I don't think Charlotte likes her bed

When I went upstairs to get Eli's pajamas, I opened the bedroom door to find Charlotte half asleep scrambling up from the wood floor. I asked her if she fell asleep on the floor and she said yeah. I put her in bed and went downstairs. I went upstairs later to put Eli in bed and there was Charlotte knocked out asleep laying face down on the hardwood floor right by the door!

I have a thumb sucker!

Go figure, we take away Charlotte's pacifier and she starts sucking her thumb! I went to put Eli in his cradle and there Charlotte was in bed (awake) with thumb in mouth. UGH!!! Let's just hope she doesn't take after mommy and suck her thumb until she gets braces!

Frugal Finding

Thanks to my friend Emily, I have now started to make my own laundry detergent. And guess what-it works great! It even removed 3 day old syrup from Charlotte's blanket! And, I'm saving money. It costs about a penny per load. I don't know how much Tide was per load, but I know it was way more than that! To find the recipe just do a google search on homemade laundry detergent. If you can't find the recipe email me and then I'll post it (can't do it now as I am feeding Eli!)

There is something wrong with the medical industry

I know there is no price to put on Elijah's health (or Charlotte's). We are so blessed that Eli is healthy and thankful to the doctors, nurses, and medical means to which he is alive. Let me preface my blog by saying that. However, why in the world does it cost $781 for a 30 minute radiology scan he had! Or, over $1000 for recovery, when he was in the recovery room for maybe an hour. The nurse sat there and completed Eli's paperwork. I know anesthesia is important and I'm so thankful Elijah felt nothing during his surgery, but almost $2000! He's so little. Surely they didn't pump his 10 and a half pound body with $2000 worth of anesthesia! Stay tuned because if insurance doesn't pay for all of Eli's medical care, I'll be writing a blog about something being wrong with the insurance industry! (I could see why insurance wouldn't want to pay all of these exuberant costs, but let's hope they do!)

Pacifier Fairy

The pacifier fairy came to our house last night. I decided over the weekend she needed to come, so I was prepping Charlotte. "The pacifier fairy is going to come soon." At which point Charlotte pouts, falls flat on the floor and cries, "NOOOOOOO!" "The pacifier fairy is going to take your pacifier and give it to babies who need it." At which Charlotte replies, "I need it." So Monday night I decorated an envelope and left it out all day Tuesday to remind Charlotte about the pacifier fairy coming that night. After nap, I told her to say bye to her pacifier and we would put it in the envelope and then in the mailbox. She wanted nothing to do with sending it on its way. Charlotte did go to bed last night with little problems, but did cry out once in the night, "My white one." Today she got to see all of the goodies the pacifier fairy left for her (a bracelet and necklace set, a beanie baby, and M&Ms) and things have been going well. When she brings up her "night, night, white one, pacifier, or even the blue one (which has been gone for at least 2 months) we remind her that the pacifier fairy came and gave it to a baby in need. So, I'm hopeful this is the last of the pacifier in our house!

And thank goodness Eli has not taken a fancy to the pacifier yet!

Mommy of Two Brain

I locked myself out of the house today. Before we went on our walk to the post office to mail my sister's birthday gift I even looked in my purse and saw some keys. As I was walking back from the post office I realized those were the condo keys and not the house keys. Fortunately I had the car keys so I was ready to load the kids from the stroller to the car and drive to Greg's work to pick up the house keys. However, before we did I thought of a way to get into the house and it worked! This just means Laura will be getting a copy of our house key!

Out of the mouth of babes

Charlotte: "Eat my boob, Elmo. Eat my boob."

And no, I DON'T say that to Eli!!!!