The 5th of July

Happy 5th of July! (And 4th too even if I am a day late)

For starters... Kiley fell down our stairs tonight. Yikes! Abby was extremely excited about her new toddler bed and wanted so badly to help daddy bring it in that she was going up and down the stairs to get her blankets and stuffed animals. Kiley and Kara were worn out and cranky from being in town and so were screaming. I put Kiley's pj's on and then went to change Karas's. Gate was securely latched and didn't think anything of it.

While I'm putting Kara's pj's on I hear this sound and I immediately got that sick feeling in my stomach. I knew. In my panic I almost ALMOST left Kara on the changing table... which would have been fantastic because then I would have had two babies that had fallen. Thankfully I recovered enough to set Kara down and run to the stairs just as Kiley finished falling down them. She was screaming and crying, Abby was screaming and crying. And our stairs don't have the guards on them yet so there are sharp edges. Gah. I'm calling them tomorrow to see if they have come in yet.

Thankfully there was no blood and after some good comforting Kiley settled down. I'm sure she will have a goose egg over her right eye but I will keep an eye on her tonight just in case. Scared me though!

So now I need to figure out a way to keep Abby from opening the gate all of the time. She does try to latch it occasionally and has been fairly good about trying but she's two... she just is too little to be responsible for that. And for most people that wouldn't be a big deal. Except that if I'm with one baby... there is usually another 'floating' around the house somewhere. And Kiley is so fast with her knee/hand crawling!

Hmmm....

We had a good 4th and spent most of the day at my parent's place. Abby was a little afraid of the firecrackers at first which isn't a bad thing. The babies were a little fussy though so I felt like I spent most of my time going from one to the other back to the first. I think it is a mixture of teething and feeling sick from before. (This darn 'cold' stuff is hard to shake! I still feel 'off' and it started on Wednesday!) I love the 4th of July and this year was no different. There is something special about it that is so fun and relaxed.

My uncle and cousins came in from Washington and we have been getting together with them which has been a lot of fun. We met them at my grandma's place and Abby remembered that their had been presents (Christmas) the last time she had been at the house. It was cute :o)

Abby loves watermellon. She could eat and eat and eat that stuff if we let her! Oh and chips and candy too. I swear she has radar for the stuff....

Kara has been especially cuddly lately. I'm not sure if that is her way of playing 'shy' or 'coy' but I love when she lays her head on my shoulder.

Kiley laughs and laughs sometimes when she crawls down our hallway. I think she really enjoys how fast she can cruise now that she is a better crawler. Kara still prefers to army crawl.

Our house is feeling short on food... need to hit up a grocery store sometime soon. Amazing how hard that can be sometimes. I have pictures but forgot my camera at my mom's place because we were in a hurry to leave because the girls were so tired the night of the 4th. Hopefully I can post them up soon!