"MY YOU!"

None of our kids have had any issues with jealousy, even when we were bringing home their new baby sibling from the hospital. But it seems the baby sibling is our possessive one. She doesn't like to share me, not even with Jess. She doesn't mind if he's hugging me or something, in fact that makes her smile and join in. But if ANY of them tries to cuddle with me on the couch or in bed at night she gets upset. She'll push their arms off of me and say "MINE!" The other night Caso tried to cuddle me and she was sobbing, pushing his arms away and then she looked at me and kept crying "MY YOU! MY YOU!" Haha.

We almost forgot our outdoor time the other day when it was really cold and windy. We were about to get everyone ready for bed when I realized and made us all go out on the porch swing. Everyone was being weird and hyper, which made it chaotic but really funny and a good memory. They all love when I break out the camera (and it's bright flash) when it's dark out.
Poor Gia had her teeth cleaned and a little mass removed from her side yesterday. Jess found out he had to go to Havasu, so I had to drop her off by myself at 7:30 with all 3 kids with me. I wore Neely in the carrier, and thankfully it wasn't busy so I didn't have to worry about trying to keep the older 2 really close to me. So it ended up going really smoothly.

Then Grama helped me pick her up in the afternoon, and stayed in the car with the kids so I could go in for Gia. Thanks Grama, for helping, AND for the ice creams afterwards. Ha.

Gia has shiny white teeth now, but she was really sad all evening. And drugged. She didn't move from the couch for hours, and her tongue was hanging out, and she'd whimper quietly every once in a while.
Paige fell asleep on the living room floor a little after 5 pm, which is really weird for her. We hadn't done our outdoor time so we carried her out to sleep on the bench out front. Ha. Cheating I guess, but she still got fresh air, so I'm counting it.
She did after I uncovered her head a little, anyway.

This last weekend we failed to get the last oleander all the way out. It was the worst one, gigantic thick roots everywhere. We hacked away at it some more and then team leg pressed it most of the way out. Ha.
Caso helped us work on the yard some.
And then he found a few little purple flowers growing. All on his own he had the idea to pick one and put it right by Paige's face, and he told me that way she would be surprised when she woke up and it was the first thing she saw. Cute little gent.
Neely just cruised around the yard.
Cason and Neely are a little bit sick today, so we're just hanging around at home for now.