He Thinks He's Human!

My crazy cat decided to jump in the baby's car seat and take a nap. Arianna and I were doing homework and I happened to glance over the railing and saw him...I started laughing which peaked Arianna's interest. Arianna thought it was hilarious so I decided to take a picture.

10 Months Already!!

Hi Everyone! I truly think that if Alayna could speak, she would tell everyone how happy she is! 10 months old today, where did the months go? Alayna loves...food, Arianna, to climb the stairs (really quickly too), take all the laundry out of the laundry basket (clean and folded or dirty), she loves to stand, smile, point, get into Arianna's toys, putting things in her mouth, and her stuffed penguin.
Things I love about Alayna: Sleeps through the night, loves to cuddle, smiles a lot, babbles, how content she is, and that she is mine!

"Uh-Oh"

"Uh-Oh!"

This is Alayna's first word...it all started a few weeks ago when I was doing the dishes. Alayna loves to crawl over to the dishwasher and either play in the drips of water from me putting them in the dishwasher or SHE LOVES TO PULL OUT THE SILVERWARE! I think this action is totally discusting, unless I am emptying out a clean load of dishes. So, when she starts crawling over I or Pat or Arianna usually say, "Uh-Oh...Here she comes!" This is my cue to put the dishwasher up.

She caught on quickly!

Happy ?? Birthday Amy!!

Aren't my sisters just beautiful? Anyway, the sister in the middle is turning a year older today! I just wanted to post about her and list a few wonderful things about her on her special day:

1. She's a GREAT mom

2. She's a HARD worker

3. I don't think I have ever heard her yell at her kids

4. She gives good advice

5. She is creative (I want to be like her in many ways)

6. She has always been there for me through the good, bad, sad, & happy moments of my life

7. She is VERY patient

8. She puts other's needs before her own

9. She's a good wife...many times I would ask her for advice

10. SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN!!

There are many other qualities that I love about you Amy, I just don't have all day to sit at the computer and type them up.

Happy Birthday!!

Will It Ever Happen?

So, Alayna has been sleeping through the night now for about 3 weeks! For some reason (could it be the parenting) my children haven't been able to sooth themselves to put themselves to sleep. Arianna was the worst!

Anyway, I have had to do the "crying themselves to sleep" tactic on both. Arianna's habbit took about 3 days to break and Alayna just 1. However, Arianna would go right to sleep for her naps too, but Alayna won't. I don't mind putting her to sleep, but she usually wakes up as I am leaving the room. Those 10 minutes of sleep give her just enough rest to not be tired...for about 1 hour, then she is cranky!

Any suggestions on how to get my child to take naps...without nursing her to sleep? I'll try just about anything!

Taking Action...

So, I finally caved in and called Terminex to kill the ants that are invading my space/home! "Someone will be there between 8:00 am & 10:00 am." Who wants to bet it will be closer to the 10:00 hour?

So after the ant killer sprays...we can't be in the house for 2 hours. I will be taking Alayna to the hospital to get her blood drawn. It was a sad 9 month check up. Alayna's growing just fine, had 3 shots, and then the doc tells us they need to get a blood sample to check Alayna's iron levels...standard proceedure (Arianna never had this done).

So Pat and I take Alayna next door to the lab and I am thinking, "Oh, just a heel prick that's all." NOPE, they needed a needle in the vein blood sample. After trying to find a good vein for about 3 mintues, they proceeded to poke her. NO VEIN! So they try to see if they can get a vein on the other arm...they couldn't so once again they decide to poke Alayna on the arm they poked first...and what do you know, NO VEIN!

The poor thing was crying so hard she was gagging! Pat was IRATE! Anyway, the blood sample needs to be done so that is what we will be doing on Monday after the ant killer comes!

Goal #1

So, for my first item of buisness to do in this wonderful new year of 2009 is...

Get Rid of the Ants!!

For some reason, ants have decided to come into my home univited! I HATE ants!! I spent most of my lunch time trying to kill them. Arianna kept saying, "Here's another one mom!" I am happy the ants aren't on my counter tops or table. They have decided to gather around my railing/stairs (strange). Any suggestions of how to get rid of them completely? PLEASE!!