NOOOOOOO!!!

Jason went out of town last week for business and one of the people who he works with showed up with a horrendous cold. WHY!? He even joked that they were all going to get sick and take it home to their wives and kids. Guess what jerk-wad!? Jason did! He's been miserable for days and by tonight both Mireya and I are sick. Hence the, "NOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Tomorrow is Halloween and Mireya has the cutest costume! She was going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow as a sea otter. Now that she's sick she isn't going to be able to! It was going to be her very first year trick-or-treating!!! *sob sob sniffle*

Here's what she would've looked like:

A little blurry, I know. You try getting a toddler to pose for a picture!

Love the dog!

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

When I got Security Choice my daughter was told she could get a dog since she’d been asking and I figured there was no better time than now since we were already kind of exposed out here on this farm. The lab she picked out was adorable if not flawed since he only had one eye and kind of walks with a limp. We named him Gimpy, of course, and now he is as big a part of our family as any of the people and we spend most of our days and conversations talking about him! He’s not exactly the most effective guard dog since he can barely see but he barks at pretty much anything and everything which is thankfully fine since we live out here all alone. He loves having all this farmland to run around on although with the limp he doesn’t do all that much running! Anyway, my daughter’s happy and if she is then so am I – I think it was the right decision to get a dog after all!

Candy Corn

Mireya got to try candy corn for the first time today! We bought some autumn mix and I gave her some. She promptly ate all the white and yellow tips off of the regular candy corn, the brown off the chocolate kind, and the green stems off the pumpkins. She then handed me the sticky, sucked on orange pieces and asked for more. I have no idea why she refuses to eat the orange parts. Strange little monkey!

No Diapers, No Clothes, No Service.

Mireya hates her diapers and her clothes! She wants to be naked all the time! As soon as you get her diaper off and her tooshie clean, she rolls over, gets up and dashes down the hallway before you can even blink. I have no idea how that little girl can move so fast, but she does. It has become the norm around here to see either me or Jason barreling after a half naked baby begging her to stop so we can at least put her diaper on. I thought we were in charge, but now I'm beginning to wonder! In fact, she's now figured out how to take everything off all by herself. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

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[caption id="attachment_1554" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad isn't too happy."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1555" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="The offending clothes. (Notice I'm holding them. Daddy is chasing Mireya.)"][/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_1558" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad found you naked baby!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1559" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad's putting her diaper on..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1560" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="...and she is NOT happy about it!"][/caption]

I told you so.

Cute Stuff Mireya Does-Top Ten List

1. She asks to do something and then says "yeah" before you can say anything. It's usually accompanied by vigorous head nodding.


2. She "gets" you. She will chase you while she has her arms out and she's wiggling her fingers until she catches you and then she screams softly while she tickles you. It ends with everyone in a fit of giggles. (I'll get a video of this and post it asap.)


3. When you change her diaper, she says, "Bum bum! Bum bum!" The way she says it is just adorable.


4. She spins in circles until she gets so dizzy that she falls over laughing.


5. She runs as fast as she can. Watching her run like that always makes us laugh.


6. When she sings, she gets very shy, so she does it softly and it's extremely sweet.


7. She tells everyone we meet that I'm her mama. I feel so special!


8. She tells you about something and she gestures and changes tone and everything, but it's baby talk. (I miss the baby talk.)


9. She tells another child in a store, "pretty," as she's pointing at them. They always look so tickled and surprised!


10. When you ask her to do something, like throw something away or put dirty clothes in the laundry and she does it with tons of enthusiasm.

Truthfully I can think of a million more cute things that she does, but these are some of my current favorites.Mireya just gets cuter and sweeter every day. We have entered into the terrible twos, and those are the one thing that I can say with conviction are NOT cute. The tantrums are NOT cute. The hitting is NOT cute. The screaming and high pitched yelling that makes Jason's hearing aid shut off, are NOT cute. Her little face is pretty cute even when it's scrunched up all mad, but I still would prefer to see her smiling and not freaking out. Thankfully, she's happy WAY more than upset. It is always over something she can't have or something she can't do. I can see how it would be frustrating.

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