Wow! It's Been a Long Time

It has been way too long since I have undated our blog! Unfortunately our lives have been very busy and I have failed to stay up to date. Many things have changed since my last post. We have now added a wonderful new addition to our family, Hannah Ruth (Ruthie) Skipper. She is 13 months old and has a fantastic personality. We also moved this summer into a house that has given us a good bit more room for the girls to run and play. It has been a great year since the last post and I hope to get back on track with this blog thing! I have posted a few Christmas pictures for you to see how the girls have grown! (That is if anyone is still reading!)

Summer Sickness

Well, seems that we have gotten the viral infection that we had last spring again this year! The differences are that it started with Mommy who has had a bad cough for two weeks now and Daddy hasn't gotten it yet! Maddie was the 2Nd person to get it in the form of a stomach virus which progressed to a throat infection and fever. Then, on the day that I took Maddie to the Dr Ella Grace decided she needed it too and hers is in the form of a runny nose and cough. The Dr says that it is a virus that thrives in warm weather so I guess we can look forward to it every year. The good thing is that I am still far from delivery because the Dr said it would be dangerous for little Ruthie to get it at delivery, so that we are thankful for! Hopefully we will all be well in time for me to go back to work next week and the girls to play with Grammy and Grandaddy! I hope everyone has had a great summer and I can't wait to have something fun to share with you!

Summer Fun

Well, I have been teaching summer school this summer so we haven't had much time for fun. I have had this week off though as a break in between summer school weeks and we have really enjoyed it. We went swimming on Monday and then to the Dr. on Tuesday. Maddie has had two ear infections back to back and we had to go and make sure that her ears had cleared up. She was very brave and let the dr. look and sure enough they were clear!!! Ella Grace decided that she wanted in on the dr. action so she kept us up most of the night Monday night and then was whiney on Tuesday so I made her an appointment at the same time as Maddie's. Now Ella Grace has pink eye and an ear infection. The good news is that her eye cleared up almost instantly with the eye drops and she seems to be feeling better. She is running wild one minute and then lays on the couch with her blanket the next. She is really sweet when she is laying on the couch being sickly, as you will se in the picture. Today we went to McDonald's to play with friends and eat lunch. The girls really enjoyed it and then came home to take a really nice nap! Mommy loves that part! After dinner tonight they enjoyed playing with their bath crayons and making big artwork on the walls. I hope you enjoy the picture of their artwork! Tomorrow, we have a playdate at another friends house and then Daddy is off on Friday. This has been a very action packed week but it has been really fun. I only have two more weeks of summer school and then we can have more fun!

Long Time No Blog

A lot has happened since our last post. I am going to try to catch you up. Lets see... the girls turned 2 on April 2ND. We took them to Columbia again this year and visited the Ed Venture museum and then went to the zoo!

Also, we found out that the girls are going to be big sisters! What a suprise to us! We are going to be welcoming another girl into our family in November! Her name is Hannah Ruth Skipper and we are calling her Ruthie! The girls are very excited about this new addition and have already decided that she will be sleeping with them. I don't think that they understand what is about to hit them. We have also taken the paci's away and started potty training! The paci's were much easier than the potty training thing! We have been swimming a lot lately and I hope to get some pics of the girls swimming to share with everyone!

Locked out!

So, today I was going to take off the trash while Ashley was at school. I went out to collect everything to put in the back of the truck when Maddie and Ella Grace closed the back door. To my surprise the door was locked! I couldn't figure out what to do. I went to the next door neighbors and rang the bell. I needed to use the phone because of course I didn't have my cell phone with me. The neighbor was not home. I was about to lose my mind by this point. I went to another neighbors house and rang the bell. She graciously gave me her phone which I looked at and could not figure out what to do next. I had not idea who to call. I then remembered that my best friend (Neil) had a key. He was in court and could not leave (sorry about that) so his grand mother-in-law who was keeping Claire came and brought the spare key. Thank you for that!!! The girls thought it was hillarious watching me frantically go from window to window to make sure they were ok! Not funny!! I am taking names of all those who are laughing right now! I know who you are!

The Girls First Snow

Well, today was the girls first snow day. There is barely any snow on the ground, but it was enough for them to call off school! We got the girls all bundled up and took them out to play in the snow. The first thing Ella Grace said when she saw it was, "Bubbles!" She thought that someone had blown bubbles all over our yard. They were so bundled up that they couldn't hardly walk. They even fell over a few times and had a really hard time getting back up. It was fun though and we are hoping for more snow so that they can sled next time! Hope you enjoy the pictures!

What's that smell?

So, the girls were down for their nap. Maddie was screaming her head off and I decided to give her her pacie! She had pooped and smeared it on her body like body paint! I know what you are thinking..."that is the grossest thing ever!" Nope! While I was bathing Maddie, Ashley decided to get Ella Grace up because she was awake. Ella Grace had decided to one-up Maddie (as she usually does) and had taken off her diaper and not only pooped but peed all over her bed! Wow, what a smell! Don't worry, there wont be any pictures to help tell the story!