daily update

I have a headache.  I am tired and can't sleep.  I want a vacation with just my husband I miss him.  Yeah, he's here in bed next to me, but might as well be a million miles away.  Three kids do that to you! 

Ally is becoming a really good walker.  She falls a lot!  Then says "Uh Oh!"  So cute.  The other two either try to get her to walk to them or they accidentally knock her down.  Sometimes both. 

My horoscope the other day said to stop looking for happiness.  And if I would look at all I have I'd see I have so much to be happy about.  I know that is true, but right now for everything I have to be happy about my mind drops a negative.  I'm my own worst enemy.  Feels like I am driving myself insane. 

Topher is feeling better still coughing, but not near as bad.  Evie might start a cheer class tomorrow!  She is so excited. I hope it works out. 

Hubby got me a new 2011 impala.  I love it enough room for 3 car seats, and trunk space for the stroller an groceries to!  I already had to take it in for work!  We have had it 4 days and it needed wheel bearings and something with the emergency break.  It only has 6000 miles on it!  How can anything be wrong?  I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

Ally

Alexandria is now a walker.  She's been cruising for some time, and two days ago she started to get more confident and take more steps on her own.  By on her own I mean without encouragement from mommy or daddy.  She has been walking between the two of us for a couple weeks now.  Now she takes off on her own.  Sometimes it's only a few steps others its more.  Each time she seems to add a step.  She has now walked across the living room without falling!  We are so proud!  Even Evie and Topher are cheering her on!  They make her fall a lot because they try to help her, but she doesn't seem to mind (most of the time). 

She's after my chicken nuggets!

When my daughter first started to scoot around she did a commando low crawl. The first time she did it we were at my mom's house. My mom had bought Mcdonalds. My brother who is 6 was eating his happy meal on the floor 2 feet away from Evie. I asked him to keep an eye on her while I got my food. The house is very open so I could see them from the kitchen, but he feels important when he gets to help out.

I was sorting out who's food was whose when he started yelling, "She's after my chicken nuggets! HELP! NO Evie you can't have my chicken nuggets!" I knew she was to far from him to get them so I went in for a closer look.

Any parent has seen this look on their child's face. The determined look a baby gets when he or she is trying so hard to get something they desperately want. Especially when they can't yet get to it or talk about it. It is a look of pure concentration a bomb could not disturb this look.

She really did want those nuggets, and was trying seriously to get them. There was only one problem although she was using every ounce of her being to get to those nuggets she was moving backwards. Her first scooting was a backwards low crawl in a desperate attempt to snag some chicken nuggets.

At 16 months she still loves those chicken nuggets. Every time we go to McDonalds I get the biggest, happiest, full body smile when I hand her a nugget! Success at last!

My son the inch worm!

My son has mastered the roll over and been working on scooting for about 3 weeks now. He spends a lot of time in his rain forest jumperoo, because he loves it. He jumps like crazy in it. I think because of that his legs are really strong.

To help him work towards crawling I have been giving him tons more tummy time. I have been putting favorite toys just out of reach and I don't have a crawler yet. I have an inch worm. My son is officially a scooter.

He pulls his legs up close to his body and then uses them to push his body forward. By doing this he slowly inches his way to whatever he is after. Except when he gets tired then his face gets pushed down and driven right into the carpet. That doesn't stop him though he just keeps pushing on with his legs. Honestly, I am surprised he doesn't have rug burn on his forehead.

Still it is the cutest and funniest thing I have ever seen.