Let 's see … so much has happened today . We got up at 7 : 50am got ready for playgroup and left here around 9 : 10am . After playgroup it was to Monkey 's doctor 's appointment . He had to get a shot today , poor little guy . He weighs 19lbs 10oz . GG didn 't even weight that at a year . He was 27 1 / 8 long . When we got finished with the doctor 's we went to the ER where daddy was working . We had lunch with him and caught up on the things that happened at his interview with the second choice place yesterday . I guess it went pretty well the detective is from the same place as J and has two small children so they had a lot in common . Then we came home and the kids took their naps a little earlier than usual but they got up earlier , maybe they will go to bed earlier , yeah right ! While they were napping I read more in that book . I recommend this book to everyone ! While I was typing an email I noticed that GG was being too quiet in her toy room so I went to check on her . She had gotten earrings out of her drawer and was trying to put them on . Last night before bed she took out one of her earrings so I just took them out . Well she decided that she wanted to wear them again . The only problem was that she lost the back to one of them . I wanted to scream . It took me a half an hour to find it , but I am glad I did . If I wouldn 't have found it then Monkey couldn 't play on the floor up stairs until we did find it . After that happened we went downstairs and I sat in the rocking chair to nurse Monkey . GG wanted something to eat and I told her to wait . She immediately said , " after Monkey done nursing ! " She catches on fast . Well she was standing there she was messing with Monkey 's head I moved my hand to protect him for her possibly hurting him . Instead I poked her in the eye . I told her I was sorry for poking her eye and she said , " I got a poker eye . " She is still learning ! Jeff got home at 7 : 15ish and we eat dinner as a family and talked more about what happened yesterday with the detective and now all three of them arePosted by This morning we slept in until 9 : 00am this hasn 't happened in a while . J and I decided that we needed to do something about the sun coming in the windows at sunrise . We didn 't want to spend money on curtains , plus there is no way to hang them unless we bought some hardware to mount them . We came up with a good enough solution to keep the sun out . We took a blanket that we don 't use often and nailed it to the wall . It is a solid green color so it looks okay . Well J had to leave to go to the interview today , his second choice . But he spent time with us until we had our class at 12 : 30pm . We made books in our class today . They are interactive books for the kids to play and learn with . It is really a neat idea . I did one for GG and then Tammy ( the teacher ) suggested that I just add to her 's for Monkey . I think that I will . I am going to add Monkey 's name to the pages already done . I hope it turns out okay . One of the other things I did today was read more in that book by Lisa Beamer , Let 's Roll I am now on chapter 16 . I think this will be the fastest I have ever read a book . This book is so inspiring and it makes you want to keep reading . I think it is a great ministry for Lisa . I am sure it will touch many lives and impact eternity for Christ . Oh yesterday when GG woke up from her nap I said , " What should we do ? Hum let 's see . " She immediately said , " Make dinner , I want chicken tacos . " It was one of the funnier things she has said . It wasn 't exactly the words she said but how she said it . I guess you would have to have been there . Also yesterday when they did GG 's screening one of the questions was do other people that aren 't around her all the time understand what she is saying . I said well let 's see . I was waiting for her to start talking like the little social butterfly she is and sure enough , the lady sneezed and she said , " Bless you ! " I asked her if she understood what she said and she said it was as clear as day ! I must say the lady was really impressed with her in every area as Posted by Today J was working all day long . I guess it is good money though . We got up and went to our appointment . They did a screening on both the kids . GG is performing at the same level as a normal child does at 3 years and 2 months . She is only 2 years and 1 month . Monkey is also a little above average . He isn 't as old so there isn 't as big of a difference . I give credit to breastfeeding and being at home with them all day ! After the appointment we went to Nannette 's house to get the book Crissy is letting me borrow . I started reading it during the kids nap and I couldn 't put it down . I am already on chapter 7 . Today my mother - in - law called with some good news for the first choice PD . J is in the top 17 and that means that he is going to finish the process no matter what . They are taking the top 4 so if he does good on the rest of the tests he could be going to the academy . If he isn 't in the top 4 they will keep his name on the list for two years . Then his second choice called today they are wanting to do an interview asap like tomorrow . So I got a hold of J at work and he is suppose to be getting a hold of the detective . I will let you know tomorrow what is going on with that . So he might be employed pretty soon but we don 't know for sure just yet . I will keep you posted as things happen . Well that is about all that happened today . I need to get some sleep . I 'm going to go a little backwards today . We entered Monkey in the cutest baby contest at Wal - mart here . So if you live in the same town as us please vote for him when you go to Wal - mart . All you have to do is put any amount of money ( change or bills ) in his jar , he is number 5 ! ! ! He is wearing his snoopy outfit with paint spattered in the background . We greatly appreciate your vote for our sweet little man ! Thank you . Well let 's see today we got up and got ready then Monkey 's ( and GG 's ) friend Nick and his mom Stacey came over . Stacey brought homemade pizza , yummy . We all ate and then the kids played in the toy room . They left around 2pm just in time for naptime . After dinner we went to Wal - mart again , we forgot some things last night but that was ok because we got to put Monkey in that contest . Now we are home unwinding and getting things ready for tomorrow we have an appointment at 10 : 30am . J had a friend come over to play playstation games . Speaking of J he got a letter from his 2nd choice job yesterday he passed the polygraph and now they are going to do a 40 hour background investigation on him . Yeah . I think that GG is a goof . She has started this new thing of telling on J or me . If she gets in trouble with J she will come and tell on daddy . It is funny when she says daddy yelled at me and I am in the next room and could hear him yelling at her . She does the same thing when she gets in trouble with me except for when daddy isn 't home . Tonight I am hoping to get everyone in bed and asleep by 10 we 'll see . I 'll let you know how that turns out tomorrow ! What a great day for the most part . We got up , ate , showered , and got dressed . Then Mary and Ben were here . Before they got here GlamorGirl said , " Brush my teeth so I can kiss Ben . " I 'm sure Ben appreciated a clean mouth ! We had a lot of fun playing and talking . Another funny thing she said today was when she was getting out of the bathtub . I said , " Ready Freddie ? " and she said , " No , Brae Yin Ilo ! " Mary and Ben brought some homemade cookies and a candle for us . They were here from 9 : 45am to 12 : 15pm every time Mary mentioned leaving both the kids started to get upset . They didn 't want to stop playing . While they were here our recliners came so Mary got to test drive one ! After they left we ate lunch and rearranged the apartment again , we are finally happy with the way it looks . We usually let GG watch a half an hour of tv before her nap on days that she is really active , like today . It is her winding down time . As we were watching Mickey Mouse we noticed that there was a green spot on the top right hand side of the screen . We turned channels to make sure it wasn 't just the picture we were watching . So needless to say we ended up taking the tv we have had for a little over a month back to Wal - mart to get a new one . Good thing I kept the receipt . They didn 't have any in the store so we are going to have to wait to get a new one . For now we are going to have to do without one . GG keeps telling us that the tv is at the doctor 's , what a goof ball . Tonight GG got to talk on the phone with Aunt Becky , Grandma M and Uncle Travis . Anyways , we went to Wal - mart to look at other tv 's because we heard that the RCA ones will keep having this problem with the screen . While we were at Wal - mart we got some other things we needed like a present for GG 's friend John 's birthday party . She of course thinks that it is for her . It is late and J is setting up the new tv so I am going to try and get the little ones to sleep . We have another fun filled day tomorrow ! This morning we ( the kids and I ) got up and went to church . J was on pager so he had to stay in town . We got home around 12 : 30pm and ate lunch then we put the kids to bed because they had been awake for a while and we could tell they needed an early nap . While they were sleeping I went to the furniture store to pay off the rest of the rocking recliners . I went all by myself . I don 't even remember the last time I left the house by myself with no kids or husband ! I kind of felt naked . When I got back GlamorGirl was up and shortly after Monkey got up so we then went grocery shopping . I have so much fun shopping as a family . In our class last week our teacher said that we should take our kids with us when doing everyday things like shopping or errand running . She said it will probably take more time but the kids will benefit in the long run when dealing with the real world when they get older . After dinner we cleaned up the house because GG 's friend Ben and his mom Mary are coming over to play tomorrow morning . Plus , we rearranged the downstairs to make room for the recliners that are being delivered tomorrow morning ! While J and I were discussing the layout of the room with the recliners GG put on the t - shirt she got at the basketball game . I think that I forgot to mention that one of the cheerleaders throw her a shirt . It is huge . It is too big for even J . She swings back and forth in the shirt to make it like a dress . It is the simple things in life that make life so great . I think that we are going to try and play a board game . ( J and I ) Monkey is sleeping and GlamorGirl will watch a movie then we will start the nighttime routine of book reading and getting ready for bed . We will probably end up being asleep by 11pm . It usually takes forever to get them to sleep . Speaking of sleeping GG slept in her bed until 5 : 30am not great but getting there . We have made progress with GG 's sleeping . Last night she slept in her bed all night . She got up at 7 : 30 this morning and I didn 't want to get up yet so I let her come in our bed and she slept for another hour . Yea ! I love the weekends . Today we got up and didn 't really do a lot of anything . We watched J play his new game . The kids took naps and after their naps GG and I took a walk to the apartment office so that we could pay our rent for March . It was really cold outside . But it was nice to get out of the apartment . We ate dinner and we decided that we wanted to go bowling . We haven 't done anything that cost money in a long time . Not like bowling is expensive . We had so much fun . When we got there it was about an hour wait so we watched other people bowl and both the kids seemed to even enjoy that . When we got a lane GG and J bowled and Monkey slept on the chair , I of course helped GlamorGirl with the ramp . She bowled a 107 . The first two balls she got 0s on , that was all J . Then I went to get the ramp so that was 9 frames . We won 't say what J got . We all had fun as a family . I just hope that the kids will always like spending time with us ! Right now J is reading books to the kids they do that every night before bed . It gives me a little break and they all three like spending it together reading books . When they are done we are going to go to sleep because tomorrow is church . Last night during the night GlamorGirl was talking in her sleep , she does this often but I wanted to write about it so that I didn 't forget when she gets older . I also want to tell you that Monkey says mama , not mamamamama etc but he says mama ! He 's been saying it for about a week . I am not the only one that has heard it either . Roberta heard it , Becky heard it , and people in our playgroup have heard it . ( all at different times too ! ) Now we are working on dada . : ) We had a very full and busy day . We got up this morning and went to playgroup 9 : 30am to 11am . Then we went to the consignment shop to drop off some things to be sold . Then we went to church to get something and off to Wal - mart . J got a new playstation 2 game . When we got our new 27 " tv J said that he could not tell a different from the 19 " we had before . But after playing his new game he can tell a difference now ! By the time we got home it was time to eat lunch . After lunch the kids and I took naps . It felt so good to sleep . When we woke up GG and I went to the grocery store to get food for dinner . I am getting more comfortable leaving Monkey with J ; I think it is because Monkey is more comfortable with him now . When he was first born J was doing his student teaching so he was gone most of the day but now he is home a lot more and they have been able to bond . I 'm really glad that they have bonded . All day today GG keeps asking if we can go to the basketball game . I guess she really had fun last night . I feel bad telling her that there isn 't one to go to . Well not much else happened that I can think of so I am going to call it a night . I 'm going to start off with a story that J told me while we were lying in bed last night . While J and GG were running errands last night J told GG that his back hurt and asked if she would pray for him . She then folded her hands and said , " Dear God , Daddy 's back hurt . Get him a new one . Make him feel better . Amen . " When J told me what she said I wanted to cry . I think that is the sweetest thing I have ever heard . She has prayed before but she just repeats after us . This prayer was from her heart and her own words . What a sweetheart ! J was on pager today and he got a transfer so he was gone most of the day . The kids and I went to the mommy and me class at 12 : 30pm . I really like this class I took it with GG and she is super smart so maybe it will help make Monkey super smart too . In this class we learn how to teach our children to develop physically and emotionally into healthy children . We talk a lot about brain development and things that little ones need to help them learn at a faster pace . One thing I have learned is that children need to learn to crawl before they walk in order to help them with math later on in life . Many studies have been done to prove this . So many people think that their child is smart because they walked before they crawled but not really in the long run . Some other things we have learned is that children need to get dirty and play with mud for sensory development . I just really like this class and so does Monkey . Today we played with play dough Monkey took it and put it in his mouth , made a funny face and put it back in his mouth . He did that about five times and then he lost interest in it . Tonight after we ate dinner we went to the college 's men 's basketball game . I am so glad we didn 't have to pay for it because they were horrible . They lost by 16 . Came home and watched ER and now we are going to bed because we have an early morning tomorrow . Today was fun , the end . No just kidding . This morning Monkey spit up all over the bed , he soaked everything . I changed the sheets and gave him his medicine and put him back to sleep . He woke up at 7 : 30 and I was tired , he fell back asleep at 8 : 45 . GG woke up right after he fell back asleep and I wanted to sleep so I put up the gate so she couldn 't go downstairs unattended and let her play in her room . I should of checked for a pen but next time I will . After Monkey and I got up we ate and were getting ready to get in the shower . GlamorGirl lifted up her shirt and she had written all over her belly in pen . ( At least it wasn 't in a place that would be uncovered during the day . ) That is why I need to check for pens . It was pretty funny though . There are still faint pen lines on her . J used rubbing alcohol before we put her in the tub . Speaking of in the tub . The kids and I took a bath together while we were in the tub Monkey got hungry so I nursed him . As I was nursing him he peed on me . That was the weirdest feeling . That one spot got really warm . I 'm sure he is going to love hearing this story when he gets older ! Not much happened until we went to Cole 's birthday party . It was at Burger King . All the kids from playgroup were there . It was really fun ; it is just so amazing to me how long little kid parties are . We were there for two hours and it didn 't even seem that long . I guess it is like they say time flies when your having fun . Tonight J and GG ran back the movies and did a couple other errands . Now I am going to go soak in a bath tub all by myself , put the kids to bed and hopefully be in bed soon after . A lot happened today so bare with me . We got up and got ready . Then we went and ran a bunch of errands . We went to the bank , UPS , furniture store , post office , and grocery store . We made it home just in time for J to go to his back apt at 1 : 30 . While he was gone I called the doctor 's office to see if I could bring Monkey in , he just can 't shack this cough he has . They could and of course GG was sleeping and J was gone . So I called a bunch of people and finally found someone who could watch GG while I ran Monkey in . They said he has the start of an Upper Respiratory Infection . They gave him a shot and prescription and sent us on our way . I can tell that he is doing much better . When we came back J was home , then he went to the hospital for third crew . While he was gone Travis came over . We gave him the new pictures of GG and Monkey . GG was so funny she handed Travis the picture of her and said , " This is Bay Yenn Iyo , here you go Uncle Travis . " He took it and sat it down she immediately picked it up and said , " this is me she is a cutie pie . " I guess we tell her that so much that she is now telling other people that . It just proves that she is a cutie pie ! Then we ate dinner and went out once again . This time we went to Wal - mart . That store is a maze now that it is so much bigger . I just can 't wait for it to be completely done so they will stop moving things around in there . One day something will be in one spot and the next it is on the other side of the store . After Wally word we rented a movie for me , a game for J and a movie for GG . Came home watched my movie and now we are getting ready for bed . I need to wrap Cole 's present and get the little ones asleep and then I can call it a night . So I am off to do those things . Right now J is at his interview . I am really nervous for him but I 'm sure he will do good . He is a great people person . Today we hung out with Aunt Becky while we waited for Grandma and Grandpa to come home from my brother 's house . When they got here we went out to eat . We went to Boston Market , I really like their food and wish we had one near us . I talked to my Uncle Mark ( Jessica 's Dad ) and he said that having Jessica at the farm really helped her progress . She did two new things yesterday . She held her head on her own and she moved her head while she tracked with her eyes . So if you think of Jessica say a little prayer for her and her family . After J gets home from the interview we are driving home so it will be a late night for us . I am hoping that the kids sleep most of the way . So next time I write we will be home . I love that word HOME ! This morning we woke up got ready and drove 40 minutes to church . It was good to see everyone from J 's home church . GG loves children 's church ! Then we hung out at Grandma and Grandpa 's most of the day . We left at 5 : 30pm . We then drove by were J 's interview is tomorrow night and then went to another town to get an application for their police department . After we got the app we went to the grocery store to get some food for dinner and lunch tomorrow . When we got to my dad 's no one was home so we had the house to ourselves that was nice . We just hung out the four of us as a family which we haven 't done in two days . GG is much better now and she is done with her medicine but now Monkey has come down with a nasty cough I hope that it doesn 't turn into anything bad . The doctor said he was healthy . I guess time will tell . Please pray for J tomorrow he has his interview with the department we really want him to hired with . Well I 'm tired so goodnight . What happened today . We got up and spend the day with Grandma and Aunty Ribit ( Elizabeth ) . GlamorGirl had a lot of fun playing with them . Then we went to Mr . and Mrs . D 's new house . Very nice ! Then we ended up at my dad 's and step mom 's house for the night . My Uncle Mark and Aunt Amy were here with my other Uncle Carl . My cousin Jessica is in a rehab center here . Tomorrow they are taking her home for the first time in two months . She was in a car accident in the beginning of December with my other cousin who sadly did not make it . We are hoping that Jessica will wake up soon , hopefully having her friends around will help in the process . I didn 't have time last night to write this but yesterday when we were at J 's parents house the phone rang and it was a unknown called so they let GG answer it . It was pretty funny . She was just talking away to the telemarketer . Of course they hung up on her and we knew it when the phone started making that annoying sound . GG really enjoyed being able to answer the phone . I think that I might start letting her answer it at home . So if you call and you hear a little girl on the other end please don 't hang up I will take the phone from her after she says Hello . Well we have another busy day tomorrow so we should get the little ones in bed . This is going to be short because I am tired . Last night at 2 : 30am to 3 : 30am I was in the ER with GG . She had a 101 . 7 fever and was having problems breathing . She has croup . Got up this morning and Monkey and I went to playgroups while J and GG got things ready at home . We left for home and now we are here . Goodnight . Oh yeah Happy Valentine 's Day . We had a lot of fun today and we were very busy . We got up and got ready so we could go to the Mommy and Me class . It is for Monkey and me ; GlamorGirl comes with and gets to play with toys while we are in the class . As we walked into the school I was telling GG that it was a beautiful day out and she said , " NO ! Beautiful mommy . " Then we went to get J 's paycheck , went to the bank , came home and GG took a ½ an hour nap , went to get our taxes done , paid a bill and came home for the rest of the day . I was a little nervous about how GG was going to act at the tax place because of what Crissy had said about Carlie having a hard time when they got theirs done . But once again she surprised me and was very well behaved . She watched the fish and just sat on her daddy 's lap . On the way home however , she said , " Where 's my friend Ethan ? I want to play with Ethan . " I almost told her that she would see him tomorrow but J and I decided awhile back that we aren 't going to tell her when she gets to do things the day before she gets to do them . Does that make sense ? We learned early on that if GG knew she was going to do something fun the next day she wouldn 't sleep good that night . We didn 't tell her about her birthday party and she slept good the night before . Tonight for dinner we just made whatever we wanted instead of having a meal it was kind of a nice break in our routine . Besides the fact that we ate lunch at 2pm , I wasn 't really hungry for a big meal . Then later GG and I went to the store to get valentines cards for her friends and playgroup . We packed for our trip this weekend . Then we watched ER as a family and now we are calling it a night ! What a busy day we had . This morning GG 's friend Ethan came over to play while his daddy had surgery . He had to have his adenoids taken out . The two of them were completely off the wall . It was fun to watch ! Monkey really liked watching them . They colored , played with the toys , ate food , chased each other , sang songs and danced . They really had a lot of fun playing with each other neither of them wanted it to end . Even though while Ethan was here they both took a tumble down the stairs ( only 3 steps ) , they were coming down and GG was behind Ethan . Ethan is a little better at stairs then she and he was jumping so she thought she could jump too . She lost her balance and fell taking Ethan with her . She cut her lip and had a mouth full of blood . It looked so much worse than it really was . They didn 't goof around on the stairs after that . After Ethan left @ 1 : 30 the little ones took a nap both GG and Monkey were tired . When GG woke up she got a valentines card from Nana . Thank you ! ( she loved the sucker ! ) Tonight J gave GG a bubble bath , which she and I absolutely loved . Other than that we just relaxed together as a family ! I love family time . Have I said that before ? The newest phrase of GG 's is " oh my goodness " it is hilarious , however she does use it in the right way . Today was a day of cleaning ! This morning when we woke up Monkey had soaked his diaper and it was leaking all over the bed . Good thing we have a waterproof sheet on the bed to protect the mattress . But other than that we had a pretty boring day just doing things around the house . I use the term house loosely ! Except for lunch that was pretty crazy . We had pizza GG 's favorite . By the time she was done eating I wasn 't sure if she got more of it on her or in her mouth . She was covered in pizza sauce , which is why I always take her shirt off before she eats pizza ! I will say that it was great to see J ! I needed some adult conversation . He did good on his polygraph we just have to wait to hear what comes next if anything . Lets hope that tomorrow morning the diaper holds all of wetness . I think it is official GG has hit the trouble twos ! I just hope we can all make it through this . From what my mom tells me I was a lot like her at this age so I guess you could say this is payback . She is only bad when I am busy with her brother other than that she is a perfect angel . Go figure ! The first thing GlamorGirl said this morning is " Where 's daddy ? " He had to work at the hospital today . So after we got ready we ran some errands and headed over to the hospital to see daddy . They were really busy but it was nice to get out of the house anyways . Next weekend we are not going to be here so you should call us and listen to the answering machine . It is really cute ! I want to also say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kody ! Lets see when we got home from running around the little ones took a nap . After the kiddies woke up Aunt Virginia called . I still think that you and Joe should move back here when you are done with school ! We miss you guys don 't you want to know your niece and nephew better ? Enough with that . When I got off the phone we played and then I made dinner . J came home from work ; changed clothes , ate , and left . Be praying that he does good on his polygraph tomorrow as well as having safe travels . Oh yeah my daughter said to me this morning , " mommy you 're the coolest . " I cherish this now because I know that one - day she will not think that . She will probably be embarrassed to be in public with me . Also today I put GG 's hair in pigtails and it looked really cute , her hair is finally long even for pigtails but not a ponytail ! I am feeling a little better today which is good . I 'm going to bed now so I can get even better ! Goodnight . We didn 't make it to church this morning . I woke up with an irritated throat because of sinus drainage . So I thought it would be best to stay home and make myself better , because tomorrow Jeff works all day at the hospital and when he gets off at 7 he is driving to his parents for more job stuff . He won 't be back until Tuesday night . I need to keep myself healthy because I will not have Jeff to help me with the little ones for a few days . This post will be short so I can go rest . We aren 't planning on doing anything exciting tonight and this afternoon Jeff and I looked at houses on the internet . I think we are going to wait until he gets the job and go look at them in person . Most of the houses didn 't have pictures and even the ones that did you really can 't tell what they are like . We have awhile . Lets see last night right before bed GlamorGirl needed to go potty . While she was sitting on the potty she got in a fight with it and the potty won . She pulled the sit onto her back and when she tried to put it back up she got her finger stuck . It smashed her little finger pretty bad . I guess she won 't do that next time . Today we went to Wal - Mart and got some things , it is crazy in there . No one knows where anything is I can 't wait until the store is completely finished . They are making it into a super Wal - Mart . Then we went to the grocery store . I don 't think I will ever go grocery shopping on a Saturday again . The aisles were so packed that you could hardly get through them . After GG took her nap J and her made cookies . Of course they both wore the chefs hats that Joe and Virginia had sent . They both looked very cute . I took a picture so it will someday be on her web page . This afternoon my friend Marni came over . She was in J and my wedding and she lives four hours away . She graduated from Western last May . GlamorGirl had a lot of fun with her . She showed her all of her little tricks and talents . The most impressive thing she can do is say her abc 's ( and that she is absolutely and completely daytime and nighttime potty trained ! ) . She can say all of them the only problem is some of the letters are not pronounced exactly right but close enough for a 2 year old ! I 'll stop bragging now . ( But every parent is proud of their children ) Marni even let her answer her cell phone when it rang . The person on the other end was very confused ! It was great to see her we have been friends since our freshman year of college ! We talked about how most of our friends have gotten married and some are starting to have children ( J and I being one of the couples with little ones . ) among other things . It is fun to see what life brings . GG 's new phrase of the day was " no problem " I guess J and I say that a lot to her when she asks for things ! Also Monkey is really starting to rock on his hands and knees I have a feeling it wilPosted by Today was a lot of fun . We got up and went to have breakfast with Clifford the Big Red Dog . GG was so excited but when it came time to give him a hug she freaked out . He was fine from a distance ! She would even talk to him as long as she wasn 't right next to him . After seeing Clifford we went to playgroups . This week almost everyone was there , which was nice for GG because she got to play with people she knew . When we came home we had a package outside the door . It was a present for GG from Uncle Joe and Aunt Virginia . She says thank you ! We ate lunch and the little ones took a nap . It was a break for me since J went snowboarding all day long . I am glad that he got to go hangout with his friends . We played in the toy room , made dinner and chilled until J came home @ 7 : 15 . I will say it was really nice to see him . I forgot to tell you what GG did yesterday at dinner . She was sitting at the table eating and all of a sudden she jumped off her chair and ran into the living room . She said , " GG scared of the spider . " We both thought that she was kidding but I looked at her chair and there was a spider crawling on it . I killed it with a shoe and next thing I knew GG had a shoe and was trying to kill a spider that was no longer there . It was too funny . Well it is late and I am tired so I 'm going to bed . This morning we woke up and J offered to give GG a bath . As soon as he got her in the tub his pager went off and he had to leave . It was a nice gesture though . Funny story about the bathtub , I put Monkey 's small bathtub in the big tub and wash him in there . It is easier because I have found that when he pees it just goes in the big tub and not all over the floor . I get the water the right temperature and I leave it run while I give him his bath . This morning he wanted to touch the running water . He arched his back so that he could get it . When he did touch the water it splashed him in the face . Oops ! But of course he is all boy and he did it again . I then moved the tub out of reach . Then we got a visitor at the door , it was the mailman with a package for THE GIRL . She got a tea set for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa K . She played with the tea set all morning long ! Thank you mom . After lunch we had doctor 's appointments . Both places were running behind so we were there forever or at least it seemed like it . Monkey got his shots today because he is finally better ! I want to congratulate my friends Brian and Alyssa they are getting married March 15 . I didn 't even know they were engaged until we got the wedding invitation in the mail today . They started dating when GG was about 4 months old . Anyway , tonight daddy and daughter went to the laundry mat , it was a good thing because she had no more clothes left . When they got home we watched ER as a family . It should be easy to put Monkey to sleep tonight because he is drugged up with Tylenol , it is for the pain relief . My poor little guy . Goodnight ! Jeff worked at the hospital today so after we got up and ready , Brae ate lunch we went to see him . Most little kids are afraid of the hospital , but Brae loves the hospital ! As we were leaving she said , " bye bye see you later alligator ! " What a goof . I tried something different with her hair today . I put it in a ponytail . Lets just say she really doesn 't have enough hair to keep it in a ponytail . She of course looked cute though . Other than the trip to the hospital we did nothing exciting . Tomorrow will be a busy day with doctor 's appointments . So I need to get the little ones to bed . Oh yea the funny story of the day . Brae tried to get into Breckin 's saucer but she got stuck . She tried getting in it thru the bottom instead of thru the top . It was a pretty funny site . She needed help getting out ! I need to get myself in bed because I am exhausted . Good night all . Well I can 't say that we got more sleep last night . Our next - door neighbors moved out and when they did they left the up stairs window open . With last night being so windy the door in the apartment next door kept slamming shut . The landlord had to come over and shut the window so the door would stop slamming . I felt bad but it was keeping GG awake . This morning J had a doctor 's appointment and he took GG with him . They came home and J soon after left to sub at Lincoln . But that was ok because after teaching he rented the movie Sweet Home Alabama . I really liked the movie it had a cute ending . During the movie one of the departments ( the other one not the one we really wanted ) called , of course because they want J to come for a polygraph test . I also got to talk to my sister in - law two days in a row . Last night when she called it was because of something I had done . I sent a telemarketer to her . Today 's conversation was just catching up . Then GG and I ran to the grocery store . We needed some salad dressing for dinner . We saw Kim and Kailey at the store ! The rest of the night was pretty laid back . This evening about an hour before bed us girls took a bubble bath . It was good mommy and daughter bonding time . Silly story of the day : GG got a camera for Christmas and today she was walking around taking pictures . The funny thing about it was that she was holding the camera the wrong way . If it were a real camera she would have taken a really close up picture of her face ! Today is such a nasty day , weather wise . We all woke up tired today thanks to the dumb hospital . They called last night and woke everyone up . It took me an hour to get the kids back to sleep and by then I was wide - awake . Oh well . Hopefully J won 't be working there much longer . I pray that he gets one of the police jobs he has been applying for , soon . Then I can start looking for a house ! ! ! Since we were all tired we took a family nap . I love family time , awake or a sleep ! Monkey is really starting to get the hang of getting on his hands and knees . He is starting to leap forward once he gets on them . He definitely gets where he wants to go . Today after lunch GlamorGirl hid behind the side of the couch , she then said , " Daddy I 'm hiding . " Jeff said , " hiding where ? " and she jumped up and said , " Right here , daddy ! " She doesn 't have the whole hind and seek thing down yet . Right now as I type she is rubbing my back and saying , " feel good , mommy ? " She is so sweet . After dinner we painted GG 's fingernails to match her toes ! Right before bed daddy and daughter were cleaning up the toy room and one of the toys was missing a purple ball . So she walked into our room and said , " Where is the purple ball ? Is it under the bed ? " she looked under the bed and replied , " Oopsie Daisies , not here ! Where could it be ? " What a silly girl . She is already talking to herself . Lets hope that tonight we get more sleep . I am the most blessed person on earth , I 'll tell you why . Every night before we go to bed I have a little girl who tells me she loves me . She also tells her daddy and brother she loves them too . Then the first words out of her mouth in the morning are , " Good Morning , Mommy ! Good Morning , Daddy ! Good Morning Brother ! " sometimes she even adds " it 's a happy day today . " I have a wonderful husband as I have said before and I have a handsome little boy who one day will talk and tell me the same kind of things that GlamorGirl tells J and I . Can you tell that I am very happy with my life ? ! Well this morning we got ready and went to church . As we were getting ready I asked GG if she knew where we were going and she screamed excitedly , " to church ! " She loves children 's church and so do J and I . Then the little ones took a nap and J and I spent time talking about various things , which was nice because it is very rare that we are alone when we talk . This afternoon , Kim and Kailey B . came over to play . The girls are 6 months apart and GG is younger , but they are very much the same . Both of them fought over the same toys and books . Kim and I talked while they played and fought , she is really nice . I think that in the summer we will do a lot of things together . I forgot to mention that they live in the same apartment complex . After dinner we all went grocery shopping . I really enjoy shopping together as a family and I know that one day our kids will no longer want to shop with us so I am cherishing it right now ! Then we took my car thru the car wash . GG loves having the car washed . I love this age they are so easily amused . Today was a very laid back day . We had nowhere to be and really nothing to do . I did talk to the phone company because I didn 't understand why our bill was only $ 5 . 07 for this last month . It turns out that we had a credit on our account . Later today I was sitting down nursing Monkey and GlamorGirl came and sat by me with her teddy bear . I looked over and she had her shirt up and the bear on her tummy . I asked her what she was doing and she said , " Snowflake hungry . " She was nursing her teddy bear , snowflake . She is going to be a good mommy . This afternoon the kids and I took a nap . Well they slept and I rested . After they got up I decided to move the rooms around . I was tried of the playroom being too small . We spend a lot of time in there and the other room is bigger and we are never in there . So it felt like wasted space . There is so much more room now for GG to play and when her friends come over they won 't have to play on top of each other ! J came home and of course he passed the physical test . So he has to wait to hear how he did on the written . I guess they are taking the top 12 . J will probably write about it on his page so check it out if you want to know more about the testing stuff . As far as I 'm concerned any police department that doesn 't want him is dumb !