meredith, caroline & hannah: Warning: creepy crawly picture ahead ... and some cute ones!

We have been busy with starting Mother's Morning Out (MMO), hanging around Charleston and going to visit my parents in Spartanburg. It has been a bit of a rough few weeks with the girls having a really hard time with the transistion to being with me all the time, to going to MMO two mornings a week. It has transferred over a bit to every day and I think the girls fear that anytime I get them dressed then I must be taking them to school so it has been hard to get them out of the house! Here are some of our goings on ...

Anyone who knows me knows that I did NOT like what I saw when I looked out the front door (thank goodness I LOOKED before I opened as I was on my way out the door) ... at least, this finally prompted Alan that it was time to suck it up and spend the $ on an exterminator! They are coming Thursday and I hope to no longer have a spider problem (apparently, our front porches offer a sweet living for the local spiders ... we must have at least 100!) Nothing like a free Halloween decoration though!

At a local playground ... Hannah

Meredith

at the Aquarium ... two people out of three ... oh, well, almost a good one!

Hannah and Alan checking out the penguins ... they were swimming around and would come right up to the glass ... the girls loved it!

Meredith and Alan ...

These are a little out of order ... here is Meredith, well, rather Meredith's feet ... she was quite traumatized by her first day of "school" ... they are not allowed to have "bee bee and blanky" which is good but quite tough for them ... They have gone from crying the whole 3 hours to doing a little better everyday. It seems to be that either one or the other has a bad day and they feed off of each other. M has been doing well but today they called me to come get her early because she was so upset. They said H did well today (which was a first) but would occasionally get upset because Meredith was so upset. Here, Meredith was rubbing her little tag on her blanky between her toes! She is so funny with that tag ... rubs it on her face, in her ear, on her teddy bear's face ...

Poor M, so sad that Mommy left her at school!

Meredith, first day of "school" ... looking pretty skeptical!

Hannah, first day of "school" ... looking a little ticked off!

I think we will be working hard on potty training soon! Hannah spent a lot of time yesterday sitting on the potty (and here she is putting cow on the potty.) We have yet to have any action but she sure does love to sit on it (especially if it is time to go to bed ... smart little thing ... I sense some serious stalling in our future ... yes, Mom, I know, I deserve it! =)

Ultrasound photos just fascinate me! Here is our new baby's little hand ...

... and little legs crossed at the ankles

... and her GIRL parts ... yep, yep ... another girl!!

Here is my darling new niece, Sylvia ... I was so glad to get to spend some time with her (and her parents, my brother and SIL) a few weekends ago in Spartanburg.