Dance class photos of Lilly.

Since Lilly and I were technically both registered in the Mommy & Me class, I was able to take lots of pictures of her in dance class. Here's a bunch I just downloaded from my phone. She got really comfortable and did a great job participating on her own. It was so fun to just sit back and watch her do her thing. I was so proud.

Here's a short video:



Here's a longer video of her doing part of her dance class:



Here's a video of part of the song they warm up to called Miss Puffy:




Here's part of Miss Puffy about 6 weeks ago:

Sophia lost another tooth!

I had no idea that Sophia's second loose tooth would come out so soon, but it fell out while we were in the car today. Incredible. I think Tina Toothfairy is going to bring a pack of sugarfree strawberry shortcake chewing gum tonight. Sophia's going to love it.

First night - pull up free

Unbeknownst to me, Will put Lilly to bed without a pull up on last night. She was bone dry this morning. She's been waking up dry for about 2 weeks, but it never even crossed my mind to put her to bed in undies.

She's been completely potty trained during the waking hours for months now, but we're clearly in the home stretch for the night time as well.

Way to go Lilly! This is much earlier than Sophia was potty trained. I can see $$ now. No more pull ups!

Sophia lost her first tooth.

It was literally hanging on by a few threads. She could push it with her tongue and point it completely upside down.

We were at Target - in the dressing room. I asked her if I could just pull it out because I was afraid she was going to lose it and flick it with her tongue and not even realize it. She was crying. She was scared. And then it just fell right out onto her tongue.

We ran to the $1.00 section and found a Hello Kitty round, pink "Tupperware" container and put it in there for safe keeping until we got home.

That was on Wednesday night. Sophia has a decision to make. She could either put the tooth under her pillow that night and have the tooth fairy visit without ever seeing her tooth - or she could wait until Sunday night. Will had left on Tuesday night for CA and wasn't getting back until Saturday morning, at which point he was planning to join us at Haley and Carlie's family's beach house in Duck, NC. The girls and I left for Duck on Thursday morning after swimming class. We were planning on coming back on Sunday afternoon, but like I already mentioned, Will was going to arrive by noon on Saturday.

Sophia decided she would wait until Sunday night to put the tooth under her pillow. So, last night, the tooth fairy came to our house. She left a red envelope under Sophia's pillow. Inside it was $1.00 and a miniature booklet of cupcake tattoos.

All day Sophia carried her loot around in the pink Hello Kitty "tooth" container.

I took this picture at Target.

First day of swimming class

We're half way through swimming lessons. The girls have each had 45 minute lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the last two weeks. We've got 2 lessons left. Sophia is really improving over last year. Lilly has yet to put her face in the water and cries if she gets splashed. She will put each of her ears in the water, but she prefers to play with toys on the safety of the steps.

Yay for new power cords

I'm finally back online. My new battery and power cord arrived so my computer is like new again! I love it. I've got a lot of pictures to go through and share.
We've been so busy since the beginning of June.

School is out for summer.
Sophia had a church choir banquet for the "end of the year".
Swimming lessons have started.
Sophia had her dance recital last weekend.
We joined the YMCA so we could use the outdoor pool.
Sophia lost her first tooth this past week while Will was in CA for work. I took the girls down to Duck, NC with Haley and Carlie on Thursday and we arrived home this afternoon. Will was supposed to join us, but he was a victim of the United computer glitch on Friday night and got stuck in San Fransisco and then Chicago and didn't arrive home until late last night.

Sophia or Lilly???

By the way, it's Sophia in the picture - and it was only just a few weeks ago. Doesn't she look almost exactly like Lilly? I did a double-take when I saw it.

technical problems

I can't find our camera .... for two weeks now.

And the power cord to my laptop finally bit the dust. (Again). Will ordered a new one...please arrive quickly.

Are least I have my phone to get online and check emails, but man does it take forever!!!

I'm so behind on my blog entries..