Thursday, march 29

Since we were on vacation last week, every morning Arianna wakes up and asks..."where is daddy?" then asks..."are we going to the Kinneyminneys? She loves spending time with us! I love that. Over the past month she had been rather spicy and feeling her independence. I think she might been feeling a little left out @ times...after our vacation she is starting to want to be around me more. I love it. Before it was all about daddy!

This Saturday night Arianna is having her first sleep over. Her "best friend" Naomi will be spending the night. Her parents will celebrate their anniversary that night. David was the one who suggested for us to keep her overnight. I think it will be a great experience for them! Then Monday she starts dance lessons at the park district. We bought her leotard with ballet skirt and shoes. She is so excited! I am really looking forward to seeing if she likes it! If nothing else she will look adorable in her outfit!

We have been working on Isaac and getting him to sleep through the night. We started by having him fall asleep on his own. He has been doing pretty good so far. Some nights he has cried for a little while. It is difficult to her them cry.. But studies have shown that it makes them better sleepers if they can learn to fall asleep on their own. This way too if they wake up in the middle of the night they can put themselves to sleep without help! LOVE IT!

Have a great Friday!

Spring is here!

The family is on vacation this week. We visited mom and dad starting on Saturday through yesterday. It was a good trip. We visited the zoo and the local children's museum. Mom asked me what I wanted to do on my vacation and we did it... We spent time with my parents and they were able to enjoy their grand kids. They bring so much joy and laughter to them.

Dad and David worked on his 65 corvair. We were able to tow it up to our house so David can drive it this year. It hasn't been working for over a year. I know David is excited to drive it once again.

Today we went to our second NICU follow up. Isaac is right on track with his vocal (speech) and physical development. He now weighs 13.1 lbs. which we think is really good. However he shows up as being in the 5 percentile for his weight. However I had heard that they would have put him on a higher calorie formula if they were too concerned. We are happy with the results. We don't have to go back until July.

Tonight arianna asked for dipping sauce for her carrots. David and I don't typically use dipping sauce for our vegetables. We found some Italian dressing to which after tasting it arianna said "that will work!" she even shared her carrots and dipping sauce with David and I! She is so sweet.

The end of a loooooooooong weekend

Arianna is officially 3.  She had a very successful birthday party on Saturday.  We had three princesses parading around our house.  I realize that 3 year olds don't really play together but separately.  They had a really good time.  They made some princess switchplate covers.  Well, they tried.  It was fun to see them put the stickers on where they wanted to.  Arianna received a beauty set with a curling iron, flat iron, blow drier and things alike.  She has done my hair a few times and just finished styling David's hair.. He loves his little girlie!

My parents were here for the weekend and I think they are amazed at how good Isaac is doing.  I did call Early Intervention to come back and re-evaluate Isaac.  I doubt he will qualify because he is definitely progressing normally as a 3 month old.  He has been moving a lot in his crib, kicking a toy when I have it down by his feet and almost rolling over. We also think he might be able to sit up by himself soon. It is amazing to see how much he has changed. We are planning on getting him dedicated at our church early May. It will be so fun to dedicate him. 

Last night David and I went to a benefit for the school that I work for.  It was fun.  Good food and fun fellowship.  We purchased some open gym tickets during the silent auction so we can take Arianna to one of the local gymnastics gym.  I can tell we need to increase our one on one time with her.  She is showing signs of needing more attention.  We love our three year old and look forward to seeing her blossom.  She is so precious. We can see that when we have fun with Isaac she wants to be right there with us.

Have a great week and enjoy your families.