Hair Cut!

Well it finally happened! Ryan was left alone with a pair of scissors for a few minutes while Grandma Moon went to peel an apple. In Grandma's defense, I have done the same thing many times thinking she wouldnt do anything in those short few minutes. However, this was the time Ryan got an idea. She cut Bekah's very pretty hair! She cut the front side as if she was trying to give her some bangs. The only problem is that bangs dont go all the way over to the ear! So I had a friend come over and she did what she could to blend the damage. Not a whole lot could be done but it did help some. I asked Ryan why she would cut Bekah's hair and she said, "Mommy I tried to cut it by the play table, but Bekah wouldnt let me. So I had to go to the play kitchen to do it. She just wouldnt listen mommy." Too funny! Not exactly a reason for why she did but rather how she did it. Im just so glad she didnt cut her ear or do worse damage than she did. In a couple years we will laugh about this Im just sure of it. But for now Im sad every time I see my cutie's new do!

Ballet?

Who would've ever thought that my daughter would want to take Ballet? Who would've thought her favorite color would be pink and all she would want to wear are frilly dresses with bows and flowers? God is too funny! I love Ryan for who she is becoming. This girl always wants her princess dress on and gets so excited every time it gets washed. She plays house and is always the Mommy or the "boss" as I see it. Playing school and church she is always the teacher. She makes her sister stand up to sing songs for church and fold her hands and close her eyes to pray. She makes her go to sleep in her bed and pick up her toys when playing house. She always pretends to take Bekah to the library, the movies, the museum, and Walmart. Of course Bekah does as she says bc she is the "boss." In this respect, I definitely see her mommy. I always played these same things with my brother. However, I did not enjoy dresses and being girly at all! I still dont enjoy it so much. I do like to wear pink shirts these days but definitely not when younger. Ryan is always twirling and dancing across the living room floor when she has a chance. Doing Ballet moves I have no idea where she learned them. So, after talking to Scott I found a place she could take some Ballet that also teaches tap. The girl loves it!! She is adorable learning it. If you excuse the times she stops to pick her nose she looks so pretty too. I dont know if she will ever be good at Ballet or Tap, but for now it is something active that she enjoys so we will keep at it! I just want to encourage her girly tendencies as the one thing I never liked about myself growing up was that I wasnt girly.

Speech Therapy!

Finally, Ryan is starting speech therapy next week! We met with the preschool speech therapist at Westwood Elementary in Greenwood today. She finally called to have an evaluation of Ryan's speech. The teacher was very impressed by Ryan's vocabulary! She couldnt believe some of the words she knew. She complimented me for working with and spending so much time with her. She said she could definitely tell we take time for her. Yeah a compliment!! Ive done something right! Maybe not everything but at least something. Anyway, Ryan did not score well at all on articulation which I expected. That's the whole reason Ive been trying since November to get her into therapy. So on Friday I will meet with the teacher and discuss the game plan on how we will fix this small problem for Ryan. Then the teacher plans to start her therapy next week! Im so excited because I know this will help Ryan tremendously! She gets so upset when people dont understand her.
Also, in regards to Ryan, she is doing so much better at obeying and using the potty! It seems like we passed another testing period. It was not easy and I wanted to give up so many times. I also wanted to cry, scream, and beat anyone or anything. Crying I did but the other two Im glad I held back so not to have any regrets. So, until the next testing we will enjoy the sweet little angel girl we have now!

Surgery #3!

We finally were able to have Bekah seen at the ENT. She needed her checkup for her ear tubes and she has been snoring at night, waking frequently in the night crying (for the last 4 months!), and whinny most of the day and tired from not getting enough sleep. The Dr said what we expected. Sleep apnea is causing her to wake and cry in the evening which is then making her very tired the next day. The sleep apnea is from her tonsils becoming too large. So we have scheduled her 3rd surgery in 1 1/2 yrs! Poor girl! This one is gonna be the worst of the 3 so we are praying she does well. The dr is also gonna check to make sure her adnoids havent grown back. If they have then she will remove them yet again. She is also going to fix her ear that has a tube falling out. We are praying this surgery helps Bekah get some sleep at night which then means all of us will too!! Yep it's not the baby keeping us up at night rather the 2 yr old. We are so glad that this is all we have had to deal with as we know there is so much worse she could be dealing with. Bekah is a trooper though! I love that girl so so much!

4 Month Check up!

Caleb weighed in at 16 lbs 6 oz. 26 1/4 in long! Great numbers for my "little man!" To put these number in perspective. Caleb is 1 pound heavier than Ryan was at 4 months and 3 lbs heavier than Bekah was. He is taking right after his Daddy who was also a chunky monkey while a baby. Seeing that Scott slimmed down Im not too worried about it! Caleb is a chunk and difficult for me to hold for long periods of time. We took him out of his infant carrier because I couldnt carry it anymore. However, it is difficult to lug him around without it. Now Im looking for a small stroller to put him into from the car. That would make my life a little easier Im sure. We finally started Caleb on cereal at dinner time. That boy loves it! He sucks it right off of his spoon. After 9 tsps with 2 oz of breast milk I cut him off! Piggy Pigs!! Caleb is finally using his legs to stand. It took forever but he will do it now. This is much later than the girls but I think Caleb is just going to take his time at everything involving work. haha! Oh well he is adorable and can get away with it!



In March Caleb will be seeing an eye doctor for his eye. He has a blocked tear duct but is always getting infected. He has been on 2 oral antibiotics in less than 2 months and eye antibiotics all the time! Hopefully they will be able to help him out!

Completely Potty Trained!

Well she did it!! Bekah is potty trained! She has not had an accident in a couple weeks! She does have trouble in church with being in nursery but with us or grandparents she is perfect! Hard to believe that I have two wearing big girl pants. So far it is definitely helping Ryan do better while at home. Ryan is different than Bekah in that she is perfect in public but defiant at home with potty training. But we have started consistently discipling Ryan for "accidents" because Bekah started using her panties as well. As soon as we disciplined Ryan, Bekah has been perfect and it has helped get Ryan on our page. We figured at 3 1/2 the games are gonna end. Now we are down to one in diapers after having 3 in diapers at one time. Praise the Lord!!

Turkey Run State Park!

We just had an amazing 3 day family getaway at Turkey Run State Park! Scott and I went last year for our anniversary and loved it so much we thought it would be fun to take the girls this year. They have an indoor pool, game room, dinning area, and giant meeting area. The girls loved it all!! Caleb liked it too I think! We basically swam the whole time. We swam so much that all of us had the most dry skin ever. It was flaking and burning like no other. But totally worth every minute of it! The girls have improved so much since summer. It was nice to have a few days with Daddy to ourselves. Scott had a great time playing with the girls and just relaxing. The girls enjoyed the playing games and eating in the dining room. The girls also were able to feed the birds at the nature center. They thought that was pretty neat as well. They were angels the whole time so I guess that means they loved it! I will say that getting 3 children to sleep in the same room when one nurses is quite the challenge but somehow we overcame it. But I will say that was not without some frustration. Everyday since we have been home Bekah wakes up and asks if she can jump in! So cute! Ryan asks everyday if she can go back to her hotel. Caleb seems to be pretty happy to have his bed back and quiet while he sleeps (which he does a lot of). Im so glad we took the trip and cant wait to go back next year!