A Paige Update

I feel like I owe everyone an update on how we are doing with our darling Paige.  I'd like to report that all is well and we have had no other issues.  Sorry, that is not the case.  It seems everyday there is something, but I am learning how to handle it and it just doesn't seem as astromical as it once felt.  We are adjusting naps. . .basically, she isn't taking them anymore, and working on making good choices.  It's a slow process, but I'm trying to be consistent and I know that, this too shall pass.  I don't want to be naive, but I truly feel that at times, she really doesn't know that she is doing naughty things.  She is curious about different things, so we are really working at knowing what is ok to play with, and what things are off limits.  Keep praying for us, it feels like she is never going to get it.  We'll keep you posted.  Hopefully we'll get some new pics on here soon.

Oh Paige!!! Part 3

So, I seriously am at a loss with this girl.  This morning she was alone for 5 minutes upstairs while I was with Alaina in the basement.  In that 5 minutes, she managed to COVER the bottom half of a wall in our breakfast nook with spray suncreen.  It was dripping onto the wood floor through the woodwork.  It was over the outlets (which thankfully had child covers on them), over the light switches, literally everywhere. 

And, no kidding, as I was typing the previous paragraph, Paige brought me her underwear.  That she had just peed in. . .on the carpet.  Are you kidding me?  I'm going to lose my mind with this child.  She is sitting in timeout as I type this, until I cool down.  Hopefully, there will not be a Part 4!

Oh Paige!!! Part 2

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this girl.  Today I found her, once again during naptime, in Alaina's crib.  Both girls totally naked.  Paige was putting sunscreen on Alaina and had unravelled a roll of toilet paper all over the room.  When I walked in she cried, "We're nakey, we're nakey!" 

Then, when we were putting the girls to bed tonight.  I was reading to Paige while Mark put Alaina down.  He came into the room and asked why Alaina's bed was wet.  My first thought was that Alaina peed in it this afternoon, but immediately, Paige said, "I did it, I did it."  I asked her how she got it wet.  Her reply was, "with my butt!"  Seriously?!  She peed in Alaina's crib. 

What do you do?!  She does get disciplined EVERY time and she doesn't seem to care.  Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get Paige to have a quiet time everyday without disturbing everything she can get her hands on?  I'm not so much wanting to put her in front of the TV and I really don't care if she sleeps.  I just need her to stay in her room and play quietly for a while.

Oh Paige!!!

My darling daughter capped off a not-so-fabulous Friday by getting into my brand new mascara and using it.  At least she knew where it was supposed to go.  This girl just about made me lose my mind Friday.  All I wanted to do was get some laundry done, take a shower, and make a meal for some friends.  All she wanted to do was get into Flash cards that were in a room that is off limits, rip the boxes, and scatter them throughout the living room.  Wake Alaina up not once, but twice during her nap by going into her bedroom, turning on the light, and crawling into her crib with her.  And wrapping up the day getting into my mascara.  And that was just what Paige did.  It was a doozy of a day that I'm glad I got to capture on film.

(And did I mention she cut her own bangs.  Aren't they cute?!

All Things Paige

One of my favorite things that Paige says to me is, "Mommy Beth, what did you do?" Usually she says this after I'm done cooking, before I've started cleaning up or when I'm sorting/folding laundry. It just cracks me up that she uses Beth (which is incorrect) as my middle name. 

Family Pics

(Yes, we did take these ourselves! Well, Mark did, but getting them to pose and smile is also a big job!  There are many more, but these are my favorites.  And Alaina darling-someday you WILL have hair!)

Happy Halloween 2009!

This is how Trick-or-Treating started out for us. . .Alaina freaking because she wanted all our candy, which we were not smart enough to keep hidden until we were done with pictures.  So we tried to remove it after she saw it and that was it. . .total breakdown!

Paige was a charming kangaroo!

Here they are at their first house.  Alaina quickly snapped out of it after that.  It's AMAZING how fast they learn what to do.

We stopped at our friends' house and Brandon got to give them candy.

Alaina tried to hard to say "trick or treat", and always said thank you.

Here with my much happier chicken and little kangaroo!  Paige got cold and tired, so we didn't go far.  But thats alright, we still got a TON of candy!