Wow! The weather here has been gorgeous this past couple days. I was just telling Jon last week that I always miss Texas in March because we're usually still in the dead of winter and all my Texas friends are enjoying flip-flops and sunshine. I guess the good Lord heard me and decided to bless me with a little bit of the Texas climate this week!
Annabel is trying her best to crawl these days. She hasn't pulled her knees up under her yet, but she can push way up on her arms and scoot/roll everywhere.
All that moving wore her out and she passed out in her Daddy's lap Sunday night.
Monday night we took a stroller ride. It was still a bit cool then, so I covered her up in the blanket. By the time we made it back home, she had kicked those legs free. She's watching her sister jump on the trampoline in this picture.
Tuesday morning we met Shannon & Westin at the park. They played all morning and then we had a picnic lunch. It's really hard to get pictures when you're chasing a toddler & holding a baby. This is the best I could do..
Today I had every intention of going to MOPS, but since the time change Annabel has decided she wants to wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning rather than 5:00, so I went back to sleep after our little fiasco last night and didn't get up in time to get out the door for MOPS. While I was eating breakfast, Annabel managed to get from lying on her back under her play gym to about 4 feet away from her gym and on her stomach! We're going to have a crawler before too much longer. I don't know if I'm ready for that!
When I finally got showered, we decided to meet some friends at the library for Toddler Story Time then we had another picnic lunch at the park and played for a while with Payton, Parker, and Kellen. I didn't even try to get any pictures of that.
And speaking of Texas, tomorrow I'm flying with the girls by myself to Ft. Worth. I'm so super excited to see family and friends, but I'm dreading the travel part of it! Please say a prayer for well-behaved, happy children and safe travels (most importantly!).
We started off Friday with a play group at our friends' Kailyn & McKenzie's house. It's always fun to chat with other moms and let our kids run around & play, but since it is always so busy, I'm never very good about getting pictures.
Some of the girls having lunch
Friday afternoon, Big T (or "T" as Adeline calls him) & Tiny came in town. They got here just as the girls were waking up from their naps and we got to spend the afternoon together. Then when Jon got home from work, we met Shane, Juliet, and Murry for dinner.
Saturday morning, Adeline and I went to help Cilla celebrate her 3rd birthday.
This is the face I got when I got onto her for jumping around & not smiling at the camera. I would also like to point out that this "shirt" she has on was a dress she wore when she was 6-9 months old. I love clothes that keep on giving!
We had a blast at Cilla's birthday party..
Adeline with the sweet birthday girl.
The beautiful table with all the delicious food!
Happy Birthday to Cilla!
In the meantime, Jon and Annabel went to Shane & Juliet's to visit.
Tiny loved playing with her two baby granddaughters.
And the guys planted some memorial trees for Juliet's grandmother & aunt.
The girls both took 3 hour naps, then T, Tiny, Shane, Juliet, & Murry came over to spend the afternoon/evening.
Annabel tries to grab anything she can on her cousin Murry and put it in her mouth!
It was a beautiful day, so Adeline got to spend a lot of time outside swinging and playing with her grandparents.
I did it! She loves her new Snoopy shirt from her cousin Kasey & Aunt Paula!
And even Annabel got to swing some.
And snuggle with T.
Adeline & Tiny swinging.
We grilled steaks and Tiny made peach cobbler. We all ate way too much, but it sure was good!
It's another rainy day today, we lost an hour of sleep, and Jon has to work all day. Those three things combined helped me decide to stay home from church today. Jon and I struggle enough to get both girls up, fed, dressed, and out the door for church on time. I really didn't want to try to do it all by myself an hour earlier! I know, I know..excuses, excuses. :)
Anyway, in my effort to be a Deuteronomy 6:7 parent and in honor of it being a church day, we did a little biblical lesson on rain today. And I can't not put some OT in there as well. haha
I bought Adeline some spring-loaded scissors yesterday and decided I was ready to take that plunge into learning to use them today. I've been so scared of introducing scissors because I know it's only a matter of time before she'll cut her hair, but it was time. I cut little strips of white and blue paper (just big enough where she could cut pieces with just one snip of the scissors), then I put little dots of glue on the paper & told her to put white on the clouds and blue for the rain. I got out her big girl bible and read to her Zechariah 10:1 and tried my best to explain it on a two-year-old level. She needed a little help squeezing the scissors all the way closed, but she loved every minute of it. She also needed help getting the rain to go vertically.
After we were done with our little craft, the rain had stopped so we took a walk around the block in our rain garb. We splashed in puddles and I pointed out all the pretty flowers that God made and that God sends the rain for. The birds were chirping like crazy so I told her they were saying, "Thank you Jesus, for the rain." I think by the time we were done, she was starting to grasp the concept.
Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime. The Lord makes the clouds. He sends the showers, And he gives everyone green fields. Zechariah 10:1
Always remember these commands I give you today. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and walk along the road. Talk about them when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6: 6-7
This last one isn't easy for me, but I'm trying. Please pray for Jon and I to raise our children the way God wants them to be raised. We need all the help we can get!
It's a rainy day here, so we're staying home. I took this as an opportunity to do a bit of blogging.
Monday Adeline had KDO, so Annabel and I hung out at home. I was trying to catch up on some cleaning, so she spent some time in her exersaucer.
When she grew tired of that, I tried the mammaroo. I think she's outgrown it! She was sitting up and trying to lean out of it to get the toys on her exersaucer the whole time.
After KDO, we took Adeline to dance. I think she looks so precious in her little dance clothes. In this picture she's saying, "No take a picture of Adeline!" It's impossible to get her to cooperate for pictures anymore!
Annabel has discovered that back is not always best for her. The majority of the time I put her down, she immediately rolls on to her stomach. Isn't a sleeping baby the most precious sight?
Wednesday we went to the library. We had some down-time beforehand, so I experimented with Adeline's hair. I think I kind of love this braid thing. It keeps the hair out of her eyes all day and I think it's pretty cute. The only downside is, where does the big bow go? :(
And speaking of hair, the humidity has started to bring a little curl out on Annabel. See it? I'm thinking her hair is going to be curlier than Adeline's.
The past couple nights we've left the back door open while we cook dinner so Adeline can play and we can still see and hear her. She is such a busy girl!
This morning we're just hanging out and enjoying each other's company....
A couple other things I want to note on here...
We almost started a bad habit last night. Jon and I had already fallen asleep and about 9:45 Adeline started crying for me. I went to check on her and she wanted to get in bed with us. We let her for a while and we both really wanted her to sleep with us, but we knew it was best not to start that yet. Besides, Jon gets up at 5 every day for work and I get up then to give Annabel her medicine. I knew Adeline would not want to be up at 5 and I was afraid it'd be impossible to get her to go back to sleep after that. After about 30 minutes of snuggling, Jon took her back to bed, but she wasn't happy about it. I hope we haven't started a new nightly routine!
Adeline has her own made-up word and I'm just now starting to embrace it. For the longest time I've been trying to correct it, but now I think it's pretty cute. She calls most forms of media "gigats" Songs, movies, tv, computer, phones...all "gigats." She knows the names for them because she'll tell me the correct name when I ask her, but if she's just talking about them herself, it's always "gigats." I love it!
Annabel has started eating solids in the evenings. So far she has had avocados, bananas, & sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are by far her favorite!
Annabel sat up on her own after I placed her there for approximately 30 seconds on Tuesday, March 6.
Our friend Westin is two years old today! We helped him celebrate at his party on Saturday.
I love my little camera that I can just throw in my purse, but it doesn't take pictures nearly as quickly as my big one and a lot of them come out blurry. I thought his face with the cupcake was too cute not to share, even though it is blurry. I also loved his shirt!
Aren't these cookies perfect?
My three loves
I love this blue-eyed baby!
I love this blue-eyed toddler, too, but she is impossible to get a picture of these days!
Adeline & Elle enjoying lunch.
And parties always mean party favors!
Happy Birthday, Westin! Thanks for letting us celebrate with you.
We all had a bit of a vacation this past week. Adeline vacationed in Texas with her grandparents, and Jon, Annabel, and I vacationed at home. Hah! It feels like somewhat of a vacation without a busy 2 year old around, anyway.
Adeline woke up in the middle of the night with fever the first night she was at her Nana's, so the next day they visited the doctor to get everything checked out.
The doctor couldn't find anything wrong, so we just assumed a little virus or 2 year molars. She was fine by the next day.
She got to ride some little car at Wal-Mart when they went to get her some Tylenol.
She got to visit her great-grandparents a lot as well. I know they all had a great time.
She got lots of snuggles with Nana...
And she got to throw rocks in Pappy's pond!
While I was toddler-free, I made my nieces some of these little shirts for Easter. I have some to make my girls as well, but it may be a while before I get to those.
Adeline got to go watch her cousin Isaac's derby car race at RA's.
She was supposed to spend Wednesday and Thursday night with Big T & Tiny then they were going to bring her back to us this weekend, but T & Tiny both got sick, so things didn't go as planned. My mom met us in Little Rock at Annabel's appointment on Thursday to bring Adeline back to us.
Poor Adeline was in the car nearly all day on Thursday. She didn't mind too much though...
Thursday night we were all back home and I was a happy momma to have both my girls. I snapped this cute picture of Annabel in the bathtub that night. I love her and her crazy hair!
Although it was nice to be a 1-kid-family for a few days, I sure am glad to have Adeline back with us. I love our chaotic, noisy, exhausting, but extremely fun life!
