Time really flies

Seriously, where does the time go? Kasey is pulling to standing all the time now! And teeth #4 #5 have arrived! She crawls FAST and is into everything! I forgot how hard it is to diaper and dress a squirming kid! She also is trying to climb the stairs. She is growing up so fast, I can't get over it!So is Courtney. I still can't get over how excited she is for the holiday season! It's so exciting and fun for her, which makes it fun and exciting for us also! She is singing Christmas carols, gasps at every decorated house she sees and talks about Santa coming all the time! As you know there are several Christmas specials on TV, just about something every night. We have been letting her stay up to watch some. She has watched Rudolph, Shrek the Halls and the Polar Express. She is really looking forward to watching Frosty the Snowman on Friday. She is very into Frosty. We have to read that book almost every night and sing the song daily.

Monday morning she fell on her face again in the kitchen. She really knocked her 2 front teeth back and up. They are once again gray and they are moved. At the time she was bleeding, so off we went to the pediatric dentist. They took x-rays. Good news is that no teeth are broken. However we won't know if she is going to lose either of the teeth for a few weeks.

Last Monday was a preview at our zoo for the Winter Wildland. That is where they decorate the whole zoo in tons and tons of Christmas Lights. The night they had the preview it was 6 degrees. It was COLD! We left Kasey with my mom and dad and we took Courtney up. We were all dresses in several layers. They served dinner and the food was fabulous. After dinner we headed out and walked around the zoo. Santa was there, we ran into him, Courtney told him she wants a pony... he said he would see what he could do.

Speaking of ponies, they had the pony rides open! And Courtney's favorite horse, Amiga, was all decked out for Christmas. So, in 6 degree weather, Courtney got to ride her! And they also let her feed Amiga a carrot. Courtney loved it.Because of all the snow, the lights were just beautiful. The animals were all pretty active, in fact the lion and the tiger came right up to the window to see Courtney. It was so peaceful and quiet at the zoo, and Courtney was so excited, it was one of the best trips we have had to the zoo!The next morning was miserable weather. It was cold and blowing snow. All the schools in town were canceled. Courtney was supposed to go to Psychical therapy, but there was no way I was taking the girls out in that weather. So, I called our neighbor across the street. I knew her daughter's preschool had also been closed. So, I packed up the girls and we ran across the street. We spent the cold snowy morning over there. Courtney played with Ava and Kasey followed Regan around. We stayed there through lunch, and then packed up and headed home for nap time. It was so nice!

Wednesday my mom had her last chemo treatment! My sister came down and she and I accompanied my mom to it. Although we had to leave before she was done. Sue had to hit the road to make it to work that night, and I had to get home to go to the doctor with Courtney.

We took Courtney to see her GI doc. We are pretty sure she has a lactose allergy. So, we have to really watch what we give her. Her blood tests all came back fine, but that only tests for the type of allergies that exhibit with swollen face/neck and hives and such. Her allergy is more intestinal.

Thursday was zoo preschool day. Hubby went with us this time. He has been jealous of all the fun activities we have done. Thursday we learned about Moose and Reindeer. Then we went up to see Tahoma the Moose and the visiting Reindeer, Jingles and Mistletoe. This upcoming Thursday we are going to be learning about the Snow Leopards.
Friday night I had dinner with my MOPS small group. The leader of our group had us all over for dinner, it was nice! Except there were only 4 out of the 7 of us. But that is what happens this time of year.

Saturday and Sunday we spent the whole days moving the playroom from the basement to the loft and the office from the loft to the basement. We are closer to being done, but we are not 100% there yet. It was a lot more work that either one of us anticipated! We got the loft (old office) all cleaned out and furniture moved. Today I moved all the toys from the basement up to the loft. I have some more moving of toys to do from the main level to the toy room, but it's almost all done! I can't wait until it is!

Well, time for me to hit the sack!