shot time

Adler somehow got over due for her shots. We are normally excellent on keeping/making all of the girls appointments so we don't know how this one got by us. The doc would not do them last time daddy had both the girls there as they were sick. so today was the make up day. Adler got three shots and daddy said she did not cry at all. what a big girl!!!! speaking of big girl, i guess now they are providing you with some sort of prediction on the growth pattern of the children. well, currently Adler is projected to be 5'6" to 5'8". So she will tower over momma. She is currently only in the 60th percentile for height and 40th percentile for weight. She is measuring in at 33 and 1/2 inches tall and 23 and 1/2 pounds.

sleeping habbits

Adler use to be the best when it came to bed time. I could just lay her down in her bed and close the doors and walk away. I am not sure how we morphed into the crazy bedtime habits we have now. i would love to roll back the clock and break these habits. i know they are as much-if not more-my fault than hers as i let her get away with it. hell i slept in Rigby's bed for over 2 years, so i don't have a good track record. these days we all go into Rigby's room and listen to stories. then i kiss and close the door on Rigby and Adler and i go back out to the living room and snuggle on the couch 'till she falls asleep in my arms. this is not so bad, it is this newer development that has me at wits end. now she will wake up anywhere between midnight and 3am and i can get up and comfort her and hold her till she goes back to sleep but the minute i lay her back down in her bed she wakes and throws a fit which include screaming and blubbering. I know this started on vacation as i was trying to keep her quite with us all crammed in one room and the rest of the family just a paper thin wall away i was trying to keep her quite so i brought her to bed with daddy and I. well now that is the only way to shut her up. the minute she lays down and feels me laying next to her she is off to la-la land. i don't know how to break this with out a lot of screaming and crying from both of us and waking up the entire house. UGH!!!

rain jacket

today when i was dropping the girls off at school i noticed the teachers were giving us weird looks. then realized that all three of us were wearing our rain jackets. at school the sun was out and not a drop of rain had fallen, but at our house when we were loading up it was pouring. so i explained this and we all had a good laugh at it. then i left and by the time i pulled up in the parking lot at my office (across the street) it was sprinkling. when i get into my office and look out the window it was a sheer downpour. ha ha ha who isn't crazy after all... THE SCOTT GIRLS!! oh by the way i noticed today that all three of us have poke-a-dot rain jackets. all different colors but dang we are cute when we are bundling up against the elements. :)

hating it

I guess it is taking Adler quite a bit to get use to her new classroom as she still bawls when i drop her off at school. today it was so bad she started crying the minute i drove in the parking lot. I know which are her new teachers and they are nice and friendly. When i pick her up at the end of the day she is all smiles and giggles. So it is just the idea of change that i guess is not sitting well with her. UGH. i feel horrible that the teachers/aids have to restrain her after i drop her off otherwise she could run out the door and follow me. as her new classroom does not have a baby gate. it breaks a mommies heart. i did stick around for a little bit but that was not helping either.

letters

Adler is about 80% on her A-B-C's. She gets most letters. Which is amazing. Rigby was no where near that when she started school after her 2nd birthday. Adler is just now approaching 2 and she has most of her letters and some numbers. So i can totally see where the school is helping both the girls.

evil

i don't know it is was that we were on vacation and away from the set schedule but Adler got into some very bad habits. she started biting, hitting, and pulling hair. this could just be more of the terrible-two's rearing their ugly little head. she is not sorry for her actions when being warned she just will give you this evil smile or maniacal laugh that is until spankings or time out show up. then she is all tears and apologies. i am hoping routine and school will help curb this immediately. i don't know if Rigby can take much more as she is normally the brunt of the violence.

no more white pants

Happy Labor Day! Adler is very scary around pools. 1.) she does not listen 2.) she wont keep her ring on 3.) she has no fear (maybe that should be number 1 4.) she is convinced that she can touch the bottoms at all time even in the 5ft. ugh!!! gives daddy and 1000 mini heart-attacks.