I will start with Kasey. She's moving right along, literally! She crawls faster than lighting! We are now in phase where if you want to open the fridge, you do it fast and shut it as fast as possible, because if you stand there with it open little Miss Lightning McQueen is going to be IN it before you can blink! She has also figured out how to climb the stairs, all the way to the top! So, we now have to keep the gate on the bottom of the stairs all the time. Which our 3 year old doesn't appreciate now that her playroom is upstairs. But safety comes before entertainment.
Kasey is in the phase where she likes to take things out of boxes. She emptied Courtney's shoe bin the other night, and she will continually empty her plastic boxes that hold her toys. She loves it, it's so cute!
Kasey is also now walking behind moving things! It's a big step and a step closer to walking!
She has been driving me nuts this week. She has been a little grump for some reason, and not wanting to eat from a bottle. I even had to feed her twice overnight this past week. I finally took her to the doctor thinking that maybe she had an ear infection for some odd reason (she hasn't been sick). But her ears are fine. The doctor thinks it's probably teeth trying to come in. Good golly teething is not fun, for anyone!
She has been sleeping through the night, for the most part. She did have the two nights where she didn't eat much before bed, so she woke up and demanded food in the middle of the night. But last night was a little better. Tonight she ate pretty well before bed, so I am really hoping that means tonight she will sleep through the night!
Her psychical therapist has moved her to once a month now. This will hopefully extend her 20 visits allowed per year by Kaiser (our insurance company). She is on track now as far as her crawling and standing, but she still stands and walks a lot on her toes. So, we are now working on that.
Courtney is doing well. She is 3 and hard to live with because of it. Her OT is helping her with several things. We are doing this "brushing" technique to help her with her sensory issues. Another example of her sensory issue: she thinks that any water that has a hint of warm is HOT. So if she could have it her way, she would bathe and wash her hands in cold water.
She has bath crayons, and she likes to pretend they are lipstick.
Hubby is hanging in there. Work continues to be slow, the recession has really hit his company now. Life is still unsteady and scary, as are pay-days. They have been busy working to get a lot of proposals out to companies, so hopefully things will start to pick up soon.
I am doing well. I came down with a bout of either food poisoning or the 24 hour stomach bug on Tuesday night. I was down for the count for 24 hours! Almost to the minute! I was miserable! It has been a long long long time, if ever, that I have felt that bad. Thankfully Hubby was able to stay home from work on Wednesday because it was all I could do to get out of bed. I feel much better now, a little weak still and some foods still bother me a bit, but nothing like how I felt Tuesday night and Wednesday! So glad that is over!
Let's see, I ended the last blog post on a Sunday a few weeks ago. Last week in zoo preschool we talked about zebra's. Zebra's are sure cute! Here is Courtney diligently working on her zebra craft.
Here is Kasey hiding in her seat in the stroller because it's been so cold around here recently. She had a hat on (that Aunt Nancy made), but pulled it off.
Friday was MOPS as usual. And as usual I enjoyed it very much! Friday afternoon our neighbors came over and we made terrariums!
The next day was a busy one. Hubby went one way with Courtney to run errands. I went another way with Kasey to run errands. Divide and conquer so to speak. That really worked out well! I think we will have to try that again in the future.
That afternoon I took Courtney to see a local performance at a high school. Her babysitters (who are also sisters) were performing in a Disney signing event thing. Kelly and Kinsey met us there. There weren't able to stay for the whole thing, but I think they enjoyed what they did see! Courtney really liked it and she got to see Cinderella sing a song. She also got to meet Cinderella afterward, so she was pretty happy. Also Amber had a friend give Courtney a flower and Courtney thought that was just the best thing.
That night we had a few neighbors over, plus 2 cadets for brisket. Hubby smoked a brisket all day, and everyone else brought side dishes. It was all so yummy! It was a great time had by all.
My sister came down from Greeley on Tuesday. My mom took us out to dinner that night at the Melting Pot for a girls night. There was lots of laughing and lots of eating. It was fun!
Wednesday was the day I was sick, so Hubby took the girls to their therapy sessions.
Thursday my sister went with us to the zoo for preschool. We learned all about giraffes! She got right in there and helped Courtney make her craft. Kasey even tried to help too!
After crafts and our learning time it was time to head down to feed the giraffes the crackers we decorated for them!
After the zoo and a quick stop at my parents' house, we all met my mom for lunch at Guiseppe's Depot. Courtney enjoyed watching the trains go by and ate like a champ! After leaving there we headed home where is was a quick nap time before I had to take Kasey to the doctor. So, Courtney didn't get a nap. Apparently that caught up with her because I was making dinner and Hubby was out shoveling the sidewalks and driveway (it had been snowing all day) she crashed in the chair. She had been sitting there listening to music. Hubby put his hat on her and she didn't even wake up! Here she is all crashed out:
Today was a MOPS day. And this morning we left the kids at the Church and headed out to breakfast at a local place. We went to a new crepe place that was really very good!
Hubby's cousin Mike was here last night, visiting from Indiana. He is here tonight too, but has to leave early in the morning to head back home again. It's always nice to have family visit!
Next week seems to be shaping up the same as this week, but no zoo preschool (bummer). Big news is that Hubby will be turning 40 on Tuesday! How did that happen? I am in denial....
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Oh, so now YOU will have a husband who is old!! HAHAA....Skip will be 48 next month. Tell the OLD man I said hi!
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