Summer Fun!!!

Hello again!! It has been awhile since I have had a chance to update the blog. Life has been busy around here. Andy is super busy building his parents home and with numerous side jobs. He will be leaving on a business trip with my brother-in-law, Paul next Thursday. He will be in Beijing, China for ten days!!!! Yes, I will be alone with my babies by myself for ten days!!! I am a little nervous for a number of reasons.
1. My hubby is traveling around the world to someplace he has never been.
2. I will be by myself for ten days with a 4 month old and two year old.
3. I have never really been by myself here alone since we moved in 4 years ago.
4. Laney is going through a nightmare stage right now!
Actually, I am not that nervous. I mean, my sister has done it many times and she has more than double the amount of kids than me. Anyway, I am sure I will have a few stories about Andy's travels and my adventures here.

Well, on to some exciting news for me. Starting July 5th, I will only be working 3 days a week. I am dancing a little jig as I type. I will be working M-W-F and off on Tu & Thurs. I am not going to lie. I will miss my Mondays off, but another extra day with my girlies is going to fabulous.

This morning I got online to check my bank account so I could balance the checkbook and pay bills. I was ecstatic to see that my direct deposit from work was 4 1/2 times my regular pay!!! I thought to myself "Do I just pretend I did not notice or do I call my boss?" Well, my boss called me. I was on-call this weekend and you have to carry a cell phone that rings 24/7. Well, we get an extra 200$ for carrying it. Instead of 200$, they accidentally paid me for 200 extra hours. Ooops!! So needless to say, I won't be keeping that dough. I already had a trip to Maui planned. Oh, well!!!

Laney and Leah got to enjoy Nana's and Papa's pool the last two weekends. They both love the water. Laney is trying to be independent. She wants everyone to watch her jump in off the ladder. She is so proud of herself. She will say "Laney did a big jump". But in all actuality, she takes a nice leisurely step off the ladder. In other Laney news, she is officially potty trained. I was so lucky! She has only had a few accidents and we are down to only a hand full of pull-ups. Once those are gone, we will be sleeping through the night in big girl panties. My guess is that will occur while Andy is in China, and I will have sheets to change every night.

Leah is 4 months old now and so vocal. She is such a good sleeper. She should give her big sister some tips. When Laney was a baby, you would have to cuddle her to sleep, not Leah. I can lay her in her crib and she will zonk out for the whole night. And to top it off, if she wakes up at 0600, she will talk herself right back to sleep. She loves to eat her cereal at night. She is like a little baby bird with a wide open mouth. Saturday night as soon as I walked out of the room, the little booger rolled from her back to her tummy for the first time!!! Time goes by way too quickly these days. Well, Leah just woke up from her nap so I must be going!!!