A Post from Kylee

Every time I blog Kylee really wants to type something. She knows all her letters and one of her favorite things to do is for me to open notepad and she just types away, asking me how to spell things. So today as a bribe to clean her room I told her she could write a post on my blog and she got so excited. Well as promised...here's Kylee. She will be typing this all be herself. It probably won't be very long.


KYLEE AMANDA COSPER
HI
USA
I LOVE YOU
WEBER STATE
HOCKEY
CANNON
EMILEE
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

There you go...that's my little smarty pants. I think it is too cute the words she wanted to spell (and that she had to have the letters be as big as they would go) and I love watching her grow and learn.

You're My Girl

I will admit that sometimes I really see SO MUCH of myself reflected in Kylee. Most of the time it makes me so PROUD but sometimes it makes me sad because I want her to be so much MORE than I am, but then I realize she already is and she's only 3. I know I usually just post the random cute things my kids do on the side bar but this one was so precious I decided it deserved its own post.

Kylee is incredibly shy around strangers and has MAJOR separation anxiety, and recent events have just made it even worse. (I would love any advice about this any of you amazing parents out there might have.) After she gets to know people she will often come out of her shell and talk or "show off" as 3 year-old's like to do and I LOVE when others get to see her ADORABLE personality. And she doesn't ever forget things or people. She remembers things about people that she only met once or twice and talks about them all the time. She hates to be alone and thinks that playing with someone else is ALWAYS more fun. She craves attention ALL THE TIME. All these things are just like me, and it BREAKS MY HEART.

She won't sleep in her bed alone. I must lay with her every night until she falls asleep and then usually she wakes up and realizes she is alone and comes and gets into bed with me. I know I should probably work on this more, but the truth is I LOVE IT. I hate being all alone in my bed too and love that I have this sweet little person next to me. So lately we have just been by-passing the first step and she has been going to sleep in my bed. In fact, her bed has stayed made for some time now.

Last night she had already been asleep for a few hours when I came in and laid down next to her. I guess my arrival woke her up and she looked at me and said "hi mom, I'm glad you are coming to bed. You need your rest." It was such a grown up, sweet, concerned voice she had. It melted my heart and brought tears to my eyes. So I gave her a big hug and said "Oh Kylee I love you so much. I don't know what I would do without you." She kissed my cheek and said "I love you too mom. YOU'RE MY GIRL." (I say that to her all the time)

All my worries and sadness just floated away. I'm not as alone as I feel and who cares about anything else...I have the love of these two ANGELS and WOW is that AWESOME. I know as parents we are supposed to be the ones teaching and helping our kids, but I think my kids are way more help to me than I am to them and they definitely teach me more. They are amazing little spirits and are still so young. They deserve so much more than I can give them, yet they are incredibly happy with what they have and they seem to both make the best out of any situation. Like I said, they teach me so much and are such great examples to me. No doubt in my mind these kids were meant to be with me.

One of the best feelings in the world is knowing you are someone's girl.

CAKE

So tonight Kylee and I made a sheet cake (while Cannon was napping) to take to my mom's for Sunday dinner. After I had got it frosted, Kylee decided she wanted to have a little frosting and stuck her finger in (while I was cleaning up and wasn't paying attention). Luckily the frosting was still "wet" so I could easily smooth it out and no one would ever know.

Well Cannon woke up from his nap and I went upstairs to find him something to wear and get stuff ready to go to my mom's. About 5 minutes later Kylee yelled to me "Mom, come look at your new cake!" I knew right away what had happened.

When I came down the stairs the first thing Kylee said was "don't get mad mom. I told Cannon he could have some." I guess she figured she did it, so it wasn't a big deal if he did too.

He went a little more crazy than she did, but that's Cannon for you.

He was one happy little trouble maker.

What a stinker!

Hats!

Kylee's new favorite thing is wearing all my hats all the time. I must admit, she looks much better in them than I do. But she makes everything look cute. She really loves to be like mom and I am so glad she loves me so much but talk about pressure. She really does watch my every move. I want her to be so much better than me in every way. She told Emilee she goes to Weber State and now insists her 49ers hat is actually a Weber State hat. She is such a great helper and Cannon adores her. Tonight as I was putting her to bed she said "you are a great mom." Talk about tears. I love this little girl so darn much!

Cannon needs some hats of his own. Poor kid is surrounded by girls all the time.
I think he pulls the pink cowboy hat off pretty well though.
He only wanted to wear it because Kylee had it on earlier. He does pretty much anything she does. They are such good friends (most of the time).

Such a cute little cowgirl.

Then they put on the Darth Vader mask and thought they were so funny.

I must admit they made pretty darn cute Vader's.

Kylee even put her baby stroller on as a hat.

She is so silly all the time.

She told me "mom, let's have a hat party."

So I put on a hat and we partied.

Got to love the timer button on my camera.

Seriously love these two so much.

Oh Kylee! You make me laugh!Man I am one lucky girl!
They make everything WORTH IT!