Good Times

We had a really great weekend. My brother Erik and niece Kayla came to visit us. It was good to spend time with them...the kids had a lot of fun playing together. Erik and Wally watched the football game; Wally was disappointed that his team lost to the Gators.

Late Sunday afternoon after Erik and Kayla left, we realized it was the last day of the fair. It was about a half hour away, but we decided to check it out. It was the first time Aiden had ever ridden those little rides they have. He LOVED them! He would point at the cars and say "vroom!" He even went on a kiddie ride that was very similar to the Dumbo ride at Disney World. He and Julia sat in a little elephant that went around the circle and also lifted up in the air. I was really nervous, but Wally insisted on letting him try. He talked to the operator, and the man nicely agreed to stop it if Aiden got scared. He did so great! He didn't even look scared for one second! He just kept staring at the center of the ride, looking at it like "hmmm, how does this work?" It was so funny how serious he looked. I personally didn't think he was ready for that type of ride, but because he's so tall...he is already able to go on all the kiddie rides. But I was wrong! He had fun and was not scared of anything! We're so proud of how big our boy is getting!

The girls are both doing well too. (It sounds so funny to say "girlS") Lexie went for her 2 month check up yesterday and is up to 12 lbs. She got her first vaccinations...three needles. For the first time, I completely chickened out and left the room. It seems like with each kid, those types of things bother me more. Luckily Wally was off of work and with me at the appt so he stayed with her. She did fine, but I still cried. :( She's been sleeping more and eating less since the shots, but is otherwise okay. I took Julia to get her haircut yesterday after school at the children's salon, Snip-Its. She played video games the entire time her hair was being cut. It turned out really cute. She kept worrying that I was making her get "a short haircut"....I had to pinky-promise her that I wasn't. Serious business. The Kindergartens' Pow Wow and Thanksgiving Feast are Friday and Lexie and I are going. I have to make mashed potatoes for 18 kids, and the teacher asked me to cut the turkey into bite sized pieces for the kids. I'm picking up the turkey from her Thursday after school. Wally and I will get it done between the two of us.

wow, this is getting long. I gotta get going, Lexie Lou is starting to squirm around and that means she's getting hungry! Here are some pics and a few video clips.
Julia's Haircut


Lexie


Kayla, Aiden & Julia


Julia Jumping!



The BIG Slide!

New Pics

Here is a slideshow I made that includes our Halloween photos! Enjoy!! :)

Halloween

The kids had a great time on Halloween! Julia dressed as Hermione from Harry Potter, and Aiden was Spiderman. He wouldn't wear his mask though. He got a little scared by some of the childrens' costumes, but overall he did really well. Julia was very happy because she saw several of her friends from school. There were hundreds of people in our subdivision, it was very busy. I thought it was really cute that several families had their children in wagons and were pulling them around. I guess we could've pulled Aiden in ours, but Wally just carried him most of the time.

I was really proud of Aiden because he said "thank you" and "bye bye" to almost everyone who gave him candy. Until recently, he's gotten shy around strangers and wouldn't say anything.

People loved Julia's costume. She looked so cute. She had her Gryffindor robe and tie and her wand. And Lexie wore black and orange Halloween sleeper that said "boo"on it and had a little tail coming out of the back. She slept the first half and I carried her the rest of the night. She wasn't fussy at all, just looking all around.

Speaking of fussiness, Lexie does have colic. The dr basically just said I need to find out what calms her because every colicky baby is different....and they usually outgrow the colic by 3 months. I hope so because it's so hard and frustrating when she cries, and I don't know how to help her. I don't want her to be in pain. I'm trying an herbal remedy the dr suggested called gripe water. We'll see how it works.

It's also hard because about 90% of the time, she'll only calm down for me. Poor Wally, sometimes she just screams no matter what he does. I'm hopeful that she outgrows this "mommy only" phase soon....there are so many times that Wally's not here to help...and right now he is, but Lexie won't let him!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving break and our trip to the cabin with my parents later this month. It will be a nice break and a fun vacation. Julia and Wally are excited about going fishing! I'm excited about the hot tub and hanging out with my mom.
I will have to upload our Halloween pics and post them later.

Mine!

This just happened.
Aiden wanted to hold Julia's necklace, so he was pointing at it and whining. I said, "say 'can I hold it please?'" He continued whining/pointing. I decided to go even more basic, I said "say please." He continued to whine. Julia hates for him to get upset and always gives in...she just handed him the necklace without a word. He took it, looked at her, said "Mine!" and walked away.

I wish I could look at something I wanted, say "Mine!" and it would be given to me with no objection....especially when it comes to shoes and purses!

I can't sleep

I can't sleep because Lexie is up every 2-3 hours around the clock. I can't sleep because I have insomnia. Wally has been out of town since Thursday and I am SO TIRED!!!

Lexie has colic, I think. She is very fussy in the evenings lately. Last week she started crying at 8:30pm exactly almost every night. The past two nights she started earlier. She cries anywhere from half an hour to 4 or 5 hours. It's exhausting and frustrating not to know exactly what's wrong or how to help her feel better. I'm hoping this phase passes quickly.

Aiden, Julia and Wally are all doing great. The kids are enjoying school and Wally is back to work. We had a good time while he was on vacation last month visiting with family, but now we're back to these frequent short trips for work. Blech. I just want him home! When Wally is gone, all Aiden wants to do is follow me around the house. He'll play with Julia, but he also spends a great deal of time at my feet saying "Mama, mama" He's talking so much. He said his first sentence this week! We were in the garage and he didn't want to go inside so he told me "No go-go!" We're still working on animal sounds too, but right now all animals say "woof!"

Lexie looks just like Aiden! It freaks me out. Lately she's been wearing some of the onesies that he wore, the gender neutral ones, and it's like deja vu. She looks exactly what he looked like at this age, she's just smaller than he was!

I have to register for my Spring classes this week. No word yet on where I will be doing my internship. I'll be relieved once I've registered. I've been worried about getting the right sections of the classes I need, I have so few left. My advisor put a hold in my name on two classes for me, or maybe it was just one. I can't remember. I register on Halloween. Until then, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I'll have to remember to get back on here later this week to post their Halloween pics. Julia is going as Hermione from the Harry Potter series and Aiden is going to be Spiderman. They both tried on their costumes a couple of weeks ago and they look adorable. Aiden's really going to enjoy it this year.
Happy Halloween!