1st day of Kindergarten

On Monday, August 17th, Emily officially started kindergarten. To start the day off right, after everyone was ready for the day, Emily in her new school uniform, John took the twins to pre-school while Emily and I hung out at the house for a few minutes to take some pictures. They we headed to Ihop to meet John for a first day of school pancake breakfast. After breakfast we headed by Publix to pick up an apple for her new teacher, Mrs. Ross, and then we headed to the school. On the way in, we saw lots of her friends and their moms. Once we made it in the school we headed to her class to put her pack back down and then we took her to the media center.

After school, I headed through the car pool line to pick her up from her first day. She said she had a great time!!

The first night was topped off with her first round of real homework. Wow how time flies!!

Bailey's First Night in a toddler bed

On Saturday night, August 9th, we decided that Bailey was ready to move into a toddler bed. She seemed very excited about it and immediately laid down and snuggled with her blanket and duck. We did not hear a peep from her the rest of the night =)

1st trip to the dentist

On May 21st, I took Ansley and Bailey to their first dentist appointment. We arrived at Ashby Park Pediatric Dentist around 9:30. When we arrived, one of the hygienist took us back to the sink where she gave the girls their own toothbrushes and they brushed their teeth. They thought that was great!!! However after that it went downhill =)

Once they were done, we headed back out to the waiting room where I attempted to fill out all the paperwork while the girls wanted to walk around. I managed to keep them in the little play fort but they were very unhappy for some reason. Towards the end of our time in the waiting room, Bailey made friends with a little girl and they went up the stairs on the little fort.

When it was our turn, one of the hygienist carried Ansley and I carried Bailey. Another hygienist went over several items. Dr. Jen came over and I sat on the bench with Bailey and laid her back into Dr. Jen's lap. She then examined Bailey. Lets just say she thought it was awful =) She screamed the whole time!!! Dr. Jen said her three little teeth looked good. There was a tiny amount of plack on the bottom two in the front and Dr. Jen scraped it off very quickly and Bailey was done. Dr. Jen said things looked good and that she expected that we would see Bailey's molars to come in before the other teeth and would probably be in the next two months. She also said her pallet looked very good, despite her being a thumb sucker. It was Ansley's turn so I handed Bailey to the other hygienist. Bailey was still very mad!!!!

I laid Ansley back in Dr. Jen's lap. She was also very unimpressed by Dr. Jen wanting to examine her teeth. Dr. Jen said that Ansley's two teeth on bottom and four on top were wider than Bailey's and that she also had very little space in between her teeth. Also, it was time to start thinking about taking her passie and that we she see more teeth in her soon.

After the exams, the little ones and I headed home for lunch.

June the kitten 5-9-08

After Emily and I said goodbye to her class, we drove across town to the Humane Society. When we arrived, we walked into the cat room for a few minutes and then headed down to the room where the kittens and other cats were. Emily really enjoyed seeing all the animals, including the few puppies that were in there. She tried out a variety of cats and kittens, but there just didn't seem to be one that was just right. After a while, I took Emily back up to the front of the building to look around some, and told her that if she did not find the right one, it was ok that we could find another one.

When we were up there I though I would ask and found the "Cat Lady" who was very knowledgeable of all the cats. I told her we had three little girls and wanted to see what she recommended. She said normally she tries to encourage people to adopt the cats since they are hardest to find homes for, but a kitten would probably be best to that it could grow up with kids. There happen to be one that was 6 months old that she highly recommended. Since she was not a little kitten she happen to be up int he cat room and we had not seen her. When Sally (The Cat Lady) got her out of the cage, she came right to Emily. Someone had brought her in since they did not have time to keep her. She was get sweet and seemed great around Emily. She was already fixed and had been declawed. She was the one.

Sally posed with Emily for a picture and then we headed to the front. Emily and I had to run out to the car to get the carrier and then we filled out all the paper work. Sally asked if we wanted to get a microchip for her in case she were ever to get lost and we said yes. Sally took the kitten back to put in the microchip and then brought her back up for us to finish the paper work. She had previously been called Crystal and Emily said that was ok. On the way to the shelter, Emily mentioned wanting to call her June and once we left she said she was going to call her June.

We drove back across town to pick up Ansley and Bailey. Lets just say June really wanted to get out of the bag. Emily helped her poke her head out and June seemed to really like that. She got out a few times onto Emily's lap, but we put her back int he carrier to be safe. We arrived back a school and picked up Ansley and Bailey. On our way home, Bailey was dieing to pet June.

We arrived home and let June roam around. She seemed to be a great fit. Ansley and Bailey were ready to eat and once I got them settled eating I bathed June. She seemed fine, but I thought it would be best to start with a bath. She was not impressed =)

After her bath, I moved on to the little ones and then they had a great time petting her. John arrived home around 6:30 from his trip and also proceeded to play with the kitten.

Ansley and Bailey's 1st Hair Cut

On Saturday morning, May 3rd, I took Ansley and Bailey to Snip-Its for their 1st hair cuts. When we arrived, I signed the girls in and we waited a few minutes on their couch. When it was their turn, Bailey was up first. She sat up in the chair, but was somewhat unsure. The lady tried to bribe her with cookies and a sucker and soon, Mom and Emily arrived. Bailey soon started pitching a royal fit screaming and kicking her legs. She didn't want anything to do with the hair cut. The lady quickly finished and she was rescued, but still bitter!!!

Up next was Ansley. I placed her up in the chair and she was as happy as she could be. She enjoyed her sucker and laughed as the lady cut her hair =) After we were done, we all headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch.

Bailey is Starting to Walk 3-8-08

This has been a very exciting week for Bailey. Although she has been standing a lot more and taking a step or two, this week she has really started being more steady on her feet and taking several steps in a row. Although she gets a little out of control by the end of her steps, she is doing great!!

Ansley Update at 1 year old

As of one year old, Ansley is doing the following/has the following interest:

1. She loves carrots, cheese, and spaghetti
2. She loves her passie
3. She loves music
4. When she hers the bath water running, she comes crawling since she loves to take baths
5. She is very silly and is quick to laugh, she also is the type that has never met a stranger
6. On the flip side, she is quick to cry
7. She likes to wave and clap at people
8. She is a jumper. She always wants to jump in your arms or in her jumparoo.
9. She crawls around all the time, pulls up, and walks along the furniture
10. She is saying: MaMa, DaDa, ByBy, and Hi.