Sunday, August 16, 2015

Happy Anniversary #13 to us

My Husband

By Tiffany Feger

My 
husband 
keeps us safe. 
      My
      husband
      keeps us fed.
My
husband
is so handsome.
     Please, kids, just go to bed!

My
Steven
takes me places,
And makes lots of awesome faces.

His face is what I like to kiss.
      When he's at work, that face I miss. 
The world's greatest dad is this:
     (who I like to kiss ♥ kiss ♥ kiss)

____________________now with pictures___________________

My 
husband 
keeps us safe. 
My
husband
keeps us fed.
My
husband
is so handsome.
Please, kids, just go to bed!
My
Steven
takes me places,
 And makes lots of awesome faces.
 His face is what I like to kiss.
When he's at work, that face I miss. 
The world's greatest dad is this:
who I like to kiss...
 ...kiss...
...kiss ♥


xoxoxo,
   Your wife

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Julia Julia

Dear Julia,
You're 16 months plus old. You love the beach and run away a little chasing birds, but look over your shoulder and come back when you need to (so far.) This makes your brothers nervous so sometimes they go chase after you and bring you back for me. Sometimes I chase you and run past you to get the birds to go in front of you, back to base camp, so you can continue the chase.

You went in time out for the first time today. You pulled Tyler's hair then when he was pulling away from you, you kept holding on so were about to fall off of the ottoman, so you held on for dear life and it hurt the then crying Tyler. Instead of feeling bad, you went to Isaac's bushy hair for a grab. Time out! The day before, you were hitting us with something then after multiple "no"s, I hit your hand. You got the picture. I don't mean to do that so will stick to time out. It is just that you're actually starting to push buttons when you know better. I remember this happening at the 18 month mark, but isn't this a little early? You get lots of attention, but perhaps you need more. I've been feeling nobody is getting the proper dose of attention lately. I need to do more planning.

You like bath time, but if you're too tired, you sometimes want me to hold you the whole time instead of your usual playing with toys below me. You like to try to put clothes on yourself. You are liking certain towels/clothes.

You are talking a tiny bit more. You say and sign some words like ball, book, dog, and monkey (you do the sound Ah Ah with the sign instead of the name). You whisper "hot," "papa," and "ssss" (for sh, as in be quiet, Tyler is sleeping) while you put a finger almost up your nose.

You like to feed yourself, and when you're done, you're angry. As soon as you sign "all done," I get you out to wash your hands and face, but sometimes you throw your spoon/food and swipe your tray clean. Grrrr. Right to bed, Missy!

You take about 3 naps/day. Sometimes they're short, sometimes they're long. You grab your blanket and find missing pacifiers and it's bed time. Even if you don't show signs and I need you to nap before an outing, you go to bed easily. You don't cry for me really. We give kisses/bessos to everybody, get you some water, find the pacifier and blanket, and put you on your back. I cover your legs with a pink and white soft blanket, turn on your mobile, and say "ni' night" and leave. Sweet! You do say "ni' ni'" sometimes.

You just learned how to walk backwards and can almost run. So cute, except you run into walls when you're walking backwards.

You LOVE books and like to plop on our laps to go through animal books.

You like to sit in little chairs and spots just your height.

You're a picky eater. More like a moody eater. You will like some things then turn your nose up at them later and vice versa.

Your hair is pretty long but is curly and stays swiped out of your eyes pretty well.

You like hair bows and tolerate hats at the beach.

You like to swim and love it outside.

You're not afraid of dogs and love to throw sticks for big Beau, Eirit and Justin's dog next door.

You still nurse, but only when it's your idea, so like once/day and some in the night unless you sleep through. You're cuddly and that's the best.




I love you my tiny baby sweety girl!
Love, Mommy

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Vertical Ventures St. Pete

What do I do with my 4 kids on a rainy day? I take them climbing, of course! My kids' happy place is climbing our tree, but our grass is soggy and the tree is probably slippery, plus it starts raining again and in order to watch them, not only are they dirty, but I get dirty and muddy too. I needed a break. Vertical Ventures to the rescue! 

We ALL had to sign waivers but then could roam free! There are 3 main areas besides the members only American Ninja Warrior type gym. A wall where every other "station" has a self pulley thingy for everyone and anyone. There's a free climb area where no harnesses are needed since the walls are not high and the floor is a thick crash pad. Down some stairs is the really tall walls where climbers can really climb, like by adding their own clips to the wall. That area is for advanced climbers only although I saw a kid climbing. I know they have classes so I'm sure my kids would love a chance at that too! Vertical Ventures St. Pete is really big and open and inviting. 

I got 3 of these "1 hour quick climb" passes from a new friend, Dylan, and used them right away. So fun! The boys let me have time to climb too by watching Julia [run all over the big open gym-type area]. Dylan and Isaac learned how to click in by themselves since Julia was a handful for me. I liked watching them, of course, my little monkeys, but didn't really have to. I felt safe. The funny thing, when Julia's running around slowed down and the boys could hold her, I took a turn up the tall wall. I knew in my had that I could just let go and the rope would let me glide/fall down, but I was scared to actually let go! I started climbing back down until my kids heckled me into trusting it like I did for them. I want to go again, without kids! This would be such a fun date. There were groups of teens having good wholesome fun there, I ran into a friend who goes out to real mountains to climb and he was there before we were and was going hard still when we were ready to say goodbye. This place is the real deal! They say it's 5x larger than the Vertical Ventures in Tampa and it's still new. I got the inside scoop that the reason they're closed on Mondays is that's they clean all of the grip thingies and change the courses. My friend who works there wasn't there when we got there b/c he was working in the evening, but guess what, he came in just to climb and play before his shift! THAT'S how fun it is! Would you go in to your job while off the clock? I recommend this place! My dental office is giving away 2 more passes on Tuesday on the Creating Smiles Dental Facebook page


























This is a pictire of Dylan and Isaac. It's the other Dylan, my friend, not my Dylan though. :)



He he :) I wanted a picture of all of us so climbed a tiny step or two with Julia in the sling. I'm sure that'd be frowned upon though :)



So click here and play Trivia Tuesday every Tuesday to win fun St. Pete prizes like passes here! (No cash value since they're just business cards, but the quick climb sessions are normally $10 each.)