Lots of cuteness

I have been enjoying watching my kids grow, and seeing all the cuteness that comes with it. In the past week I have seen some new things in Maisie. Of course we all know she is talking up a STORM and sings all the time, which I LOVE! but for the first time this week I heard her say a small prayer for her food! It melted my heart. I was fixing lunch for the girls and I put Maisie's plate on the table and went back to finish Sammy's and I heard her ever so softly say, "thank you God, amen!" I was in shock! We always pray for our meals, but I hadn't officially been working on a particular prayer with her, so I was amazed and so thankful. That little girl just loves church and praying and singing about Jesus. Don't get me wrong, I know that most of it is superficial, she doesn't really understand yet what God and Jesus are really about, but I am praying that this is just giving her a firm foundation in what will become and everlasting relationship.

And of course, my little Sammy, she is officially taking steps and doing a wonderful job. She is also teething and I can now see one of her top middle teeth, maybe even the second one. She is not a fan of me looking so I have a hard time knowing for sure what I see. Sammy has been giving me a hard time at nap time though, she is great at night when it is time to go to bed, but for some reason she thinks that nap time is supposed to be with me, lol. Oh well, she will get the hint, though I hate when she is upset. She does one afternoon nap, just after lunch for about an hour and a half to two hours and she may or may not take a short nap around six pm. Doesn't seem like enough sleep for a little one, but her sister was the same way. At least she sleeps longer than her sister did at this age. I had to make sure Maisie didn't sleep until 10pm because she would wake up before 8am, though I think she usually got up around 730am anyways. I can put same down just after 9pm sometimes and she will still sleep until 9am. She gets up at 8am sometimes too, but it is still much better than Maisie.

We went to a squadron Mardi Gras parade this past weekend and Maisie was dressed up all cute in her tutu from Nana. She had a great time, and so did Sammy. Sammy actually got her picture taken for the Keesler News, hopefully I will get to see it on Thursday!

Well Bryan leaves for his mission trip this weekend so I will be by myself for a week. Not that I am afraid I can't handle the kids, I do everyday, but sometimes my patience can run thin and I hate being edgy with the girls so I hope it won't be too bad. On a great note, my parents are coming this weekend, not nearly for long enough, but I will take what I can get. Poor Bryan is jealous he will miss them. Oh well :)

I guess I better get off of here. We bought a new Kinect for the XBox and I started that workout game thing and it is kicking my butt! But I am trying to stay motivated! We shall see, so far so good. Until next time...