Today's News

1. I bought a big bag of children's books for $2 at the library.

2. Adelynne went to the doctor, again.

3. We finally got a library card for the Tipacanoe library.  We checked out 3 items (because that's all they allow on your first check out).  I had an entire stack of books and videos that I wanted but couldn't check out.  Sad.

4. Adelynne went to the hospital lab for a blood draw.  She cried, screamed, bawled.  It was really sad to hold my crying child.  She recovered pretty quickly after the nurse offered her 3 barbie princess stickers.  Aren't stickers a life-saver?

5. Amy pooped in the potty, again!

6. I'm really tired, but SO anxious for volley ball tomorrow night!  Yippee!

I did it

I did it. I shaved Amy's head


I know, and I just started doing pigtails in her hair. Its something I've been saying that I want to do since before Christmas, but I just didn't have the guts to do it. But these odd little wisps of hair have been starting to bug me. And last night when she got out of the bathtub she had two strands of hair running down her forehead touching her eyebrows. It was driving me crazy. So I got out the clippers. Actually, our clippers are broken, so I used a beard trimmer and held on the attachment from the clippers. It worked. I think I'm crazy for doing it. She's going to be 2 next month and I shaved off her hair. Crazy. But its not like it was all that much hair, just enough to fill my fist. No more pigtails. I wonder how long it will take to grow back.

Spring Break

Last week being spring break for Purdue and all, I thought we'd take some family time to go down to the Indianapolis zoo on one day, and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis on another day-we did have all week. It was great to have Dustin home all week, and take time off of school to just relax. I was definitely able to relax more with him home. Here's some pictures from our day trips:

In the car on the way to the zoo.  It was a beautiful, sunny day, perfect for being outside.

She just cracks me up!

Adelynne being silly in the car

I love pictures of the girls looking in the glass

Amy being cute at the dolphin show

Dustin and Adelynne at the dolphin show
Tracy and Amy at the dolphin show
Wow.  (She was impressed)
At the museum:

dragon & dragon-slayer

dragon-slayer re-incarnated to daddy dragon

really cool dragon made of legos

they love to read together

"mom, we're busy."

have to get them all

digging for dinosaurs

Just beautiful

The new ride

I have wanted a double jogging stroller for as long as I have had two kids, and almost two years later... ta da! I lOVE IT! Why do I love it?
-I can push it with one hand if I need to
-I can push it off the sidewalk onto the grass easily (if I need to go around someone)
-It goes off road soooo nicely
-It has lots of basket/storage room for the things I just can't do without
-It has a nice BIG shade cover for the girls
-It collapses easily and I can take the wheels off and on simply for more compact travel
-It just feels good

Playing at the Park

Having fun on the seesaw

Completely candid shots of daddy and daughter:

They have the same expression on their faces-oh it makes me laugh.

My girls:

so cute!

Can I say how much I love my new camera?!

Another first for Amy

On Sunday Amy "let" me put pigtails in her hair for church. She told me it was her turn for me to do her hair, once Adelynne was done getting her hair done, so I decided to attempt pigtails. And I squeaked them in, and yes there were tears, but hey, she's just not used to having her hair done! She'll be two in a little over a month, and she finally had her hair done. Its about time!

Milestones captured in silent pictures

Just before going to bed Amy stripped off her pajamas, and came to me saying, "potty, potty."  Now, Amy has sat on the potty plenty of times, but has never actually gone potty.  But I like to indulge her in this practice as often as possible for obvious reasons.  So I asked her if she wanted to go potty, and she said, "yesh."  So I took off her diaper and off she ran to the bathroom.  I followed closely behind her, and when she got to the bathroom she went straight to the toilet instead of the little potty chair.  She opened the toilet lid and said, "big potty."  So I put the child sized toilet seat on top of the toilet and sat her on it.  She wasn't there more than 5 seconds before she started saying, "all done," and grunting and pointing towards the toilet paper while saying "self, self!"  I told her she couldn't have any paper unless she went pee pee.  So I thought she'd get off the toilet or just protest my statement, but instead she sat there and within another 20 seconds or so, I hear little tinkling in the toilet!  I couldn't believe it!  I started cheering for her and she got so excited.  Then she proclaimed she was done and asked for the toilet paper again, which of course I gave her without hesitation.  Then she continued sitting and I asked her if she was done.  She said no and continued sitting.  I just thought she was delaying bed time, but I continued to indulge her anyway.  After a minute or so, she started saying, "squeeze, squeeze," and sucking in her tummy.  This is what Dustin and I do to help show her how to go on the potty.  Then, to my complete surprise, I could hear poopy sounds!  I am so happy and surprised.  Amy did her duty and was quite proud of herself.  In the meantime, I started snapping pictures of Amy's triumphant moments, and each time I turned off the camera, Amy would say, "more pictures."  So I ended up with more pictures of her on the toilet than anyone would care to see, but she was hilarious.  I have no idea what she was saying, but she was "talking" to me about who knows what.  Well, thanks for enduring the potty talk! 

This kid is hilarious!

Bath time Beauties

I HAVE A NEW CAMERA!! I just got it today, so naturally I have been snapping photos like crazy-but its so fun! I know my enthusiasm will taper off, but for now, I hope you enjoy these beautiful babies of mine.

Moments of: shoving wash clothes in the mouth, eating bubbles, laughing, giving bubbly kisses, laughing, spitting out bubbles, fun in the tub.

My Prince Did Come....His Name is Daddy

Once upon a time, Adelynne wanted to play dress-up on a Sunday evening, but she could not get her little sister to cooperate.  So Daddy volunteered to play with her, and you never saw a happier princess... especially when Daddy came dressed to the ball as a prince!  Daddy was adorned with a cape, crown, and a sword.  Unfortunately, he could not be convinced to wear tights. Nevertheless, Adelynne's face was full of admiration and joy for her wonderful Daddy.  



The prince and princess danced the night away, until the evil fairy, with her own sword in hand, came to fight the prince. Their swords clashed and clanged, (as much as foam swords can), and the princess was terrified for the life of her handsome prince. But then, much to everyone's relief, the evil fairy was soon distracted and began to beat on the photographer with her sword. The dancing commenced, and they all lived happily ever after. (Even the photographer).

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

The End

Adorable Amy

Amy at the computer

Every Sunday we have i-chat/webcam with my parents.  We sometimes put the computer down on the girls' little table.  One evening we happened to leave it there after we were done chatting, and Amy had a good time playing on the computer.  I think she must have been feeling like a real grown up the way she handled that mouse.  She also did some fancy work on the computer too, it took Dustin a while to undo the mess she created!