Wednesday, March 3rd, 8:03 p.m.........

Emma lost her first tooth! She has waaaaaaited so long for this moment! She was up 4 times during the night fretting about the tooth fairy. Then this morning when I asked her if the tooth fairy came, she said, " I didn't check, but probably not, I didn't put my tooth under my pillow, I slept on top of it. I didn't want her taking my tooth." AH HA, so that's what happened! Thankfully, the tooth fairy still stopped by, and let Emma keep her first tooth!

Ten Fingers Up

Ellie was sick for the first part of the weekend. By this morning she was fever free for 24 hours and wanting to go to school, so away she went. When I picked her up from school she didn't look so good to me. I asked her how she was feeling, she gave me her brilliant smile and two thumbs up. Throughout the afternoon she continued to have that sickly child look about her and finally, on what was probably my fifth time asking her how she felt she said, "Mommy really, I'm feeling 10 fingers up!". After Emma came home from school Ellie disappeared for a bit. Emma came racing down stairs gasping "MOM, Ellie is sound ASLEEP!!!". Sure enough, unprompted, Ellie and her passy had gone upstairs gotten into my bed and fallen asleep. Not so sure she's still 10 fingers up ☹.

Gung Hey Fat Choy!

Today was the kindergarten Chinese New Year Celebration!

A second career?

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The sun!

Here Ellie is in what.......THE SUN?! Oh, glorious sun and the nearly 40 degree day you brought. Thank you!

Packages

When we arrived home today, packages were waiting on our porch. An anxiously awaited book and a sign of warmer weather to come were tucked inside those parcels.

*new goal...a picture a day, to hold a memory for days to come

A Quiet House...

Tonight Kevin and the girls are attending the Richmond Heights Daddy Daughter Dinner and Dance from 6-8. Which means I'm home alone! I didn't want to "waste" these two hours alone at home. Armed with a HUGE salad from the Schnuck's salad bar (I no longer question these crazy vegetable cravings, I'm just going with it), I decided to figure out how to create a collage banner for our blog. I found a great tutorial and I did it! I'm so excited. Still have tons to learn but I'm off to a good start. So, night not wasted. Still have 30 minutes, what shall I do?

We have a date!

August 22nd we'll be welcoming our new little one. Well, probably not August 22nd but somehow having a due date seems so official and tidy and I like the thought that August 22nd IS the date. This afternoon I looked through a few pictures of when I was pregnant with Ellie. I was trying to determine if I was really THIS big THIS early with her. Who knows, the pictures don't really tell but I loved this one. It so captures how I feel during these early weeks. Sort of trapped on the couch. Soooo wanting to feel like myself and go have fun. AHHHH, just a couple more weeks, week 14 has been my "back to normal" week in the past so I'll be there soon. Until then I'll take comfort in the fact that my body is doing what it needs to do for this little one!

On vacation in Colorado--slept most of the trip!

Look at her!!! I cannot believe she was so little, just 21 months!