We have a thumb sucker!!

I am so excited!! Leo has actually started to suck his thumb on a regular basis. I know most Mom's don't want their kids to suck their thumbs, but I really really like the idea of him being able to soothe himself. Most nights I wake up to the sound of him sucking on his thumb instead of him crying. In fact, he has only cried 2 times in the middle of the night since he was born. He has now started to suck on his thumb or fist during the day too. This evening he spent most of the night with his thumb in his mouth.


While I was making dinner, I had Leo on the counter "helping" me. He is pretty content in his bouncy chair while I work in the kitchen. Maybe someday he will like cooking as much as I do. Anyway, Dave came in and started bouncing him. They laughed together for a good 5 minutes in the kitchen until Dave took him into the living room so that Alaina could play along.

Right before Alaina went to bed she kept on asking for candy. We just taught her the sign for candy and so I took a picture of her signing it. I gave her part of a reeces penut butter egg. I figure that is a good excuse for me to eat the other half, right??

I was going through my internal memory on my camera and I came across this picture of Betsy using my kitchen mitts as puppets. I'd like to say it was for Alaina's entertainment, but I think she was in bed at the time...

I just found out that Laura and Josh are going to be coming up here this weekend! It will be awesome to spend Easter with family. They will be here from Saturday morning until Sunday night. Also, I found out today that Dave has off tomorrow for Good Friday. What a great day!

Alaina has been doing a little better today. She was crabby on and off and may have had a low grade fever, but we managed to get through the day with no Tylenol or Motrin. Her eyes were a little bit goopy. Hopefully she will wake up feeling better tomorrow. So far Leo has shown no signs of catching it. It would be awesome if the rest of us could avoid it.

Time for bed. Night everyone.