Rain Rain Go away... :)

We had a wonderful day at home with Tom and the kids. The weather was nasty and wet and cold but it was nice to snuggle up indoors. I will be ready for this rainy bit to end so that we can go outside and play again! The girls are taking it well being cooped up and we have tried to make a few little trips out of the house to make things easier for us all. I love this picture of my girls... Abby's shirt says "Big Sis" but it's hard to read when she is so snuggly with her sisters.

It sounds like my new stroller will be coming tomorrow! (Or perhaps the day after... it's hard to know) But I'm so excited about it and cannot WAIT until we can all go for a walk with it! It will make our trips out much easier. It is a Schwinn Double Jogging stroller that has some pretty cool features like individual reclining seats and a  front wheel that can be either locked or allowed to swivel. I wanted to have it before Abby's 2nd birthday party. :)

Kiley only woke up once last night at 3am.  Now Kara was up 5-6 times or more but at least Kiley was only up once! (There are days I swear having one baby is easy as pie... lol) But Kiley slept amazing in the crib and I'm hoping that she will continue this sleep pattern... even if I think that is wishful thinking. But maybe! I'm trying an experiment and put Kara into the crib tonight to see if she sleeps as well in it. If so there is a good chance here in the near future that we may be figuring out some way of getting both girls into a crib. But then we have to figure out where to put it!

For those of you waiting for the Barney dance... I have tried to video it unsucessfully twice now. She danced... but stopped by the time I got out the camera. It seems like she has a sixth sense that can figure out when I'm about to record her doing something super cute. Oh well! Perhaps I just need to be better prepared with the camera. At least the battery is charged now!

Abby can mimic pretty much everything we say now which means that are television viewing options are extremely limited right now. Which is ok... we should be cutting more of it out as it is. Hard on a rainy day though! It is amazing to watch her learn 'our language' and when to use certain phrases. Like today she said "Want apple" today when we were grocery shopping. Which might not seem like much compared to what she has been saying... but this was totally unprompted and she used the word 'want' to tell us that she 'desired' the apple. Ok enough tech speak but after 'studying' Spanish for how many years it is amazing to me how kids pick up language and learn it so quickly. She can also sing the entire Twinkle Twinkle Little Star song and she is working on the 1,2,3 Jesus Loves Me song along with her Abby Cadabby Lullabye.

My favorite thing that she says is still "Mommy hold you Abby" My heart melts into a pool of mush when she says that. Or "Sorry Mommy!" when she does something naughty. Oh it's hard to discipline when she so earnestly says that she is sorry! Especially with those beautiful brown eyes. We are really starting to see her beautiful personality come through... like any two year old she can be a little 'terror' sometimes but she truly does have an empathetic and caring heart. I hope that I can continue to nurture that!

Well time for bed before babies awaken. :) Aren't they special?