Big Girl Bed

Over the Labor Day long weekend we decided to set up Kaitlyn's big girl bed to see if she would sleep in it. We really aren't in a hurry to make her grow up we just thought we would see if she was interested.

While we were setting it up she wanted to lay down in her crib, which we moved to the spare room.

After it was set up she loved going in there and sitting on it to read some books. On Sunday afternoon we put her down for her nap on it and it took us about 10 minutes to be able to leave the room. Once that was over she talked for about 30 minutes and fell asleep. Success!

Sunday night she also lept in there on the bed after about 20 minutes of trying to leave the room. Double success!

However, she woke up around 3:30am that night and absolutely refused to go back in there to sleep. I had to put her in her crib and then sleep on the bed next to her in order to get her to calm down.

After that she didn't even want to sit on the bed and she started going through seperation anxiety. She would cry when we left her at the sitters and even when we tried to put her to bed. So much that one night she had to sleep with us (first time ever) in order to get her to calm down. We decided to put her crib back in her room along with the bed and we will just take our time with it. As I said earlier, we aren't in a hurry...just trying it out.

Summer Fun

Every year in the summer I plant a garden which usually consists of potatoes, carrots, lettuce and green beans. This year I also planted cucumbers so that I could attempt to make Dill Pickles for Todd. Well I would say that it was a success. I made 14 bottles of whole Dill Pickles and 2 bottles of sliced Dill Pickles. I also made 12 bottles of Dill Pickled Green Beans. We haven't been able to try any of them yet because they need to sit for several weeks. We should be able to try one in October some time.

I am very proud of myself because this is the first time I have ever done any canning.

These are the cucumbers that are still left after I have made all the pickles. I think this weekend I am going to try to make relish for something different.

More Visitors

Two days after Todd's mom left my parents and sister and her family came to visit for the weekend. It was really nice to see everyone. Kaitlyn really had a great time with her cousins.

Kaitlyn and Gregory being read some books by both Nanny and Poppy Rose.

Enjoying a hot dog during a fire pit in the backyard. They had me cook 5 hotdogs that they shared.

Nanny and Poppy Rose.

The beuatiful children of the family. Gregory, Kaitlyn and Ashlyn.