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I'll write about the trip to Alabama and Grandmas funeral soon but right now I'm exhausted. So here's a picture of John Paul's Christmas present I made for your viewing pleasure.

Seriously.

Are there no Starbucks between Indiana and Alabama????

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May the souls of the faithful departed

Through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

What a day to enter heaven, Grandma. We sure will miss you.

I guess we're going couch shopping .

Her: We don't REALLY need new couches.

Him: You're not the one who has to prop it back up on the paint can every night!

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Set your DVRs!

My good friends Cathy and Joe will be on the TODAY SHOW tomorrow because of this awesome story!

Letdown.

Madeleine has been into writing me notes lately. Yesterday she wrote, Dear Mommy, you have given me so much....
I was thinking Awwww, What's she going to write??

:)

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Big boy bed???

So, John Paul will be 3 in April. He's climbed out of his crib a few times now. Last night Ken heard him crying and went to his room, started opening the door and John Paul opened it before him. A few days ago he climbed out of his crib and hurt his knee and got a big bruise on his head (right before Christmas pictures.) I was hoping to keep him in the crib as long as possible, but I don't want to hurt himself. What age do you move your kids into big kid beds? We moved Madeleine about 3 months before she turned 3. (She was potty trained then, and one day she climbed out of her crib, went potty, and climbed back in!) So we moved her to my old daybed. At first we put a rail up but after awhile we put it down. She also got out of her bed quite a bit when we first moved her, and she'd get into a lot of things in her room. She took things off the wall, got into her closet, climbed up on the dresser, etc. So I instituted a rule - if you get out of your bed, no tv the next day. Took about 3 days of zero TV before she decided she'd stay in bed. And really, they only watch 2 shows a day so I didn't think it was that bad of a punishment - obviously it was! I'm not sure that'll work for John Paul... and I'm also afraid he will wander the house at night. He can get through the gate at the top of the stairs.


We don't have another bed for him, so I really want my dad and Ken to build this for him, and eventually Leo. They LOVE bunk beds. I'm not ready for this! He's been potty trained since June but wears a diaper to bed. Decisions, decisions....

Cake!

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Happy birthday Leo!!

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Slacker!

Me that is!

I was hoping to have some first birthday party pics to share today, but Leo woke up crying all last night (of course Ken was gone at a gig) and then had a fever this morning so we postponed his party til next week.

I can't believe my baby boy is going to be one is just a few days. With the other two kids I was sad when they turned one. With Leo, I'm not sad one bit! I'm so proud and happy with how healthy and chunky and happy he is. And I'm SO happy I've been pumping for almost a year, and he has never had to be supplemented. That was a huge personal goal of mine, and I honestly can't believe I did it!

Last weekend we went down to see the big tree on the Soldiers and Sailors monument in downtown Indy. Ken and I got engaged there 10 years ago exactly - no pictures then, but here we are now.... we've multiplied :)




The one picture I got of the kids in their Thanksgiving turkey shirts I made - John Paul looks thrilled.
For Leo's birthday I wanted to make him something special. Madeleine and John Paul are getting one homemade Christmas gift each but I didn't have an idea for Leo, until his speech therapist said something. She wants him to be really good at pointing at things, and suggested books with one picture on each page to practice pointing. I decided to make him an "I spy" quilt - each square on the front has a different picture so we can play "I spy" and find all the pictures and he can practice how to point. I seriously thought of buying one on etsy.com but then decided to make it myself. I wanted to make the back flannel so he would like sleeping with it. I'm also kind of hoping he gets attached to it like John Paul and his "kiki" so giving up the paci will be easier! I was extremely happy with how it came out!


We got our tree up this weekend, and Nativity Set and stockings, and advent wreath and calendar. The kids are enjoying watching Christmas movies and I'm spending most of my time keeping John Paul away from the tree. Leo's been pretty good with it so far! It looks very Christmasy around here, I love it!