Princess Janna

A friend of our has a daughter who is 8 I think, but she is cleaning out her room of the princess stuff. Janna got a bag full of stuff. When we got home from the hospital she opened the bag and was so excited. She pulled out a Cinderella pillow and started jumping up and down saying yeah. She said "oh my goodness" a couple of times. She spread the items on the floor and carefully took them one by one back to her room and put them in a special spot. She got a princess jewelry box that she immediately stuff all her necklaces in and was so proud. She put the pink flowered picture frame on the dresser. She threw her favorite yellow pillow on the floor and replaced it with the princess one. She got a plastic snow globe with a picture of Cinderella in it. She is really looking forward to the bubbles she received. She gets to blow them after school today. She got a play oven mitt and she said she is going to cook like Daddy now.

It was so much fun to watch her enjoy this stuff. I wish I recorded it but I just sat and enjoyed it. That night she went to bed princess Janna and King Daddy.

I love my little girl.

Potty

I think this is pretty common. Janna likes to go to the bathroom wherever we are. She goes each time and is keeping her underwear dry. Last night we went at the hospital and the restaurant. Over the weekend she went at Target and McDonald's. We make her try before we leave the house but she gets excited about going anywhere but home. It is very cute.

This morning she was very happy and singing and walking about with her toys. Then I didn't see her. She went in the bathroom and sat on her potty and pooped and peed this morning. She is such a big girl. Only when she was done did she tell us and asked for a Tootsie roll.

It is nice to not have to buy a lot of diapers for her. Now only for Simon. Yeah!

Babies

Last night we went to the Hospital to see two babies. Janna was very good and very excited. Simon just look tired and confused.

Nathan Gregory was born Sunday afternoon to Megan and Jeremiah. This is their first child and they were very excited. She had an epidural but had him the traditional way. She was feeling good. Megan's feet were still swollen due to some medicine they gave at the end of the labor. Poor thing I know she has been looking forward to the swelling going down after the birth so she could wear something beside flip flops. In a week it is suppose to go away though.

Julianne was born yesterday morning via c-section to Jeff and Carrie. This is their second child but their first girl. She came about three weeks early but is healthy and doing well. Carrie is recovering.

We didn't stay long in either room, Megan had other guests, and Carrie has just gotten Julianne back from the nursery after rounds of tests. It surprised me the the difference in natural vs c-section. I am only familiar c-sections. Megan was up and moving and had a double like bed, no IV attached to her. Carrie had what I was used to a typical hospital bed with all the wires and stuff attached. Both were proud moms.

Congratulations to both of our friends.

Lady bugs and Rollie Pollies

Over the weekend we had guest visitors for a couple hours. Janna housed a lady bug and a rollie pollie. She let them go before bed telling me they wanted to go home and not be in a cage. She is a very smart little girl. I think the bugs appreciate that they get to go home to the dirt instead of where they use to go after she plays with them.

My kids are sweet

My kids are allergic to mosquito bites, just like me. Although they are worse. Anytime we take them outside in the evening they come in with bites all over them. Janna gets them at school too. There legs are covered with read dots. Simon is a bit worse because his blister up. Part of it is because he is crawling all over the floor and breaking the blister or making the bug bit worse. He tries to eat the band-aids. I have started putting band-aids on it and then taping it up with the white tape plus socks covering his foot and leg. This allows the medicine to stay on for at least an hour. At night we let them air out or bandage him up and they stay on. But my little Simon moves in his sleep and is often on his knees and feet with his butt in the air. So they are still being rubbed. Janna's bites just turn very red and stay on her for about a week. I have started putting Skin so Soft on her when I remember. I had to do this last August too.

I guess my kids are too sweet the bugs can't resist them. :)