I am so sad. Why is it when I remember to blog I can't? My computer is dead my camera is full of pictures on 2 memory cards, my phone is full of pics. I have no where to put them :( I am still using Daniel's little school laptop. I can't slam this thing with the HUNDREDS of pics that I take (what can I say, I don't want to miss anything my kids do!)
I will put a few pics at a time and just delete them after?? I dunno what to do. I FORGET EVERYTHING that's why I blog so I have these pictures and stories to remind me and make me smile.
Well some things before I forget about the family:
Leighton- This girl amazes me more and more each day. She is at that age where she absorbs EVERYTHING she hears!! ( I know I know. All kids do and say these things but let me be happy for my kid and save the list of her accomplishments)
Leighton is a talker! She repeats everything. Like yesterday on our walk I pointed out a few trees. After a few rounds up and down the sidewalk she started pointing to the trees and calling them by name! yes!!
here are the things I can remember that she says: baby, dog, I love you but doesn't say the "you" part- just I lo- and she leaves off the "ve" ha ha.
she says fish, star, diaper, thank you and banana and Jesus. she says excuse me if someone burps. ha ha. when she wants to be held, she says up, up! If you say "oh, that's nice" she will lay down right where she is and put her head on the floor, you or the animal she is holding. She loves to give kisses and does all day. Once Daniel walked in the room and she pursed her lips and just sat there. So dan walked across the room and kissed her and she smiled and went back to playing! She also nods her yes to questions lke did you sleep good, and asking if that was funny. but her nods include the whole body. pretty cute
She also says thank you if you give her something. All on her own
She can sign shoes, book, apple, outside, book, bath, play, ball, eat, all done, owee, and she says and signs "again" like after a song or when we dance to youtube videos on the tv.
oh no I can't remember anything more :(
She is a great munchkin. So happy. Still only has 6 teeth. The same ones since she was 9 months old. I want her now to just get them in and over with, so every time she is fussy I am not wondering if she is teething.
Ireland- awww my sweet Ireland. This girl is incredible. I get complimented on her often. It's because she has amazing manners, she is so friendly and helpful. My neighbor came over yesterday just to talk about how great she is/was in nursery. Ireland is a bright little lady. She draws these pictures and I have to ask her "you REALLY drew that?" She always does. She draws flowers to the point where you can totally tell that's what it is. In sacrament she says mommy look an umbrella. It looked exactly like one!! Also a swing! What the heck!? Now for stuff like that I don't know if she just draws and then it looks just like something but sometimes she tells me what she will draw and it looks awesome!! I need to get some videos and pics up. sigh
Ireland knew the alphabet in sign language before she turned 2 if you signed to her she could say it but now she can do it! and is learning what each letter sounds like. She asks me all the time to "do letters"
Ireland is still the best big sister I could hope for. She always holds sister's hand and says "look mom, we best friends!" Leighton just eats it up. She thinks her sister is the best thing in the world.
Dan and I-
Well we just had our 4 year anniversary! yay! That day was fun, we went to The Salt Lake Temple and all around Temple square and had our family pics done!! The girls looked so cute I couldn't stand it! I am dying to see the final shots!! After those we went to the store and let the girls pick out a surprise for being so good. (sadly I can't remember what else we did. ahhhh. well it IS 7 am. I am ONLY up cause I watch a baby at 630 am... I know!! and he is asleep now. oh right, anyway.......)
So the next day was Friday and we had Ireland go stay at my dad's for the night and Leighton at my mom's. Their first sleepover! broke my heart. I HATED HATED HATED leaving them! But it was sorta good (just kidding I survived and had fun!!) They did great and we had a blast! I had no idea what Daniel had planned. He took me to a hotel he had booked (pretty sweet room by the way) and we just hung out then went shopping at the gateway Then off to dinner at Red Rock. yummy!!! then stayed up until way too late playing games, watching tv... relaxing. The next morning we went shopping again! And during that Daniel took me into the Apple store and tried to convince me why we need an iphone AND an ipad. uhhh... lol we will see. I got the girls some cute things cause I missed their guts. Oh and we went to breakfast because we slept in until TEN!! and missed the breakfast in the hotel. ha ha
that's all about that. As far as everyday stuff... Dan is in school again for the semester. he is almost done with school!! He loves being able to work from home and see his sweet girls each morning and off and on through out the day he can just walk out and see us and eat. We also love having him here
I still have this in home daycare and loving it. I also am teaching preschool a little bit at rest time (mostly to the 5 year old who is getting ready for Kindergarten) but Ireland loves having her turn too. So she is learning the same stuff (minus the big hard stuff) she keeps up just fine.
I am honestly just going to go to bed now. I am not sure I make much sense at this point. Do I make sense? ugh.
