Here we go again...

Well folks...we're gonna do it this time. After the last 2 tries at

potty-training failed, I was going to wait until after the baby was born, but as I went to go buy more diapers yesterday I thought "No! We're going to do it now." Yes, there are going to be wet pants and I'm going to have to get my pregnant self down on the floor and scrub up accidents several times, but I decided I'd rather do it now than when I'm taking care of a newborn. It just felt right! So this morning I showed Isabelle the empty box of diapers and announced that they are all gone and she is now a BIG GIRL. We then cheered and clapped our hands and danced around a bit. I've already had one accident to clean up but we've also had some success. Wish us luck!

PS-I had an ultrasound yesterday and the baby has moved up some so he's in a better position. I could see chubby little cheeks and poochy lips!! I can't wait to meet him in person!!

Welcome Spring!!

Easter and Conference...2 treasures in one weekend. We had a yummy pancake breakfast at church Saturday morning followed by an Easter craft, egg-hunt and Conference. It was a beautiful but windy day.

On Sunday morning, we awoke to find all sorts of treats from the Easter Bunny. He's getting better and better each year at hiding those eggs in new places!

Here are my sweet girls. Oh yeah, Brooklynn finally lost that 2nd tooth! After the traumatic experience of her first tooth-loss, she just would NOT wiggle it (or she'd pretend to) so we decided to wait until it got very, very loose...which it did, but it was still a bit of a sturggle to get it out. The dental floss kept sliding off because she would pull her chin in a down when Russ went to pull it, which made it hurt...with no results. Finally, Russ just had to give it a couple of good tugs with his fingers. She was glad to have it gone. Poor thing!!!

For Spring Break this year I was determined to get out of the house and spend some quality time with my girls. We went to the movies, our local park, Chuck-E-Cheese and the World's Fair Park...and thanks to coupons, gift certificates and checking the interent for free local events...we hardly spent any money!!! Gotta love it!! These pictures are of the Sun Sphere in downtown Knoxville where the World's Fair was held in 1982. Erica, Tara & her boys, and my girls & I took the elevator up to the observation deck where we had a gorgeous 360 degree view of the city of Knoxville. Then we had a picnic by a pond and let the kids play a while on this really cool, huge wooden play set. It was such a nice day! I wish the weather would stay just like this the rest of the summer and not get any hotter or more humid. *sigh* One can wish.

Success!

Sorry I've been absent from the Blog-o-sphere lately, but you know how it is. We finally have some nice weather so we've been busy enjoying it plus getting ready for the baby. An update...we were able to squeeze that 2nd twin bed into Brooklynn's room (FREE bed from my sweet neighbor!! Oh yeah!) and we will eventually move Isabelle in there with Brooklynn, but we first wanted to move her to the toddler bed in her own room until she is used to STAYING IN HER OWN BED before we put her in with Brooklynn. Izzy has had a history of wanting to get up at all hours of the night, so I was a little nervous and even prayed much about it. I really, really want her to be used to staying in her own bed all night by the time the baby gets here...just in case the new baby happens to be a good sleeper, I'd like to be able to get a few good hours of sleep myself. :~) And the results so far... SUCCESS!!!

I put a bunch of things in the crib so she would realize that there is no going back, but so far, she hasn't even seemed to care. She is quite proud that she can sleep in a "big-girl bed" and I am proud of her too!