Since this seems like a monthly recurring post, I thought I'd start titling as such. I took the girls into the doctor today because Ivy woke up a couple times last night complaining of ear pain and Ada's been sick with a cold and cough for a couple weeks now. The doctor said they both have ear infections, Ivy's left ear and Ada's right ear. He prescribed some Amoxicillin and some ear drops that are supposed to help with the pain. I'm excited to see if they work because we've never been offered that prescription before. Mental note to self...find a drive-thru pharmacy in Lincoln BESIDES Walgreen's! UGH. It is so painful every time I go there, that I vow never to use them again. But the drive-thru is so much more convenient than taking two sick kids out in the cold so they can wait in the lobby there with a bunch of other sick people. That being said...Walgreen's drive-thrus are so worthless that I'd almost rather just go inside some mom and pop pharmacy...

I celebrated my 30th birthday with friends and family at Spaghetti Works in downtown Lincoln last night. We went early and ate dinner with the mine and Eric's families. Then went downstairs for hors d'oeuvres, cake and beer. I had a lot of fun and at the end of the night I got a taxi ride from a girl named Bridget. My brother Craig said that sounded like an alternate "It's a Wonderful Life" scene, showing me what I could've been...LOL.

As far as my feelings about turning thirty...didn't seem like it was much different. I will say that I feel old every time I hear that Taylor Swift song about being fifteen. It's kind of depressing when you can start saying things like '"fifteen years ago..." since I don't feel a day older than fifteen.

Oh well, thanks to all who helped me ring in  my new year...looking forward to my thirties...I guess...

I took the girls to Antelope Park today to get some shots of them with the fall foliage for their 1& 3 year pictures. It was a brisk morning so I had to keep their coats on the whole time, but the pictures turned out better than I expected. I had so much fun taking them, it reminded me of Mr. Bartek's photography class...minus the psycho teacher...

I took the girls to their new doctor for their checkups today, and they're both right on track for development. We started with Ada who tipped the scales at 23 lbs, which now puts her around the 80th percentile, which dropped a bit since last time. She was 30.75 inches long, which is in the 90th percentile, so she's quickly growing taller. Her head circumference is 18.25, which is at the 80th percentile. Ivy weighed about 32 lbs (60%) and was 38 inches tall (75%).

Alright, enough numbers already! Ivy got her first H1N1 shot - which she did not enjoy at all. Ada got Hep A, Varicella, PCV, & H1N1. I think this time tainted Ivy's idea of how fun the doctor's office is. She loved to play doctor and give everyone 'shots'...wonder if she'll think twice now. Dr Hurlbut said they were both doing everything they should be doing at their ages, so we were happy to hear that.

It's been a while since I've talked about something random so I thought of something that I wanted to discuss...joint accounts. This post will be directed toward those of you with a joint email, or social networking account. I don't mean to offend, but that drives me nuts!

Here's why:

1. Even though you're married, you're still a person in and of yourself. I'm not opposed to a woman taking her husband's last name (obviously),  but sharing accounts like that is like saying 'whatever you have to say to me, you can say to my husband/wife'. Which brings me to...
2. Maybe I don't want your husband/wife reading what I have to say to you. I'm not saying that I have anything really interesting/scandalous to say, but a lot of times the stuff I say doesn't mean anything to anyone but the person I intended to send it to (and could potentially be embarrassing for anyone else to read). Inside jokes, or stories from years gone by are not interesting to anyone outside of that situation. Case in point, go to any high school reunion and check out the look on the spouses faces...they can not wait to go home (unless of course they went to the same high school, in which case this point is defunct)...
3. They're free! It'd be different if you had to pay for email or networking logins, but they give them away to anyone for free! Take advantage!

Just a quick blog about Ada's first birthday. She started out on the news in Omaha and Kearney (Ivy was so excited to see her on TV, she looked at me like 'what is going on?!' Then it was off to daycare with her birthday cupcakes and home for dinner with grandma & grandpa, presents and more cupcakes. She destroyed her cupcake and ate the entire thing.

Developmentally Ada's been teething constantly for several months now. She has her bottom two front teeth, then the top right front, and the one to the right of that one. I can also see her top left front tooth poking its way through. We will be thankful when they're in and will hopefully get a little break between teeth. She's been standing alone here and there, and taking steps, but she's not walking just yet...anytime now...

Ivy and Ada had a blast on Halloween this year! Ivy dressed up like a kitty and Ada was a little white mouse. Eric was hunting in Plainview over the weekend and was really bummed that he missed out on the festivities. I took the girls and Kermit over to grandma Margie's for a Halloween slumber party. I took Ada around in the stroller while Ivy went up to the doors for candy. I think her favorite part might have been ringing the doorbells, since she rang it even when the people were already standing at the door. We walked around for over an hour, then she said she was getting pretty tired and she just wanted to sit in a driveway for a while to rest. After that, she got up and said she wanted to go back to grandma's house. Here are some pictures of the night.

Ada took about 2 steps on her own last night, and we all got to see it. She had the cutest expression of accomplishment on her face. She basically stepped from one side of our sectional to another. I hope to get a picture or video to post on the blog soon.

in other Ada news, I took her to the ER last night because she woke up with a fever and a cough, which I normally wouldn't have been so worried about. But she was breathing pretty rapidly so I called her doctor on call and he recommended taking her to the ER to make sure there was nothing going on with her lungs. When we got to the ER her breathing had slowed a bit and they said her lungs sounded good. Ada was 22 lbs 9 oz when they weighed her. She stayed home with grandma Margie today for some TLC...

We celebrated the girls' 3rd and 1st birthdays at Lost in Fun today! We had pizza, cake and ice cream and had a lot of fun watching the kids run around like chickens with their heads cut off (except for Ada of course). My sister's family and most of Eric's family came from Kearney, along with my parents and brother in Lincoln. We opened presents and the girls' made a killing, lot of new toys to fight over...

Well for starters, i designed a new website for my blog. It's hard to get motivated to work on your own website when you spend a lot of time doing websites for other people. I guess you could compare it to the handyman that doesn't want to come home and fix problems with his own house. Anyway, I think this site looks a lot nicer and hopefully you all like it too.

In other news, we bought a new house, and closed on it on October 14th...so we're no longer homeless. We actually have been living there since September 20th because the builder was kind enough to let us rent it for a few weeks.

The girls' have a new daycare that's a block away from our new house, so that rocks! They really like it there, lots of kids their own age to play with. On Wednesdays the "Cartwheel Bus" comes over and they do gymnastics and other fun stuff in an old tricked out school bus. Here are a couple new pictures of the girls & new house...