September Recap

Paisley showing off her Elmo undies and Spiderman slippers - she's too cute!

Paisley still sucks on her index and middle finger on her right hand.  She's never really taken to a binky, but I can't get her to stop sucking on her fingers.  So, I thought I'd try to get her to take a binky to break her from sucking on her fingers.  Then, my bright plan was to take the binky.  Well, I gave her the binky and she looked at me like I was crazy and started chewing on it - yup, she's got a mouth full of teeth - what did I really think she'd do with it.  So, we are still at sucking on the fingers but every once in a while we break out the binky's just for fun.

 I made home made goo one day.  The girls had a good time playing with it - surprisingly since neither of them ever like to get their hands, face or anything dirty, ever.

 We headed to Boondocks one day for family fun.  We had a great time playing mini-golf and playing arcade games.

 Then the girls played in the little kids area - they could climb up it and then there were slides to come down. The slides were a little steep, but Emery loved them.

 After the first slide, Paisley wouldn't go down the second one - so I had to climb up into it to slide down with Paisley.

September Trip to Cali..

We made an impromptu trip to California in September.  We got to spend the entire trip with my family and it was a great trip.  Makes me really miss my family and at times, wish I lived in CA - I wish I could get all of my family to move to UT so I could have the best of both worlds.

After a long day of travelling, the girls took naps as we drove to our hotel..

 Cute little Paisley giving her cousin Austyn a kiss

 We drove Makayla home and she had to squeeze between the two carseats in a tiny car - good thing she's skinny!

 Great Great Grandma Ruth, Emery and Paisley - I sure love all of these beautiful women!

 The girls and I with my sister Michelle and baby Austyn

 5 Generations - with Great Grandma Ruth and Grandma Marge

 Then, we were off to the happiest place on earth - Disneyland!!  Ivan is not a fan of Disneyland at all, but I've convinced him to go at least once a year.  To be honest, I'm not a fan either, but it makes the girls so happy that I couldn't imagine not taking them.

 We braved it with 1 pre-teen, 2 four year old's, 2 two year old's and a 1 year old.  Along with myself, my sister, two of my cousins and Ivan.  Ivan sure was a trooper to go with all of the girls and kids.  We had an awesome time and I hope we can all go together again next year.

Below:  Makayla, Austyn, Paisley, Savannah, Brandon and Emery

 We spent the day with two double strollers and one single stroller - I think all of the kids took turns in all of the strollers and had different stroller partners at any given time.  It worked out perfectly!

 Emery and Ivan in line for Splash Mountain - Emery is a dare devil!  She will also let Ivan talk her into just about anything.  She said the ride was "ok" but that she wouldn't want to go again.

 By the end of the night, after 10 hours at Disneyland, Paisley was still as happy as could be ..

 Austyn was out ..

 as was Savannaha ..

 The next day, all of the kids and adults got together at our hotel room.  The kids swam in the pool for about two hours and had lunch.  Next, the girls took a two hour bath and had a great time ..

 Then they cuddled in bed and watched some cartoons together

 Then off to Grandma Peggy's we went - the kids played together so well the entire trip

 Grandma Peggy and Paisley

 Brandon was a little wore out by this point (along with all of the kids - and adults too)

 Aunt Summer and baby Austyn

 Ivan and the kids ..

 Before leaving, Emery spent some time showing Grandma Peggy how to play a golf game on Ivan's phone

That's the end of our trip .... we then flew home, spent a day recovering and then off to work and reality it was.  It was great to spend several days with my little family and all of my extended family.  Can't wait to do it again!

Sleepy Paisley

I got home from work one night last week around 7:30p.  The girls and I were sitting at the table eating dinner (yes, dinner at 7:30p and it was McDonald's - oh well) and Paisley was already sucking her fingers, acting tired.  She normally goes to bed between 9-9:30p, so I just thought she was tired early.  About 30 minutes later, she was D.O.N.E so I got her ready for bed and put her down.  Shortly after that, I was making coffee for the next morning and saw a little white pill sitting on the kitchen counter.  I quickly look for the baggie of pills that I had and there were only 5 pills in the bag - I had left 10 of them.  I start freaking out on Ivan, asking him what happened to the rest of the pills.  He tells me that Paisley got into them and he helped her clean them up.  Ivan had no idea what the pills were, or how many were in the bag to begin with! Paisley was messing with the pills at least 2 hours before this happened.  So, I freak out, start googling poison control and tell them what happened.

Well, here's the beginning of the story.  I've been having trouble sleeping - I go through periods where I sleep good on my own, and then periods where I need help with sleep.  I've tried a lot of different things and my sleep aid of choice has been 2 Benadryl - every night.  Some friends at work have been talking to me about trying melatonin, so a friend gave me some, like 15 to try for a few nights.  I brought them home in a baggie and had them in the kitchen - well, Paisley got into them.  So, by the time I realized what had happened, there were about 10 melatonin missing.  I call poison control, I'm about a level 15 stress level, the guy on the phone is at a negative 15 stress level and just tells me not to worry and everything will be fine.  I wasn't quite sure whether or not to believe him.  So, I make a post on my baby board to get feedback from other mommies.  Well, it turns out 30 mg of melatonin for a 2 yr old is OK.  And, Paisley was still up the next morning at 8:30a, right on the dot.  So, a very scary moment for this mama, but luckily, it all turned out OK.  I learned my lesson on keeping pills in locked bottles, and Ivan learned his lesson to find out how many pills are missing and what they are if Paisley gets into them again (he damn well better have learned this lesson!).