My spelling stinks

Hope my English/grammar teacher never read this.......my spelling is awful..Especially like "brived" instead of bribed.

Family update

Hi all..

Well time is flying past us here. Seems like we just cant seem to keep up!

Here are some updates on us:

Canio---

He is busy busy busy. Not only has he been helpful to me around the house, but he now gives Emily a bath every night and puts her to bed 90% of the time. He also dug out the new garden spot (I did the last one) as we are moving our garden further back in our yard to give Emily more play area close to the house. The end of June marks the end of his work fiscal year - so he has been working hard to hit goals. Not to mention the WVIA auction will be coming up at the end of May. On Sat. they have their Knoebels Day. We (Emily, Abby, and I) may or may not go to Knoebels. I dont know if I can do 3 hr in the car by myself with them, because Canio has to go very early.

Me---

I am trying to adjust to 2 kids. I have good days and bad days. I scraped off the old paint off the one porch we have and then repainted it...because of the 2 kids, it only took me 1 1/2 wks to do this! UGH. We also have flowers to plant, but I have to get the weeds out first. I also repainted Emily's used (and dying of old age) swing set. I had one day off last week. My mother in law took Emily for the day (from 10:30am-6pm). It was a very needed day. Emily is still a challenge. I "fight" her to do just about everything all day long, 7 days a week. So it is tough to do anything. I needed a mental break and it made all the difference the rest of that week-- I had more patience, I had more energy, and I just felt refreshed. She came down this Monday too...but I was running from the dentist (had a filling) to therapy with Abby. I had enough time to stop to buy a laundry basket and then rush home. So this Monday was not the same (although if I had to take Emily with me I am sure it would have been even worse). Yesterday was a bad day. Emily woke up in a devilish mood...then found candy and after 20 min screaming, I gave her some. Meanwhile, Abby had a terrible screaming fit. My house was trashed after spending 2 days cleaning and Emily screamed every 5 min about whatever happened to catch her attention. Oh, and I had a killer migrane. Emily threw a fit and threw her goldfish to the floor and stomped on them because I was trying to chg Abby's diaper explosion while Abby screamed as if i had ripped her legs off. I put Emily on the couch for time out...and I set about cleaningu p the messes around the house. But not before calling Canio to tell him how awful everything was going and nag him about some things I wanted him to do. (He took it very well). When I was putting a glass cup back on our hutch, I dropped it... and of course, the GLASS on the HUTCH (not the cup) shattered! It was a RED letter day. But at least I did get to take a bath (a rare commodity). Other than that...really havent been doing anything or going anywhere which isnt great for my mood.

Emily--- Growing like a weed. She now is a wiz at the computer. She is really into Max and Ruby now and Curious George. She likes playing their games online. Our dvd player broke, so she has been watching movies on the computer. She recently got a new Veggie Tales movie from Aunt Kim (and she LOVES IT). I dont think she is old enough to "get" the msgs yet,but she does love the stories. She loves going for walks. She picks up rocks that she thinks are neat (ie gravel rocks of any variety), goes "ewe" if she finds a bug, likes to chase birds and bubbles, and especially likes our "bumpy road" (ie gravel alley). She is a real story teller. She recounts the day to Daddy when he gets home - complete with sound effects. For example... I got onthe computer and clicked and Mommy said thats enough and I said No and mommy said Im not happy with you and I said no and mommy said get down. And I cried. I said WAHHHHHHH. The end. (Periods placed where she actually takes a breath). But she is now playing Dollies. I have a new appreciation for why my sister Jen hated me growing up. She was forced to play "Dolls" all the time with me... We play dolls with the mini doll house she got for Easter, her pez dispensers, her McD toys, sticks, crackers, Mr. Potato Head arms, and of course.... our fingers. She is still into books but now she wants to "read" them to us to tell us the story. She keeps asking...whats that word? She is not so mean to Abby now... but has become protective of her when other kids are around. She is playing a lot with Abbys toys and I have decided, I dont care-if they break, they break.

Abby--- WOW she is SO big. She is growing expedientally (and no, I refuse to spell check to see if I spelled that word right!). She coos now. She says oooewww and gooewww. Smiles and even sort of giggled once. She is very alert and can follow an object back and forth (for about 4 wks now -which the doc says is early--great, another smart one that will challenge me mentally). Unlike Emily the first time in the swing she LOVED it. We have a little musical/light seat too that she has taken a liking to. She can already make it light up by hitting the toys. Something Emily didnt do til she was 3 mo. old. She has a love/hate relationship with the binky. During the day she needs it to go to sleep, but she hates sucking on it and would rather try for her thumb. She gets frustrated with it and will spit it out, then cry because she wants to suck...but press her lips if you try to give it back. She sleeps WONDERFUL. Goes to sleep at 8:30pm...wakes up at 4am. If I get her up to eat at say 11pm...she will STILL wake up at 4. But she doesnt really "wake" up...she mooches and whines a bit. I feed her, chg her diaper, and by then she is normally completely asleep again. She was diagnosed with Torticollis (tight neck muscles on one side that makes their head tilt and pull to one side) She also has one eye bigger (so they say), one ear, and one leg longer. She will have physical therapy twice a week for several weeks, then once a week/month, etc until probably she is 1 yr old. Left untreated, it can cause many problems. Already Abby's head is getting a flat spot on the side. The bad thing is the co-pay, 20.00 each visit. This modivates me to do her exercises at home!

So thats about it! Thats enough! I brived Emily with Marshmellows to be "allowed" to sit at the computer!