Big Girl!

Sometimes I honestly forget how big Gracen is getting. Being my first born I'm sure she's going to feel like I baby her pretty much her whole life. Which I probably will. But anyways, right now we are currently shopping for "big girl" furniture for Gracen's room. But were having a dilemma because we don't know what to get. When Hadley moves to the crib it will probably stay in Gracen's room. They're going to share for a while at least (we'll see how that goes). But I would like to get Gracen bunk beds. But there's no room for bunk beds and the crib. So do we get her a toddler bed that she'll only use for a year? Do we get bunk beds that can be seperate and also stack and store one in the basement? It is certainly a dilemma. I'm not sure how this one will turn out.

But on to the real reason for this post. To test if Gracen was ready to move to a "big girl" bed, we let her take a nap in the guest room on the big bed. When she woke up, we just heard a little knock on the door, she was nicely telling us to let her out!!! (haven't quite mastered opening up doors yet). What a sweet little girl.

Next up on the "big girl" list: Getting rid of the pacifier!!! LORD HELP US!

My List... Sort of

So I'm sort of obsessed with blogging... again. I know I took a small hiatus, but sometimes that happens when you're a stay at home Mom with no internet. Now that I'm back in the working world and have a brand new laptop at home, I'm embracing the blogging world. It's way more interesting than FB because not only do you get to see pictures, but stories with lots of details. To make a long story short, I saw on someones blog their list of 101 things to do in 1,001 days. Well, I couldn't come up with 101 things (the pressure got to me!) so I decided I'm going to set short term goals that are easier to manage. I'm going to have a list of 5 things a month I want to accomplish, 10 things for the year that I'd like to accomplish, and 5 things to accomplish in the next 5 years.

So here's my list of 5 things to accomplish for March:

1. Create a budget for the month
2. Cook a meal from scratch 3/5/2010
3. Start the Yoga class at my gym
4. Clean out my closet and donate to goodwill... again
5. Get my quarterly bonus (if I cause any negative monies I don't get it!!)

10 things to accomplish in 2010:

1. Finish the basement
2. Get up to date on Gracen's scrapbook
3. Start Hadley's scrapbook
4. Go on a date with my husband (that's not for a special occassion)
5. Race for the Cure (and actally race this time, not sleep-in for the cure)
6. Participate in MOW (Meals on Wheels)
7. Plant a garden
8. Paint the kitchen
9. Put on a swimsuit
10. Write a Christmas newsletter (and send it out)

5 things to accomplish in the next 5 years:

1. Aquire a treadmill
2. Get Lasik
3. Visit my sister Jaime in TX
4. Convince Stephanie to have at least one baby so my girls have some cousins close in age!!!!
5. Move to KC!!!!!!


That doesn't seem like much, but to a full time working Mom of 2 girls under the age of 2 that's a lot!! Considering all the activities going on this year, it's going to fly by!!!

DANGER! Toys really ARE us!

Even though Gracen's second birthday is still 6 weeks away (ah seriously that's not as much time as I thought!) I am currently shopping for her present. I just got out of Toys'R'Us, and that store is extremely dangerous to a mother who likes to spoil her 2 year old. I have to keep reminding myself 3 things:

1. She has a gazillion toys already.
2. She's only TWO
3. She doesn't care how fancy it is or how much the present cost, she generally likes the warpping paper and bows best (give her another year...)

So I'm trying not to go overboard, and that is extremely difficult considering all the sales, and the fact that Toys'R'Us has so many cool things. Every which way I look all I can think is "man I would've loved that as a kid!" And we all know that I except nothing but the best for my girls (and neither do their Aunts thank goodness or I'd be broke!) So in 6 weeks you'll know what I decided to get her!

Boo for the Flu!!

One unfortunate thing about having little kids is the germs that come with it. Especially when your kids go to daycare. This is the 2nd time in about 9 days that I've been sick. It is no fun! I'm gettin spring fever so bad it's not even funny. Hopefully my girlies stay healthy. Another unfortunate tidbit that childless people may not know is that children generally have a cold ALL WINTER LONG, until the age of THREE! Poor little babies.

The little Moments

It truly amazes me everyday how much Gracen loves Hadley. Everytime I get stressed out about having 2 little kids under the age of 2, I just look at them interacting and my heart melts. This morning, Hadley was playing on the floor and Gracen was playing peek a boo with her. As I was rushing to finish getting ready, I heard Gracen start to scream, and my initial thought was something bad happened, like she stepped on Hadley (leave it to me to think the worst!) When I got to the living room, Gracen was just worried that Hadley was "getting away". Hadley has recently started to roll all over the floor, and it worries Gracen that she's going somewhere. I tried my best not to laugh, Gracen just wasn't done playing yet and she thought Hadley was getting away. Oh kids. So easily amused. I love it!

Pictures as promised!

Heres a few pics from our recent Valentine's photo shoot. And by Valentine's I mean they both had hearts on their shirts... haha

2010 What?!

Honest to goodness, where does the time go? I cannot believe that it is 2010, let alone February 2010. So much has happened and I can hardly remember it all. Our computer fried, so I have yet another excuse as to why it's been so long since the last post. But we just got a brand new laptop so I'm all out of excuses!

I have yet to post a pic of Hadley Jean, who is growing like a weed everyday. I cannot believe she is 4 and 1/2 months old! She's rolling all over the living room, and starting to eat solid foods. Gracen can hardly wait for her to get big enough to "play".

Ms. Gracen is just full of personality. She is her mother's daughter after all. She talks a mile a minute, and definitely commands attention. She is learning sign language right now, and LOVES it. Another way for her to communicate her demands. Right now we are trying to teach her patience among other things. She is dying for a puppy, but with all the craziness we have going on this year(3 immediate family weddings!), I think it'll be 2011.

Pictures to come soon I promise! (And not 4 months from now).