Sitting

Dearest Joshua David and Grace Elizabeth~

Both of you woke up at midnight crying.  Joshua, you were first from your toddler bed, and then Grace followed about a minute later from her bassinet.  You were both down by 10pm last night.  You two only wanted to sleep for 2 hours?  :-P

Daddy put some couch cushions on the floor next to Joshua's toddler bed and stayed with Joshua as I nursed Grace.  Joshua eventually fell back asleep while daddy was next to him on the cushions.  I guess he just wanted to see someone and know that we were still there.  Joshua, you didn't wake again and you continued to sleep in your bed until the morning.  Perhaps that is what we have to start doing in the middle of the night .... lay down next to you and watch you drift back to sleep?

So, daddy slept on floor near Joshua and I held Grace all night.  Needless to say, we didn't sleep much!  Grace, you woke back up at 6am.  I changed and nursed you and Joshua was still sleeping in his bed!

Penny gave Joshua a wooden puzzle with eight different shapes and colors.  He knows all the shapes on his wooden toy puzzle and can put them in the right places!  We need to work on the colors next, but he at least knows his shapes!  Woo hoo!  :-)

You all went to the park again this morning and Joshua stood on the merry-go-round without holding on!  Whoa!  Oh, and this afternoon Penny said that you all had play time together .... she said 'They are so cute!  She just laughs out loud at him!'  How precious!

Grace, guess what .... you're pushing up and starting to sit up more!  Wow!  The pediatrician said that you would start to do that in the next month, but you're already doing it now!  You are so strong!  You're rolling, crawling, and now almost sitting up!  You two are such miracles!  

I got home early this evening!  Yippie!  I couldn't stop kissing you two before bedtime since I missed you all!

We started to clean some things for tomorrow.  Cousin Julia and Geoff are coming down from Virginia and are spending the night with us!  This will be our first time with 'real' out of town guests staying with us!  Woo hoo!  Everyone's excited to see each other.  We haven't seen them since their wedding last May .... Joshua you were there but a lot smaller.  :-P

Sleep tight you two!

I love you both so much!  :-)

~Mommy