7, 8 , 9, 10, eat

Sometime in the middle of the night, sharing a bed with mommy at grandma's house... kid, "wake up! wake up Sloan (his cousin) wake up! turn on lights Sloan! " mommy turns lights on "not Sloan!! you mommy!!! Not Sloan!!"


Baby Monitor Update
"Uh Oh! do this right! ... mommy...my two hands, elmo color, read it!...apples...big bird yellow...salad, Alex...colors!...blue...yellow...color's elmo? uh? red!...uh oh on a book! ...sit on a book (his bed is so full of books he has to) cow...walkin' around...no, read this book..no read that one...oh baby, uh oh! big baby!...David! Oh Davie!...bed...window...kitty...7, 8 , 9, 10, eat, 10, 8, 7, 8, teen, 11, 12, 14, 14, grampa!...rocket...get outta the way car (lots of stuff in bed)...(monkey noises)...pillow pet, not swimming (fake crying)...get going...blankie hot, huh?...cuddle up, cuddle blue blankie"

peanut butter pickle

been in his big boy bed since he was 19 months old!

something you do not want to hear coming from the bathroom..."uh oh, slipper in potty! silly slipper!" followed by sinister little laughing...


Baby Monitor Update:
pillow pet!...nana favorite color is red...reading a book!...my toothbrush, in the covers...love my hmmmmm....I love it, read this one?...peanut butter pickle! (x 3)....(yawn)...right here!....mommy, mama, mommy monkey?....pillow pet...head down...peanut butter pick!...I no pick boogars...tattoo!...my wocket in my pocket...in bed! hahaha!...glub...watch a movie?...got bed...mommy woman, mommy monkey ahahahah!! (monkey noises)...hi pillow pet...mommy woman...blue blankie soft, nana blankie soft, like nana all the time, like nanO, like me (giggle)...cuddle up! wake up!...oh pook!....havin' soup party...oh blankie...ready? voom voom...come out! now!...hehehe! pick!...pillow pet monkey, read pillow pet monkey, hi pillow pet monkey, hi baby monkey (monkey noises)...blue blankie pillow pet!...oooo....weeeooooo....pillow pet monkey, going sleep...pip...love you guys... WXYZ...leave it on...got butter! peanut butter pick! kick, peanut butter kick!..."



what is he talking about? peanut butter pickle: he has been saying this for a few days now, he thinks its hilarious, your guess is as good as mine....he also says peanut butter pick! a lot and then laughs, I think it might be his version of peter piper picked...?

not sure which nick name I like best, "mommy woman" or "mommy monkey"

There is a What in your pocket?

going out to get the mail
mommy, "get inside, it's a cold one!"
kid, "it's a cold 2, it's a cold 3, it's a cold 4, it's a cold 5!"
he is right, its really cold out there!





Baby Monitor Update:
"Wocket in my Pocket! good one...shelf...read pillow pet, sit down...wocket in my pocket...a pocket in my pocket (giggles)...eating, like anthony...pow!....uh oh blue blankie...pillow pet...uh oh!! pillow pet!...wocket in my pocket...ick....(THUMP!) owe...bonk....what?...hot cocoa....wow....wocket in my pocket, my wocket my pocket....it's mine....back it little boy! back it!...wocket my wocket...hey duck!...hey book!...Under the ramp...in my shower, in my shower...on my pillow! thunk!....chicka pick! boom boom!...anthony, doin'? good!...blankIE!...real good...um bunny!....bunny!...bunny!....bunny button mama!...oooooh bunny...mama mia, mama eee-ah...mamamamamuh.....hi pillow pet...bunny, what bunny?..."


what is he reading? There's a Wocket in my Pocket, by Dr. Seuss
We read this for the first time tonight, he had to take it to bed with him so he could read it to pillow pet.

Blue Blankie #2 was found in the storage closet, it was discovered that there are in fact 2 blue blankies. However, only one made it to bed. How did mommy manage that? Oh no, She never reveals her secrets!

the night that blue blankie tooted

Mommy, "good morning sweetie!"
Kid, "good morning mommy!"
touches mommy's hair, "Mommy, you hair wild, mommy get haircut today, OK?"
he keeps my ego in check


Baby Monitor Update:
"hi pillow pet, hiiiii...wow, wow, WOW!...Coworado Avawanche!....W, X, Y, ZZZ...like a dog, like a dog pillow pet! ha ha!!...stand up, quack quack, don't talk.... look blankie tooted....hi Anthony...baby, wait don't!...wow...look this...dog book....you little dog, you dog....glub glub glub...(fake snoring)....pillow pet, do that! haha!...you!...cuddle up, pillow pet, want up? uh oh, blue blankie...come on pillow pet...blue blankie, I love it, wash blankie...cool huh? good, I did it..."


Blue blankie was substituted today for blue blankie #2. The switch was undetected. However, upon leaving the dryer, blue blankie #1 was spotted and the 2 year old may have suspected the switch but then he was distracted by a pair of interesting under ware in the hamper which became a very stunning hat

Baby Monitor Flash back

~Flash Back to October 2010
The time, 5:34 AM~

Baby Monitor: (tossing and turning, moaning sounds)...."Oh no Anthony, dark outside, sleep more, sleep more..."

the night pillow pet tooted

easter 2009

Kid, "Read that book."
Mom, "this book?"
Kid, "No that book! That book!"
Mom, "This book?"
Kid, "NO!!! THAT BOOK!"
Mom, "oh, that book?"
Kid, "yes mommy! That book!"

Baby Monitor Update:
"Beast book....tail, orange...done pillow pet...come and eat...(bark)....see bunny, oh bunny( grey bunny the easter bunny brought him for his first easter, before he knew how to take his glasses off, see photo)...all cuddled up...book....hi pillow pet, doin'? Anthony!...oh picking boogars...sorry....uh oh....see yellow, brown (yes, a wyoming kid)...sit down...read, get that book back...oh oh oh, mac and cheese!!....no eat dog...Bwagic dog...right...R, P, gate, P, Y (the alphabet of course)...count um, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10, nuh uh...awe pillow pet!...David, Q, R, Q, O,P, S, P, U, soap....O, O, P, O, X, P, Soup (giggle) soup! soap...1,11, 12, 4, belly....yucky!...I sorry, sorry...eatin!...no David!...David, Sorry...Nooooo David, reach cookies...No David, bottle...no play with food!...chick boom boom! coconut tree!....see a tail...see a orange tail...David, new book!...like chicken pillow pet? sleep anymore pillow pet, me reading...sleeeeep.....reading yum! yum!yum....frog...oops david...happy, mad, happy, mad (a bipolar moment)...9, 11, 2 2! I love you 2...meow....you tooted pillow pet...I love it, no way...I lovin' it, oh blue blankie...chicka boom boom!!...night light...nana? sleep mama dad's bed? mommy?...come on pillow pet...big bunny...ahhh book..."



what is he reading? Who is the Beast by, Keith Baker and No David, by David Shannon

in this instance, we are certain pillow pet was being blamed for a toot that was not his...

goodnight moon

Mommy, "One more song before bed, what do you want to hear?"
Kid, " ABC song!"
Mommy, sings and signs the letters in sign language,
Kid, "No Mommy! sing ABCs with mouth!"


Baby Monitor Update:
"Light on mommy....that book with stories on it...NO David! David is trouble...(fake snoring)...way cool...really sorry, oh!...read that book right now...goodnight moon...goodnight light, goodnight moon...(kissing sounds) goodnight bed...bed go?...goodnight mush...goodnight river, goodnight cow...pillow pet, rock...sleep in mommy's bed? oh no?...all cuddled up...not my fish, not David's fish...get rain, white, pillow!...look pretty, blue, pink...hey pillow pet, that's crazy! huh?...splash... (yawn)...little star....beautiful...kisses...pillow pet lay still...get up pillow pet...pillow pet hug...ahhhh....pillow pet, you a dog, I a dog (panting noises)....one, two, three....(crashing noise) uh oh pillow pet...cuddle up...pillow pet, blankie...all cuddle up...oh there's book!...oven!...thanks...too tiny...bumpy...oooh oooh hahah (his monkey noises)...anthony...frog, racket, racket (his frog noise)....dog (panting noise again)...like Bwagic...read book...blue blankie, oh there he is...cuddle up...blankie read a book..."


What is he reading? goodnight moon and David gets in trouble

What is he talking about?
Bwagic: his name for our dog who the rest of us call Magic

all wrapped up, or as he sometimes says, "Yo-Yo Up!" in his blue blankie....we can neither confirm nor deny this is the authentic blue blankie but our sources say it is definitely a blue blankie

No David!

Mom,"It's bedtime."
Kid, frantically looks around "Oh! I need chips!" as he sees the bag of chips that has been sitting there most of the night...another stall tactic...

Baby Monitor Update:
"Blue Balnkie, wrapped up, off! oh mommy...No David! (x4) sugar! find it David!...blue blankie today, No David! (x3)....baseball...Not in the House David....Want light, blue blankie...Good night David, sleeping, mommy....David!...oh!!sugar! read a book...you read it pillow pet, want you read it, Lightning McQueen you read it...ooooh look pretty!... pop? OK!... sleeping, K guys?...(thumping sound) uh oh...Jen-Chairah, again...Oh David...chicken, mouth...mommy I love you, too (seriously, I don't make this up)...pirate, parrot, pirate, parrot...color's helmet? black and blue, color's clock? red, color's hockey water? white, hockey water all gone...geek geek geek...watch out guys!"


What is he talking about?
No David: the book, No David, by David Shannon, if you know the book you will see he has several references to that book tonight, he loves it

Jen-Chairah: the combination of his 2 best grown up friends, Jen and Kara (Chairah), yes, they usually come in a pair

hockey water: daddy's water bottle for hockey is white, he loves to drink from it

Goose Bumps

Mommy, "bed time, go give daddy kisses"
Kid, "daddy, kisses, goose bumps, hug, fives, head bump, more kisses, good night." His nightly ritual with daddy and nana....his sister taught him how to fist bump last year, that evolved into what he calls, "goose bumps", its too adorable to correct...recently he added "head bump" which is just what it sounds like, he bumps heads with daddy...

this is the wall in his room, friends Jen and Kara helped paint it

Baby Monitor:
"sqeak in it, sqeak everyone...little blue boy, uh huh!!...like that angels, yeah!..leave that alone...love me books...pillow pet like green book...thank you all the time...reading book...monkey eatin banana! and a monkey too, eating nanas...look at this little guy, "racket, racket...sew machine...mama monkey...look sad...oh no, hockey book, hockey blankie, tattoos, want them, like that!...oh blue blankie...kiss (kiss noise) blue blankie....oooo....(yawn) so tired, huh?...ok blue blankie...sleep...big sleep oh baby sleep, oh baby! sleep! red car pillow....I love it, pillow pet! let go! ....oh belly button, love little buttons, so cute! so pretty! so cool....pillow pet, come on, this one that one...hi mommy mommy...that's funny!!!...cow, funny...punch yummy....move it over...I like a move it move it, I like a move it move it..."



What is he talking about?
racket: the noise that frogs make
mama monkey: for the last few days he has been kid monkey and I have been mama monkey
tattoos: mommy put on tattoos for the Miss America Party, he has a spider tattoo on his hand
I like a move it: the song from Madagascar, "I like to move it"

What is he reading?
Some book about when the zoo sends animals to a kid but they are wrong, finally ends up with a puppy

the rest? who knows

sun's comin' up!

mommy, "time for bed."
kid, "no mommy, sun's comin' up. Look! sun's comin' up." He is so convincing I almost believe it...except that its 9 PM...


Friday Night Baby Monitor:

"Rail road track, rail road track...like that book, under pillow pet, under anthony's bed, under my blankie...butter...Kara's blankie ooooOOOOoo....sleepin' (fake snoring)...(thumping noises)...cuddle up!...what color?...yellow!...beep beep, knock knock...orange, night time...anthony a car outback the end cuddle up, up...eat Chair-ah's blankie...watch out!...that? cuddle up that, good idea...hey babe....cuddle up in bed pillow pet...pillow pet, a pillow pet, a pillow pillow pet, name MOE!....(quack from big baby)...quack big baby, cuddle up!...my my red car, red car, have a red car, there's a red car, better...done...what color? red, what color blue? what color blue? what color this? (x3)....that one that one...fun, watch car, water....blue...my favorite, oh I love that....blue blankie....covers covers....a little bit big, little big, ...big little, big zooooom zooom zooom.....blankies...I love blue!!! I love that one! kiss cuddle up me! great pillow pet....ooooh nice light pillow pet, mommy make that you!....mommy love that...good idea....love....hockey....hockey....mommy daddy....big....mommy make that you, see it pillow pet, see it? like happy yellow....hi, meow....meow....have fingers...mouth....him happy...happy...sad...pillow pet...meow (x4)....have....red pillow...ack!....wait!....peep o peep....peep...wait a minute....hey...window...like that...I'm happy...hap hap happy, mad! mad!....happy?....uh, me me me me! nana, daddy....mama mia, go again, mine mine, mommy mia, open one more...kiss, goose bump, kiss more, kisses (kissing sounds x5) oh baby....pillow pet, want toothpaste...pillow pet you dog, no pillow pet I anthony, you dog (panting noises) pillow pet love anthony, pillow pet that blankie mine, yours, thanks, mine mine mine oh...mine, k? mine mine...pillow pet, no! not mine mine clothes, mine hockey clothes, rocket?....watch me pillow pet, watch beach blankie (giggles) guys! pillow pet....come on pillow pet...cuddle up guys....pillow pet...watchin'?....hi guys, goin' upstairs?...my hockey show...pillow pet, thank you......watchin' my show guys, guys go down, up!...go guys....go guys...hi mommy, you anthony...pillow pet! pew!..no mouth....blankie, oooo...I love that, cute...mommy, cute....happened? watchin shows, takin a bath mommy...shower off, shower on, rain...I BIG BIG! no BIG!....glub glub...read that book...pie book...color...like that, book, hills...sleep go a bathtub shower...open the bed...little ball...open now...uh oh, mommy monkey, baby monkey goin' sleep (fake snoring) go upstairs...I love it I love it!...I love fish...good idea! ideas! yucky ideas, yuck...little blankie...anthony like it...like cold...hicky dicky dock, run clock, dock...suns down, suns up, go sleep! sun comin' up, sun comin' down, sun comin' up...sun's comin' mommy...hicky dicky dock mouse comin' clock...nana sleepin, Jen-Chairah sleepin'....jump a bed (thumping noises)..."


The ever elusive blue blankie declined an interview today, those close to blue blankie say he was busy preparing (carb loading with corndogs and tater tots) for a long winter's nap.

"Sleep a couch"

Daddy, " It's almost bed time."
Kid, "NO! Sleep a couch!" climbs onto couch with pillow pet, lays still for 3 seconds, gets up and plays with toys, hopes we forget its bed time....nearly every night when we announce bed time, he tries to convince us he will sleep on the couch...we rarely fall for it.


baby monitor update:

"quack quack quack....red car....Kara's blankie on! oooo....red car, star....car car car book, huh...Kara's blankie, ooo...anthony sleepin...blankie, oh no...I love it...I LOVE IT! BLANKIE, red car blankie...thank you, blankie, I found it!...hmmm I love that....comfy, comfy, comfy pants....ooOOO000...green, mine mine...want red car pants....oooo.....soft....Lightning McQueen, red car pillow....red car...blue blankie...(weird squeaking noise, may be the wheels on the car he took to bed?)....my my my....red car.....mommy cuddle time, read book...cuddle time...my cat...my cat...(pages turning)...hi, yellow, yellow cat!...hi cat, uh huh! big cat, little cat, pillow cat...little...boogars...I love it, I LOVE IT!....humm...touch touch...(thump)....cuddle up...hmmm I love it...touch the bunny...red car pillow...daddy's eyes, brown...this is nice blankie...yes...little blankie...pillow pet!...book, read book...sleepin...nana down, nana up...good book..."




What is he talking about?

*"red car" is Lightning McQueen, from the movie Cars, he can say Lightning McQueen, just likes to call it "red car"

*When mommy gets home from work, she often puts on her "comfy pants"

*he is reading Have You Seen My Cat by Eric Carle, he is very well read for a 2 year old


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come back tomorrow when we have an exclusive interview with Blue Blankie...but is it the "real blue blankie"? Or the one purchased later at Salvation Army to sub in when the true Blue Blankie is in the wash??

meet the babies

Wednesday night, daddy is off to hockey, mama is home from book club, nana watching her very own big TV, time for bed...

9:25PM
(kissing noises) ah, pop pop pop...oh I love this...oh mommy... daddy, baby baby, wah wah wah wah wah.....I LOVE IT!...wake up, can't jump on the bed, leave the covers off, blankie oh...want that one...on that one...bwack!...meow.....meow...meow meow....ouch....sure does....baby!..mama mia...mama mia! (x4)....guys, no upstairs, you guys upstairs are up there...guys come down...dark....make a tent!...pillow pet...baby, inside, under it....good idea pillow pet, I love it....mommy mommy...you stay mama....clouds....baby, baby wah, baby baby wah, baby baby wah, mama mia wah, put out put in....put out...put in...peep!....that pillow, that one, oh oh! red pillow, not there....elmo, baby lotion....come here pillow pet, singing....uh huh, sure does pillow pet...my dog....uh huh, do that, I love this!.....oh pillow pet, I love you too....I love you too nana, pillow pet....nana? you there? no.....nana upstairs eating....guys!!!watch.....right down there.....(thump) OUCH! mommy kiss it!!!.....ohh mommy mommy.....1, 2, 3,4, see its big....count...oh, baby sleepin'.....baby, hi baby, baby what wrong?....oh no...baby happy happy, sad sad, happy happy happy baby, sad, oh poor baby, cryin' eyes....get mommy.....fix it....cupcake.....big guy, whatcha doin big guy? good!....silly.....baby, mommy, baby I love you....hi elmo, red, yellow, red, color dolphin? grey....color eyes? black....sleep....daddy mommy sleepin'.....oh sleep guys (x3) ....washin a pan...daddy wake?....oh baby....so sad, sleepin, sleepin baby....my butt, butt!....hey, baby...bed...big baby little baby I love baby anyway....like eat....nana read book, anthony read book, mommy read book, daddy read book....read books!....oh baby oh baby (x30)....anthony sleepin' (no, you are not)...guys, go!....nap time here...anthony sleepin (still not)...
9:55 PM asleep!



yes, he is singing his own mixed version of ABBA's mama mia and Justin Bieber's baby baby pretty creative I think....

Now meet some of his bed time entourage, the babies.....



"little baby", AKA "baby" was found summer of 2010 at a yard sale. He found it and right away started kissing it and patting its back and said, "I love it!" so what kind of mother would I be if I did not buy it? and it turned out the people thought it was so cute they gave it to us for free! then I have no idea where big baby came from, one of those toys that seems to have just moved in because he heard we were kind to lonely stuffies. So then he became "big baby" because well he is the bigger of the 2. He is very creative with his stuffie naming. We found out at 3AM one night that the big baby has a quacker in it "quack quack quack quack"...so usually when you hear "baby" he is talking to or singing to baby...he thinks Justin Bieber's song is about these guys, maybe it is?

Tuesday Night Baby Monitor Special Edition

My son is 2 1/2. We still have his baby monitor hooked up because we cannot always hear him when he wakes up. While he falls asleep, he talks to himself. He does not have an "inside my head voice" yet so everything he thinks is verbalized....these are his thoughts as he falls asleep.....



Tuesday Night Baby Monitor Special Edition: "Eat Ice cream...(slurping noise)...oh ice cream good...pillow pet pillow pet I love you pillow pet, lay down go to sleep....ice cream...happy birthday pillow pet! Happy Birthday!...uh oh I got it, jet pack, get up, whoa!...pillow pet, peach, peach good, eat peach (slurping noise) peach good, try it....want hug...oh blankie blankie, oh gummy bears, blankie gummy bears, pillow pet, gummy bears, anthony gummy bears eat (slurp slurp slurp) mmmmm pillow pet, wait, no right now pillow pet, sleep guys...mama dad pillow pet, owie, owie, go, eat pillow pet, eat guys, happy, oh mommy happy, so happy, mouth, eyes, have eyes, mouth right there...here, peach time, goonight pillow pet, goonight guys, goonight blankie, eat more pillow pet, time a eat...go up, tattoos....oh goodnight, hi blankie....goodnight...everyone, pillow pet, goodnight...goodnight...blankie, stay up stairs, sleep, go a sleep, go again....up..upstairs...I love it...I got boogars....and blankie, sit....oh!....cool day....ok guys, pillow-y tired, yeah...name anthony...mommy mommy....meow, owe....hi!! eye!! meow....meow....time to sleep guys, sleep guys, time a sleep....make a bed, make a table, make a square....anthony...hi! pillow pet....cried...pillow pet....my tow hands, my two feet....no...my two feet, look at that! my feet....like it a way....look at that hand page....like you hand....(pages in book turning) mommy, that tiny mom....my two hands....my two hands....my two hands! look!....hand mommy....(pages turning) hands side, my two feet, my two hands, read it pillow pet, good idea....my two hands, my two hands....my two hands....my twooooo feeeeeet.....my twoooooo feeeeeet.....hands...my two ffffeeeet, all done pillow pet, good night blankie....WAKE UP!....good night chickens.....(yawn)...pillow pet, yawn...eat!....(yawn)....ah ah ah aha....window....angry...happy.....hush....chicka boom BOOM! chicka boom boom mommy, chicka boom boom pillow pet, chicka boom BOOM!...read book (thumping noises)....birds....sure does....good night, hi peach...pillow pet, blankie, blankie tired....read a book pillow pet, oh no, where's that book? there it is, good job pillow pet...(pages turning)...blankie, pillow pet....huh....hush....my two feet, my two feet, my two feet....(pages turning, its 9:56PM) read that way....or read that way....my two hands...my two feet anymore, my two hands...read book, cooookie!!!....cookie mommy, eat book...read the hand book, good idea....sleep....oh oh oh....hmmmmm....head, here you go....kitty go?...(whispers: pillow pet)...I yeah....no...mommy!....(thump)...hot dog!...uh oh"

Finally asleep? 10:10PM