I love my Princesses

So after my crazy week with my girls I was ready to pull my hair out. And then moments like this happen. Alaina is still a little jaundice so she is naked a lot so we can put her in the window to get sun.. So Sunday morning I was ready to kill Andy cause he scheduled a flight lesson and I was home alone again.. Sammy decided she wanted to be in just her shorts too.. And then asked to hold her sister... so I let her. And they looked so cute and Sammy leaned over and said I love you sister.
Then Samantha said look at how little her foot is compared to mine..take a picture.




And yes Samantha got eaten by mosquitoes during the day helping daddy trim trees Saturday morning. She is like me and gets so swollen from bites...

These are the moments that make being a Mom worth it!

Another Crazy weekend...Lisa and Emily's Graduation

Andy's Cousins Graduated from 8th grade and we had yet another party in the north suburbs.

Sammy loves the girls and they had a great time playing with Sammy. And Andy's Aunts took Alaina the whole time. Nana didn't even get a chance to hold her...

Another week--6.23...complete.

I decided that this week I could handle the 2 kids with no help. I was a little sore from my c-section still but I figured I can do this!


Monday--the morning was good--I printed worksheets and things that Sammy and I can do together and we had fun cutting and pasting...the afternoon not good--fits and bad behavior...probably from all of us. : )

I did get a few cute pics of my girls in the morning--

Tuesday--the morning--Sammy decided while I was trying to get Alaina down for a nap she would use the yogurt I gave her with her breakfast as paint on herself and the kitchen table....She has lost lots of toys for days at a time and we are trying to get through this tough transition for both of us. Alaina decided to sleep for 5 hours in the middle of the day and I thought there was something wrong with her... We then ventured to the grocery store and fits were had there too. At least Andy was with me this time to help referee Sammy....

I honestly don't remember much about Wed... I think we had an ok morning.... but fits were had and pee hit the floor in the bathroom when Sammy didn't want to go on the potty.... the days blend together...I physically had to put Sam in her room a few times this week for her time outs and that didn't help the healing process....

Alaina has started trying to smile and it is so hard to catch it with the camera. I still call her my monkey princess which usually is how I get her to smile.
She has started really studying--not just looking at the contrasting color toys and looking at us while we talk to her!

Thursday and Friday Sammy went to daycare... I woke up missing her and then when I realized as Alaina slept I could get my maternity clothes packed up and laundry done it was great! I know I should be resting but I hate things not getting done.

Sammy and I had much better nights after I picked her up from daycare. On Thursday we got a donut and Friday we watched dress rehearsal for my Studio's recital and she was very excited to see the dancers and even danced in the aisles. I saw a fellow BHS Raiderette with her kids. It is funny to see us all with our kids now dancing and we probably wouldn't have recognized each other if it wasn't for the brook networking site... what craziness.

Alaina slept in her crib already for nap on Friday and the first part of the night!

Curly Hair...

I just love the curls after Alaina gets a bath...

Jessica's Graduation

My cousin Jesse graduated from Nequa and is now going to Loyola for pre-med--We are so proud of her! I used to babysit her and now she babysits Samantha. Samantha loves Jesse and was so excited to be going to Jesse's for her party. Again lots of passing around of Alaina to my family this time. And Samantha started the day in a really cute outfit that matched her sister with strawberries but Daddy wasn't watching her REAL close while she played on the stairs of the pool I guess cause she ended up soaked up to her belly button.... so she ended up in our back up outfit before I could get a pic of her and Alaina....

My Cousin Nancy with me and my girls...

(she teaches Kindergarten in Korea!)

My Nana holding Alaina--her 25th great grandchild!

Nancy and a sort of smiling Alaina

My Grandparents

Samantha being cute...

Andy got recruited to make cotton candy

--hard job serving cotton candy to high school girls in bikinis....

Samantha coloring with cousin Timmer..I am sure he is sick of us calling him that now that he is an adult... He was great with Sam!

Heart for Life

For the past few years we have participated in a free charity run for Becky Graske's heart doctor's organization. Last year and this year we all wore our T-shirts in honor of Becky's Dad who passed away from a heart condition. I didn't make it for the run or walk part this year but Andy took Sammy and I wanted to see our friends and see Sammy run in the kids run so Alaina and I made it! Sammy talks about it all year and wears her medal often!

Cort Congratulating Mia after her run!

Alaina enjoying the breeze.

The kids with their medals.

Becky shooting pictures.. for more pics see the Graske Family blog

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Ian Miller's 1st Birthday

We ventured out to Carrie (Chernich) Miller's house on June 21 for her 2nd son's 1st birthday. It was good to finally meet him and see Erin (Wesley) Olson and one of her girls. It was fun to get out and enjoy some of the wonderful weather and I barely had to hold Alaina at all...she got passed around. Carrie and her sister miss the baby stage and Carrie really wants a girl. Her 3 year old son Nolan was so funny. Carrie asked him if he wanted another baby and he said--I want that baby--the pink one.

The birthday boy Ian

Erin and Alaina--not the best shot of Alaina

Samantha and Emma--Erin's 3 year old