Time to Exercise

We didn't make it to Six Flags today. Turns out Kennedy wasn't feeling real great with her bladder infection. She seems to be feeling better, and we may head over there for the evening. She got to go on a special date with Aunt Betsy in Aunt Betsy's brand new car! They went and got some frozen custard together. This afternoon (after the ice cream of course) Betsy decided to do her DVD workout with Jillian Michaels (The Biggest Loser lady). Both girls wanted to join in.

Tomboy?

Do we have a tomboy on our hands? She loves to wear her Daddy's hats. Of course she also loves to wear her sister's jewelry, so who knows?

As far as a sleeping update goes, we think she may be having nightmares, which has scared her from sleeping by herself. We think we actually witnessed one of these nightmares, and it was not fun! What does a 17 month old have nightmares about, that is what I want to know! We have put her back in her crib, and she is doing better, but not great. One night, we played some music in her room, and that helped her calm down and go to sleep. We have also just sat quietly in her room and she will go to sleep that way. Hopefully she will soon start to get over this problem! But she is sleeping all night long, so that is good.

Kennedy is suffering from a bladder infection right now, and that is no fun. We got an antibiotic yesterday, and she says she is feeling better, but that may be only because Aunt Betsy is here, and we promised we would take her to Six Flags today. Ansley is big enough to get on the kiddie rides this year, so we are going to spend the morning there, come home for lunch and naps, and maybe go back in the evening. I hope we're not too crazy!

We May Have Figured It Out?

Okay, so we may have figured out the sleeping issue. I think it's some sort of separation anxiety...and I blame Jeremy for this problem. I think him being gone for a whole week has messed her up a little, where else could this have come from? Just kidding Jeremy, it's not all your fault...maybe ;)

So last night we decided to put up the pack-n-play in our bedroom and let Ansley sleep there. It was a late night, and we didn't get her to bed until about 10. She proceeded to cry until about 10:45 when we finally went up there and got in bed. Then she stopped, fake coughed a few times and clicked her tongue a few times to make us laugh, and then laid down, went to sleep, and didn't wake up until 8:00! So how do we fix this problem? She's still awful cute, regardless!

More to the Last Post

So, after approximately 2.5 hours of letting her cry/scream on and off, I went and picked up Ansley, brought her downstairs, sat in the recliner with her, and in ten minutes, this is what we had (I moved her to the couch). What's wrong with the crib?

Seriously...What is Going On???

I love this child. I really, really do. But right now she is frustrating me SO bad! She will not sleep in her crib! I do not know what is going on! She used to be the most easy-going, laid-back child in the world and now she is causing my hair to gray quicker than it already was. I need help from veteran parents here...what do I do??? Right now, I am approaching hour 2 of listening to her cry at naptime. Just before I put her in her crib she was falling asleep on her changing table as I changed her diaper...so I know she's tired. But as soon as I put her in her crib, the screaming began. This has been going on since Friday for all naps and at night. Either Jeremy or I have ended up on the couch with her every night since then. She'll sleep just fine then...of course Jeremy and I aren't hardly sleeping. We are determined to let her cry it out...but seriously, 2 hours of crying with no end in sight? How do we continue with that? We even took her to the doctor yesterday because I was convinced she had to have an ear infection...she didn't have any symptoms, but that is the only time she has ever done anything like this. But no, she's just fine, according to the doctor. I am getting ready to go away for the weekend with the girls by myself, and we have got to get this cleared up before then! It's rough with help, I can't imagine doing it by myself. Any suggestions or advice???

Happy Father's Day!

Jeremy was gone all last week at camp, so the girls and I spent some time preparing for Father's Day. Technically, he already got his Father's Day/Birthday present when he bought himself a new iPod after his last one got stolen, but we decided it wouldn't be any fun to not get him anything. He's been wanting a fire pit for our backyard ever since we moved in, so we decided that would be the perfect gift. And what better to go with a fire pit than s'mores? So, he first opened a bag full of marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hershey Bars, followed by the fire pit. Tonight we spent the evening outside roasting marshmallows and enjoying the s'mores.

I am so thankful my girls have such a wonderful daddy. Even though he spent a long week at camp with very little sleep, he still came home and played all day with the girls. They adore him and both missed him quite a bit when he was gone. We had a couple of rough nights going to bed because they missed his tucking in. They love to wrestle with him and climb all over him.

Here's a picture of Jeremy with his girls, post-s'mores on Father's Day.

Walking Fashion Statement

Today, Ansley insisted on wearing white dress shoes all day long. However, the white dress shoes that I just bought her for Easter (size 4) no longer fit her, and the next size I had were 5.5 that were Kennedy's old shoes, which were a little big, but she didn't care. She wore them around all afternoon. This evening, while I went to Walmart, Jeremy had to run somewhere with our friend Jimmy, and Jimmy's wife Amber kept the girls at her house. We sent the girls in pj's and of course, Ansley was still wearing the infamous dress shoes. However, after that, we all decided to go to Dairy Queen for dessert, so both my girls went in pj's and Ansley was also sporting the dress shoes out in public. Quite a walking fashion statement, I must say. They get it from their dad I think!