A sick kid is no fun

Ashley's got the stomach virus. Yuck. Poor girl has been sick all day long! I guess I have been pretty lucky as this is the first time I have had to deal with puke! And boy is it no fun!

Holy cow

Ok, so I was just on the phone with my big sister and was chatting about the kids when I mentioned that Ben was almost 17lbs and 25 1/2 inches long. ding ding ding (the bell in my head chimed) His car seat only goes to 26 inches and 20lbs. Holy cow! I can't believe we are going to have to switch him to a convertible seat already! I love the bucket for the fact that he can stay sleeping when I run errands or go to the gym....no fun! Okay, enough complaining now. A quick thanks to my friend J who gave me a convertible car seat for Ben to use!

3 months already!

Wow, I just can't believe that Ben is already 3 months old! Time sure does fly by! He is doing really well. He weighs 16lbs 8oz at his last appt. and is 25 1/2 inches long. Sure is a big boy.

He is such a good sleeper. He generally sleeps for a good 6-8 hours at a time during the night. What a change from the last one :)


So yesterday I drug up the exersaucer from the basement, took it outside and sprayed it down with the hose, and then Ben got to try it out. He is still a little too wobbly for it but seemed to like it for a few minutes. Ashley on the other hand has been climbing in and out of it constantly. I gave up trying to keep her out of it. I figured give it a few days and it will lose it's charm....well, hopefully. She like to play ring-around-the-rosies in it and then falls down and the seat catches her. Silly girl

Easter!

Ashley and Ben hanging out in the kitchen while mommy makes dinner.

Ashley got to color Easter eggs for the 1st time. She really enjoyed herself!


Especially when she realized that when you smack 2 eggs together they crack!!


The hunt for the Easter basket! I just realized that most people hide the baskets. We had never done that when I was younger. Mike and my friend T both confirmed that I am the wierd one. :)

Helping with Dinner

Ashley got her first chance to really help make dinner. It was a lot of fun! She ate most of the toppings before they even made it to the pizza, but we still had some yummy vegi pizzas for dinner!

Teachers Pet

Whoo hoo

Three gold stars for me! I just got back my essay exam that was due last week and got 100/100! Here is the comment my instructor left for me!

Awesome! If you want to practice a title page and abstract in APA style you will be ready for publication.

Publication....not sure about that one but it was pretty good to hear. Go Mandy!!!
Okay, now I will go stick my nose back in my book, I know, I know I'm a dork!

Easter bunny time

We went and saw the Easter bunny last weekend. Ashley wouldn't even go near him and even when I forced her to sit with me she wouldn't look in his direction. I thought it was kinda cute with both kids looking opposite directions. hehe

Guess who slept through the night last night, yup Ben! I couldn't believe it when Mike's alarm went off this morning. I just hope that it continues, boy wouldn't I be spoiled!!! Ashley didn't sleep through the night until way later. Let's knock on wood for this one!