Cribs

We have put Gracie's bed back into a crib. For those of you who don't know, I was still rocking Gracie to sleep (Our babies are only going to want to cuddle for a short time, before they think they don't need us.) and would of continued to do so if she would cooperate, but she doesn't. So, last night I put the front rail back on her bed and put her to bed. She cried and threw a pretty good fit. After 10 minutes I went in and calmed her down for a few minutes and then said to lay down like a big girl and try to go to sleep. This time she cried, but only for a couple of minutes then would be quiet for a few minutes and she did this about 10 more minutes. After she was quiet for a couple of minutes, I went in and held her hand. She was asleep after just a minute. I plan on sticking with this plan and when she goes to sleep without the fit, I will switch her bed back.

Pictures

We made it back from my brothers house yesterday afternoon. The girls did pretty good, although on the way home they were a bit cranky. They had a lot of fun and Lillie did say she wanted to stay down there longer.

Here are a few pictures from Lillie's program and Gracie's bday Party.

Singing Bringing home a baby bumblebee.

Gracie's favorite song, A Heart that Beats for You. Lillie sang a little unplanned solo in this song, it was very cute.

Blowing her candle out.

Pushing her wagon full of blocks.

Gracie didn't mind if Lillie sat by her, but occasionally she got too close to the presents for Gracie. Here Gracie is telling her to back off.

Happy Birthday, Gracie!

I have more pictures that I may post later. Have a great day.

I thought I would take a minute to post before leaving for Louisville. Lillie is finished with Preschool and had her program Thursday night. She was so cute to watch. At one point during a song there was a interlude with just music and she sang her own little solo. Gracie went on stage too and had a lot of fun. I have pictures, but the lighting in the auditorium is not too great for pictures, so they are dark. I will post them in a few days.

Gracie's bday party was last night and it was fun. She recieved some great presents and loved everything. She would even hold up the clothes, not just throw them aside. When she was finished opening them, she asked for the rest of them. I had put them back in bags and she thought that she had more presents left. It was adorable. I will post some pictures next week.

Well, I must finish getting ready for our trip to visit my brother. Have a great weekend.

Hungry Babies

Well, Lillie has 1 day of preschool left. Yesterday her class had a picnic at the park, and thank God, it didn't rain! Josiah came over after class and played for awhile. They were so cute. They played dress-up and Lillie was the princess and Josiah the prince. While they were playing, I heard Lillie say something about having to nurse her baby so I took a peek. She had a princess aurora bear laying across her lap with a nightgown covering it like a blanket. She was just quietly sitting. She later came and told me that Josiah was in her nursing chair and her baby was hungry. I couldn't help but laugh a bit. I would have taken a picture, but the camera was dead. :(

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Random Thought

The girls and I just got home from church and as they are eating their kids meals I thought I would give you something to think about. If a movie is rated PG-13 (some material may not be suitable for children under 13) then is it appropriate to give out kids meal toys for that movie since kids meals are marketed to 12 and unders? Hmmm.

I was looking at the paper that came with their meals and opened it to see a poster of a Star Trek ship with the movie rating and was a little puzzled by it. Here the company is passing out toys geared towards the movie, but being sure to say that the movie is not really appropriate for anyone eating this meal. I really don't have a problem with Star Trek, even though I am not into that kind of science fiction, I am just curious to your thoughts.

By the way, something has happened whether it be on our end or the company's end and we are now off of dial up and I can't believe how fast our connection is. I can actually watch the videos that some of my fellow bloggers post!

Frustrated

I am completely frustrated. We decided to get out of the dark ages and get broadband (Yes, we still used dial-up), however since it was supposedly installed on Wednesday we have nothing. Broadband has not worked and no one seems to know why. I spent everyday calling at least once sometimes twice to the company. The customer service people are really nice, but I am sure they are sick of me. I will brag that I have kept my cool and been as Christ-Like as possible. I don't know how much longer I can maintain that attitude though :). We have now been told we will get another month of free service, but will have to wait until the 29th for a tech to come out and try to fix. So until then I will be using dial up to access the internet.

To update on our last week besides the above: Lillie is doing great on her allergy medicine - no more little old man coughs here! She is also doing great with her letters. She knows most of her letters by sight and has been becoming really interested in the sounds of each letter. I am trying to work with her when she shows interest and I am so impressed. Lillie can sound out quite a few letters. She is riding her bike like a mad woman now too. One day she just took off. She only has 2 more days of preschool left. I am excited, but sad because she has several good friends thru preschool and I know she will miss them.

Gracie is just nuts. She has been trying to pedal her trike just like Lillie. The only problem is that she can't reach the pedals when she turns. It is very cute to watch. Both girls are loving the new swing set and ask to go out and swing everyday, multiple times. Gracie is not sleeping too well though and that is tiring for me. She seems wake up several times a night and won't go back to sleep with out me coming in and holding her hand. It usually only takes a minute and she is back to sleep, but still getting up and down is wearing me down. Gracie is having a birthday on Monday. She will officially be two although if you ask she will say three. I can't believe how fast she has grown.

The girls and I are going to visit my brother in Louisville next weekend. All are pretty excited. Alex unfortunately has to work and can't come with us, but we are going to ride down with my parents.

I am sure I have given you plenty to read and will try to update my blog when I can, but it is a bit harder using the laptop and dial up because I fat finger the keys so much. Have a great memorial day weekend.

Update

It has been a pretty mundane week. I have been busy with housework and running a couple of errands. I took Lillie to the doctor on Monday about a chronic clearing the throat/cough she has had for awhile. He thinks that it is allergies. We have to give her Benadryl for a week and if that helps he will switch her to another allergy medicine. I am not thrilled to have to give her daily medicines, but she does seem to be doing better. Lillie has also had a couple of playdates this week. She had a lot of fun playing with her friends and has talked almost constantly since about all that she did at each of their houses.

Gracie is cracking us up daily. She is very animated. She will start to moan in a deep voice and then chase us around. It is quite funny. She is talking so much. I was reading about how at this age she should be able to put a few 3 word sentences together and she has well surpassed that! She has quite a sense of style too! I had dressed her in jeans and a cute shirt Thursday before I took Lillie to preschool and when I came home she had on polk-a-dot pink sweats and a yellow tank top. My little brother was watching her and said she went to her room and brought out this outfit and started to change. As he knows, I do not really mind so much what they wear at home and I would have let her change to. She did look really cute when Lillie and I walked in.

Ryan is such a good sport. I was able to talk him into staying longer on Thursday so I could mow the grass. It was in need of a trim and with the rain forecasted I wasn't sure if it would get mowed until next week. Thanks Ryan for staying!

Have a great weekend.