Carolyn's visit

Well, we had a great time while Carolyn was here (despite the girls being sick for most of her visit--see below). We only walked downtown once, and all the stores were closed because it was Sunday. Don't people like to shop on Sunday? (the photo is off center because I had to take it quick before Charlotte took off her sunglasses)


But we did manage to get to the pool twice. (I just LOVE how gorgeous photos turn out with the blue pool in the background, don't you?)


And in case you're wondering, we DID manage to go shopping and see a movie on Monday. Kris came home early to take care of the girls so we could go. Thanks, honey!

Sick day

Thursday evening, Nora complained that her tummy "hurt." Around 8:30, she got sick. On Friday morning, Nora said she felt better, and she ate her whole bowl of cheerios, but then just kind of laid around for most of the morning. VERY unlike her. Later in the morning, she seemed to be her old self, so we spent a few hours at the Unity pool (Nora had been looking forward to it all week and she really seemed fine). We all went to bed and woke at 1:30 am this morning because Nora felt bad again. Right after she got sick again, Charlotte woke up and was pretty warm. So far, Charlotte hasn't gotten "sick," but she's definitely not herself and her fever at 2:00 this afternoon was 103.2. We got a dose of Tylenol in her and she cooled down quite a bit and is feeling better. We're hoping everyone will be feeling 100% by tomorrow. Especially since my cousin Carolyn is in town, and Monday was going to be our kid-free day so we could go shopping and see a movie. But if the girls haven't been fever-free for 24 hours before Monday, guess who'll be staying home with us? So wish us luck.

Nora put her head down on the couch, and Charlotte crawled over, pulled herself up, and laid her head next to Nora. Too sweet.

Visit

My best friend and her hubby came to visit, I mean wear us out, I mean visit, this weekend. Nora and I went with them to the Cardinals/Royals game on Thursday night (they're from St. Louis). Unfortunately for them, Royals performed a small miracle and beat the Cardinals 17 to 8. Fortunately for Nora and me, all we cared about were the sweets. Nora's first cotton candy:

She also had about 3 bites of a $4 snow-cone.

Here's how they wore us out (did I mention it was 90+ degrees all weekend?):
Thurs night baseball game (thanks to Kris's employer, we sat in the friends & family section one tier back behind home plate. We had fun picking out the players' wives sitting around us.-- dressed too nicely for a ball game, nice jewelry & purses, toting kids & parents but no husband)

Friday out to lunch and in the evening walked downtown (Lee's Summit) to the carnival & Zydeco music festival

Saturday walked to Farmer's market and to lunch (again downtown LS) We had BBQ from the new Beauchamp's restaurant-- we ALL agreed it was the BEST bbq we'd EVER had. We'll definitely be back.

Now we have 2 and a half more days to recoup and prepare for my cousin's visit. She'll be here Thurs afternoon through Tuesday and I can't wait to see her. Kris pointed out that the girls will both be in daycare/preschool on Monday, so I'm seeing a shopping trip in my future. I haven't been shopping in ages!

Sleep!

Sleep, glorious sleep! I got almost 8 hours last night!!! Kris gave Charlotte a bottle at 10:30 last night and she slept until 6:30! The last time I had 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep was over a year ago. Ahhh... (though this is a bittersweet victory. She probably slept that long because she went to daycare yesterday and she only sleeps about 30 min all day at daycare.)

Wow.

Does it GET any cuter than this?!


I'm working on helping Charlotte figure out how to go to sleep on her own. Last night was the second night that I put her down before she nursed off to sleep. She rolled around, sat up, stood up, sat down... (repeat many times) and finally layed her head down and fell asleep. I am DETERMINED that she be a good sleeper. Unlike Nora, who STILL gets up in the middle of the night & comes into bed with us. And wants one of us to stay in the room until she falls asleep. What can I say, I'm a pushover.

Anyway, I've been working on my "plan" since Thursday and already I'm pleased with my progress. In addition to the falling asleep mentioned above, I've been making sure that even if she does fall asleep before I put her in her bed, I wake her just a little so that she sees she's in her crib before she goes back to sleep. Up until Thursday, I literally had to run back upstairs 3-4 times in the first 2 hours after she fell asleep because she would wake up upset. After Thursday & Friday of waking her a bit when I put her in her crib, I have not had to go back in her room AT ALL until she wakes to eat around 2am. And she's only been waking once in the night to eat. Yay!!