Funny stuff...

So the big girl bed thing hasn't been so easy for us...my advice--keep them in their cribs as long as you can!! If I'd known then what I know now, we might have gone the tent/crib covering route! Almost every night around 2 or 3am, E throws open the door to our bedroom saying Mommie! Mommie! Mommie! She comes to my side of the bed and I put her between us and we all sleep fairly good the rest of the night (other than the occasional kick or fist or head but!--oh and I have to admit that sometimes I do end up in a strange position cause I am being pushed off the side of the bed!). What's funny is that when we go to her room in the morning, her door is always shut. She shuts it before she comes to our room and we aren't really sure why except maybe she wants to make sure she doesn't have to go back in there!! It's funny! She also can't open doors yet either (we have knobs so they are harder on little hands) knock on wood, but she certainly knows how to shut them!
And this story probably won't be as funny in writing, but it's hilarious so I will try...did I mention it is hard to get E to stay in her bed?? HA! Going nite nite has become quite the process! At first I would shut her door (this is after us rocking, reading books, brushing teeth, saying prayers, cuddling, tucking her dolls in, etc...), but it would be heartbreaking for her and me! She would come to the door and cry. One night she was so hysterical that she threw up all over her room!! Man did I ever feel like a bad mommie!! So, we kind of stopped that and I would just lay in bed with her until she was asleep (and pray the the creek in her bed wouldn't wake her as I was leaving!), but this was especially hard on me cause it would take a while and by the time she was good and asleep, so was I!!! One night the process was worse than normal so I shut her door and ran to our bedroom so I didn't have to hear her crying (I still could). She quit after about 5 minutes so I walked back towards her room and all was quiet! I got excited for a split second until I saw her sweet little fingers and hand come out from under the door and she said (ever so sweetly) Mommie... JEEZ!! It was so sad, but precious and of course all I could do was pick her up and hold her b/c I felt so bad!!! I think we let her sleep with us all night that night which probably didn't help things, but oh well, we're only human and for some reason it was so much easier to let her cry it out when she was in a crib!! Hopefully it will get better--we went to the bookstore today and got some books that say they have all the answers...we'll see!!!!

Happy HEART day!!!!

Random pics from Dec and Jan

Forget all the toys--all she needs is a box! Happy B-day Ryan!!!

LOVE the snow suit, thanks Pop and Gaygay

Twins! Baby Kaleigha and E

Happy B-day Pammie!!!

Ryan's b-day cakes!




Uncle Don and Meme came to see us!!!





What a fun, memorable day/night at the Liberty Bowl...??!!!







Seeing Mom, Dad, Meme, and John off to Paris! Ryan asked me one morning how to put a bow in Ensley's hair---it was so cute, he seriously wanted to know. He had me do it and watched very closely then I had him do it so we knew he was doing it right. Such a sweet family moment.
At our ENT docs office--this was when they decided to do the surgery.

E pulled a brand new bag of chips off the table and of course upside down!! This is why we got Aunt Meme and Uncle Don a dustbuster for Christmas!!
E went to MaryKate Finch's b-day party at Pump it up! She loved bouncing in the the big bouncy things!!

Getting into trouble with Kaden!


nite Nite...
She got her potty seat stuck over her head...kind of funny! One day she will learn to listen to me...hopefully!
BIG BOW!!! I figured out that E likes BIG BOWS better than the small bows, and even thought they may be obnoxious and bigger than her head, she keeps them in a heck of a lot longer than the small ones!

Family pics...minus one...

When Eric and Anna were here, we had them do some family pics...minus one. Yeah, not very happy about that but very happy that E and I had our own photoshoot!! Ryan and I were about to leave for the Liberty Bowl and he got caught up at work so he missed our family portraits. Sad b/c he would've only added to these pics!! Thanks Eric and Anna for taking them--I LOVE them!!!