2012

Happy New Year!

I already finished a book this year.  It was Water for Elephants.  I actually had it out months ago, didn't get to it, and got it out again to read over Christmas vacation.  I can't believe I actually got it finished (I'm good at starting books and not finishing them) before vacation is over!  Now I want to watch the movie.

We're almost done with our first house project of the year, too (Actually, I've hardly done a thing.  My very hard working husband has done almost everything).  For over a month now he has been plugging away on our master bathroom.  We needed a new floor badly.  So he ripped out everything except the shower (we wish we could've done that, too, but we decided not to spend the money on a new shower).  He ripped up the old floor, fixed some water damaged spots in the floor, and tiled the floor (his first time doing tile--and it looks great!).  Then he took out the old medicine cabinet, patched the resulting hole in the wall, painted the ceiling and walls, then put in a new vanity and sink.  Last night (our new years eve excitement) we put up the new mirror and cabinet on the wall.  Today we picked out towel racks, etc, and he just got done putting those up.  The only things left to do are to put up the base trim, which he stained yesterday and today, and then put the toilet back in place.  I can't wait for it to be done and am so thankful for a husband who is so handy!

Rebecca is starting the year off with some awesome sleep for her very thankful mommy.  The last few days she's napped 3 hours--this is the same girl who has had trouble sleeping past 45 minutes for her entire life!  And she's slept until 6:30 or 6:45 the last several mornings as well.  After 19 months, she finally seems to be figuring out this sleeping thing.   Way to go, Rebecca, and Happy New Year to me!!

Rachel is beginning 2012 as the cleanest five year old in town.  She got a bunch of bath toys for Christmas--Disney princess Barbie-type dolls that go in the bathtub and some other Disney princess foam "paper doll" type things that you stick up on the bathtub wall.  She's begging me twice a day to take a bath because she loves playing with them so much! 

Rebecca loves baths just as much as Rachel.  If I'd let them both play in the bathtub all day, they'd both be as happy as clams (and would probably be in a lot less trouble, too--the bathtub is pretty good at containing my little mischievous Rebecca!).

I don't think I've written on here that we've caught her three times up on top of the kitchen table.  She has learned how to climb up on the kitchen chairs, and then she continues up to the table.  So we can't put anything of any importance on the table anymore, and we have to watch her like a hawk. 

She's still talking up a storm.  She now calls herself "Becca" (we never call her that, so that's just her own version of Rebecca) and she calls Rachel, "Day-tul," which is actually kind of close to what Rachel used to call herself before she could say her own name.