We moved to Idaho in June and since then it has been an adjustment. I didn't think Rex would have a hard time since he's so young, but I was completely wrong. He has had the hardest time out of all of us. It was so hard for him to move to a new place and have Bryce gone for 3 months. It just showed me how important it is to have a mom and dad in the home. Boys need their daddy's. Bryce was gone in July, August, and October. It was a tough 3 months. It didn't help either that Rex is 2 and that's just a tough age. There's a reason they call it the terrible twos. I never really felt that way with Naomi because I didn't think she was too tough at 2. But Rex is a whole other ball game. Wow, he has been tough!!! He is so dang stubborn and has got a serious temper. If he doesn't get his way then he will go ballistic. He will scream at the top of his lungs, and it is ear piercing. Then he will chuck whatever is in his hands as hard as he can at the wall or floor. Then he will completely flop and go limp. It's frustrating because most of the time he freaks out like that and will knock his head on the ground. He usually ends up hurt and that just makes it that much worse. Ugh it's really discouraging. I hope he grows out of it, because it's pretty bad.
Rex is big enough that he will get himself into trouble that Naomi never could because she was too skinny and small. One night I was changing Violet's diaper and when I got done I walked into the kitchen and Rex had pulled a gallon of milk out of the fridge and was trying to pour milk into his sippy cup. Milk had gotten all over the floor. Rex just knows how to attract trouble. One day at lunch time I had gotten chocolate milk mix out and it was sitting on the counter. I went to get Violet because she was crying and when I came back Rex had poured the Nesquick all over the floor and was playing in it. At the end of the summer, we were leaving Carleen and Brent's house. We had picked a bucket of raspberries and Rex LOVES raspberries. So I put the container in his lap and let him eat them on the way home. That was a terrible idea. We got home and he had mushed raspberries all over himself and his carseat. It was a disaster. Plus he had pooped his pants. So I changed his diaper and left him naked because we were out in the garage cleaning the carseat. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal because if he peed it would be on the cement. Well as I am scrubbing the van, I look up and Rex had climbed into the van and peed on the floor!!! So I go inside to get more hot water and soap. Then I find him in the bathroom shoving grandpa's towel in the toilet!! It was just one of those nights I couldn't win. Bryce was gone and so that's why it was just a disaster. There's only so much I can do on my own. I feel like I'm barely hanging on when I'm taking care of the kids by myself. Then just a couple weeks ago I was getting ready to go pick up Naomi from preschool. I came upstairs to get Rex and he had taken off his diaper and had pooped all over the carpet!! Ugh it was such a mess. And in that same day he and Naomi had grabbed a roll of toilet paper and shredded it all over the living room floor. HAHAHAHAHAHA As I am writing all this down, I can't believe what a hot mess we all are. It's amazing we've all survived this year. It's been challenging with this kid, but oh, I love this kid sooo much. He's my baby boy and I will always have a soft spot in my heart for my boy. He is a sweet boy and just needs to be loved. He loves to sleep by me and has to be by my side. That's a good and bad thing. If I'm not by him and he wakes up then he will freak out! That's never fun. But it does make me feel good that he wants his mom by his side. In the middle of the night he will reach over and touch me just to make sure I'm by him. This is a rough age for Rexy, but we are going to get through it. Plus it just makes for really good stories to tell haha. He is a good boy and we love him so much.
