You can do it

I love my little girl. For such a teeny 8 year old, she has a HUGE heart. Yesterday there was a marathon that went through our neighborhood and she made signs and went out to the curb cheering the runners on. 

Our morning routine...

When Caitlin was little we spent a little time each day reading books and playing (but secretly learning) with flash cards. It was one of our mother- daughter bonding moments that I cherished.

Now that Charlie is around my role as the teacher has been taken over by the little mommy in the house.

Just this morning she got him out of his crib and brought him to my bed and read to him. Although this happens all the time, it made my heart swoon.

(Sorry for the poor quality photos.
I took these on my phone in a dark-ish room and tried to brighten them up.)

I LOVE seeing his little finger point to the pictures.

L-E-G-O-S

My kiddos latest obsession is LEGOS!! I hate those darn things, I always step on them. I can't wait (insert very sarcastic voice) until Charlie gets the real teeny tiny legos instead of the huge "My first Lego" size. I bet those will be real fun to step on.

Every day we have the same routine...

1. Charlie MUST dump the entire box of legos.

2. Charlie has to giggle (for several minutes) about dumping the legos above his head causing them to go everywhere in the living room. Then he wears the empty box as a hat.

3. Caitlin feverishly grabs all the multi piece legos and gives Charlie all the single pronged ones.

4. She builds a castle (remember, this happens EVERY time we get legos out)

5. Charlie destroys Caitlin's castle (and in this case- he tries to eat it too)

Bigger family, new name...

My blog is changing names. It was "What will the princess say next?" because I originaly was telling funny little stories about my princess. Since the fam has expanded, it now has a new name...

The Hayworth Family.

That is the new and boring blog title until my create juices can think of something better.

Introducing Mr Hayworth...

I wish I would have kept up with my blog. It was fun reading back through it.

I have completely skipped my entire pregnancy and birth on this blog. I am now a mother of two and love every moment of it.

Charlie was born on April 14, 2012 and we came into this world at 3:29pm. His stats are as follows:
10 pounds
23.5 inches
10 fingers
10 toes
FULL head of brown hair
Dark Blue-ish eyes (they have since turned to dark brown)

Right after he was born- Aaron was cutting the cord. 

Our first official family photo. 

Love at first sight. 

I only ended up gaining 10.8 pounds during my pregnancy so by the time he was officially born I had lost all of my pregnancy weight. Actually, I weighed less than my pre-pregnancy weight. That was quite exciting for me. After having Charlie I continued to lose weight thanks to breastfeeding. However, I went back to work and stopped going on our daily walks around the neighborhood and the weight came piling back on.

I have loved watching the bond Caitlin and Charlie have. They love each other so much.

FYI- Charlie is now officially 13 months and one week old.

NO mom...

It is just a two letter word but now when I say it, I immediately regret it...

I always say no- without even thinking about it. There is no hesitation, I hear Caitlin's little high pitched voice asking for something and I just blurt out NO.

Mom- can I have a snack?
NO
Mom- can I go outside and ride my bike?
NO
Mom- can I...
NO

My husband has been pointing it out to me lately when I do it. I really don't mean to be so negative all the time. Once I get off work and get both kids picked up I just don't have any extra time. Every night I have to feed Charlie, play with Charlie, cook dinner, do dishes, laundry, pick up the house (and everything else that happens in life) AND whatever activity Caitlin wants to do. I feel like a horrible mom. I used to devote all (and I mean ALL) of my time to her. She was always right beside me and would help me cook, clean, or do anything I was doing. I also used to have time to do crafts with her.

She is a fantastic helper around the house and a wonderful lil mom to Charlie. She will help me change diapers, give him baths (really she just gets in with him and squirts him with the little animal squirters), "babysit", give him little bits of food (she likes to give him licks off of her popsicle because he goes absolutely crazy). 

I just have one wish...

I wish she would clean her room. I get so frustrated because I cannot even see her bedroom floor most of the time. Last night she was "grounded" and missed watching the finale of Dancing With The Stars. It was on from 8-10 so she wouldn't have been able to stay up for it anyways, but you would have thought that I grounded her for a year. Her attitude and back talking was too much for me to handle and the NOs just came flying out of my mouth.

This summer I have a few goals.. my first goal is to become a YES-Mom. (or maybe a little less of a NO-Mom)

For example, I would like to say yes when she asks me for "the stickiest food-- that has no healthy content whatsoever--is made only of sugar--and was only invented to make moms like me cringe" AKA Cotton Candy. I am shocked she even knows what it tastes like. I have only let her have it once in her life and it was just a few weeks ago at Fun Night.

I couldn't resist... I wanted a small bite too.

***I know Aaron has let her have it many times, my Dad has bought it many times at the Bears games, and she has had it at Skateland when she goes every Friday during the summer at the YMCA.

I am going to TRY to start saying YES more. I still have issues with letting my kiddos out of my sight (like going outside) because we live on a busy street and there are so many crazy people in the world, but I think I can ease up on her a little bit. After all, it is no fun always being the mean parent.

I'm back...

I have been absent from my blog for quite awhile now. I am disappointed in myself because I thought this would be a fun way of documenting my memories of my kid and now kiddos. I hope to be better at this, but I cannot make any promises.

I will say ---In just 4 short days my little man will be turning the ripe ole age of 1. I cannot believe this year has gone by so fast. Maybe I will post some old photos of the past year or maybe I will just start fresh and just start talking about the new exciting days in my life.

Here is a photo of Charlie helping to pick out his birthday party supplies. As you can see, he was thrilled to go on this shopping adventure.

To be continued...