Another Fun Week Gone By

Hello All,

Last week we got a teaser with weather, and Beth and I decided to take advantage of it. We decided to go to the Zoo with our friend Kristin and her son Channer. Beth LOVES Channer. She kisses him every time we see him and often times he has to run from her to avoid being smothered. We had a lot of fun at the zoo, we even bought a yearly pass, and we plan to go again, once this weather stops being "winterish."

 I think I could watch the penguins swim all day long, but the kids were soon bored, and wanted to see bigger animals!

Lions and Tigers, and Bears, OH MY! But everything was a "Doggy" to Beth. I'm sure some animals were offended to all be classified with the average domestic house dog, but that's Beth's way.

Beth's favorite part of the Zoo was feeding the goats. She loved to let them eat out of her hand, and it was nice that they were behind a fence, although I thought they were SO eager to eat they might just wriggle through the fence or jump over.

 

Due to the previously mentioned "winterish" weather, Andrew has gotten creative with ways to entertain Beth. He cut a wrapping paper roll in half and taught her how to "sword fight"....She LOVED it. Every time we come home from errands, church, or visiting friends/family, she looks for the "swords" and wants to play.

I'll get you Daddy!

I can take you sitting down!

Surrender or else!!

Ok, you are faster than me Daddy!

On Sunday afternoons, we find that after early church, we ALL need a nap. So, we give Beth some lunch before her nap, and we usually eat our lunch while she's asleep. After lunch we usually fall asleep watching a movie. This means that one of us is usually still asleep when Beth is ready to wake up.

 This time it was Andrew. He was sleeping in the recliner in the living room, and Beth decided he needed company. So she climbed up onto the chair and sat patiently, waiting for him to wake up, for about 20 minutes.

Wake up Kiss for Daddy

What's he doing Mom?

Beth has had some rough times the last 2 days. She is battling with her 12th tooth that is breaking through. Sunday night we put her down and she woke up almost every 2 hours crying hysterically and covering her mouth. At first I gave her some tylenol thinking it was a tooth. Then as the night progressed I thought "could all of this really be caused by a tooth???"

She finally slept from about 4am to 8am without issue. In the morning we noticed her bottom tooth breaking through, and I was a bit relieved to know she didn't have a virus or the flu. But the next day she was cranky (although she did take a 2.5 hour nap in the afternoon), and a similar experience happened the following night. It's been rough for us, but I guess I should get used to the lack of sleeping since we'll have a newborn in a few short months.

Beth was content for an hour sitting on the recliner relaxing while watching one of my favorite movies. The long night with little sleep was rough on her the most.

Watching "Land Before Time." 

The last exciting thing that happened was yesterday we got a new slip cover for our love seat. It was a hand me down that we received a few years back, and it's been from family member to another through out the years. We had a cream colored, loose fitting slip cover on it that moves and has to be re-tucked and situated constantly! (You can look back at the sword fighting pictures for an idea). We found a stretch slip cover that is amazing! And it makes our living room look so much better.

A lovely brown slip cover, much, much, better!

Those are the exciting events of the last 7 days. As you can see it's always crazy at our house, but we love it.

Happy Blogging.