I just might put her back in the crib

Laurie was seriously not happy at all today. She would follow me around the house screaming and crying for me to pick her up. My back was very sore, plus I didn't have time to hold her all day. She had room time about 10 times today. I tried leaving her in there long enough to fall asleep for a badly needed nap, but I found this instead.



Accomplice caught on camera





Afterward I tried a nap again and found that she had spread hydrocortizone cream on the crib. I am really rethinking the crib.

Night time issues

Here a quote from our pediatrician about 2-year-old bedtime.
"Certain sleep problems are common during this time, including refusing to go to bed, getting out of bed and wandering around the house at night, and nightmares."

Laurie is no longer in a crib so to keep her in her room we have put a guard on the doorknob. Last night Graydon was awoken by a loud thump. He entered the room to find Laurie standing in a sleepy daze having just fallen off the bed. Now before you start feeling sorry for her you need to know what the room looked like.

Her toys are kept in bins on a small bookshelf. He saw that ALL of her toys were scattered randomly all over her bed and the bins were all on the bookshelf...empty. Because her bed was completely covered in toys she had fallen asleep on a tiny sliver on the edge of the bed. It seems that the slightest move had made her fall. Graydon found the whole situation funny, and quickly removed all the toys and put her back to bed.

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a very relaxing day. The kids were surprised by balloons, lollipops, and paints. I knew I might regret giving them the lollipops. Laurie got so sticky and spread it onto everything she touched. Emily loved painting one picture after another, but Laurie had more fun painting her hands and face. I regret that I didn't get pictures of that.

We then had a family candle-lit dinner with heart-shaped hamburgers and jello. This will probably become a tradition.

Nine Wonderful Years

I can't believe that it has been nine years. These have been the most amazing years of my life and I am so grateful for such a wonderful man with which to share them. Now I look forward to many more fun times.

Happy Anniversary Graydon!

HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY, LAURIE!!!

 

It seems like it was only yesterday that we brought her home.

 
 

Quite a lot has changed and we have loved every minute.
 

New Wireless Printer!

It's amazing how the simple things, like being able to send a fax, make a copy, or print something in color, can really cramp your style when you all of a sudden can't do it.

The other day my trusty Canon printer finally bit the dust (I wore the poor thing out). So, I just picked up a really cool Wireless replacement for it and life is great again!



This thing is cool! Once it's installed, any computer on my wireless network can print, scan, or fax to it over wireless! I don't even have a USB cable or network cable plugged into it! Talk about cool!

It also can fax, scan, copy, & print in duplex (both sides)! Plus it can print out these cool "template" sheets of lined paper, graph paper, music staff paper, etc. My heavens! What will they think of next! Pretty darn cool!



And the best part of it all was that it was really cheap! $129.00 on Amazon.com! Man I love that website! I ordered it on Monday and it was here on Thurs and shipping was FREE!!! Gotta love it!

Laundry

I hate Laundry!!! I am terrible at removing stains and even worse at getting it folded and put away. Graydon knows that sometimes I need a little push.

He went to the store the other day and brought me home a card. (I would show it to you, but our scanner is broken.) The front shows a Fifties-style housewife holding a nicely folded pile of towels. She says, "Kids...I have fresh towels for you to leave rotting on the floor...come and get 'em!"

Inside it says, "Don't you just love that 12 seconds when all the laundry is done?"

I laughed. I have a book called The Queen Cleans Everything. In this book the Queen of Clean says that the Laundry is NEVER done...unless everyone runs around nude and doesn't use anything. (Okay, those may have not been her exact words, but it's the general idea.) I think that it is just aweful that the job that can never be completely done is the one I hate the most.

Thank you, Honey for the wonderful card.