These lil ones…

These are the girls my little girl LOVES

These are the girls my little girl misses so much already

These are the girls my little girl wants to go and play with every single day

These are the girls my little girl thinks hang the moon

These are the girls my little girl wants to be like when she gets big

These are the girls my little girl referencing for each and every milestone in becoming a “big girl”

These little girls are the girls who we love more than life itself and will miss more than words can describe as they start their new adventure  on the other side of the world.

I don’t even know what an appropriate title could be from this evening.  I was perusing through our pictures and found a few gems.  The ones below make me giggle because it was from a night after her bath.  She kept say “Cold!!…Brrrrnn!”  She barely enunciates any words but she tries to say brrrrr, she always says brrrrrn.  Addie sat in her chair, feeling sorry for herself, eating her favorite dinner of black beans and cheese while she was wrapped in an old dish towel.  She sat like this the entire time she ate, she made the most pitiful face I have ever seen…..

Sweetness

There is something so sweet when your little one sleeps next to you.   First, let me say that I am not an advocate for family beds or regularly sleeping next to your children but there are times when it is needed.  Last week for us, it was needed. 

There is a sweetness of seeing them so content, sleeping soundly.  It reminds you how cute they are and how much you love them.  You easily forget all the little battles you have just gone through out the day.  That’s some of the thoughts we had.

The other thoughts included annoyance of this little body who needs 3 times the space of the bed then you do, snores like an 80 year old man, exudes heat like a inferno and makes sure there is no way you get 1 hour of solid sleep during the night. 

As sweet as it was to share the bed with Addie while we were out of town I was glad to be home where she could sleep in her own bed, where she belongs :)

Cold Turkey…

Have you seen this child??

The one with her paci in your mouth??  Well not in this house, not anymore.  The cute little Pacifier or “nigh-nigh” she lovingly referred to them as are no longer present.    The child who couldn’t go to bed without having 1 in her mouth, 1 in each hand and 2-3 extra in her bed has quit cold turkey.  

Dave got fed up with the obsession, she was easily taking advantage of us and getting them throughout the day and no longer just during her sleep time.  He decided enough was enough and helped her throw them out in the trash.  For 36 hours we have been “nigh-nigh” free.  I can’t believe it.  We haven’t had any naps in the past 2 days, but night time hasn’t been too bad and during the day we can easily distract her with a treat or 2 if we get into super meltdown mode but the transition has gone MUCH easier then I expected.

I’m glad Dave took charge here because in my mind it was going to be a 12 step process to get rid of them, but he is right, let’s just rip the band aid off and go from there…..thank goodness. 

:)

This picture makes me smile.

I love it because this little one has some spunk, sorry not some but A LOT of spunk.  Her little personality just makes me smile, she loves to laugh, she loves to make others laugh.  I am very grateful for her mostly cheerful disposition :)

You know what they say….

Start them early!

Addie loves to help whenever and where ever she can :)

Sick, sick, sick

We, like everyone else has had their fair share of doctor visits in the the last month or so.  We’ve had ear aches (x2), rashes (x2), bad colds, pink eye, coughs and some mysterious bump on her neck.  With all of these ailments we have to give a decent amount of medicine over the last several weeks.  So much so, our little toddler with her limited communication skills has come up with her own sign language for medicine. 

This little example is when we had to give her 2 types of medicines which is why she is using both of her fingers.

Thankfully she doesn’t give any resistance to the ear drops, eye drops, droppers, etc during this crazy sick season.  I have never been more ready for spring/summer.