Adventures in a Big Girl Bed

As of right now, I'm still undecided about the bed rail. Yes, she has "fallen" out a couple more times. No injuries to report yet. I don't think there will be. So, I still don't know what I'll do. The debate is still on.



BUT, here are more of Taylor's adventures in her Big Girl bed... she has now realized she can get up and down in the middle of the night. She doesn't play though. Nope. In fact, I woke up yesterday morning to her voice. "She's up and playing" I thought. So I walked into her room to get her and bring her into my room. She wasn't there. I checked the bathroom. She wasn't there either. So I looked over the stairs, and there she was. Just wandering around down stairs. Who knows what time she got up. I'm sure it wasn't too long. For some reason, instead of being totally freaked out by this, I think it's funny. I know I should be seriously nervous... but I'm not. She's fine. And we've decided to put a baby gate up at the top of the stairs.



BUT, this morning, at 4, Taylor came strolling into our room. "I want my daddy." I wish chris could have been awake to hear it (I had been up nursing Maddie.) so I picked her up and set her in bed with us, Thinking she would go back to sleep. Silly me. She stayed up and asked for Elmo or Mickey every 5 minutes. I kept trying to tell her that they weren't up yet, and she shouldn't be either, but she insisted they had to be on TV. Anywho... around 7 she finally fell asleep... on my hips. Maddie was laying beside me on my arm... I was on my side, and taylor was laying in front of me with her head on my side. Every little move I made woke one of them up. Needless to say, I'm a little tired today. The point of this BUT is that we may be moving the baby gate from the top of the stairs, to the door to the girls room. I'm not sure about it yet though.

To Rail or not to Rail

These are so ugly, but could it help?

It was bound to happen at some point, and I have to say, I'm a bit relieved the waiting is over.

Taylor fell out of her new big girl, twin sized bed.

I think she was already awake and just trying to get down, got tangled up in her blankets/sheets, and fell the two feet or whatever to the floor.

I heard the thud and the crying start. I ran in to save the day (dadadaDUH - Super MOM!), gave her a quick hug and one of my healing kisses (That's right. One of my super powers is the power to heal others with my kisses! That's why chris rarely gets sick :P ) With that, the crying was over. She was cool. She asked for her Monkey and her Bunny (will she ever name them something else?) and the event was over!

So here's my question... It will probably happen again - her falling out of bed. Is it one of those rights of passage in childhood, like the chicken pox and skinned knees... or should I try to keep it from happening? Do we rail or not?

Would something like this make a difference?

Keep in mind when answering this question... she was not asleep when she fell out of bed. Atleast, I don't think she was.

Moving with my Big Girls

Well, it was kinda sudden... but we moved. Not all the way yet, we're still working on that. But we slept here at my in-laws last night.

I didn't know if we were ready for this or not, but Taylor slept in a big girl bed last night. It took her a while to actually fall asleep, but i think the biggest part of that was we kept her up so late. And the TV was on. If it's on, she'll watch it. So we've decided... NO TV WHEN IT'S TIME TO SLEEP. She did cry just a bit, and this morning, I woke up with her and Maddie in my bed. But hey, it's a start. She also napped very well in her big bed today. I'm sure part of that was her staying up so late last night. She was pooped. So Taylor is sleeping in a twin bed now! It doesn't have rails on the side yet... But we'll get them. Hopefully she won't fall out before we have a chance to get them. If she does real well, maybe we won't get them. Who knows.

Maddie has even napped in her crib too. I'm so excited for all this. For my girls to have their own room, and for me and chris to have our own room again. Taylor has room to play with all her awesome toys she got for christmas. It's awesome.

I am going to miss my family. I loved having my mom and dad there everyday to ask questions and to help me with my girls. It's wonderful to be able to see the "grand" parent side of them. They're both great at it. I'm going to miss seeing my brothers and sister everyday too. They're turning into awesome people.

I'm going to miss our ward too. It's the tiniest ward I've ever been in, but everyone is so nice. I'm made tons of new friends and renewed alot of old friendships. I'm still going to go to playgroup and stuff. I'd miss all my friends if i didn't, and it's an excuse to see my family too.

Anyways. I'm so excited to be here with chris's mom and dad. They're super nice and we love them very much. Be on the lookout for pics of the girls room. As soon as I get my camera over here, they'll be up!

Snow Day Anyone?

Tennessee Definition of Snow Day

A day in which school is canceled
in other states cancelation is due to the presence of snow or ice

and the hazards it creates in travel

No actual snow needs be present in Tennessee

chance of snow? school is closed

no chance of snow, but it's cold? school is closed

I guess I understand the fact that it's really cold - like negative and single digits!

But at the same time, it's in the teens and twenties during the day.

There are places in the US where this is the temp for the whole winter season.

I'm 100% sure kids in these places don't get out of school simply because the high of the day is only 21.

I sound a bit like a grump. Honestly I'm not. I actually am glad that it's a snow day today, because then my little bro and sis are home for the day. They can help me with the girls since I need to start packing our stuff up. I just think it's a bit silly. That's all. I wish there WAS snow on the ground. I want to go play in it.

My 16th Girls

Happy Birthday girls!


Today, Taylor is 20 months old, and Madison is 4 months old (time to pierce those ears)

Here's some facts about my little cuties.


(I think taylor look so funny in this one. I have no idea what she was saying to me, but I love her expression. It cracks me up. This pic just reminds me of some tabloid celeb shot.)
Taylor...

• She can say anything now, and does. This includes "Stop It" which she says to me on average about 200 times a day.
• she talks in little sentences, 3-4 words
• she usually loves nap and bed time, and will ask for it if we keep her up too late
• she has to have her sippy cup before bed. That will be changing before the end of the month
• Her hair fits all up into a pony tail now (it's in one in these pictures.)
• She LOVES water
• She loves clothes
• She loves to be Naked even more!
• She REALLY loves Elmo.
• She's learning how to go to the bathroom in a toilet!
• She'll eat just about anything you put in front of her.
• Her favorites are cookies and candy. Also beans, veggies, and any kind of noodles. Oh yeah, and rice.
• Taylor is learning her letters. Her favorite way to learn them is to play on mommy's computer and point them out on the keyboard!
• Taylor was born 1 week late.

Madison

• She loves to talk.
• She loves to smile.
• She enjoys talking shoes with her aunt Jamie
• She sleeps with mommy and daddy
• She's been kinda rolling over for a few weeks, but really got it down on wednesday, the 14th! She's a rolly polly now.
• She can hold herself up on all fours now. She's a strong little girl.
• She's started playing with toys, holding them, reaching for them, looking at them.
• She's found her hands too, and will go cross eyed from looking at them too closely!
• She adores her sister. Taylor can usually get maddie to stop crying.
• Maddie was born almost a week early.
• If she had come out one minute earlier, she would have been born at 9:16 on 9/16.
• She's started eating baby cereal because mommy aint enough anymore.
• She's a very sweet spirit and a very good baby.

Our girls are our pride and joy. They are my favorite people in the world. I love spending time with them everyday and I'm greatful to be their mommy! They are the biggest blessing in mine and their daddy's lives. I can't believe how much they've grown in the 20 and 4 months they've been here. It's going by too fast. I wish it would slow down a bit, but at the same time, I can't wait for what's up ahead.

Happy birthday girls!

Heavenly Naps

My girls are both pretty good sleepers. Today though, they are AMAZING sleepers.

Nap time started today at about 1:15 to 1:30.

It's 5:02. Neither one is awake. Both are sleeping very soundly.

I have even tried to wake them up a bit. I came in the room, turned on the lights, turned up the TV. Nothing.

Both are still asleep. I hope this doesn't mean tonight is going to be horrid. That would not be cool.

Here are my sleeping beauties.

Can you spot the kid? LOL... Taylor has too many stuffed animals in her bed. But, these are the overflow from her stuffed animal canopy.

Sweet Taylor Brynn

My baby, Madison Emmarie!

Thank goodness for nap times!

Oh, also... I don't drug my kids. I swear!

Maddie's sleeping

My girls had lunch a bit later today than usual. Guess nap time caught up with madison.