Momma, I have a cough

While doing his morning search through in the house, Arlo discovered an open package of Halls. He pulled one out, came up to me and said, "Mama, I eat candy?" I quickly pulled the cough drop out of his hand and explained to him that these were yucky and they they were medicine for when you have a cough. He seemed to be contemplating this idea as I walked out of the room to put the cough drops out of reach. After a few moments I hear a little cough following me around. I looked at him as sincerely as I could and said "Arlo, what's wrong?" He looked up at me, as if I was an Idiot and exclaimed "I not cryin mama, I coughin. I need some throat candy!"

No dad, Not there!

This Morning the three of us were hanging out, drinking our coffee (Arlo's is just warmed up milk shhh!) and reading stories, when Clint sets Arlo's milk on the armrest at the edge of the couch. Arlo looks up at him and exlaims "No dad, not there or momma will just die!" guess this just goes to show I need to tone the dramatics down a bit when expressing myself.

Arlo & Teiglet's night of Fun! ( and disaster)

(Arlo & Tieglet A dynamic duo)

So, yesterday Heather, I and the kids had the special treat of having cousin Tiege come to visit. Arlo and Tieglet have a special bond and as they are exactly the same age,both very silly, and energetic! The boys spent the first year of their lives seeing each other at least 3-4 times per week. Since Heather has gone back to work Tiege has been greatly missed by all of us. When Arlo and I got to Heathers, Both boys ran toward one another and exchanged 3 big hugs. After the warm greeting they were off! The two of them had a lot of plans and such a short time to get it all in. The fun began by the two of them running up on Heathers new leather sofa and doing all types of tricks. They were jumping, spinnning, doing somersaults, rolling around, you name it. Heather and I were in the kitchen trying not to divert our attention for to long when I heard Arlo yell MOMMA! we looked over and there were the babys, standing on opposite arms of the sofa ready to fall off at any moment. As we raced over to scoop them up, they shot a quick glance at eachother,giggled, and hopped down. Whew! Once the the sofa gymnastics were under control the babies conveniently dissapeared. "Where are the babies" I said to Heather "The Laundry soap!" she exlaimed, seeming to know exactly what was up. Once In the laundry room we discover both boys covered from head to toe in laundry detergent. They had found shoveling devices and were dumping the entire gallon bucket all over Heathers floor. What a site! Instead of handling this in any sort of appropriate manner, I couldnt help but giggle. The baby's, thinking they were pretty funny, jumped up on their laundry soap hills and started stomping up and down. After Heather came to the rescue, we got the babies removed and Heather , Hailey and I did a quick clean up. Just as we had gotten that disaster under control, I spot half of a baby body heading out the doggy door. Tieglet was making a break for it! Heather and I head out after tieglet in the dark and after playing a game of tag, we finally managed to get the little guy coralled back inside. Oh,what could that smell be? Yep....doggy doo doo on our feet!
The babys,Ethan and Hailey head back to Ethan's room to play as Heather and I attempt to take a well needed sit. A few minutes later we begin to hear music and lots of giggling, so we figure we had better head over to see what all of the commotion is about. What do we find? The cutest site ever.Ethan, Hailey, Tieglet and Arlo having the time of their lives dancing away in the front living room. A perfect end to a lively night!

No Momma Let it Air Out!

So, the other day I am changing Arlo's diaper-which has gotten to be more like a full on wrestling match lateley (sad to say, I am not usually the winner). As I am going to diaper his cute little bum he snatches the diaper out of my hands and in his overly self assurred raspy voice he announces "No Momma, Let it air out." I had to think about that one, was he saying what I was pretty sure he was saying? well no sooner had that question begin to form in my mind did he clear it up for me. With diaper in hand, he began to fan his private area. I guess he still had some question as to weather that was doing the job so he pulled his head up with his hands and began to blow. I just couldnt stop laughing! what a site; my son naked as the day he was born, contorted in a pretty halarious position blowing away-letting it air out! I had a pretty good hunch where he had gotten this clever little idea so I made a phone call to confirm, and sure enough I guess he and Clint do this "airing out procedure" from time to time.

Let The Blogging Begin

Alright,this is my first official blog post for the Dilley family. I tried to fight the blogging ordeal. I suck with computers but I have found that I love reading other peoples, it helps to make me feel connected and I really wanted to find a way to journal the happenings in my little family's life. So what the heck, here goes, I have given in, I am -A blogger!