So as of last night our girls are officially sharing a room. Adam and I started the move at 1pm yesterday (a little late) but I just wanted to get it started and it ended up a complete move...at least for their room, the rest of the house is a mess! We took the "Babi/Nali bed" as we like to refer to it and moved it into Samantha's room and Samantha's crib into Hannah's room or as it is now called Hannah & Samantha's room. So now when the grandmother's come to visit they officially have their own room to sleep in and don't have to sleep with Hannah.
Hannah was there for the beginning of the move but then went across the street to play for the second half of the move. When she came back we were all done and she was so excited, she was jumping up and down with so much excitement, it was cute. Samantha seemed a little confused but looked excited too.
Then when bed time came I read to both girls in Hannah's bed and that went well, then both girls laid down in Hannah's bed for me to sing them some songs and Samantha was all excited to be tucked into Hannah's bed and laying next to her sister, it was too cute. After my songs I told them to say goodnight to each other and I grabbed Samantha and moved her to her crib...and that is when the crying started. I think she thought she was going to be sleeping IN Hannah's bed with her. I finally got her to stop crying and she told me "night" like she has just started saying and Hannah said goodnight and then I walked out and the crying started again. Hannah then proceeded to tell me that Samantha was crying...like I didn't know that. I tried to tell Hannah to ignore her and that she would eventually stop but Hannah being the good concerned big sister kept talking to her and bringing her stuffed animals and I even once caught her singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" to her. Of course while this is sweet she didn't realize it was making things worse.
So I went in there multiple times (Adam was away that night...which was actually a good thing b/c I didn't want to hear him saying "see I told you so" since he wasn't too thrilled with the idea of the girls sharing a room anyway) to try and calm Samantha down and each time I went in she was fine, would lay down and then as soon as left the crying started. So I decided to tell the girls I was going to take a shower so they know I wouldn't be accessible and this worked b/c I did not hear any crying while I was in the shower or when I got out. Then all of sudden the bathroom door opens and it is Hannah telling me that Samantha isn't crying anymore but now she cannot sleep, which she never does and then of course Samantha starts crying again! UGHHH!! So back to having them both try and get back to sleep. Eventually Hannah falls asleep and once she is asleep she doesn't wake up for anything. So even though Samantha was still crying she slept right through it. Samantha eventually quieted down and I went in there to tuck her in and I found her just sitting there. She finally went to sleep at 9:30pm!!
I am hoping this is just the adjustment period of moving to a new room b/c she seems very excited to be in the same room as Hannah. Both girls slept through the night but Samantha was up at 6:25am this morning and then woke up Hannah...great! As I said I hope tonight and future nights go better.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Turkey Trot & Doggy Torture
This past Saturday the girls and I ran in the Davis Turkey Trot. I ran the 5k, Hannah ran in the kid's 1/2 mile and Samantha did the 200 yard Toddler Dash. We all finished, even though it was freezing, windy and raining off and on. Here I am crossing the finish line...
While the clock does say 35minutes I finished at 34 minutes...due to the fact that it took me a while to cross the starting line b/c of how many people were out there! I was so proud of myself though b/c I ran it all without stopping. I ran it with my friend Susan and next year we are doing the 10k!
A couple of hours later were the kids races. Here is Hannah and I and her friend Sydney getting ready to run:
Hannah ran almost the whole thing and I am proud of her even though she complained most of the way that her side was hurting and she would not let go of my hand even though I told her it would be better to run and use your arms...she still didn't let go of my hand. And here we are crossing the finish line:
Getting the all important ribbon:
The next day her legs were so sore and she was a super drama queen and complained most of the day everytime she moved that she was in the worst pain ever b/c her legs hurt. Me being sympathetic mom told her to just walk it off. Luckily this complaining only lasted one day.
Next it was Samantha's turn in the 200 yard Toddler Dash. Adam "ran" that with her. She was by far the smallest one out there but she was so cute! We had her all bundled up b/c it was so cold and while she did not run the whole thing she did do it all on her own...Adam did not pick her up once! Here are several cute shots of her "run":
She's off!
Almost there!
She finished! High fives all around!
Happy Girl!
After the races it was off to the bounce houses that were set up for the kids. This was Samantha's first experience in a bounce house and I waited until most of the kids were gone so she wouldn't be trampled in there. She loved the bounce house!
These bounce houses had been out there since 7am and it was now 12pm and they had been accumulating all that rain on the top. So as I am standing there watching Samantha in the bounce house a wind blows and somehow the bounce house shifts just enough for the water that was on top to come down right on top of me like a massive waterfall! I was drenched!!! Adam happened to be on the other side of the bounce house and saw the whole thing happen and just stood there laughing as I was soaked!
I have no idea why when there were many kids in that bounce house the water did not fall from the top...it was only when there was just Samantha left in there that this happened. Craziness! Anyway, Samantha got hit too as it bounced off me and into the bounce house so she was pretty wet as well. Adam had to crawl into the bounce house to get her and then it was definitely time to go home.
Now for the doggy torture. Hannah has taken a new hobby which is to decorate and dress up Tulip. This poor dog. She has become more tolerant over the past few weeks to getting dressed up but I still feel for her. Hannah loves to dress her up and now Samantha is even helping her! Of course Hannah has dressed Samantha as well. What a bunch of silly girls.
Awwww...so sweet.
Finally, the other night we saw the most beautiful sunset from our sliding glass door. Hannah is clearly her mother's daughter as she yelled "Mommy take a picture!" So I did.
This sunset was of course taking place on the west side of our house and Hannah yelled out "I am going to go see what it looks like from my room, Samantha's room and Mommy & Daddy's room!". One problem is that Mommy & Daddy's room faces east...too funny.
While the clock does say 35minutes I finished at 34 minutes...due to the fact that it took me a while to cross the starting line b/c of how many people were out there! I was so proud of myself though b/c I ran it all without stopping. I ran it with my friend Susan and next year we are doing the 10k!
A couple of hours later were the kids races. Here is Hannah and I and her friend Sydney getting ready to run:
Hannah ran almost the whole thing and I am proud of her even though she complained most of the way that her side was hurting and she would not let go of my hand even though I told her it would be better to run and use your arms...she still didn't let go of my hand. And here we are crossing the finish line:
Getting the all important ribbon:
The next day her legs were so sore and she was a super drama queen and complained most of the day everytime she moved that she was in the worst pain ever b/c her legs hurt. Me being sympathetic mom told her to just walk it off. Luckily this complaining only lasted one day.
Next it was Samantha's turn in the 200 yard Toddler Dash. Adam "ran" that with her. She was by far the smallest one out there but she was so cute! We had her all bundled up b/c it was so cold and while she did not run the whole thing she did do it all on her own...Adam did not pick her up once! Here are several cute shots of her "run":
She's off!
Almost there!
She finished! High fives all around!
Happy Girl!
After the races it was off to the bounce houses that were set up for the kids. This was Samantha's first experience in a bounce house and I waited until most of the kids were gone so she wouldn't be trampled in there. She loved the bounce house!
These bounce houses had been out there since 7am and it was now 12pm and they had been accumulating all that rain on the top. So as I am standing there watching Samantha in the bounce house a wind blows and somehow the bounce house shifts just enough for the water that was on top to come down right on top of me like a massive waterfall! I was drenched!!! Adam happened to be on the other side of the bounce house and saw the whole thing happen and just stood there laughing as I was soaked!
I have no idea why when there were many kids in that bounce house the water did not fall from the top...it was only when there was just Samantha left in there that this happened. Craziness! Anyway, Samantha got hit too as it bounced off me and into the bounce house so she was pretty wet as well. Adam had to crawl into the bounce house to get her and then it was definitely time to go home.
Now for the doggy torture. Hannah has taken a new hobby which is to decorate and dress up Tulip. This poor dog. She has become more tolerant over the past few weeks to getting dressed up but I still feel for her. Hannah loves to dress her up and now Samantha is even helping her! Of course Hannah has dressed Samantha as well. What a bunch of silly girls.
Awwww...so sweet.
Finally, the other night we saw the most beautiful sunset from our sliding glass door. Hannah is clearly her mother's daughter as she yelled "Mommy take a picture!" So I did.
This sunset was of course taking place on the west side of our house and Hannah yelled out "I am going to go see what it looks like from my room, Samantha's room and Mommy & Daddy's room!". One problem is that Mommy & Daddy's room faces east...too funny.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Hodgepodge
Let's go all the way back to Halloween to start with. We took both of the girls to Disney on Ice "Mickey & Minnie's Magical Adventure". It was Hannah's birthday gift from my mom and we all went on Halloween day...which I discovered was a great day to go to Disney on Ice b/c there were not very many people there. Samantha started the show in my lap but by intermission she was sharing a seat with Hannah b/c they were sharing a gigantic box of popcorn (for $7!!!) and then after that they wanted to stay in the same seat together...so cute! Hannah told Samantha before the show started again that if she gets scared she can hug her and that Hannah would hug her if she got scared. Well at one point during the second half I look over and they are both hugging each other!! I tell you it was the cutest thing ever and if it weren't so dark at that moment I would have LOVED to have taken a picture of it, but I couldn't. But I do have a cute picture of them sharing their popcorn in the same seat.
Here we are all getting ready to see the show:
When we got back we were just in time to go out trick or treating. Here is the neighborhood "gang" getting ready to all go out.
Trick or Treating was so much fun and Samantha did an AWESOME job...it was as if though she had been trick or treating all her life! She would climb up each step and push her way past all the older kids to get her candy and then say "gank goo (thank you)" and then sit down and slide down the step and off to the next house she would go. Here are a few pictures:
Here she is climbing up that difficult step that everyone seems to have at the houses in our neighborhood:
And here are our fabulous pumpkins:
The "loot" the girls raked in that night. A few nights later the "Halloween Fairy" came and traded the rest of their candy for some toys.
Samantha enjoying one of her candies and of course you have to wear sunglasses on your head when you eat it:
This last weekend we went to Apple Hill and had some beautiful weather. The girls of course rode the horses. They were not next to each other but rather across from each other while riding the horses and Samantha discovered this about 1/2 way through. She was so excited to see Hannah riding the horse too and would point and smile at her. Hannah did the same thing back and it was just too cute to see the girls all excited to see each other.
We tried to go visit Boeger after at his winery but apparently he doesn't work on the weekends anymore. The winery is really beautiful this time of the year but we were definitely getting a lot of looks from people who were there to taste wine in peace and here we come with two kids. I wanted to say, "Really I am not here to wine taste with two kids, just coming to see if the owner is here". So I took the girls outside while Adam stayed in the wine tasting room to ask if Justin was there. Outside I was even more uncomfortable as people were having peaceful picnics out there and here come my running and screaming girls. Luckily we found some large leaves and I managed to get them to sit down while we waited for Adam to come back out.
We had a beautiful sunset for our ride home that we could not quite capture from inside of our car on the freeway...but we tried!
Just recently, Samantha has really enjoyed playing dress up with Hannah. Normally Samantha does not like Hannah to do anything for her but she freely lets Hannah dress her up and they even play quietly like this together with no screaming or yelling at each other...it is so nice. Here are my princesses:
A plastic fire hat is such a great accessory:
And of course you need sunglasses:
This is random but I came out to my car the other day after work and it was covered in plastic along with all the other cars around me. I couldn't figure out if it was a fraternity prank or what it was about. It was really annoying though b/c it was a massive plastic sheet that was knotted underneath my car. It took a lot of work to get off. After that I couldn't just leave the massive plastic sheet there so I had to stuff it in the back of my car. Right after that I discovered that the fraternity was having their roof redone and that is why the plastic was there and I could have just thrown it in their yard...darn it! I never drive but on the one day I do this is what happens! Ugh!
Last but not least Samantha has her first dentist appt this week. Hannah set a GREAT example by going first and being so very cooperative while the dentist looked at her teeth, cleaned them, flossed them and put fluoride on them. Samantha seemed to be in complete awe as she watched Hannah get her teeth clean.
Next it was Samantha's turn and I thought it was going to be a nightmare b/c after all she is my wild child. But it turned out great. She was a real ham on the chair and enjoyed opening her mouth and showing everyone her teeth. Hannah was a great big sister and stood right next to Samantha the whole time she got her teeth cleaned and helped instruct her what to do next.
Here we are all getting ready to see the show:
When we got back we were just in time to go out trick or treating. Here is the neighborhood "gang" getting ready to all go out.
Trick or Treating was so much fun and Samantha did an AWESOME job...it was as if though she had been trick or treating all her life! She would climb up each step and push her way past all the older kids to get her candy and then say "gank goo (thank you)" and then sit down and slide down the step and off to the next house she would go. Here are a few pictures:
Here she is climbing up that difficult step that everyone seems to have at the houses in our neighborhood:
And here are our fabulous pumpkins:
The "loot" the girls raked in that night. A few nights later the "Halloween Fairy" came and traded the rest of their candy for some toys.
Samantha enjoying one of her candies and of course you have to wear sunglasses on your head when you eat it:
This last weekend we went to Apple Hill and had some beautiful weather. The girls of course rode the horses. They were not next to each other but rather across from each other while riding the horses and Samantha discovered this about 1/2 way through. She was so excited to see Hannah riding the horse too and would point and smile at her. Hannah did the same thing back and it was just too cute to see the girls all excited to see each other.
We tried to go visit Boeger after at his winery but apparently he doesn't work on the weekends anymore. The winery is really beautiful this time of the year but we were definitely getting a lot of looks from people who were there to taste wine in peace and here we come with two kids. I wanted to say, "Really I am not here to wine taste with two kids, just coming to see if the owner is here". So I took the girls outside while Adam stayed in the wine tasting room to ask if Justin was there. Outside I was even more uncomfortable as people were having peaceful picnics out there and here come my running and screaming girls. Luckily we found some large leaves and I managed to get them to sit down while we waited for Adam to come back out.
We had a beautiful sunset for our ride home that we could not quite capture from inside of our car on the freeway...but we tried!
Just recently, Samantha has really enjoyed playing dress up with Hannah. Normally Samantha does not like Hannah to do anything for her but she freely lets Hannah dress her up and they even play quietly like this together with no screaming or yelling at each other...it is so nice. Here are my princesses:
A plastic fire hat is such a great accessory:
And of course you need sunglasses:
This is random but I came out to my car the other day after work and it was covered in plastic along with all the other cars around me. I couldn't figure out if it was a fraternity prank or what it was about. It was really annoying though b/c it was a massive plastic sheet that was knotted underneath my car. It took a lot of work to get off. After that I couldn't just leave the massive plastic sheet there so I had to stuff it in the back of my car. Right after that I discovered that the fraternity was having their roof redone and that is why the plastic was there and I could have just thrown it in their yard...darn it! I never drive but on the one day I do this is what happens! Ugh!
Last but not least Samantha has her first dentist appt this week. Hannah set a GREAT example by going first and being so very cooperative while the dentist looked at her teeth, cleaned them, flossed them and put fluoride on them. Samantha seemed to be in complete awe as she watched Hannah get her teeth clean.
Next it was Samantha's turn and I thought it was going to be a nightmare b/c after all she is my wild child. But it turned out great. She was a real ham on the chair and enjoyed opening her mouth and showing everyone her teeth. Hannah was a great big sister and stood right next to Samantha the whole time she got her teeth cleaned and helped instruct her what to do next.
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