Elmo Bed!

Today Alexandra became a big girl! Well in one way at least. We put her bed together, crossed our finders and showed her in. She jumped up and squealed as soon as she saw it! I was so mad I grabbed the still camera instead of the video camera. She just kept saying Elmo's Bed! Elmo's Bed! She hopped right in and pulled the covers over her. She had some trouble winding down after all the excitement but she seemed good with it. She did ask What happened to the bed? I told her All done bed. And she said okay. She is sprawled across her bed now. Hopefully we won't have any problems during the night... we'll see. For now David and I were just so happy to see her so excited!

Everyone has probably given up on me by now but here you go!

So now that summer has start we are full force in the pool zone!  We go at least every other day and its been so much fun!  Yesterday we sat beside the pool munching on sandwiches... life is good.

Today Alexandra saw her first movie in the theater- Charlotte's web.  She sat through about the first hour then got fidgety.  Then she cried that I wanted her to leave- and fussed when we went back in to sit down.  So... we left and she was NOT happy.. "MORE MOVIE!!!"  Hopefully all this crying and screaming is just a phase.

Yesterday was a great day to fly a kite and blow bubbles outside.  There have been many times in the past several days when I said to myself.  Wow I  have to put that on the blog.  But obviously it has been busy.  She identified a triangle and a circle on Tuesday.  She swung from a pole on Wed.

I think she has an uncle to thank for that skill.

Also when we are hanging out around the house she likes to go from room to room with pink baby(I love you! I love you!), Cabbage patch doll, and Elmo.  She lines them up on the couch, sets them in her princess chair, talks to them, puts a blanket over them.  She is very busy and it is soooo cute.  And great for mom 'cause then I have a few minutes to update the ol' blog.  

Also I have put covers on the doorknobs... that's right she opens doors.  It actually isn't consistent, she still calls sometimes when she has "locked" herself into a room, but I like knowing she CANNOT get into the bathroom.  

Packing has commenced.  I have a stack of packed boxes already in the garage, trying to do a few everyday.  

See the Resmblance?

I have been packing and came across my baby book.  What do you think?

Potty Training Victory!

Those of you who were at the Ainsworth house over spring break have seen first hand the frustration of mommy and toddler over the potty.  We bought an Elmo potty seat to go in the potty- which was exciting- until it came to sitting in the potty.  She did not like being "put" on the potty and couldnt sit on it herself even with the help of a stool.  We tried and tried but NO NO NO! was all we got.

But now we are home, back to our regular schedule and normal familiar potty on the ground.  Potty after waking... nothing... potty after breakfast... success! poopoo!  yeah!  then nothing till after lunch! pee pee!  Then before bath time... pee pee again!!  Anytime she said no all I had to say was "rumble rumble rumble"... She absolutely loves her book "Put your left paw in" a jungle hokey pokey... she doesnt want to get off the potty till it is done.

So tomorrow we begin again, but she went to bed early and got a good nap today so I am feeling optimistic.

*cough*

Ok that may have been gross but that is all I seem to be able to do lately.  I can barely talk... argh.  Alergies?  Cold?  who knows except I feel miserable.  It's nice I enjoyed Spring Break but now I have to get better before Monday.

If you want to see Spring Break pics of Alexandra check out our flickr account to the right of this screen.  We got some great park pics on Amber's camera.  We spent Wed and Thurs with Uncle Philip and Aunt Amber.  And poor neglected little baby had an entourage of 8 following her around the park:)

Also, the other party has signed the paperwork for the house so now we are on to Title company and inspections etc.  April 23rd is the closing date so hopefully soon we will be homeowners! Hooray!

"Niiiice!!"

So now whenever Alexandra wants me to do something for her that is what she says.  I am not sure she gets the idea  but it is very cute.  She has also picked up the word "soda". Yipes.

We are excited about having a relaxing "real" 2 day weekend because I have next week off of Kindermusik but I wish the weather wasn't so gross.  That will really limit our activity.  It is so cold and wet!  I don't even want to go outside to get anything.

This may be anticlimactic since I basically already posted that we were going to make an offer.  But today we actually did.  So I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the response.  Will they accept?  Counter?  Reject!!?  Oh, dear I am praying about that.

Also, I have 4 couples who want to learn Billings Ovulation method of NFP!  That may seem like a strange thing to be excited about but I have worked so hard to be a BOM teacher and now I will finally get to share it!  YAY!

Earlier little Alexandra was helping her dad throw water at the wall and laughing histerically when the water went everywhere.  There is also an update to her lullaby preferences.  She figured out that I would sing Twinkle to put her to sleep so she would say no.  So I switched to Baa Baa Black Sheep.  Now she says "Ships! Ships!"  A lot of what she says has an exclamation point.