Things to remember

I have been terrible about keeping this up to date.  But here are a few things I want to remember. 

From Makena:

When she wants to do something again she'll say :  "One last more.  Just one last more."  so cute. 

 Every thing is five.  She can count higher (in English & Spanish) but when we see a ton of birds in the sky and I ask how many she says "Five!  There are five mama!"  Also when she wants something (like M&Ms) she wants five.   

Tayler:

Yesterday she was standing holding onto a toy- let go - and stayed standing by herself!  She did it twice - not too long before she's walking I bet.   She says doll.  When she picks up a dolly she will look at me and say doll over & over.   So her words so far:  Bath, Dada, Mama, Doll and she says something for Kena, but haven't been able to make it out yet.  

In other things, we are still at a stand still with potty training.  She goes every night before bed, & sporadically throughout the day.  Tayler is still up once a night, but getting closer to sleeping through the night.  We went away last weekend to a friend's wedding & stayed overnight without the girls.  We had a great time, but I forgot a part to my pump - my boobs were a bit painful...   Aunt Debi & Uncle Dave took the girls for us and they did great!   I should be getting some pics emailed to me soon - so I'll show you what we look like all dressed up.

Once I figure out how to post pics easier here I'll get some new ones up!

Pleeeeaaaassseeee Sleep............

Can everyone send some sleepy vibes our way?

Let's just say that Miss Tayler is NOT a good teether. As in, for the last three nights I have been up every hour from 8pm until 7am, literally. I get up, stumble into her room, rock her & put her back in bed. She doesn't want to nurse, she doesn't want to sleep with us, she doesn't want me to stay in the rocking chair, on the couch, etc.

Michael let me sleep from 7-9 this morning - otherwise I'd be even more of a walking zombie.

And I hear her calling again...

Okay - I'm back & edited to add that for extra fun - when she gets a fever (in this instance from teething) she likes to projectile vomit as soon as Tylenol & Motrin hit her lips. So I have given her Hylands teething tablets and they seem to help some with the pain.

In other exciting news - she said her first word! And no, it's not Mama, or Dada, or even Kena, but it is "bath". Or her babbling equivalent of it. She has repeated it on several occassions since Friday and it is definitely what she means if only understood by Mama & Daddy.

So cute! Makena sings the Coldplay song "Green Eyes" to Tayler in the bathtub. They both have blue eyes, but hey, you take what you can get.

In Makena news, we are back to a standstill on potty training, sigh. She is doing really well with swim lessons. Working everyday at home on her "kickers, paddles, & bubbles". I'll have to figure out how to upload a video so you all can see it. Precious! Not so precious that she apparently has decided to give up naps during the day. We have tried all the usual & some new tricks to get her to sleep & nothing seems to work short of driving her around in the car for an hour & a half. Which, is well, not practical. So I put her in her crib for some "quiet time" in which she reads about 15 books, builds a fort, and hangs out with Sulley, her big, stuffed monster. She actually does okay with no nap, except around 5pm she hits a wall, is herself a monster, and by 5:30 we are through it. We just do an earlier dinner & earlier bedtime.

Michael and I tried real sushi for the first time the other night at http://www.mikunisushi.com/ it was so good! We will be back there for sure.

Other than that still getting settled in the new house, and enjoying time with friends & family.