Feeling Good

A couple weeks ago I wrote about being successful in taking the pacifier away from Campbell. Well now I am excited to share that I took her crib down on Monday and she is sleeping in her toddler bed. This picture is proof! Now that doesn't say anything about the 1 1/2 hours it takes her to fall asleep or the night we found her playing in her sister's room. But nevertheless, it's progress.

The Watson's visit Wildcat Country

This past weekend The Watson's came for a visit and lots of basketball. Saturday night the adults went to the men's game and then out for drinks afterwards. Sunday everyone headed to the coliseum for the girls game. It was a special day because senior player "Shalee Lehning" had her number retired, and she is a house favorite as she is from Sublette, KS. It was lots of fun. (Pictures to come later.)

Daddy's Girls

The picture tells it all. The girls snuggled in Cooper's bed and loving their daddy. How cute!

Tennis Star

These pictures seem to be dark - sorry.

Every Wednesday Chad and Cooper go to tennis lessons. Cooper is getting really good and her strength and ability amaze me. Last Wednesday Campbell and I went to watch the two tennis stars.


Cooper has quite the swing.


Future tennis star?

Mom fish in the water!

During the last couple of weeks we have been given a few gloriously warm and sunny days. It's actually felt like Spring. So on this day Campbell was in the back porch playing, or so I thought. She had her snack out there and after awhile she called out to me. "Mom fish in the water!" To this I didn't know what to say and when I went outside I discovered what she meant.


The fish were swimming.


Campbell loves the water.


A small pond on the table.

***Notice her "Happy Birthday Colgin" shirt - she loves to wear it EVERYDAY!!

Nine Years

Today is our ninth wedding anniversary. Wow, nine years really! We have certainly accomplished a lot in these nine years. A beautiful house, a successful business, three very special children, and the opportunities to travel and experience great memories together and with family and friends. I am very grateful and blessed to have found someone who has helped make my life complete and happy. Someone who has helped make all my dreams come true. Someone who loves me despite all my flaws and craziness. Thanks Chad, I love you, Happy Anniversary.

Success

The past 12 days is basically a blur. It started with our family ski trip to Taos, NM and after being home for one day Chad was off to California for five days. So the girls and I settled into a quite few days at home or so I thought.

First, Campbell still uses her "bubby" aka pacifier during nap and sleep time. During our trip to Taos she had it more often due to long car rides and altitude changes. She thought this was great until she decided to eat Cheetos with her bubby. On the way home she put the Cheetos in her bubby and was chewing on it. Needless to say this created lots of holes in the bubby. Good for me and bad for her. So I cut the tip of that bubby off. She knew it was broken but she was still mad. The sneaky little girl just happened to find the one and only other emergency bubby in the house, so she was happy again. Well that bubby already had a hole it in, so after a day of chewing on it, that bubby also had lots of holes in it and when I put her down for nap she called out to me "mommy bubby broken." She bit the end off. (Thankfully not swallowing it.) So again good for me but bad for her. She was mad! For two hours she cried and fought taking a nap and won out in the end. This was Thursday. Thankfully with much persistence on my part she still does NOT have any bubby. So I think I can successfully say we are done with the bubby. Yeah! Now she is still fighting going to sleep, so we need to teach her how to calm herself down and fall asleep quicker on her own. Good luck I know.

Second, both girls are daddy's girls and five days without dad makes them very grumpy. Thankfully we were able to hang out with Michelle & her girls one night for dinner. Also in our favor tennis was canceled. Oma did come over and watch the girls while I went to the dentist. And to end the weekend we went to my sister's house so the kids could play and I helped her get some organizing done.

Third, Chad's flight out of LA on Sunday was delayed over an hour. Which meant he went from getting home at midnight to getting home at 1:30am. Monday was a very long day for him and I'm not quite sure he is back to normal yet.

Fourth, I feel happy that I was able to manage things without Chad being here. I can say it was very hard and I have no idea how those single parents manage things. I was so exhausted on Sunday night I just wanted to go to bed. We are very glad to have Chad back home and ready to get things back to normal.


Campbell playing dentist with Cooper's gear.