what we did to send off the year

already 2009! how does that happen? we didn't do much for excitement yesterday (or today for that matter)...it was a day that nearly made mama & daddy's lose our cool a few times (w/ the childrens, at least most of the time). wes & i had the girls in bed by 8:07 p.m. & then we were in bed by about 10:20...we watched "baby mama" which wasn't as funny as i thought it would be. ah well. i rented 2 more movies to watch this weekend, so hopefully one of them is good! (also to watch: "the women" & "things we lost in the fire"). i joked earlier in the day that i would probably be ringing in the new year rocking a baby to sleep. well, i was wrong. i rang in the new year changing a poopy diaper blow out (diarrhea style). i hope that's not an omen for things to come in 2009.

we are trying to find something to occupy our time this weekend...maybe the zoo or cosi tomorrow. but i just NEED to get out of the house. doing something that doesn't revolve around children activities. i don't feel like shopping, but that appears to be my only option right now. gotta love a trip to target to make me feel whole again. boo-hoo.

as for our children:

adeline has taken to crying for 10 minutes at a time. for no apparent reason. it's not necessarily a tantrum (she has her fair share of those, as well)...maybe she's getting very frustrated b/c she's trying to talk more & is not able to express herself? hhm, that's my guess. so she'll just sit on my lap, facing me, put her head on my chest & sob away (or on wes). who knows. is 2 the new teenage years?!

millie didn't do well AT ALL without the zantac & we have her back on it already. it was a rough night...ugh. (& not b/c mom & dad partied!). thank goodness for medicine! my family has such a bad history with stomach problems; i'm very glad that amelia doesn't have to suffer through what some of us (myself) have gone through.

so i made a little video of our joys & sorrows from yesterday. & my dad is home & very happy to be there. he mentioned something about sleeping much better (he took a 3 hour nap & that was the longest stretch of time he'd slept since his surgery. yikes.) & is able to eat soft foods. pretty good stuff. i think we will wait another week maybe until we visit him at home. he is not able to pick up or hold the girls & i would like to give his system a bit more time to recover before "craziness" comes to his house & wants to jump all over him.