Here she is

Sleeping Beauty...(or Sleeping Cutie as Alyssa calls her).



She is doing really well in her new big girl bed. Two days and she still hasn't climbed out. I know I shouldn't get too excited yet. I think the safety rails give her the illusion she is in a crib, so that may be the reason too. She loves her new care bear sheets too!!

My first baby is getting way too big, way too fast. Sniff, sniff.

Another Big Girl Moment

Tonight was THE night we switched Alyssa to a big girl bed. We put her new Care Bear sheets on, put up safety sides (because I just don't trust that she won't fall out) and told her 50 times to NOT jump on the bed.

I think it's going well. We are into the 2nd hour now that she has been up there and I know now she is sleeping. We let her have all her friends in bed and for about 15 minutes I heard her telling Dora to "Be careful" and "Look out". But, then nothing. Silence. SWEET!

I hope every night is as easy as tonight was, because for a while now night time was a NIGHTMARE!! She would scream and cry and the one night she climbed out of her crib 20 times.
Here's my fingers crossed that the big girl talk and the big girl bed is the trick to a much smoother bedtime routine.

Going Crazy

My head has been a bit frazzled this week.

In the past two weeks, we have had Alyssa evaluated, looked at a pre-school. Had Morgan evaluated and started her through a private PT for the time being. Got Morgan into the EI program through our county and that starts next week. I had to re-arrange my work schedule in order to make sure I was able to take Morgan to her appointments and find Alyssa a babysitter because siblings are not allowed in the parent-child classes.

But I think after today, I've got everything under control. My head really has been a mess and it was driving me nuts that I couldn't get all the schedules to fall into place.

So, to jump from one thing to another. I have a dilemma...

My sister is due to have her baby September 14th. I was supposed to go on vacation with my step-brother and SIL and their kids to Myrtle Beach, leaving on September 13th. Their hotel is booked, but we haven't booked ours yet. I was still thinking about going, but my sister made it very clear that if I miss her baby's birth that she'd be mad at me.

So, do I skip out on vacation this year, because she "might" go into labor then?!?

Plus the doctors she goes to is the same ones that I went to and I've heard numerous women say that they like to induce once someone hits 38-39 weeks. So, it's a possibility that she will go early because of that. But, I can't wait that long to book my hotel and make the vacation plans. I need to do that in the near future here.

I know skipping one year of vacation doesn't seem like a big deal, but I was really looking forward to it since I came back from vacation last year.

Now, I'm super excited for her and I really don't want to miss her birth either, so this should be a no-brainer, right?!?

Well I've switched

To the new blogger?!? Hopefully nothing gets messed up, but we will see. I have heard of some people having problems.

So quickly to update news about my sister! She's pregnant!! And officially pregnant, meaning that she already had her first appt where she got to see my little niece or nephew's heartbeat. She is ecstatic and I'm so thrilled to become an aunt again (my stepbrother has two kids). The doctor claims that she has a less than 5% chance of having a miscarriage at this point, which seem like good odds in her favor.

And quickly to update about my really good friend. She is also pregnant. I know, babies everywhere!! But the exciting (or scary...whichever you prefer) news is that she is pregnant with TWINS! I can't believe it. She already has 2 kids too. Her life will be b-u-s-y here shortly!!

Both of them are due mid-September. And the funny thing was at our annual Christmas party, they were joking saying how it'd be great if they got pregnant together because they both work at the same office doing the same thing together.

So, just had to share the exciting news!!

Lost in Space...

I guess that's where I've been. So, Choppz...you called me out and I decided that I NEEDED to take time to post.

The munchkins...

Morgan. Adorable, cute, funny, almost 11 months, STILL immobile. Yep, still immobile. At Morgan's 9 month checkup the ped said Morgan was now considered delayed in her gross motor skills and needs to be evaluated for this. In all the months that I worried about Alyssa's every move and milestone, I hadn't flinched a thought about Morgan. I really was enjoying all the "babiness" in her and the fact that she was immobile I was enjoying that too. But, the fact is that she is delayed and now being almost 11 months and still unable to roll or crawl is frustrating the heck outta her. She sees her big sis running around like crazy and she wants to be doing that too. So...we had her evaluated by the same therapists that Alyssa has seen and we are on the waiting list to get into the EI program. I've got to call the service coordinator next week to see how long the wait list is. We may have to seek private therapy for her until we can get in. In the evaluation they said that Morgan has low muscle tone which is exactly what Alyssa had. They also said that it is very common if one child has low muscle tone, for other siblings to also have it too.

She's babbling like crazy though. She actually started to say "Ut-Oh" a couple weeks ago and says it at the right time and everything. It is freakin' adorable. I totally think she is trying to say "kitty" and "duck" too. She says "mama", "dada" and "yah". So, her speech is doing great at this time. But if my memory serves me correctly, Alyssa was doing well with her speech until we started therapy and she started to put all of her focus on gross motor skills. Then, the speech took a back burner and she eventually became delayed in that. Who knows though, Morgan can surprise us and still thrive with her speech too.

Alyssa. Adorable, cute, funny, and almost 3 years old. She is going through some evaluations through our school district to see if she will still qualify for therapy services, since the EI program only runs until 3 years of age. I am highly doubtful that she will qualify, but it was still suggested that I get her evaluated. I agreed because I want to hear that she is completely caught up. And if she isn't then she will start the preschool program (in which we were going to send her to anyway) after her 3rd birthday at the end of March instead of waiting until the fall. Plus, it would be completely paid for. Honestly it would be nice for it to be paid for, but I think I'd rather hear that Alyssa is completely caught up more than that. The only thing I'd be bummed about is she isn't going to have "school" until the fall then. She absolutely loves her therapy classes and how they really treat it like a pre-preschool program. It is awesome and I can't imagine not sending her to pre-school in the fall because I seen how well she has thrived being there.

Other than the kiddos, I don't have much going on for myself. I need to post more about my mom, my friend and my sister, but I have to put Morgan to bed!! Please tell me how to juggle it all because I feel like I don't have time for anything anymore!