On The Move

Lucy has quickly made the transition from army crawl, to full blown crawling to scaling furniture - here we go!!!!! In this bottom picture she should be saying, "Ta Da!"

She's Crafty

Well - a little fun turned into an obsession. I got out my needlepoint Easter eggs a couple of weeks ago and I went from having zero finished to 5 done in two weeks. Here are a couple pics. Of course I didn't really completely finish them - the ultimate domestic diva, my mom, made them pretty (ribbon, fabric, etc.) She not only made them pretty - she had the brilliant idea to go trim a lilac bush in the yard to make my Easter tree. Really - how can one woman have so many good ideas? :) Happy Easter!

Bathing Beauties

Doesn't ever parent have this picture stashed somewhere?

Fleeting Moment

I was getting desperate. Bridget had been up in the middle of the night, moving to her sleeping bag on our floor for as many nights as I could remember. (I'm convinced I'm setting up some horrible habit that will never end. I guess I would be lucky if she was sleeping on our floor at 17 - at least I would know she was home :)!) Before I went to bed on Friday night I was reading Eat Pray Love. The author was writing about prayer. She was talking about the need to be specific with prayer. Praying, "I really need help, please help me, etc." usually didn't get the job done. So - taking a cue from Elizabeth Gilbert - before I went to bed I prayed, "Please let Bridget sleep peacefully tonight" - and I'm pretty sure I said it a zillion times. I woke up at 7 am when Lucy was getting up - AMAZING!!! I had a smile plastered on my face for most of the morning and Bridget was a joy to be around because she actually slept!!! Last night I did the same thing, thinking it was probably too good to be true to happen a second night in a row. I was right - Bridgie was in our room at 1am to snuggle up in her sleeping bag. But I'm still ecstatic about the great night sleep on Friday night! My skepticism about her sleeping well two nights in a row could be what doomed her Saturday night sleep. Like Aretha Franklin sang, " I Say Little Prayer for You".....Bridget:)!

This will make you laugh...

No one slept very well at our house last night- actually both girls slept well - Bill and I didn't though. We are both fighting colds. Which means I'm a lighter sleeper than normal and Bill is a louder snorer than normal - not a good combo. So around 1 am I wake Bill up to let him know he is snoring WAY too loud - he let me know (not very happily I might add) that he had JUST gotten to sleep. After he fell back asleep and kept snoring really, REALLY loud, I decided to go sleep on the couch. But - before that I thought it was perfectly sane to go get the video camera, go back to our room, video tape Bill snoring so he would know exactly how loud he was, and then go sleep on the couch. I know, BRILLIANT :)!

Wild Animal

There are so many things wrong with this picture :). First off - sitting naked on the chair probably isn't the most sanitary. The swivel chair can be tragically dangerous. And, oh yes, - the power tool in my toddler's hand!

Some strange wild animal has invaded my toddler. She prefers to run around naked. She likes to climb ON the table at meals. She doesn't hear my voice unless I'm screaming at the top of my lungs. And she smiles or says something amazingly cute at the most inopportune times - usually when she is in BIG trouble! Today I told her, "Bridget you are so much trouble." She replied, "I'm not trouble - I'm Bridgie!"

Jana's idea

My friend shared the best idea on what to do with all your holiday cards! I love saving them. I tried to put them in albums, but they are all different sizes and I never would put them out once they were in the albums. Her husband's aunt puts them all in a collage and hangs them in her house. I love it!!! Here's my collage from this year - I couldn't use a flash, so the picture isn't great - but you get the idea. Thanks Jana!