Lip gloss and Jesus

Before I forget these hilarious things Sullivan has said today, I've got to write them down! Here goes:

Walking across the street from where I parked to go to mass this morning, I am carrying my purse, a huge diaper bag, Sullivan on my right hip and Sawyer in her carrier in my left hand...

Sullivan: So heavy, Mommy! Heavy!
Me: Yes, it is so heavy for Mommy, but we love Jesus and so we are going to mass.
Sullivan: Where Jesus go?
Me: Well... (her questions are getting tougher!) Jesus is with us all the time...
Sullivan: No, Mommy. Jesus is at home.

Suddenly, my load became so much lighter!

This afternoon...

Sullivan states, "I need my lipgloss, Mommy!"
(as she reaches into the drawer in kitchen where I keep lipbalm, puts it on and then goes to see herself in a mirror ...hmm, I am totally convicted here. Maybe I use lip products a bit excessively! Ah!)

Tonight, watching her evening show:
Sullivan whispers, " I like yer outfit, Mommy." (Fingers the zipper on my sweatshirt...)
"What's name, Mommy?"
I say, " Zipper. That's my zipper. "
Sullivan adamantly responds, "No, outfit. It's outfit."

Elmo's Time Out

Rice cereal for Sawyer! Yum!

Mommy and Sully make cookies while snowed in!

Sullivan out trekking the snow with Daddy.

I went to get Sullivan out of her room from her quiet time today (sadly she stopped napping regularly many months ago...) and I knew to be prepared for whatever lay ahead of me on the other side of the door. Usually, she has managed to get into what I have recently tried to organize in her room...books, diapers, linens, toys...and although I make her clean it all up each time and give her a stiff "talkin' to" about not taking every SINGLE thing out of bins and not making huge messes, alas, in the name of 90 minutes of calm I let her stay in there and do really whatever...So, today I took a deep breath and opened the door and what ensued just made me laugh!

-I enter the perfectly nap-worthy space, darkened and "sound-machined" to a nice whisper of rain. No nap has been had. Books and blankets are everywhere. Sullivan is in the corner trying to organize the books on a shelf. Elmo, Bah Bah the lamb, Lion and other stuffed animals are on the bed. Sullivan addresses me as I enter:

-Sull: Elmo make mess!

-me: Oh, Elmo made a mess?

-Sull: Yea! Elmo in Time Out! Elmo hit Bah Bah (her lamb).

-me: Oh no! Elmo has hit your Bah Bah!?

-Sull: Yes, Lion too. Elmo in Time Out.

-me: Oh, thank you for putting Elmo in Time Out! We do not hit or make messes with all the books!

-Sull: Welcome, Mommy. Your welcome.

Hilarious!

Other "bloggable" moments to remember over the last week and snowed-in days:

-Sullivan has figured out how to divide bowel moments into several episodes in order to be rewarded with M&Ms multiple times. She's a sly one, she is!

-Sawyer is rolling over from tummy to back and eating rice cereal. Wasn't she just born? Ah! She is growing up!

-Last Saturday, while Lee was out of town, I somehow locked Sawyer in our bedroom during her nap and had to figure out how to breakdown the doorknob while she was crying and while having Sullivan berate me with, "What's zat, Mommy? Mommy, What's zat?" Sigh...

-However, despite being snowed in for three whole days, I have really, truly enjoyed the forced pause; it has renewed my gratefulness for the two precious little lives from heaven that have been entrusted to my care.

Trip to AL and a first joke

3 generations of Murphy men: Lee, his dad, his brother Tyler, and his grandfather "Papa"

I sneak a kiss with Sullivan!

Christmas morning photoshoot in Christmas pjs!

Mama shows off her white wine as we prep for Sawyer's Dec.23 "Sip n See", which was a fabulous affair!

Lee's mom, "Honey", holds Sawyer during the "Sip n See"

We had a wonderful Christmas break in Montgomery with both of our families; unfortunately, I didn't take enough pictures! Here are a few of them, above.

Also, Sullivan told us her first joke the other day, which we didn't get, but she thought was hilarious!

Sull: Mommy, where green car go?

Mommy: I don't know.

Sull: To the Chick-kah-lay! (proceeds to giggle...)

So funny!