Roll Over, Roll Over

We are so excited becausey Bailey rolled over for the first time on Wednesday! I actually missed it because I was chasing Emma Catherine. Yesterday, though, we got out the video camera and got her to roll over again. Hopefully we can upload the video correctly...I am still new at all of this. Hope you enjoy!

Saturday Fun

We had a great day on Saturday. It started by going to a festival in a local park. They had inflatables, crafts, bubbles, food, and pony rides (which Emma Catherine wouldn't do). It was great weather, not too hot. That afternoon while the girls were napping, I went and got a pedicure, which was my Mother's Day present. It was so nice to relax and now I have pretty toes. After the girls woke up, we had a birthday party to go to at a local gymnastics center. Emma Catherine had a great time playing in the gym but honestly, I think her favorite part was the food...pizza, Cheetos, and cupcakes. It was a great weekend to be together as a family.

paci problems

Well, Bailey has started sucking her thumb, and I don't know what to do about it. I would really much rather her use a paci because I've seen so many children have trouble stopping sucking their thumb. I have tried a couple of different pacis. The Nuk kind she seems to take the best of the ones I've tried. Sometimes she won't take a paci at all and even starts gagging. Other times she will take it, but she doesn't hold it in her mouth very long. The problem comes in at night. I tried the paci but as soon as the paci falls out she starts crying and it wakes her up and then she will eventually find her thumb. I am going to keep trying the paci because I do remember Emma Catherine spitting out the paci at first, but she never found her thumb. Maybe Bailey will learn to like the paci and keep it in longer and she will forget about her thumb. If anyone who reads the blog has any suggestions on how to get her to use the paci better, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know. Any helpful hints would be appreciated.

Wordless Wednesday!

First Pictures

Emma Catherine had pictures taken at the church where she goes to Mothers Morning Out and they let me get Bailey's pictures done too. It was difficult to get a good picture with both of them, but I think I think it turned out pretty well.

Potty Training and Other Misc. Pictures

We are working on potty training at the Causey house. Emma Catherine actually went tee-tee in the potty in the fall for the first time and uses it at least once a day but has not been consistent with it. I have tried not to push it too much since we are still adjusting to having Bailey, but we do talk about it a lot. I give her 1 M&M when she tee-tees which sometimes motivates her and sometimes it doesn't. We also have watched Elmo's Potty Time (by her request) about a hundred times. I ask her all the time if she wants to poop in the potty but her response is always no. Today, out of the blue, she decided to tee-tee and poop in the potty all by herself. She wouldn't even let me in the bathroom. She took off her shorts and diaper by herself and closed the bathroom door. We danced around the house and even called Ryan at work so she could tell him. I let her pick out her underwear and she chose Ariel. She wore them all morning and told me when she had to go and did not have an accident. I put a diaper on her for her nap and while she was napping I was so excited because I thought we were on our way. Of course, things are not always easy with her. When she got up from her nap, I fully expected her to want to tee-tee and then put back on her big girl underwear but that wasn't the case. She wouldn't go near the potty and wanted nothing to do with her big girl underwear. Oh well, we'll keep working! After we put on her new underwear, I did manage to snap a few pictures.

She's quite the poser

She has just discovered the wonderful world of play dough. Look at the only play dough toys I could find around our house...a plastic fork and knife. She didn't know the difference. On Thursday she woke up very grumpy from her nap and she didn't want to talk to me, so she went in Bailey's room and hid in basket. I had to turn around so I wouldn't laugh out loud.

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hooray...it's May! I have always loved the month of May probably because my birthday is May but also because in school there was always so much going on...parties, graduations, awards ceremonies, etc. Now I also get to celebrate Mother's Day in May. I also like May because there are flowers everywhere. A few weeks ago my aunt came to visit and she helped us pick out flowers to plant in the front of our house. Ryan planted the flowers and added new mulch. We were so excited to actually have some color outside.