Vacation, yay!

We are leaving for a shotgun type vacation to North Carolina early tomorrow morning for our first ever family vacation. Wish us luck! We are staying in Shawn's boss's cabin in Maggie Valley. It should be fun! I'll update when we get back. We should be returning Sunday late evening but I'll probably post on Monday!

New Pictures

I thought I'd share just a few new photos in the blog.

Quick Update

Well I know I haven't posted in a week and a half, but this has to be quick because I have to load the kids up soon and go feed the horses.

Cadence is getting so big. She is starting to grunt when she wants to sit up...so I pull her up to sit or stand. She loves feeling like a big girl! She is still sleeping with me. I haven't even attempted to put her in her bassinet or her crib. So we go on sleeping together...its just EASIER lol!

We've backed off of potty training Alex. He was making a game out of it and becoming resistant so I just stopped the training immediatly. Every one in awhile he asks to go on the potty and I let him but he rarely goes on it. I am at a loss at what to do. I guess he's just not completely ready yet.

Cadence loves grabbing stuff...

Cadence loves grabbing ahold of stuff now! Especially her burp cloth and her little bunny bobo (which goes in her carseat with her everywhere..she likes to stuff its ears in her mouth). She is growing up so fast!!! It's crazy..

On another note Alex is doing SO well in his swim lessons. Yesterday he was able to swim in a float for 20 minutes all by himself without holding onto his instructor. He loves it. We only have 2 more days left, today and tomorrow. I'll have to look into getting a pass to the YMCA so we can continue to swim at least once a week, otherwise he'll be heartbroken!

Well I'll blog ya later, Cadence is fussing and wants picked up!

Unconditional love & sleeping by herself

Today's blog is mostly just a note that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way my baby girl looks at me with just this loving, idolizing look. She looks at me with such unconditional love, and like she thinks I'm just the greatest thing since sliced bread. I love that. Unfortunately she will grow up and realize her momma isn't perfect, as is no one else. However, I'm enjoying it while it lasts!

Also I have GOT to get Cadence sleeping by herself. I'm sore all over from the way I sleep wrapped around her and then in the mornings she pacifys herself on my boobs for HOURS and I'm sort of tired of being a pacifier! I LOVE LOVE LOVE having her sleep with me, but at the same time I am not getting good, deep sleep doing this. So I want to try to get her in her bassinet by my bed. However, she screams when I lay her down. She always goes to sleep nursing around 9:30pm. So I'm going to try to nurse her to sleep in my bed and then transfer her to the bassinet. I have to do something so that I can sleep normal! I'll miss having her sleep with me but at the same time I think I'll be a happier person with more sleep. *SIGH*. She's growing up too fast!

4th of July

The Fourth of July was a blast, literally! We took the kids to the downtown "Street Fest". My (soon to be) stepson, 10, got to climb the rock wall. Both of my (soon to be) steps (7 and 10) loaded up on cotton candy and sno cones. Alex didn't like either the cotton candy OR the sno cones. I tried to get him to jump around in one of those blow up castles and he sat in the middle looking terrified. The lady felt so bad that she gave me my $2 back because he didn't jump OR have fun lol! Maybe next time. Alex LOVED the fireworks show. He wasn't scared of the lights or the booms and he just talked our ear off about it all the way home. Cadence jumped the first few booms but we were far enough away that she soon ignored it and just chewed on her hand the whole time. I was so worried I made Shawn keep us all a very far distance away from the fireworks because I was afraid of Cadence's hearing.

Cadence is starting to grab things and get very interested in them, so I'm going to go buy her some soft rattles and soft toys to grib and play with. She doesn't have enough control over her hands yet to not beat herself in the head with whatever she is holding, so I need some soft toys for her!

This morning we are going to take the kids to the park, so I better get off this blog and go cook some scrambled eggs and pancakes for breakfast! Hope everyone else had a safe time on the 4th!