Posted in Uncategorized on March 14, 2009| 10 Comments »
One year ago, on March 12th, Miss Jillie J was placed in our arms forever. It’s a day that Jim and I will always hold very dear to our hearts. It was simply a perfect day. Enjoy. Dawn
March 12th, 2008 - Daddy's first time holding J
Those first few moments...
Finally....at last
Our first moments alone with our daughter...One year later
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2009| 2 Comments »
Well, after February break, Jim and I talked and Ian needed some sort of “incentive plan” to break some bad habits naughty behaviorthat were quickly getting out of control in our home. Nothing too serious….you know…being cheeky and being demanding mainly. We cannot imagine where he gets this from?! Soooo, the bean jar was born.
Ian earns 1 bean for each time he shows us considerate behavior. For example, asking nicely for another glass of juice (oh yea that please word gets lost sometimes) instead of saying…. “I want another glass of juice.” He needs to earn 25 beans to pick a prize. So far it’s working like a charm bribes always work with him and his behavior has done a 180! Last weekend, he earned his first prize bribe which was a batman costume complete with a utility belt. He was pleased as punch and Mom and Dad are too! Soooo, if you catch Ian doing something sweet – stop and give that boy a bean! (It’s also teaching him some great math skills too!) Who says that bribes don’t work in parenting?!
Ian had his 6 month cleaning at the dentist yesterday and that went very well! No more visits for another 6 months – YAY! All that forcedbrushing is paying off! JJ is next…. I have yet to schedule her appointment which is horrible because Ian already had a visit at her age (Ian is one of those kids who doesn’t mind the dentist or MD at all… even gets shots without flinching and watches them administer it! One of those kids that you can be totally honest with…like when they are doing a strep test…no need to sugar coat it…it’s going to make you feel like you are about to puke… and he is fine with it and even will go ahead with it despite knowing it’s not going to be fun.) We are very thankful to have 1 of those kinda kids. JJ…. ummmmm not so much. It’s going to be fun….
Ohhhhhh we are putting our house on the market soon. I have not even spoken about it until now because the WORK involved in getting that done is just more then I can even think about STILL… it’s not that we have alot of projects (some small ones) but it’s the actual act of cleaning…scary…all those storage spaces and closets etc… not fun. We are not sure where we are moving…but it’s going to be local and 100% dependent on the school district. We are very happy in our neighborhood and would love to just re-draw those school lines…but we can’t. Soooooo, it’s off for more torture on another adventure! Stay tuned…
On a happy note…we are going to the beach in April. We are looking forward to that since it’s about high of 20 degrees here today! YIKES. Ian is very excited and we can’t wait to see Miss J running in the surf! She is such a water baby — I think that she is going to love it.
Dawn
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