music

When Av was little we took a music class together. Now Camille and I are taking the same class. In the car we listen to the cd of songs. Camille loves it. As soon as we get in the car she says something like “music.” All the songs are about the length of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and for the second and a half between each song Camille is yelling from the back seat, “MORE, MORE!” Like after each song I decide that’s enough until she asks for more. Av and I both try to tell her, “it’s coming” but so far she just does not get it. Av pretty much knows every word to every song and I can hear her singing behind me. It’s pretty cute to listen to.

weekend

We had a nice weekend. It was busy which was kind of nice. We have not had a busy weekend in about a month. Friday night we had a sitter for the kids and want to a country club party. It was fun and the kids were great for the sitter. It was the first time Michelle from Av’s school had sat for us and Av was sooooooooo excited to have Miss Michelle come play with her. It was cute. She watched my girls, Marci’s kids and one other little boy. Lots of kids but the big kids all play so well together and entertain each other and the babies went to bed an hour after she got there so it couldn’t have been that bad. C was actually good that night. Both of my girls were asleep when we got to Marci’s house. We picked them up, put them in their car seats, drove them home and put them in their beds and back to sleep they went like the good little girls they are. Saturday night was our monthly dinner with the Masons and the Shumans. It was at the Shuman’s this time and it went fairly well. The big kids were a little wild at first but then they calmed down and were soooooooo good. C was a nightmare till we put her to bed. She was just BAD. She is a bully and is mean to Max and Stella. She hits, grabs and in general is just nasty. I can’t wait till she grows out of it. Sunday it was beautiful out and we spent pretty much all day outside. We went on a long walk and then the girls splashed in the puddles for a long time. C was in heaven. She had never done that before. Av has rain boots but C just wore a pair of Av’s old shoes and was soaked from head to toe.

8 weeks

I have been so so so sick. I have never been like this in my life. I can’t eat anything and everything sounds horrible. Making/getting food for the girls is so hard. John knew how bad it was when I turned down a Starbucks. I’ve lost 4 lbs in a week. Crazy. Today I woke up so much better though. I’ve been able to eat and even had a little bit of coffee. It was so good. I so hope I’m over the worst of it. Everything else has been pretty okay. I have my really tired days but as long as I’m not sick and tired I can function. This is way harder though having 2 little ones to take care of this time around. Yesterday John had to leave to go out of town and I really didn’t think I was going to make it. My saving grace was a soft pretzel and a fountain cherry coke from Target. As I was trying to gather the girls up to go to Target I realized I had not seen my car keys since John had them on Friday. For 30 minutes I searched the house looking for them. In my panic of possibly not having a car for the next 24 hours, Camille took a full-unopened bottle of BBQ sauce from the pantry and broke it. BBQ sauce was everywhere including Av’s coat and she was very unhappy about this. Every pregnancy I have had BBQ sauce is the one thing that turns my stomach the entire time (we are big BBQ restaurant fans too) so this was especially torturous. I managed to get it all cleaned up and then was partly glad the BBQ sauce was out of my house for the rest of my pregnancy.

it starts with ladybugs

In the fall we have a slight ladybug problem. We see a lot of them. By now though we don't see any. At least John and I don't. Camille on the other hand, well she does I guess. She brought me a ladybug yesterday. At first I didn't know what it was and with my surprised reaction I threw it. I guess Camille thought it was a fun game and went to get it again(told you she was like a dog). Avery just thought this was all very funny. Just then John got home and the ladybug was forgotten. Well this morning the ladybug was found again and brought to me. Ugh. This time it was taken to the garbage. I'm pretty sure it was just a shell of a dead ladybug. Who knows how she kept finding it. If she's bringing me ladybugs now, what will she be bringing me this spring?????

pillow

Sorry G&PP but for some reason Camille is not a fan of the heart pillow you got her. I put it in her bed (along with the 2 blankets, one lovie, cup of water, 2 books and 5 little stuff animals....yes she has a lot in her bed) and every morning it is the only thing she has thrown out. I'm sure someday it will be used as a baby pillow and loved as Av currently uses hers.

books

Camille is OBSESSED with books. She will sit and look at books and have you read her books for hours. No matter how many you read her when it’s time to stop it just breaks her little heart. We have an overflowing bookcase in Av’s room and we spend hours in there. I find myself picking up books constantly. She has her favorites that she knows everything on the pages and does the same things every time you read them. Like we have a monster book. On each page is a monster that is hiding that you can touch. The last page is a mirror to see the last “monster.” She bends down and kisses that monster every single time.

Avery is starting to read books. We checked out a beginner reader book from the library and she “reads” it. She loves it. I think she has partly memorized the words/book but she also looks at the pictures and knows what the words are saying based on the pictures. That’s how reading starts though right??? She is so very proud of herself!

G&PP in town

The girls just were sooooooo excited to see them. Camille took just a minute to warm up but after that nothing could pry her from either G or P. John and I took Saturday night to get away and I don’t think anyone missed us at all. The girls of course got spoiled not only in love but fun things they got to do too. The Science Center on Sat and Chuck E Cheese on Sunday! What lucky little girls. Camille got so wet at the Science center that they had to change her clothes. Avery got up this morning and headed straight to the basement to find G&PP. They had left the day before. I guess she forgot or was just hopeful they came back. It was kind of sad to see but she was okay. We all love having them around and can’t wait till they can come back!