Curled Up

Dearest Angels~

So, I woke up at 5:45am to use the restroom and Grace, you were still sleeping!  I saw and heard you twitch around a few times so I thought maybe you would wake up.  I laid down on the bed to wait for you.  We both ended up falling back asleep and I didn't nurse you until 7am!  Whoa!  Joshua, you on the other hand, only lasted in your toddler bed for about an hour.  :-P

You didn't do that great today at your therapy appointments Joshua.  You did ok with Mary Beth.  You're learning to 'play appropriately' with toys and not throw them all around.  You stacked blocks for her and did well on the balance ball.  You were also adventurous in the rice and bean bucket.  However, you didn't eat anything for Kim and I.  I made oatmeal (the baby gerber kind) with some whole milk and apple sauce in it.  Nothing.  No bites at all.  So, we're back pedaling again to stage one baby foods and being referred to UNC for more specialists (the 'feeding team') with food aversion and nutritionists.  I pray they can help us out.  Kim is contacting UNC and our pediatrician.  UNC should be calling me soon so we can set up an appointment.  In the mean time, we'll continue with our three weekly appointments with Mary Beth and Kim.

An appraisal guy came this afternoon.  We need our house appraised since we're refinancing (even though it was appraised last year).  We're hoping it didn't lose too much value over the last year.  This market has been so bad.  He had to take some pictures of the house, inside and out!  Our downstairs is a mess right now since the furniture in the study is in the dining room!  But, the two guys that came over didn't seem to mind.  They stayed for about 2 minutes total!  They wrote down a quick sketch of the floor plan, took some pictures, and then left.

Right after, I baked some potatoes and started some laundry.  :-)  Joshua, you took a late nap.  It was around 3pm when you started to snore.  It was slightly warm in the play room, so I had you nap in the nursery under the fan on a pillow.  I sat on the loveseat and read and nursed Grace.  Before he fell asleep, I did Joshua's brush exercises and joint compressions.

Grace snuggled with me as Joshua slept.  I LOVE when you two snuggle with me!  I'm going to miss this when you two are old!  Do me a favor please, stay cute and cuddly!   ;-)

When daddy got home, he grilled steaks as we made a potato veggie side on the stove.  Joshua ate some hotdog.

We all played upstairs this evening after dinner.  I like to play with Grace's feet and toes when I nurse her.  Oh, Joshua, you're getting another tooth in .... the upper left primary canine .... tooth #H!  Woo hoo!

You two did the cutest thing I've ever seen this evening .... you two giggled together in our bed.  Joshua was playing with Grace and she was giggling back at him!  It was adorable! 

Joshua, you noodled into our bed and stayed there to sleep.  After nursing Grace, I put her down in the bassinet and curled up next to Joshua.  I put my arm around him as he slept.  I know he should be in his own bed but I cherished curling up next to him.  When you two are teenagers, you'll probably not even want to talk to us, and here you two are curled up next to us sleeping.  I didn't want that little moment to end, but I eventually drifted off to sleep.  I love you two so much I can't even express it with words!  

Tomorrow I head to work so Penny will be here! I'll rush home as fast as I can!

Sleep tight you two!

I love you both!  :-)

~Mommy