Dance, gymnastics, sports?!?!

Wow, with Ellie being 3 soon, all of a sudden the opportunities seem endless. She loves dance and I think she would be great at dance or gymnastics. Then there are sports. We are going to skip soccer, but sign her up for t-ball. I was looking at one of the dance places in Adrian and they tell you where to buy the appropriate attire for practice!! What?!?! She is 3 and it is her forst dance class. Not to mention they tell you how to where your hair. And, if you don't follow these guidelines you will b e asked to sit on the class. So, we will not be going there, seems a little extreme! There is a class in town that starts in May and there is also gymastics in Clinton. I am going to do one thing at a time and Preschool is first. After that adjustment we will add something else in.

Here is my dancer.

Preschool, here we come!

Ellie will be 3 in about 5 weeks and I am starting her at Little Indians. I signed her up today. There was one opening and she will go Tuesday/Thursday for 2 months before summer break. She is very excited about it. I'm kind of freaking out. I know it will be harder on me then her, but I also know that she will be fine. My baby is growing up!

Potty trained!! YEAH!

After 7 months of ups and downs I am giving Ellie a well deserved title of "potty trained"! I don't have to ask (or beg) for her to go, she just does it on her own. Most of the time telling me "I'm going to do it ALL by MYSELF!" And she does! YEAH!! Big girl!

For all of you who are still potty training or just starting, hang in there! I think it is the hardest thing I've had to do yet as a parent (well top two anyway)! It was way harder then I had thought it would be! I am just glad to be there!!

Recuperated!

We are on our way to being healthy! We feel much better and I still have a slight cough, but we are much better. We don't have all of our energy back, but we are finally going to venture out today to play at Lenawee's Child!

When will it end?

We have now confirmed Ellie has pnuemonia and I went to the doctor yesterday and I now have bronchitis and pnuemonia. UGH! Please help me now! This is the first time I have really been sick since have kids. I guess that is pretty good considering Ellie is almost 3. However how do you rest and get better? I guess time will tell. Shelby is the only one in the family who has not been sick...let's hope it stays that way.

Ellie is starting to feel better and is tired of being in the house! I don't blame her, so am I! She asked me yesterday if we could go somewhere different. She may get to go to Grandma's today. We will see how she is doing.

We are looking forward to getting back to the swing of things soon! We are missing a playdate with Ash and Mas today and it has been way too long since we have seen that family. Hope we can do it next week!

Sleep anyone?

That's all I want! A little sleep! No bathroom calls, no feeding Shelby, no crying Ellie (ok, so she is sick) and no husband snoring...just some sleep! Please!
Almost took Ellie to the ER last night. Her fever was so high at midnight that she was in hysterics. We ended up holding her down and forcing Motrin to try and break it. We did! But it was really freaky! She went back to sleep after a little while, but we were up checking on her the rest of the night! I think she was tired though, she fell asleep at 6:00pm in her chair at the dinner table. Never had that happen before! Shelby on the other hand slept from 9:30 to 6. Now if we can just get them to sleep on the same night it be heaven for me!
I am hoping Ellie is better soon, I am tired of being in the house!
I took the girls to the doctor yesterday and Shelby weighed in at 12 lbs. 4 oz. dressed! That is crazy! She is getting so big!

Sick of Sick!!!!!

First Jeff was sick and now Ellie! UGH! We have been cooped up in the house. I did get out yesterday for a while. We have just been hanging around hoping Ellie gets better soon and that nothing gets passed along to Shelby or me!! So far we are ok! Ellie's really high fever broke momentarily and then was back, just not over 103 like before. That lasted 2 more days. No fever this afternoon and evening, so let's hope it stays that way. We have been getting her up at night to alternate meds to try and break it! We are all in need of a good night sleep! Maybe tonight is the night! Let's hope!

Dress up for all!

Ellie's fever broke, but she is still sick. So, we are keeping her in. We play dress up every day, but today we added to it, dresing everyone up! Ellie is napping now and, of course, Shelby is not. So another day without a nap for me! Glad it is the weekend and that Dad made it home late last night!

High temp, low temp

While the temps are staying low outside, they are running really high in my house. Ellie had a little cough yesterday and added a runny nose to that today. I decided to take her in because of all of the stuff going around. By the time we got there at 2pm her tamp was 103.1!! OUCH! We have to alternate Tylenol and Motrin every 4 hours including the overnight. Thank goodness Jeff will be home tonight (I think...at the moment his plane is still delayed in NYC). He has been sick too, so not sure how much help he will be. Ellie has bronchitis and pneumonia! I am trying to explain to her that she needs to stay away from her sister and she is not getting the whole contagious thing!
I've managed on my own all week and it hasn't been too bad, but we are ready for Dad to come home! Just getting prepped for next month when he is gone for 11 days! UGH!!!!!

Timing?!

So, timing is everything! It never fails! When I am home alone for bedtime, it really doesn't matter when I last fed Shelby, she ALWAYS wants to eat when it's time for Ellie to go to bed. I've made adjustments, planned the timing and boom! Shelby needs to eat at that moment! Not only that, but she is rather vocal at the same time and he big sis wants to know what is going on! UGH! Then, if that is not enough, Puck ALWAYS wants to go out when I sit down to feed Shelby and then ALWAYS wants back in before I am done! Jeff's gone the rest of t he week, so maybe I will have it mastered by then! With all the travel he will be doing this year I hope it gets better!