Everything New

A lot of new things have been going on around our house. Here are some important ones.

Lilly: 

Lilly got a big kid toddler bed. As soon as it arrived she insisted on Tyson putting it together for her. She was SO excited. I didn’t want to move the crib immediately because I didn’t know how she was going to do with the big kid bed. She wanted to sleep in it that night. About 2 minutes after bed time I could hear her whimpering in her room. It was such a sad whimper. I went in and I could tell she was scared. I tried putting her in the crib but she was too excited and still wanted to sleep in her bed. So I put her back in bed and the whimpering started again. Tyson went in there and sat with her for about 30 minutes. While he was in there she told him that she wanted to sleep under the butterfly (where the crib was) so Tyson moved the big kid bed over to where the crib was. That seemed to fix her being scared and she fell right asleep. 

She has been doing pretty good in her big kid bed. She does wake up a little earlier in the morning and comes and finds me. If she can’t find me she starts yelling “Mommy, are you”.  A couple of times she has tried to sneak out of the room if she doesn’t want to go to bed.

We have also had a couple of interesting nap times. Today I put Lilly down for her nap. It was dead quiet up there for an hour so I assumed she fell asleep fast. I went in and checked on her and she had: 1. diaper rash cream all over her arms, legs, face, and a little in her hair, 2. the wipes out trying to wipe off the cream, 3. her clear hair elastic bands all over the bed and floor and 4. all of her blankets and stuffed animals on the bed. She also had all of her binkies out.

We have also started potty training Lilly. I started off with the pull-ups and having her sit on the potty every hour. That didn’t work at all so I switched over to big kid panties. She has been doing really well with those. She does still wear pull-ups for naps and bed time. She is also a little scared of public bathrooms.

We also bought Lilly her first bike. She loves it but is still getting the hang of steering and pedaling.

My favorite new thing that Lilly is saying is ‘me too’. Anytime she wants to do what I am doing or go where I am going she says ‘me too’. Most of the day is spent with her following me around saying ‘me too, mommy. Me too.’  

Baby Boy:

We have decided to name the baby Bennett. You may call him Ben, however; I think that I will most likely call him Bennett. We are still deciding on a middle name. Lilly calls Bennett, bet-it. I really liked the name Peter but every time I told someone the name they told me not to use it and that he would get made fun of too much.

We have started buying everything for the baby and have moved the crib to the nursery. We got his bedding set and have made up his crib. For some reason I am nesting really early with this baby. I feel the need to buy everything right now.  

These are some things we have gotten for the wall. The picture on the left I got at Michael's for 1 penny. No joke!

The baby is healthy and is doing well. He is a kicker and really likes it when I eat food. However, he does like to kick in the middle of the night.  

Karen:

I am doing well. Here is a picture of me about 2 weeks ago. I have gotten a little bigger since then.

This baby is sitting really low and is hurting my body. I wake up every morning feeling like I got hit by a car. I feel like I am 85 years old hobbling around and I grunt a lot, which is embarrassing because I am not far enough along to be grunting when I move. People keep giving me weird looks because I am not big enough to be having such a difficult time getting around.

I cut my hair again because it is growing so fast. This time I told her to cut it even shorter so it doesn’t lose its style so fast.  I didn’t take into account that it would no longer stay in a ponytail. I miss my ponytails.

Tyson:

Tyson is moving along with school. He is about to finish an intersession course. It is a full credit course that was smashed into 4 weeks to fit in between semesters. It has been online but requires him to logon for 3 hours every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.  Lilly and I have missed him a lot and can’t wait for it to be over.
 
Herbert:

Herbie is getting old. He will be turning 7 years old in November. He has some issues with his knees like most small dogs do. He has been limping around the house the last couple of days and whimpers when he steps on his foot/knee wrong. I feel so bad for him. Tyson told me we couldn’t pay the $1,500-$5,000 per knee to fix him so I am just praying that Herbie won’t hurt himself too bad. Say a small prayer for him too. I would be crushed if anything happened to him.