Family...isn't it about time?

A few weekends ago, Aunt Missy came out to Manhattan and we got to drive over there to spend some time with her, Great Grandma, Grandma and Grandpa. It's always so nice to be with family!

Strep Throat

Poor girl had strep last week. She had said a few times that her throat felt scratchy, but other than that, there wasn't any complaining and no fever. Then there was a lump. I sent her to school Thursday morning and then the school called an hour later saying she had a good sized lump on her neck. I was a little puzzled. When I got to the school, I was a shocked and I hoped that I hadn't sent her to school like that.

When Aleah was in class that morning, she told her teacher that it hurt her neck when she turned her head. So her teacher looked and saw this huge bump.

Anyway, we took her to the doctor that afternoon and it turned out she had strep. Her Lymph Node was just swollen really big. She was a really good sport and now she's doing just fine!

Nani's Logic

I decided it was time for my once every 2 year post on the blog. Last night was kind of crazy with getting off work a little late, getting dinner ready, then going to a school performance for Aleah. After her performance we came home and I told the girls if they did a good job taking a bath and getting PJ's on then we could have a treat. They were determined to go fast and finish their bath time. I was drying them off with their towels and Aleah right away got her PJs on and went off to the kitchen to look for her treat.

Nani was still trying to decide what to wear. I tried helping her along, but she just told me that things are not fair. I explained to her that if she wanted a treat she needed to get dressed fast or there wasn't going to be time for a treat because it will be bedtime. Then she looked at me with those big, sad, brown eyes and said , "Daddy, it's not fair that we aren't fairies. If we were fairies we could say Bippity Boppity Boo and then our clothes would be on. It's just not fair that we're not fairies. We could go much faster." I didn't know what to say to that so I agreed with her that it wasn't fair and she was happy again and put her PJs on with enough time to have a treat.

I love all my little girls. They are so fun to be with and they definitely brighten my day.

New Food

Maya tried rice cereal on Feb. 15th and she loved it! She has had some just about everyday since, but doens;t always love it like the first time. Today she had a little rice cereal mixed with bananas and she did pretty well. She seemed indifferent, but she liked helping Daddy with the spoon.

What a cute baby!

Good job Maya! And good job Daddy!

Weighing in at...

January 24th Maya had her check up. 24inches and 16lbs 6 ounces.

The 26th she finally made it past her arm and completed the roll. So now we have a unhappy rolling baby, meaning, she doesn't like being on her stomach. When we put her down on her back, she rolls over and the almost immediately starts crying. She can last a few minutes if you're there to entertain her.

Our Blog Book

For Christmas, we got our family......our blog in book form, well, just the first year of our blog. I have been wanting to this for sooooo long. I finally did! I did it through the cutest blog on the block. There's some other ways to do it, like blurb, but it was going to take a lot of time. With cutest blog on the block, you just type in your blog, and password if it's private, the dates you want, and your blog uploads. You can't change rearrange anything, but at least it's easy. I would have like to arrange it all, but really it was going to take too much time and that's why I hadn't ever done it. Some of the captions don't match up with the pic. and there's just a blank spot for where video was. So no, it's not perfect, but it's done!

For Christmas, we got flip through the pages and enjoy reflecting! Good times remembered!
Next Christmas we'll do the next year of the blog!

I just went to The Cutest blog on the block, and apparently you CAN edit you book how you want. I thought I tried to change a few things and it wouldn't let me. Who knows. That usually is a crazy time of year, so maybe I just uploaded it and called it good.

Really...

...um, I think we need a new family picture, or a different header. Alright I'll work on that. Who knows when I'll get around to that. I think we'll wait until baby girl can stand pretty good. I think I'll like pictures better if she's not all squished in our arms.