Randomness

I had these two pictures that I thought were too cute to pass on posting! Lauren is a thumb sucker just like Dylan. Except she sucks her thumb with her blanket and all curled up. I think it's really cute! Her top two teeth just popped through. She now has 4 teeth and hasn't bitten me yet! (Knock on wood!)

Catch up

Things are going great around here. Ricky is on vacation this week, so he is painting our bedroom and bathroom. I am very excited! It makes me in the mood to do more around the house! He doesn't want me to bother him, so I am enjoying some time to myself while the kids are sleeping. We are taking a mini-vacation to Chicago on Thursday and Friday. That should be fun! It's been fun having him home! Lauren's top teeth are showing, but they won't pop through the gums. They have been bothering her for days. No fun! We just got Dylan's pictures back from Target. They are sooo cute! We had a really hard time picking out which pictures we wanted. I guess that's better than not having any good ones to choose from! I have been getting some GREAT deals lately! I'll have to do a post on them! I love getting free stuff! Lauren and Dylan started taking baths together! They are too cute! Dylan can definately make Lauren laugh better than anyone! They were laughing so hard that Lauren would fall over. I noticed that their laughs are the same. I've got a ton of pictures, but Lauren is crying, so I'll post them soon!

After a blowout from Lauren, a poopy diaper for Dylan and a bath for Lauren, she is finally asleep. I got the pictures downloaded, so I wanted to post a few.

The many faces of Dylan:The cute looks of Lauren:

I absolutely love this last one! How precious!

I did it!

I started running again last night. One of my friends who ran the mini marathon with me called and asked me to run with her. What better way to start! I didn't know how well I would do, but thanks to her we ran/walked 5 miles! I couldn't believe it! We ran at least half of it, so I am really sore today! I am going to try to keep up with this and run three times a week. It feels good to run! Thanks Bobette!

We went to get Dylan's 3 year old pictures taken today. He was so cute! He made it really hard to pick out which pictures to get because they were all really good! It was so much fun watching him cheese it up with the camera.

Lauren has been extremely fussy lately. I think her top teeth are coming in soon. I can see them through her gums. She woke up last night screaming hysterically and wouldn't calm down. Then when we got home today, she didn't want to go to sleep. She was crying and yelling for about 2 hours! Luckily Ricky was home, so I took her for a drive and she finally went to sleep. I let her sleep in the car and she slept for about an hour. I gave her some oragel tonight, so hopefully she'll sleep better. She is such a little stinker. She closes her mouth really tight when she sees me getting the oragel out. I have to pry her mouth open. I guess she's just smart and doesn't want her gums to go numb.

We went to the mall earlier today. I got some cute clothes for Lauren, some hand soap, and a free pair of underwear! Yipee! I had some coupons that were expiring soon, so I figured I would get use out of them. I think that's about all for today.

Dentist

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather around here. I love the spring! We went to the dentist this morning. Dylan had his first ever visit! He did great and they said that his teeth look great, too! How exciting! He brushes his teeth fairly well, but has a hard time spitting. He's working on it! They also said that he needs to give up his thumb sucking. I wander how hard that is going to be!?!? Guess we'll find out soon! He only sucks his thumb at bedtime with his burp cloth. We'll have to take them away and hope he does ok without them! We'll work on that as soon as we can get him to stay in his bed at night. He thinks he needs everything after we put him in bed. Silly kid! I got a picture of him finishing his doughnut the other day. He was being silly, but cute. I need to get a cute hat for Lauren. I grabbed one of Dylan's old ones to cover her eyes and it was way too big! Very cute for a picture, though!

My big boy Dylan

Dylan had his 3 year check up today. He is doing great. He is still in the 75th percentile for both height and weight. He weighed 34 pounds and was 3 feet 2.9 inches. He sure is growing up! He kept telling me this morning that he didn't want to go to the doctors. I didn't think kids got scared of going to the doctor until they got older. Oh well! He did great, so we went to the store and he picked out a special treat. He wanted donuts. He loves to get donuts. Lauren did great until she hit her mouth on the cart. Then she was not happy! Good thing we were only getting a few things! I think we are pretty much back to our normal schedule. (Whatever normal is!) The kids have runny noses again, but nothing serious.

Lauren woke up last night and would not go back to sleep! That is very unusual for her! She normally sleeps longer than Dylan! I think her teeth might be bothering her. The joys of teething!