Sunday, June 13, 2010

Bye, Bye Baby~Hello, Big Girl!

Grace has been going through a few changes lately in her life. She is now almost completely potty trained. She still has a few accidents here and there, but for the most part she is out of diapers and pull-ups. Yahoo for not having to buy diapers again!! She does still wear pull ups at nap time and during the night just in case. ;-)
Grace had a love affair with her binky. Around 13-14 months we would only let her have it when she was in her crib for sleeping. So now that she is two it was time for it to go! A couple of weeks ago we started the process of cutting the tip of it and each night we did the same until there was just about nothing left of it. The first few nights were very hard. Poor thing...she would scream and yell out for us while in her room. So sad, but I knew that she was just going through the typical withdrawls from it. After a few nights she gradually got better and I can proudly say it is gone and in the trash. Actually she put it in the trash herself. I have been telling her that since it's broken she needs to throw it away. The other night she took it upon herself to put it in the trash. A few times she would ask where it was and I would just remind her that she put it in the trash because it was broken. That was good enough for her and she just said, "okay."
Also yesterday we took down the crib in her room and she is in her big (queen size) bed. She loves sleeping in her big bed with all of her babies...6 of them to be exact! I tell you, that girl is something else with her babies! Such a little mama!

Saturday, June 12, 2010

A Few Reasons...

I have found a few reasons why I am loving Germany in the spring...
First off I knew we had two apple trees in the backyard, but was SO excited when I saw that we
also have a cherry tree! Unfortuntely we won't be here when the cherries are ready to be picked since we are heading back to the States. So, I have told a friend of mine to come over and take all she wants. I would hate to think they would go to waste! But for the apple trees they should be ready not long after we return. I can see homemade applesauce and lots of other "apple" things in the future!
Also, I am loving the fact that it doesn't get dark here until almost 10 o'clock at night. It is still something I need to get used to, especially during the winter months when it would be light for just about 7 or 8 hours a day. And when I say light...I really mean the sun was somewhere hinding behind the clouds-so it makes it more like a grey day. Oh, how I am loving all this sunshine and long days!

My baby apples starting to grow!
Cherries!
Grace has been "helping" me pick the bad ones off the tree.
This picture was taken at about 9:20 at night. Isn't that great!?!