Looking good?

Today hasn't been the greatest of days for Presley. When I woke her up this morning, she wasn't in the greatest of moods. I thought maybe she got up on the wrong side of the crib. She was really whiny and clingy. It takes her awhile some mornings to wake up, but this was different. We gave her a little tylenol before we left for day care because we thought her teeth may be bothering her. She has been working on getting those eye? teeth (the pointy ones that look like fangs) on the bottom for a couple of weeks. Again at day care she didn't want me to let her go. Apparantly she tugged at her right ear a couple of times today. Enough that it concerened Grandma. So, with her cranky attitude, wanting to be held all day, the ear, and the fact that her cousin, Gabi who we were with on Thanksgiving has strep throat, I decided that I should probably get her in to see the Dr. I called after we got home and was happy to find out that our Dr., Dr. Nordby happened to be the one working the late hours tonight and she had an opening. So, I called trusty Aunt Hildy and asked her to meet us at the office. Chad had an away game tonight, and I knew Presley wouldn't be very cooperative with people trying to check her out so I knew I would need help with Addison. While at home waiting to go to the Dr.'s Presley acted like her normal self, not clingy and happily playing with Addison, talking to her while Addison was in the exersaucer, climbing under the exersaucer, jumping on the exersaucer (you get the idea). I didn't see her tug her ear at all, but felt like I would rather be safe and get her checked just to make sure. Also wanted to make sure her cold was just that, a cold since it's been hanging around for almost 2 weeks now. Well, Dr. said Presley's ears looked good, throat looked good, and her chest sounded good. So, all looks ok. Presley actually did ok while they were looking at her, the hardest part for her was trying to get her weighed. All she had to do was sit on the scale, but she would have nothing to do with it. So, finally they asked if I minded getting weighed myself and then holding her and weighing us together, and subtract my weight. That wasn't what I really wanted, but how could I say no when I had a little girl who was doing the silent cry? I really wished that I had Addison with us, so people would see how little she was and I would have an excuse for my weight seeing she is still so little, but she wasn't with us, so the nurse just saw my numbers for what they were... Yeah. Plus, I was fully dressed and bundled up in my sweater,coat, and shoes still. Oh well. Anyways, we made it home safely and healthy. Hope she gets over this thing soon. I do think she is getting better.

Well, off to bed now. Glad tomorrow is Friday! Sounds like we may have some crazy winter weather tomorrow. I guess I will have to get up early so I have extra time on the roads.

Oh yeah, and thought you'd like to know Chad has now had 2 games since the last time I updated... sorry to say he's lost those two games as well. It looks like it may be a long season. Tonight he was telling me that his team missed 19 free throws and they ended up losing by 17. Like he said before, it's the little things that count in the game. You can't expect to win when you don't do those little things.....

Pesky little bug...

The girls still have that pesky little bug. It doesn't seem to want to leave. I think something must really be going around. We had nursery this week at church, and I had Chad stay home with the girls instead of going with me because I didn't want the girls to get the other kids sick, well, all I did in the nursery was wipe runny noses and listen to awful coughs. They all seemed to have this bug. Actually Addison seems to be doing much better now, but Presley still has a runny nose and a juicy cough. She had a little temp over the weekend, but not to bad. We called the Dr. and one of their suggestions was to give her clear Karo corn syrup to help with the cough. I have never heard of that, but tried it at their suggestion. I thought Presley would love it, because it is basically sugar, but she wasn't a big fan. I think it may have been a little to thick for her. The little bit she got down didn't seem to help much anyways. It does sound like the cold is breaking up, so I think she is getting better. Since she has been sick we have let her have her binky pretty much all day. Normally she can only have her binky in her crib during naptime and at night. Since she can't breath through her nose, and her binky is in her mouth, she is drooling all over trying to breath out of her mouth while keeping the binky in. Silly girl. She has been a little clingy to Mommy and Daddy. In fact at Day Care she has been crying when I drop her off in the morning, not wanting me to let her go. I know she loves being at Grandma's and playing with her and all the kids. So, she must not feel like herself, because normally she doesn't even care about giving me a goodbye kiss when I drop her off, she will just go right to Grandma and start playing with all the cool toys.

So far I have been able to avoid the bug. Chad has a little of the cold. The other night after we put the girls to bed, Chad walked around the house spraying the Lysol behind him. He said he didn't want to "fester" in the sickness anymore. (those were his words)

We were able to get most of our Christmas decorations up over the weekend, and also got a little more shopping done. I will try and post some pictures later of our tree. Chad's next game is tonight at home. Let's hope they have a better ending. I haven't decided if we will go watch him or not. I'm a little concerned that Presley will see her Daddy coaching and will want him to hold her. I don't know if it would work out or not, her sitting with me, seeing her Daddy, but not being able to go to him. Plus, I would have Addison too. We'll see. With two kids, it's usually easier for me to just stay home with them. I haven't even ventured out to the store by myself with the two yet. The idea scares me just a little. :) Even though they are both great kids, having two is hard work, that's for sure. Especially now that Presley is so mobile. She's everywhere! It's a juggle. Good thing Addison is so laid back.

Hearts full of Thanksgiving

Well, I told you things were about to get busier, and they sure have. Sorry it's been awhile since my last post. I have had a couple of sick little girls this past week. Nothing to serious, but enough to keep Daddy home with them on Tuesday so they didn't have to go to Day Care all day. They both have a little cold that thankfully doesn't seem to be bothering them too much. (Daddy took this picture when he stayed home with Presley. Notice the hair?)



Thanksgiving day was spent with both families. We are so thankful that we have family close enough that we can spend part of the day with both sides. I am also thankful for my two little wonderful girls who are already such great friends. I am thankful for my husband, my family, my home, and my job.



We ate lunch at Aunt Cindy's and Uncle Ben's where we spent time with Chad's family. After lunch there was a ping-pong tournament. We had to leave before the tournament was over, but we both won our first round. We then went home to give Presley a little nap before we headed over to Aunt Jenny's and Uncle Matt's later in the afternoon where we spent time with my family and had dessert. I actually made my first pie! I actually had a couple of firsts in the kitchen on Thursday. I made my first mousse, for Cindy's and then pie for Jenny's. I think Chad was impressed. I don't know how good they were, I didn't try either. I hope they were ok. There we had a carrom tournament. We didn't get to stay for the finals here either, but I would guess it would be between Matt and Dad, although Chad was just starting to get in the groove.



Friday we worked on setting up some of our Christmas decorations. We got both of our trees up and mostly decorated. Ben came over to help Chad put the lights up on the second story so now the outside is done. We took the girls to see their great aunts who came from Florida to meet them. They had never met them before. They were able to spend time with their Great Aunts Kathy and Karen. (They are my moms sisters). Great Grandma Pannabecker also came to see the girls. They ended up watching the girls for us for a couple of hours so Chad and I could get a little head start on the Christmas shopping. We were both pleasantly surprised that every place we went wasn't as crowded as we were anticipating. Maybe the crowds were all early birds. We do know of at least two early birds. Chad's mom and sister, were up and shopping while we were still in bed. But, I guess it works out good, because they were done shopping and home by 10:00 a.m. and they found some great deals.



We meant to take a family picture on Thanksgiving, but forgot. This is the only picture I have that turned out from that day with the girls and I couldn't get one where they were both looking. We need to get better at remembering to take pictures. Hope everyone enjoyed their day. We all have so much to be thankful for.

Bath time

Tonight we had pizza for dinner. We forgot to put a bib on Presley... you can see what happened. Remember a couple of days ago I said she was into doing everything herself....she still is. She loves pizza. I guess she's just like her Daddy. I think she had 3 pieces. We got it from Luigi's pizza and they have the small square pieces, so they weren't 3 regular size pieces, but still, she ate more than I did! Oh well, once again tonight was bath night. Both girls took a bath together tonight. Presley was still splashing all over, but would stop when we told her to be careful around the baby. She is so cute when she talks to her. She leans forward and tries to get right in her face and says "Hi Baby" in this really high voice. You can see that Addison's Halloween present, the Bumbo seat is coming in handy for bath time too. She loves it!

Best of Friends

Tonight while I was busy in the kitchen making dinner I turned on Presley's video and sat Addison in her seat so I could work for a couple of minutes without having to entertain them. When I came back out to check on them, I found them like this. I thought it was adorable. Presley was actually holding Addison's hand, but moved it when I took the picture. (How do you like Addison's electricity hair? :)

Aunt Hildy

Tonight Aunt Hildy came over to babysit the girls. Chad had his first game away. His team lost a close game. He was pretty disappointed. He says he felt he had coached a perfect game, but his team made too many little mistakes. Hopefully they were still getting the nerves out of their system with this being the first game of the season.

I had to go to my Family Literacy Night at my school. In my group we read Mmm, Cookies, Thomas' Snowsuit and Andrew's Loose Tooth all by Robert Munsch. He is also the author of Love you Forever, which is a great children's book. You should check them out. Robert Munsch is one of my favorite children's authors. For my group we read the books and our activity was each student was able to decorate their own cookie. We had a great turnout. In my two sessions alone I had close to 130 people.

I know the girls had fun staying at home. Presley got to do her favorite acitivity of the week, COLOR! As soon as she got out her crayons she promptly handed the "ween" to Aunt Hildy so she could color with her. She doesn't like you to just watch, she wants your help too. Thanks so much Aunt Hildy! I'm glad I didn't have to drag them out in the rain.

Busy, busy, busy....and it's about to get even busier

Well, things here are busy as usual, but they are about to get even busier. Last night the girls and I met Chad at McDonald's for dinner. I know, healthy right? It was his only chance to see Presley before she went to bed. He came right from practice. Then from there he had to go back to Beiger for a Family Reading night. So from McDonald's the girls and I headed back home. I gave Presley a bath by herself. She was having a blast, kicking and splashing the water all over. I think I was almost as wet as she was. I guess it was a good thing Addison wasn't in there with her. When Chad is home, I give the girls a bath together so I don't have to do it twice, but when he's not around, I do two seperate baths. I need an extra person to get one of the girls out of the tub and get them dressed again while I am doing the other one. After Presley's bath she had a snack, watched JoJo, brushed her teeth and went to bed. Addison waited until after Presley went to bed to get her bath. By that time Chad was home, so he helped. ( I thought I would add, even though Chad got home late, and was super busy, he still managed to find time to play his Socom game with his buddies... :) He always has time for that, no matter how busy he is.) After Addison's bath she went to sleep and Chad and I picked up the house. I even had time to put dinner for tonight in the crockpot so it can cook all day. We are having beef stew. Yummy! Sounds especially good on a crummy day like today.

Tonight Chad has his first game at Heritage (Middlebury) and I have my Family Literacy Night at school. Good thing we have family close by to help us out. Tonight Aunt Hildy is coming over to watch the girls. It's nice having her come to the house because she can put Presley down for bed and we don't mess up her schedule. Presley does great when we keep her on a schedule. Plus, the girls like playing with her. I'm sure they will have fun.

Irish Twins

Here are my girls in their twin outfits, thanks to Aunt Hildy. She made their shirts. Thanks Aunt Hildy, they are so cute.

I am enjoying dressing them alike when they have the same or similar outfits. If they don't have the same outfit, then I at least try and coordinate their outfits based on color. I figure I might as well do it now while I can and they don't have a say before they get older and don't want to dress alike. (It sure is hard to get them both to look at the camera at the same time. This is the best I could get, and Addison looks a little scared.) Oh well, you get the idea.

Raining?

You know how everything is said as a question at this age, with the voice going up at the end of the word? Well, this morning as we were driving to Day Care and singing songs together Presley asked "Raining?" And sure enough it was raining. I hadn't even said anything about it. This was the first time she had said the weather without repeating someone else who has said it first. She sure is smart. :)

My boyfriends back

A couple of days ago I mentioned that Presley may have a new boyfriend, her friend Graydon. Well, I think she is back to her main boyfriend now, Daddy. She follows him everywhere he goes. All I can think about it the song, Mary had a little lamb...and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. That about sums it up with Presley and Daddy. He can't go anywhere without her asking, "Daddy go?" Chad was saying the other day he can't remember the last time he went to the bathroom at home without Presley coming in with him. "Potty?" She is in love. So in love, in fact that she would rather be with Daddy than with Mommy right now, much to Mommy's dismay. She would pick Daddy over Mommy almost everytime, unless Daddy isn't around or if she is around other people. I suppose it's because I am with Addison most of the time and towards the end of my pregnancy with Addison I couldn't hold or carry Presley as much as I used to. Oh well, I know Daddy is enjoying this time being the "favorite".

The FLEA

Chad got an early Christmas present this weekend. He got the new Socom Combined Assult. It just came out this week. He has been busy playing this game all weekend. All of his friends have this.They can play together online and talk to each other through their headsets. His new name is The FLEA. He got that name from a movie that had a sniper guy on it. Friday night he was up until 2 am playing. He knows he is only able to play after the girls are in bed at night. I think he belives he is really a navy seal trying to capture the enemy...maybe in his dreams.

A budding artists

Presley recently has found a new love. She is in love with coloring and crayons. She gets so excited whenever she sees a coloring book or crayon. She could sit and do it for an hour. She gets so focused on her "drawing". She has to get down real close. She likes to have someone color with her. She will give Daddy, Mommy, or even Addison a crayon to have them color with her. Her favorite color right now seems to be "ween", otherwise known as green. Maybe that's because that's the only color she can say. Notice her pinky. :)

I Can Do It Myself

Presley is now into feeding herself all the time, no matter what it is. For the most part she is doing pretty good with it, not getting too messy. Well, today was a different story. She was having cottage cheese, and decided that she didn't need her spoon. She thinks that cottage cheese is a "finger-food." Oh well, at least she is eating it. She is starting to become a pretty picky eater. I hope this is just a stage. Anyways, good thing tonight was bath night.

Play Date

Today we had a playdate with Graydon, my friend Roxy's son. I picked all three (Presley, Addison & Graydon) of them up from DayCare. Actually, before I picked them up I had to switch cars with Chad because I couldn't get 3 carseats into my little truck. They were squished in the back.

Graydon is quite the little talker and talked the whole time on the way home. It was so cute to hear his stories. Graydon was sitting in the middle of the two girls. At one point I looked back and saw Graydon and Presley holding hands! It was the cutest thing. Her first boyfriend (besides Daddy.) She sure knows how to pick a cutie! (When I told Chad, he wasn't to happy about the flirting.)

After we got home, Graydon had a blast playing in Presley's ball tent (thanks Reagan and Reilly for letting us borrow it). Then he found a train in Presley's toy box. He is the biggest fan I know of trains, especially Thomas the Train.

After we played awhile, we loaded back up and headed to Chad's basketball practice. On the way to see Chad, Presley and Graydon got to giggling and couldn't stop. One would try and stop and the other would start giggling again and that got the other one started too. It was so cute. Addison started crying and Graydon helped sing a few songs to get her to stop crying. The kids got to play a little basketball in the gym after practice got out before we had to drop Graydon back off at his home. The kids had a great time. Thanks for playing with us Graydon. We hope you had fun, we sure did.

Catching up on the news

Presley enjoys Addison's new Bumbo seat just as much as Addison does. It's so cute to see her get her books or magazines and sit in the seat. It looks like she is catching up on the news of the day, reading her "newspapers". She knows we think it's cute and will try to get us to pay attention to her and laugh. Smartie! She must watch Chad reading the paper sitting on the couch with his feet up and she is trying to copy him.

One more

Couldn't resist putting this one on here too. Such a cutie!

Treats

Here are a couple of pictures of the girls with their Halloween presents from Grandma and Grandpa B. Presley got a Fisher Price Little People Thanksgiving set and Erika, a snap-n-style girl and Addison got a Bumbo seat. They both love their presents. Presley just loves playing with Addison and you can see that Addison is entertained by Presley. Presley loves making Addison laugh. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa. We love you!

P.J.'s and Tu-tu's

We had a little movie night right before Presley went to bed tonight. We all got our p.j.'s on and we watched one of her favorite Baby Einstein video's. This was the one with sign language in it. She loves trying to copy it. She is actually pretty good at it. She can sign book, tree, computer, swing, cup, and kind of does dog and bowl. She gets so excited when she watches this video and does the signs along with them. It's so cute to watch. She also is in love with this tu-tu that Nana made her lately. She wants to wear it all the time. The only time we get her to take it off is during bathtime and sometimes dinner. As soon as she gets it on, she twirls around and dances. It's the sweetest thing to see.

Meeting Great Grandma B

Today we went to visit Chad's Grandma B. It was Addison's first time and only Presley's second time meeting Great Grandma B. We went to help her celebrate her birthday. We were also able to get a 4 generation picture with Great Grandma B, Chad's Dad, Chad, Presley and Addison. Happy Birthday Great Grandma B.

I'll take that

I love this series of pictures of the girls. Presley thinks it is hilarious to take Addison's binky out of her mouth and put it in her own mouth. You can see her thought process. First, look innocently at Mommy. Second, inspect the binky. Third, go in for the kill, and finally end with capturing the binky. Looks like Addison is shocked that Presley would do that to her. What fun.

Halloween Pics

I love this picture of Presley's "tail".
Presley loves holding Addison now and actually gets mad when we take her away.You can just see her thinking "Mom, get me out of this already. Don't you have enough pictures yet?"