the neiplings

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

and the terrible two's is upon us

I should have taken a video of the HORRENDOUS fit he threw instead of just a picture. I have NEVER in my LIFE seen a child throw such a fit. over what, you ask?? I have no clue. usually he is pretty vocal about what he is upset about. nope. would not say one word. instead he screamed and cried. I picked him up from school one day and all was great. until i snapped the last buckle. that must have snapped his temper cause MY OH MY. WOW. and it was the first full day that Chad was gone to Kansas so it was just me and my lovely temperamental child. We live about 4 miles from his daycare and he SCREAMED and threw himself ALL OVER his car seat all the way home..that child...*shaking my head* by the time we got home, he had both of his arms out of the straps and was laying sideways over the arm rest of his car seat. LORD HAVE MERCY.

we pull into the garage and park. child is STILL throwing a fit. So i unbuckle him and he leaps out of his seat and starts throwing any and everything that he could find. at that point, i left the door open and went inside the house. well, that just ticked him off even more so he threw himself on the floor kicking and screaming...and this ENTIRE time...from Daycare to Home, i'm trying to talk to him and asking him what is wrong and what is upsetting him and he won't talk to me. finally, i gave up. and sat on the floor next to him and cried too.

I thought we were going to be so lucky and not have to deal with the dreaded "terrible two's" that everyone talks about but we were definitely not so lucky. it's like, as soon as 2.5 arrived, our child changed.

We have plenty of wonderfully good days...but then when we have bad days...well, they are very trying for me. He is bull headed, strong-willed and if you tell him he can't have something, you better be prepared to duck cause he will throw something. Poor child got it honest because both Chad and I are stubborn and have attitudes and tempers. but even on our worst days, i honestly wouldn't have it any other way. cause we all have bad days, right??

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

iphone pics

graham wanted to stir my coffee after i "dressed" it. how handsome is he?!?!

sundays are usually graham and daddy days so i went and had lunch and mani and pedi's with my girlfriends and they went on an afternoon stroll around the neighborhood

and then went and got a 50 piece chicken nugget meal from mickey d's.

graham and his friend Emmie

we went to watch a rugby game a couple of weekends ago and graham did not stop running around and playing the entire time...well, except for this time...and we thought he was going to take a nap. yeah right. this lasted 10 seconds....seriously. i want his energy

watching Max & Ruby

being silly with his daddy

graham is going to be such a wonderful big brother

but not yet. ha!

a month or so ago, we kept our friends 8 week old baby boy because his big sister was diagnosed with the flu and we didn't want to take the chance of sweet Cohen getting it. We kept him all day and absolutely LOVED it. Graham was sooooo sweet and was calling him "baby Cohen" and wanted to help me with feeding him and changing him. i cannot wait to have another one. i know graham will be such a huge help.

Meet Our Nephew, Aiden

My brother, Steven and his wife Melissa (Yoon-Hee is her Korean name) had their first baby boy on March 2, 2011. they live in Korea so we weren't able to be there for his birth. He is just absolutely precious though!! I cannot wait for Chad and I to have another baby!

they will be in the states in June and I just cannot WAIT to get my hands all over him!!

where does the time go??

I absolutely cannot believe that graham is 2.5 years old now. these last two and a half years have flown by so fast! i wish i was better at keeping the blog up to date because every time i look at it and try to update, i get overwhelmed and don't even know where to start.

i have got to be better at documenting the things that he says and does cause it's so funny!! I have blogger on my iphone now so I am going to make a real effort at keeping up even though i don't think anyone even looks at our blog anymore. ha!

graham is such a lil entertainer and has such a great personality. he is constantly making me laugh and smile. i wish there were more hours in the day because i just feel like i don't ever get enough time with him. he truly amazes me. he is so smart and is soaking everything up like a sponge.

at 2.5, he is wearing size 10 shoe and 3T. We are so back and forth with pottytraining and it's driving me nuts!! he was doing so good for a while and then just stopped. and it doesn't help that it's not consistant at school. Hopefully he will be pottytrained by the time he goes to kindergarten. ha!