Megan actually slept through the night last night. Okay, she woke up a couple of times, but she went back to sleep ON HER OWN!! Woohoo! And she slept until about 6:45 this morning on top of it. Yay for me!
This was even better because I finally caught the cold that has been working through our household for a week or more. We’ve had lots of snot and sneezing going on. Eric had it first, then Alex & Erin. Megan caught it over the weekend, so she wasn’t sleeping or eating well. And now I have it. It seems to be a pretty fast-moving bug, though, so hopefully we’ll all be 100% again in a day or two.
Erin has been really entertaining me with her new words. She now sleeps with her “pacipussel” and I’m pretty sure I heard her say “shoot” yesterday when her tower toppled over. Well, it’s better than “dang it” which was what I used to say. And Eric told her over the weekend what our “real” names are. And she remembered. So last evening, she called him Daddy Eric once and told me that my name is “Sannah.” And in non-verbal news, her new favorite thing to do is build with our giant legos. She has spent a lot of hours on towers and houses in the last week or so. And we even built a tower that used every block in our house. She loved that!
Alex has been quite the lover-boy recently. He’s into hugs and kisses and snuggling. LOVE that! But he’s such a boy, for sure. Over the weekend, he learned to climb up the sides of the slide toy we have in our backyard. Once he figured out what to do, he climbed the outside, slid over the top onto the inside ledge, slid down the slide and started over again. And his new favorite thing to watch is “Red Car”…otherwise known as Lightning McQueen. Yes, he’s discovered Cars, and he loves it. So fun!
And we are loving being outside! We collect rocks and bubble flowers (dandelions). We love balls and are starting to learn to ride our tricycles. And hopefully, the rain will give us some more time to be out in the near future…
Over the weekend, we watched TWO movies. Crazy, I know, since I haven’t stopped to watch a movie in ages. We had GI Joe from Netflix and saw Tangled in C-ville. I liked them both!
And speaking of the weekend, I had a great Mother’s Day. Eric manned the twins outside on Saturday morning, and I got a kid-free run to the store in during naptime. It was a nice break. And I got a bunch of chores done. It was really a good day. Sunday, we spent with my mom and family in C-ville. So it was a crazy morning getting us out the door with enough time to get to church with my parents. But Eric made cinnamon rolls for us, and the day went really well. Yay for a fun weekend!
Oh, and Eric brought flowers home for me yesterday. They are LOVELY!
On a less-happy note, I hurt my back. It was a combination of things, really. Holding Alex steady on the trampoline at my brother’s house on Sunday. Then pulling the twins in the wagon while testing out a new sling carrier with Megan on Monday. Yeah…I woke up in serious pain yesterday. I could move, but not fast. And it was the muscles specifically used when picking up and holding Megan, so that wasn’t good. Sometime in the afternoon, it sort of loosened up, thankfully. And today it’s still sore, but it’s not painful. So I think, with a couple more days of not overdoing, I should be good again. But man…messing up the back makes taking care of kids a lot more complicated!
Anyway, my MIL is coming to hang with us today, and we are very excited about it. It’s especially good because Erin has been crediting Grandma Hogue for just about everything that’s going on in our world these days. A new pair of pants? Grandma Hogue made them. Pink lemonade for lunch yesterday? Grandma Hogue got it for us (actually Mommy mixed it up for us). So seeing her must be just what we need.
And other than that, I think we’re just normal and busy and being ourselves. So…with that…happy Wednesday!
May 11, 2011
May 12, 2011
Who let those kids get so big?! They’re pretty cute, though!!