I love you, Itsy, Bitsy and SLEEP

On Monday (Labor Day so daddy was home) I was in the kitchen and Daddy and Bell were sitting on the couch. I heard Bell say to Don I LOVE YOU DADDY and she gave him a hug. This was her first spontaneous I love you!!!! Daddy was so happy. I got one yesterday when I got her up in the morning, but daddy got the first one.
Bell is singing Itsy Bitsy Spider now, she will not sing it if you ask her, but you hear her singing it in the car or when she is playing. It goes like this (cap word are loud!):
Ity, bity pider,
up water SPOUT,
down it rained,
wash pider OUT,
come out SUN and rain, rain rain
bity pider spout AGAIN.

It is SO CUTE!!!!

Lina is getting so alert these days, She laughs and smiles all the time, and is cooing so much. She is just starting to reach out for toys you hold out in front of her. She loves laying on the floor with toys around her on her back, and with inch backwards with her feet, she can go a whole foot these days!! She will only do about 3 minutes on her stomach before crying! But she is beginning to push up on her arms and hold her head up while on her stomach. They say 5 for 5 for stomach play is what you should strive for (5 minutes, 5 times a day). We will work up to the 5 minutes!!

She is sleeping 10 hours at night almost every night. OK, not last night! Both Bell and Lina just did not want to go to sleep last night (probably cause daddy was in NJ overnight and it was jsut me, and Austin is home with Strep AGAIN!) For some reason Lina jsut did not want to sleep but finally went down on mommy in a wrap (she trasfered just great into the bassinet after she was asleep). Something was up, because she is so great at being put down awake and putting herself to sleep normally. I took the girls on a walk in hte evening before bed and Bell got some bug bites. She tends to get welts when she gets bit. She just did not want to go to bed either and tehn woke up at 3 am itching. "My feets hurt" and she has one big welt on each one! Of course after Benydryl and lotion she jsut wanted to "watch TV mommy" instead of going back to sleep (not!). It was a fun night, but at least everyone seems in a good mood today!!

Lina should be going into the crib in the room with Bell this weekend. They are both normally such good sleepers I am not expecting much trouble with the trasition (we hope!!). Bell is still great in her crib so they will both be in cribs for awhile. No need to rush the bed thing!

We are back on a schedule around here now that school has started again. I am doing 2 mornings at the Y, and another 1 or 2 to get back into working out there as well (this morning was supposed to be the first day, but I just could not get us all up that early!). We also have palygroup one morning a week, so I figure we will be out and going early most mornings and then home for nap and the afternoons for chores, errands, park, whatever else... It definetly helps me, and I really think the kids as well to have a schedule (of sorts!).