what a week

Well, it's been a while since I posted last. This week has been very busy......Jerri got married on Friday and believe it or not Grace was adorable and Chloe slept through it. Grace decided she wanted to dance and grab Jerri during the ceremony. She didn't really disturb it too much though Jerri and Beau said they enjoyed it! Chloe was fussy because she is teething and now has thrush. She hasn't nursed much which is nice and bad at the same time......figuring I have a yeast infection from it! Anyways, she went to the doctor today and has that fixed and is on medicines, along with me! Another big thing that has happened today is I fell and sprain my ankle. I had to be taken by Dave to get x-rays.....not fun! I made a note to myself to move the laundry off the stairs before bringing down the girls!
Dave got the weekend off for his family reunion but with Chloe and I we don't get to go....he made that decision! Thought it wouldn't be fun to have a fussy baby traveling 4 1/2 hours away.....maybe a wife who can't really walk either! So now we get some family time which is nice cause we don't get that much with me working and him too!
Well, looks like I have a messy one to clean.......Chloe!

Curent Update of English Chaos!!!

It has been awhile since our family has posted anything so here it goes since the big one is silent and asleep. Our lives have been very crazy lately. Joy is finishing her school year. Her life has consisted of stupid budget cuts, crazy first graders that can find anyway to get into trouble, thankfully she works with such lovely people :) It also consist of sitting in a tanning bed for what seems like forever even though its only a few minutes each time. Maybe she just likes to think that she gets to go hide from the kiddos for awhile in peace and quiet so she makes it seem like its longer then it really is.

Chloe is now starting to crawl....well, if you call taking a couple of steps and then lay down to rest! She is even trying to stand and walk around on furniture. She hasn't figured out that crawling must come first! She loves her food! She eats more than I think Grace ever did. I'm just amazed at how big she is getting and how fast!

Grace is now a little gardner. She loves to go to her nana's and plant. She isn't all my child for sure because she loves to get her hands all dirty! She has been fishing with daddy and loved it until she actually caught one and it flopped on the ground. She now doesn't like to pull it in when there's a fish! She did go with her Grandpa English and daddy and wouldn't bring in the fish but had a blast! She is beginning to be our little singer! She has to sing in the car and around the house.

Dave of course is very busy at work. Staff and the kids are always keeping him on his toes and filled with stories. He will get to take a vacation soon! He definitely deserves it. He is going to be getting a pizza party in a couple of days because he has lost over 55 lbs. How is amazing to me. He just watches what he eats and we walk when we both have time together.

Oh, since I started this (well Dave did) I have more news about me. I am receiving another partner this coming school year! They had to divide lines on where kids will go to school because of bond issues and levy stuff. This caused them to add another 1st grade class next year because there will be too many kiddos! This is a great thing and hopefully a beginning for me!

Well, here are some updated pictures of the kids that you may find very cute!

Some are on the side because I can't turn them. Sorry!

Little moments!

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything and thought I had a couple of moments! Thank you oreos, spongebob, and naps! Well, Christmas, New years, and almost Valentine's Day has came and went with flying colors. The girls, well mainly Grace, had a blast with Christmas. Grace opened every gift in sight, not letting Dave or I open anything, and Chloe just loved up all the attention she got. Grace and Chloe enjoyed my 2 weeks off from school and I have to say it was wonderful (it spoiled me and now I am looking forward to summer)!

Chloe has now rolled both ways! She did it way before Grace did. It's surprising how different they are. She is having little fits now since I've gone back to school from Christmas break. I think it may be a separation thing or hopefully a phase, but anyways, she cries for a couple of hours when I am gone and will even skip a feeding until I get home to nurse her! I thought she may have gotten over it because she stopped a couple of times with Dave and wasn't doing it for him. My mom then watched her and had stopped for her as well. So a couple of Friday ago the teachers at work decided to do their annual last of the month bar stop. I thought well babies are doing well so I will go out too! Bad idea, Chloe knew what time it was and began her fit of crying for me and not stopping until I got home. Anyways, the doctor said it could be a separation thing or she could have colic.

Grace is her normal self! She is a busy little one! She is trying to take naps out of her day, which is a good thing and a bad thing! She will get there!!! It was a bummer!!!! Anyways, doctor said it could be a separation thing or and up going to sleep at 5-6 at night and then sometimes wake up at nights having nightmares or just screaming fits! It's good to have that time with Chloe or have time to work on school stuff when she does go to sleep early. I think I would much rather have her sleep during the day.....don't much like the waking up at 2 or 3 at nights screaming and coming into bed!

Anyways, here's some pictures and I have some cute videos but couldn't upload them. If you get on my facebook page I was able to upload them there.

The girls are growing!

Here's a picture of Grace eating her favorite thing. Dave and her went to eat at coldstone. They both had lots of fun!

This is a picture of Grace riding a pony for the first time. This was the weekend after I had Chloe so Jerri Ann walked with her while Dave took pictures. She liked the ride at first but then when the pony started to walk faster she wanted off. However, Jerri had to carry Grace with her while they had to walk with the pony because she wanted the pony! I felt bad for Jerri because it looked like it was a workout and a dizzy time!

Here's a cute picture of Grace. Dave came to pick me up from school and ask Grace to get her hat and this is the one she chose! Of course, she fell asleep in the car on the way, but isn't she the cutest little santa helper you have ever seen!

Here is a video of Grace dancing away. She gets little dizzy at the end!

Here's a recent picture of Chloe. As you can tell she definitely has Dave's face!!!

This is Chloe in the bouncer. She is really loving being in it and looking around!

Snow Days!

Well I've only had one but bring them on!!!

Just an update on life here: School is going great. I'm getting some testing done because second quarter is coming up really quick and that means DRAs and that could take a lot of my time! I only have a few kiddos who show no sign in improving too much and am worried a lot about if they should move to second grade or not. We'll see though, I hoping for some sign of brillance!!!

The girls are doing a lot better!!!!! They both were really sick. It all started after Grace got her 2 year shots. She got a cough, then a temp. that brought on some throwing up which isn't something I like to deal with but will. She seemed to get better after the throwing up bit. However, she gave it to Chloe who still seems a bit congested at times, but is doing much better. I guess though Dave and I have been lucky cause Grace never got sick until she was 6 months and it hasn't been too bad! Maybe we won't be so lucky with Chloe, but at least she is breatfed and they say they don't get sick as much as formula babies!!!

Dave went on his week long training. He seemed to do really well with being gone, but says he doen't want to do it again....thinks he missed us a lot more than he will admit! That's when both girls got sick and I think he was glad to have it that week and not when he was at home. He doen't do to well with throwing up!

We've done some Christmas shopping but have to do some more. Dave has me not buying things with Grace in the cart. It is really hard to do because if Grace sees something really cool and I know she will like it and I want to get it. The same goes with Chloe, except she can't say mommy look. However, we did get the Elmo live thing with Grace. The whole time we were at the store she would say I love you Elmo and give him kisses, while he would say Elmo loves you! It was too cute....Dave said that it won't last long at home before he hides it. I just can't wait to finish shopping though, however, that will mean that the grandparents will have to give some time for Dave and I to go. I think they won't mind since they really haven't gotten to see them both!

We put our tree up today while I was off and before Dave went to work! It was really fun this year because Grace was able to help so much more. She didn't get that you can't put 3 ornaments on one branch. We'll have to work on that while the tree is out because she tries to rehang the ornaments even after they have been hung on the tree for a couple of hours.

Another little update on Grace and Chloe. Grace is she is into the pretend play. She has a baby that she calls Chloe. She has only tried to breastfeed Chloe once. Then we showed her a bottle that she now uses instead. Thank goodness! She also has been a lot more of a big sister to Chloe as well. We haven't heard her say no to us when we pick Chloe up. Chloe rolled over from her stomach to her before Thanksgiving and is doing it a lot. She is cooing and smiling like crazy. Grace thinks this is funny because she goes up to her and says her name and talks to her when Chloe is cooing.

Well, that is most of what has been happening in our life here.

Silly 2 yr olds

So Grace had her two year check up two months after she turned two. She is only 24 lbs 10 oz........ 10 lbs heavier then our 2 month old!!!! She had to get one shot which made her mad but the nurse had given her choclate chip cookies to help cope so she cried during the shot and then immediately took another bite and smiled. She's starting to get sick which is ok I guess since she hardly ever gets sick. Other then that she's doing fine.

Fall

Here is a picture of Grace in her dog costume and Chloe being a cute pumpkin. Grace really enjoyed herself especially after she got the idea of what we were doing.......getting candy!

Here is a picture of Grace picking out a pumpkin. We went in October and it will be an annual activity we do with the girls! Grace had so much fun once she knew that we were going to take a pumpkin home and take a hay ride.

Here are some pictures of Grace in her new skates. They are of course spongebob! She wasn't sure of them but now she really likes to wear them. She had so much fun with her Aunt Jerri skating a couple of weeks ago that we had to buy her some so she could skate at home. She really wasn't happy when her daddy and grandpa Donelson decided it would be fun to go down the ramp!

Grace was laying with Chloe! What more can I say.....the picture tells all!