mom: "Did you go poop?"
Link: "Poop is coming out of his butt right now!"

Thanks for Protecting Him!

1/8/15

"Mom, can you get that knife away from him?"

I move the knife out of reach.

"Thanks for protecting him!"

Too Many Babies

12/14/14

Mom: "Are you excited to meet Baby Girl?"
Link: "No."
Mom: "Do you love Baberton?" (Jett)
Link: "Yeah, I love Baberton."
Mom: "Why aren't you excited for Baby Girl?"
Link: "There's going to be too many babies in this place."