Katie-"Sometimes kid's bodies don't like what Mom's cook for dinner."--1-11-11.
Katie is being so responsible and helpful lately. She can get toast or cereal for her and Elayna's breakfast in the morning. (I sleep in way too much, obviously). One morning she put all the dishes from the dishwasher away in the cupboards. Unfortunately, they were all dirty, but it was very thoughtful of her. She also helps a lot with Elayna-getting things for her when I'm not near, making sure she is happy, "reading" books to her.
Katie isn't taking naps every day anymore. Every once in a while she will, but not very often. She is doing great during quiet time. She will read books to herself, or play downstairs, or just watch quietly while I sew or type.
The girls love to "Cook" with Grandma Irma. She will help them make pancakes, hamburgers, tacos, etc. They can spend lots of time with the "play dough":
Oh, Katie also changed Elayna's diaper one day. It was on backwards, but still. They both had powder all over their faces. Then she wanted to put the dishes away and the laundry away, but she had to go to school. When she came home from school, she said, "Oh, thank you for not putting the dishes away. I wanted to do that." Funny girl.
Elayna is mostly potty trained. Well, most days. Some days she wants to wear a diaper during the day, and underwear at night, which doesn't work out so well. She keeps dry during her naps, but all night long is hard, even though Ryan and I take turns going in and taking her to the bathroom throughout the night. Elayna whines a lot lately, but if I ask her to be happy, she will smile, and be happy.
Elayna's cute smile:
My pregnancy is going okay. I've had aches and pains, but nothing serious. I'm glad I seem to be getting a little more energy. I haven't cooked real food for my family for about 3 months, so it is about time I started back into that, I suppose. It just takes so much work!! :)
Me at 23 weeks:
Mom helped me re-hang the pictures in my front room. I also purchased a beautiful desk and hutch to go on top. I've moved the dining table into the living room, and my office into the kitchen, so we can have a room for the baby, when she finally gets here. Right now it is being used as a storage/project room. I'm trying to finish some projects before the baby comes.
Here is my new "office". I'm really happy with it. I love that it is where I see it all the time, so I keep it relatively neat, and I can put the laptop on the pull-out keyboard tray when I'm not using it, so I have desk space. I think it looks nice, and it is very functional.
Alisha came and visited at the end of January, beginning of February. We had so much fun with her and her boys.
This is Elayna holding Nicholas. She held him for about 20 seconds, then said. "Heavy for me."
Katie liked holding Nicholas also.
We love seeing Alisha's family whenever we can. We spend as much time with them as possible. We went to the Bean Museum at BYU one day also, with Mom, Alisha, Amanda, Naomi, and me. So, 5 adults with 8 kids. It wasn't too bad. We had fun.
