A Scary Moment

Today we went to the mall with a friend of mine and her two little ones. We played in the play area for a while and then had to run upstairs to a store. As we were getting ready to head into the elevator, the door opened, Malia stepped inside and Pressley was ready to head in after her. I stopped her for a second, grabbed Pressley to let my friend and the stroller go through, and then Pressley and I were going to follow behind, but instead just as I had caught Pressley, the elevator door shut, with Malia inside alone. Both my friend and I grabbed the door and tried to open it, but we couldn't stop the door. All I could hear was Malia crying inside. I grabbed Pressley and ran full speed up the escalator. But, by the time I got to the elevator, the doors had closed again and Malia was on her way back down the elevator with someone else. Fortunately, my friend was at the bottom and got Malia as the doors opened again. I rode the elevator back down and met them to ride back up all together. Holy cow! I was sweating and shaking like crazy. Malia had calmed down at this point, but I think it took me an hour to calm down. As scary as that was, I was glad I grabbed Pressley, otherwise, that door was so fast, the two of them could have gotten stuck together. Pressley is a bolter, and as soon as those doors opened at the top, she probably would have ran out of there, thinking it was all fun. I couldn't believe how fast that door closed. It literally opened up, and shut as soon as it opened. What a day!

Pumpkin Time!!

It's my favorite time of year already!! It's hard to believe, because last year after we went pumpkin climbing, for months afterward, we would drive by Trax Farms and Malia would say, "I want to go climb the pumpkins!". I would have to remind her every time that we would have to wait a whole year before we could do it again...and, well, here we are!! So, here are a few pictures from our morning. The girls were so excited to finally get to climb pumpkins! They had so much fun, and I had a blast taking some pictures-it's my favorite picture taking spot! Enjoy!

Bad Hair Day!

Pressley woke up looking like this the other morning...I don't know what happened in her sleep!

Sleeping Like the Dead

On her way!!

Malia stayed dry all day long!! We are on the way to underwear!!!!

Success!!!

Woohoo! I'm so excited! Last night my sister and brother-in-law were in town so the girls and I headed down to Station Square to meet them for dinner and a little hang out time. After dinner, they wanted to head to Starbucks, and on the way, Malia said she needed to use the potty. If you don't know, Malia's history with using the potty is that we have had to fight her to try to use the potty, to change her diaper, etc. She has no interest in taking time out of her day to use the potty or have her diaper changed. We've done everything imaginable to get her interested, but to no such luck. Even Pressley's potty success has not been enough to get her to go-she just cheers her sister on ("Good job Bugsy! I'm so proud of you!!" "Do you want to go potty Malia?" "No"). So anyway, when she asked to use the potty last night, I was really hesitant. I HATE public bathrooms because she ends up touching everything. She's always asking to go potty when we're out and about, so we make this big fuss of getting her ready to go, touching every discusting thing in the nasty bathroom, only to have her sit on the potty for a second and say she's all done. So, you can imagine that I was not too thrilled about taking her to the bathroom last night. As we were walking, I told her there were no bathrooms outside, so if she could hold it, we'd walk over to Starbucks and use their potty. A few minutes later we made it to Starbucks, got the potty ready, undressed Malia, she sat down and....Yay!!!! Pee!!!!! A lot of pee!!!! She was so proud of herself. We were both squealing and cheering like crazy! (I can't imagine what they thought outside!) Hopefully this means that we are on the path to big girl underwear and out of diapers for good!!! Let's keep our fingers crossed!!!!!!!!

Ear infections

It looks like were on the road to tubes. Pressley went to the doctor today for her 3rd ear infection in less than 6 months. The doctors at the cranial center told us if she had 3 more in a year's time, we would have to get tubes put in. One down, two to go. Pressley did weigh in today at an enormous 20.1 pounds....with her clothes on. So I'm sure the shoes weighed at least 2 ounces of that 20 pounds. I don't think she's broken 20 pounds with her clothes off. Ha ha. She should still be facing backwards in her car seat...but she's just too long and cramped. Oh well...any way that's the news for today!