Mini Post

I've had very little sleep in the last three days so no energy to post much.

Abby is sick again. Coughing and gunky nose... she looks absolutely miserable. Poor thing can't stay healthy for very long lately it seems. And of course it's Friday.... Kiley and Kara had runny noses tonight too. 

Kiley had a lot of fun splashing in the bath tub and she is up on her hands and knees and is rocking. Won't be long before she really crawls!

Kara isn't far behind Kiley in the crawling arena but prefers to get around by rolling... and roll well she does. 

Abby and I play in the backyard almost every day as long as it is nice. She loves to draw with chalk, swing and go down the slides. It makes me feel like a kid when we do silly games like 'fight' over whose slide it is. I love her laugh and how excited she is to have me play with her. I need to remember to continue to play make believe with her and encourage her imagination. I'm trying to cut back on tv and cartoons but it's hard right now when I'm so tired and the twins aren't sleeping as well. Hopefully we will get back on track with sleeping 2-4 hour chunks at a time and if the weather is great we will really cut out tv from our days. She also has really gotten into playing with 'putty'. I need to get her some Play Dough tools so that she can use those instead of her silverware lol.

I just got the babies to sleep and I need to crash. Sorry about the delayed updates...

Pools of Drool

Sleep Deprivation... thats what I'm blaming my uncounted absences on. lol

I think I have narrowed the culprit down to teething (once again) but just as we had started to get *gasp* 4 hours in a row we are back to 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 ,2... 1/2 hour stretches...1/2 hour stretches! There comes a point if you wonder if it is crazy to even TRY to sleep. At 6am this morning I gave up and Kara got to take a ride in the swing... I was feeding Kiley and I had been up 3x at 2am... then 1/2 hour stretches until 6... i was done lol. So I made poor Tom get up but at least he was gracious enough to do it. It was kind of funny he couldn't see and was so tired that he picked up Kara upside down! Oops! He quickly figured it out though. lol  I even went to bed a few minuets after they did last night because I was so tired. Thankfully I did because that was the longest stretch they slept.

Poor teething babies...

Kiley is playing with a onesie on the floor. Her favorite toys are usually some soft cloth thing that she can scream into. I wonder if she will share her love of clothes like her sister does? Every single stuffed animal/baby doll has a pair of pj's, a onesie or a pair of 'real' pants on. They are a colorful assortment. Kiley and Kara are up on their hands and knees now and can really get places.... again I remember we have no gate. I'm planning on going to a specialized baby store and picking up a wide swinging gate. The other day when I went to Bible study the mom there had the nicest one... and it was so easy to get through (for the adults) It probably would be a little safer too since it won't be just 'hanging' there. Kiley loves faces so watch out!She takes your face in her little hands and 'attacks!' She loves to eat your chin and cheeks.

Let's see... Abby is really into her Little People doll house right now. Tom and I tend to play quite a bit with her on that. She loves the little grandma and grandpa and often thinks they need to go to bed or eat. :o) She is growing up so fast! Her language skills are exploding and I've had so many people remark on them. The other day she was looking at these flashcards of 'smiley faces' and she could identify when the face was mad, scared, happy and sad... with no prompting she knew exactly what they were! She loves to have us draw the faces and really is into figuring out emotions right now. "Babies sad face... they have owies..." *Kisses the baby* "No more owie" (SO CUTE!)

The weather has been chilly and wet so no outside for us. She did travel with my mom to watch my sister's track meet. It was a good thing she did because K&K were soooo fussy while they were gone it might have been too much for me to handle cranky babies and a bored Abby. (There wasn't anyone else home at that time) But she had a great time running around with my mom. All of our family is amazing... they all pitch in to help when they can when we need help. God has blessed us... we have an awesome support network!

I painted our bedroom, I'm trying to go for a 'nice cozy feel' instead of the long suffered 'storage closet' feel. lol. Part of it is my fault as all of my craft things and photography props spill out of the closet but I'm working on organizing it! I have finals this week and some classes to do for work... yes I'm still employed at the children's clinic! We are thinking of moving the crib into our bedroom and switching my dresser out into the nursery... but we'll see what happens. They aren't sleeping the greatest right now as it is. I had been hoping to transition them into sleeping in the crib together. Here is a cute video of them playing together. Enjoy!