P.S. Send Batteries

For those of you who prayed and thought about my grandfather, a little update. So far I still haven't been to see him, since I didn't want to give him the cold/ear infection/whatever I had and timing hasn't been right, so this is secondhand. The description the doctor gave us for the rest of whatever Grandaddy's life was pretty bleak. Thus far Grandaddy has been doing much better than anyone had expected. It seems like he's adjusting to nursing home life and has had up and down days in the pain area. They told my family that if he fell it would paralyze or kill him, and he fell a little bit a few weeks ago, and he's still alive and kicking (sort of).

Life has been going. I had meant to take pictures of what little I had accomplished during the baby-free week (or as I like to call it, return to sanity), but neither of my projects got completely finished. I want to make sure they're as perfect as I can get them before I post my achievement. I will give a synopsis: the outside closet was cleaned, slightly painted, and organized. Aly's room was painted, organized (ha), and now I think fits her personality much better. Most of you probably won't like the color I chose for her, but her exclamations of 'Mommy! It's PRETTY!' override your opinion, so there. ;)

Matt has been doing the same, with only the ebbing of work hours to show any sort of change, poor guy. Aly is... well.. remember when she made those devil-baby noises? Yeah. They weren't imitation. She reminds me of those Sour Patch Kids commercials. Perfectly.



Lorelei is her shadow. She'd lemming herself if Aly went first, I think. It's incredible to see them growing closer each day, and I hope they're able to stay this way. Aly is becoming even more of an entertainer. She has taken to singing nearly every day, putting on shows with a vaccum cleaner cord as her most recent microphone. She'll thrust her hands behind her high in the air, showing how much her song of nonsensical words is affecting her. She'll dance, growing softer in sound, then stop with a big crescendo. Deciding when to exploit her is my next big decision.

Lorelei is growing up way too fast. :( She's still cuddly and sweet, but when she isn't crawling 90 miles a minute after her sister she's exploring, pulling up and letting go, to wobble on her feet for a few seconds before she actively sits herself down. She's become very squeaky, maybe to go with Aly's songs, and sometimes they just squeak at each other, seriously. She's got 3 teeth now with another on the way, learning to feed herself with a bottle and cup, and chattering all the while. I can't believe that in just two short months she'll be one. Let's all heave one big sigh.

Speaking of, 25 is coming up. I am incredibly frustrated that at 25 I'm not where I should be with myself, in so many different ways. So, in the next few days I'll be actively trying to change a few things, so all prayers for God to give me strength would be greatly appreciated. I'll comment more on what I'm doing when I'm more certain of it. Let the speculation begin.

P.S. Send Batteries. I can't take pictures of my hellacious childrens without them to power the flash, which Matt keeps raiding for his own nefarious purposes.