it's been awhile...

I have pretty much decided that I quit blogging...but i did downloaded some cute photos of the kids so I thought I might as well post them. (for the few people who read my blog) So this may or may not be my last post, at least for another 4 months.





Since my last post, Jack has obviously started doing alot more. He is almost 7 months now. He started crawling and sitting up at 5 1/2 months, which I thought was way too early and now he is trying really hard to pull himself up on everything and is always pushing himself up to his hands and feet. He also started sleeping through the night in his crib (he always has slept in my bed) at about 6 months. He doesn't do it every single night, but most nights he does pretty good. He did it on his own which was really nice. I just put him in his crib one night, and he slept til morning. He's a pretty good baby, I can't complain, and I just think he is SO cute!








Emma had her third birthday in November. She had a little Princess party with her friends and afew cousins and got way too many presents, but had lots of fun. I also had fun throwing her first 'friends' party.




We finally took Emma's soothers away in January (embarassing that she was so old, I know.) and since then she has quit napping. I am so sad about this, and I have been tempted more than once to give her soother back. (but I've resisted.) She really still needs a nap, she is exhausted by suppertime so then we have to keep her happy for two more hours while she is super hyper or cranky. Or sometimes she just crashes where she is.



I have tried to make her have "quiet time" in her room for an hour in the afternoon, but it's not working great. I'm worried about summer, when I won't get a break while she's at preschool twice a week!
Auntie Dani took Emma to Build a Bear and Emma had to pay all of her soothers to get her bear. (well, she actually chose a moose) It actually went better than I had expected, aside from not napping anymore.


She is still obsessed with princess dresses, but also sports her bathing suit at least once a day and probably 5-10 other various outfits throughout the day, which makes for a lot of folding or hanging clothes at the end of the day. It seems like most girls her age go through that though.
She STILL cries every time I drop her off at school or take her to primary, but she always says how much fun she has, so I think she just wants to make sure I still feel guilty about leaving her! (which I do, for about 2 seconds, then I get over it.) So, as much as she is driving me crazy these days, I have to admit that she is pretty entertaining, and keeps things interesting!




Here's our most recent 'self taken' family photo from a recent trip to the zoo.