Monday, January 24, 2011

Help me to slow down

Just a reminder to myself to slow down, take a deep breath, smile, and enjoy the times that Elizabeth pushes EVERY nerve that I have the wrong way!

What a strong willed child I have! Silly, yet strong! Rolling her eyes to the side when she wants to ignore me. God I love her! Spanking does not work, time out seems to be a complete joke, although I will continue to use it.

She loves to dance, and paint and do puzzles. She loves to antagonize Diva!

And through all of this........ I know she LOVES me..

and I love her, she is my life, my heart and the reason I smile.

God , thank you for my blessing!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Been ALONG time!


Wow has the time flown by! Elizabeth is 2 1/2 plus a month! She is talking pretty good. She says please and thank you and I love that she answers herself... she says "thank you.... your welcome" all in the same sentence. She says "I'm sotty" all the time but I don't know why or what she is apologizing for. She loves to play by herself but also has so much fun playing with other kids. Independent like her mom and out going like her dad. She is in gymnastics once a week and was taking Mommy and me swim lessons until we couldn't get rid of an upper resp infection so we stopped the swimming for a while which has proved to help. Sugar still comes over M-F and has done such an awesome job helping us to raise Elizabeth. She is super strong willed and has been running from me when I want to change her clothes or get something from her. She thinks it is funny.... I don't. We are working on potty training- "dum" (gum) is her reward when she goes peepee on the potty.
Her favorite shows are Barney and Dora.... and she calls Dora, Boots most of the time. We have gone to see Yo Gabba Gabba which she loved the show but doesn't watch the show on TV. We also went to see Mickey Mouse which was not such a hit.... she calls Mickey Mouse... "Mouse."
We have tickets to go and see Barney at the end of January and I can't wait to take her! Our tickets are great and she loves Barney so this should be great!
We are taking her skiing this month- this may test our patience way more than we are ready for!
I can't wait though! She is so athletic and strong.
Going to bed at time had become a real issue- not because she is in a toddler bed (which she moved into in December 2010) but because she is just a night owl like us! I have been working for the last two days getting her to bed by 8 PM and it is working well. We have to start winding down at about 6:30 PM by dimming the lights and turning off the TV. I have been putting on some classic music (but will buy some piano CD's soon) and reading some books to her. At about 8:00 I put her in bed and say prayers with her and rub her head, singing hymns, My Favorite Things, Maybe, Tomorrow and anything else I need to. Tonight I had to get in bed with her and that worked.
Jay LOVES his girl and they have a special chase session almost every night! E growls at him under her breath and Daddy chases her and then she chases him. She minds him much more than she minds me.
Diva - "sister" the Pomeranian, who is 17 has adjusted fairly well to E. Diva does not like E but tolerates her and if E has food to hand out she is her best friend. Other than that she occasionally will try to bite her when E runs by- but since she only has a few teeth and her vision is horrible I try to make light of the attempted biting.
Life is great and I love my girl! We are so blessed. I know the grammer in this has been horrible- please forgive me!

Monday, February 9, 2009

What a wonderful life!

Okay, so it's been a long time since my last "real" blog! I have been posting my Smilebox pictures though at least monthly which is some type of bloggin'.... i think?
The last 7 months has completely flown by! Elizabeth is growing so quickly and she is so inquisitive! WOW! It's amazing to watch her. I would love to be able to get into her head to figure out what she is thinking! She gets so serious about some things! I guess she is just taking it all in!
She weighs about 18 pounds now. My biceps are getting larger! Her hair is starting to come back in again.... more blonde (i love it). She has 2 lower teeth and she loves to show you them. Her personality is wonderful! She just started sleeping through the night about 3 days ago! I hope i didn't jinx myself! She crawls everywhere and loves to pull up on everything! She loves cords of any kind~ but I don't like that she likes them! She is just a joy to be around! She loves her mom and dad and we think she hung the moon!
We have a nanny that comes over 5 days and week and we love her! She treats Elizabeth like she is her own child. Her name is Sugar and Elizabeth loves her! She works with Elizabeth on her strengthening, she reads to her, plays with her and most importantly prays with her and teaches her about God.
We have traveled with Elizabeth- she has already been on a cruise! She is a hit where ever she goes! Not surprising with her father and his craziness!
We are enjoying our life - but man what a change a child brings! Thank God that God gives you patience and love for each other!
God is Good!

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