I don't want to jinx it...

Eva has been sleeping through the night!!! I think it's been 6 straight nights that she's been sleeping from 9 to 7. Yea!!! Things are looking up. The warm weather always makes me happy. Our first tulip bloomed today, and the grass is green- I love it! I'm excited, because we are going to have tons of tulips this year. Last year I separated the bulbs, and now they are everywhere.

Friday night my Mom and sisters and I went to dinner and then we went and stayed at the Little America. We stayed up until 4:00 playing Settlers, hello- I thought I might catch up on sleep, not get less. Oh well, we had a lot of fun. Saturday we went shopping and got pedicures. It was my Mom's first pedi ever- poor gal. :) I think she enjoyed it. As for me, it was my first real break from the kids, although it was just one night I really enjoyed the time to myself. And bless Spencer, he had the house in order when I got home, I thought I would come home to complete chaos, instead it was orderly. Hey, maybe I should do this more often. :)

This morning we went to Gardner Village, just to get out and enjoy the weather. It was beautiful!

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter. Easter morning Spencer had an 8:00 meeting, so he got in the shower, and I was still in bed. I heard the bathroom door open, and the shower was on, so I thought maybe we were out of soap or something. Then JJ yells to Spencer, "Dad, I got a scooter!" He was so excited, I think Holidays are so much fun right now.

Saturday we went to the city egg hut. JJ was so funny, when the hunt was on he ran all the way across the field, he probably passed 1000 eggs. He got to the edge of the field and then started picking up eggs, it turned out to be a great strategy, he got plenty of eggs. There were two Easter Bunnies there, he really liked the white one. He says that's the one that came to our house. The firefighters start the hunt with their siren, and they allow the kids to see the truck afterward. I think that was the highlight of the day!

Here are my cuties in their Easter outfits.

The Monster

Monday I took Eva to Primary Children's Hospital to get tubes. We thought that would be our salvation. She hasn't been a good sleeper since November. She's had ear infection after ear infection and she doesn't sleep well when she's had one. Last week after her surgery she has slept worse than she ever had, up every 1-2 hours... nightmare!!! So I had a week from hell last week. Monday we took Eva in for her nine month check up, the doctor said we just got to let her cry it out. So two days down and she's already sleeping better-Yea!

So I was sitting there feeding the little monster one day and I realized that I don't have any messy face pictures of her. I have tons of JJ, but I've never taken any of Eva, and I don't know what it is about the messy face, but I love it!

The last couple days have been beautiful, so we've been enjoying playing outside. I've decided to get a picture of JJ in his firefighter hat everyday for a month. He doesn't leave the house without it. I took him to get a haircut last week, but I never see it, so I forget that it was cut.

Stuck inside... again.

Last week was so beautiful, we spent everyday outside, and now we're stuck inside.

This was one of our indoor activities. It was fun to have him stamp with me, I was able to get a little scrapbooking done. I love blogging so when it comes time to scrapbook I can look at all the silly things the kids do. JJ has learned how to roll his eyes, it's hilarious. He says the craziest things, one day he said, "you've got to be kidding me." (that's exactly what I thought)

Eva got her first teeth last week, she got the two bottom front. As crazy as it seems, I'm looking forward to Monday- Eva is getting tubes. I'm praying that this will make her a happier baby. I'll keep you posted.

Kid Update

This week Eva started clapping her hands. It is so cute! For a while now she has been saying Dadda and JJ, naturally she hasn't said Momma yet. Why is it that kids always say Dad first? She has been on the move too, well conventionally- she will either army crawl backwards or just roll everywhere.

JJ is always saying the cutest things, but I don't write them down often enough. This morning he had the hiccups, and he said, "Mom, I will have hiccups for 4 hours and 4 years." I just thought, I sure hope not. He is really into time right now, he's always asking what time it is. I will tell him the time, then he'll say that he is going to tell Dad it's 3:30 when he gets home. Of course Dad never gets home at 3:30. JJ also really likes counting on his fingers. Especially his age- 3. But the great thing about it is he will put any combination of three finger up, and he'll ask, "is this three?" He is always right, I just think he wants the praise- so I give it to him!

Police Man

JJ loves to pretend. He is always pretending to be a firefighter, police man, engineer, pirate, Handy Manny, and more. Lately he has lived in his firefighter hat. He sleeps with it, and wants to wear it everywhere. Anytime we leave the house he asks, "Mom, can I take my firefighter hat." Saturday he wanted to take his police hat. We went to the Children's Museum. While there he pretended to be a firefighter, of course. The funniest part of the day was on our way home. We were walking through Gateway and we saw Spencer's boss, he asked JJ what his name is, JJ replied, "Um, Police Man." I love his imagination, he totally assumes a character. By the way, if he says he's a Police Man don't even think about calling him a Police Officer, cause he just might get mad at you. He's a Police Man, not Officer.

Confession

Ok, I confess, Eva is eight months old and today was the first day she wore shoes. Crazy, I know. I hate putting shoes on babies, it's ridiculous. They are hard to put on, and babies absolutely hate them. Today we went to Gardner Village, so I thought I would put some shoes on, so she might stay a little bit warmer. And I have to admit, I thought she looked adorable with them on. A friend in our neighborhood gave these to me right after she was born. The shoes were drawn by a local artist, they are one of a kind- pretty cool. Today was pretty windy, but warm. I can handle warm wind, beats snow in Georgia (sorry Molly :). I love when the weather warms up- I'm writing this blog from the comfort of my backyard- yah for wireless internet. We just got new adirondack chairs, we love to sit in the backyard and soak up the sun after the winter- ah doesn't the change in weather bring happiness! Well these pictures make me happy too!