Tripp and Gentry do not like to share snacks with me!

BOO! We love our new skeleton pajamas that glow in the dark!

Things have not been going so well on the sleep front with little Miss Gentry. She has not slept through the night for 2 weeks now, which means I am turning into Mommy Dearest little by little. Matthew and I are taking turns when she wakes up sleeping on the floor in their room. We do not want them sleeping in our bed and turning it into a habit. Not that this is any better, but it is working for now. Each time her little head pops up, she sees one of us, and pops back down. Otherwise, she screams bloody murder until one of us goes in. Nightmares? I don't know, but I have got to get to the bottom of this!

On a good note, Mr. Tripp did not cry once at school today. It's a first! He walked right into his class with Gentry and did not even cry when we left. He is finally comfortable and loving it as much as Gentry does. When we came in this afternoon to pick them up, they usually run to us (Tripp starts crying when he sees us and points to the door), but they just looked up and kept on playing. They are growing up too fast!

So we decided to put the kids in toddler beds. We took down the front of their cribs and put up 2 small rails to keep them from falling out. Last week was tough with the kids getting up what seemed like every hour and coming into our room (especially Tripp). From the day we moved them into toddler beds, Tripp has slept through the night. I think he thought he was getting away with something by climbing out of his crib before. Now that he has the freedom, he could care less. Gentry, on the other hand, continues to wake up twice a night. For almost two weeks straight! She stands up in her bed, does not get out, and does not try to come into our room. I am hoping whatever phase this is ends quickly!


Tripp and Gentry are talking more and more everyday. They are starting to repeat what we say which is not always a good thing! I have been talking to Matthew the passed few weeks about watching our language because I knew at any moment someone would repeat a word that I do not want coming out of my child's mouths! Low and behold, I slipped up yesterday and Gentry decided to repeat my lovely word over and over again. Sh** is her new word. Great. She is constantly testing us by not listening and doing things we tell her not to just to see what happens. Oh, and she pulls Tripp's hair consistently throughout the day. I think she likes doing this because Tripp screams and cries bloody murder every time she does it. She loves getting a good reaction!
Tripp made a breakthrough today at school. He did not cry when I dropped him off. I could not believe it. He usually breaks down, grips me with his legs, and they have to peel him off of me! I was quite proud of him today...

we took a trip to the pumpkin patch today. tripp was everywhere while gentry was trying to figure out what the big orange things were.

tripp was enjoying pulling the wagon around and gentry enjoyed riding in it!

The kids have started climbing out of their cribs. Yesterday was the first day and it has really messed up our nap times! Tripp and Gentry think it is funny to climb out, and it was funny the first time it happened....now it is frustrating! Matt and I are going to try and decide what to do... toddler beds or not? Who knows now, but hopefully we will figure something out soon before it gets too crazy in here!

Savannah Trip

We went on a trip to Savannah, GA this passed week to visit Grandma Gloria and Grandpa Joe. Aunt Lauren, Uncle Greg, Auntie Caryn and Joe were there. The flight there was quite stressful! I thought I had it all planned out perfectly. I scheduled a morning flight so we were to leave at 7:30 when the kids woke up. We headed straight to the airport and got checked in. All was going smoothly until we boarded the airplane. The kids went crazy! We brought a whole bag of books, toys, snacks, etc. and all they were interested in were those tray tables! They were constantly grabbing them and pulling them down and back up. The people in front of us probably wanted to strangle our kids. We would TRY and keep them from doing this, which would only result in an arched back scream and fit. We had our own row so the kids were non stop moving from one of us to the other, fighting over who looked out the window, and trying to get out and run down the aisle. Our first flight was only 30 minutes to Houston. We did not have to get off the plane, which I thought would be best (I stand corrected), just reboard. The kids of course were going nuts because they had been cooped up since they woke up. The second flight was even worse. It was a little over 2 hours and felt like 10. I wasn't expecting them to be good, but I was expecting them to be better than they were! Matt, of course, was expecting them to sit quietly on our laps and read books and eat snacks. We finally landed in Jacksonville and rented our minivan and headed 1 1/2 hours north to Savannah. The kids had a great time at Grandma's house with all of the family, including Aunt Lucy for a couple of days. We headed to the beach on Friday at Hilton Head. The kids love the surf and sand..... Matthew did not. He got sick with a fever and chills:( We left after a couple of hours and headed home and we did not see Matthew until the next morning. I preceded the next day to come down with a stomach virus and was sick in bed on Saturday. Fun stuff. I did manage to suck it up and play in the annual tennis tournament though. We spent the rest of the days at the house playing on the playground and swimming at the pool. The trip home was just as eventful as the trip there. I thought it would be a great idea if the kids didn't nap until we got on the plane. Our flight was at 3:45. We kept them up in the car, much to GG's disapproval of this, and made it to the airport and checked in. Our flight was then delayed until 4:40. The kids, by this time, have caught a second wind and are going crazy running around laughing, screaming, etc. Tripp kept running into the gift shop trying to touch everything, and then they both decided to knock down the nice display of stuffed animals. We finally boarded the plane and once again were the row that no one wanted to sit next to. After about an hour of craziness, I took Tripp and held onto him so tight that he couldn't escape. He finally relented and passed out on me. I passed him over to Matthew and took Gentry and did the same to her. We actually got to enjoy some quiet time for the last hour and twenty minutes of the flight to Houston. We moved to the front row for the quick flight home and decided to separate across the aisle. This was the magic potion. The kids were angels on the way home. They did not have a choice to climb all over the row because they were leary of the strangers sitting next to them. They stayed on our laps and read a book the whole flight home. Only 30 minutes, but hey, we will take it! All in all, we had a great time! I will have some videos and pictures to post soon.........