My mom is visiting this week and the kids love it. Lily wants nothing to do with me...."No, Grammy do it." She already knows that Grammy gives in and is easy on her. It is pretty cute.

Sophia has been such a terrible sleeper, in her crib. In our bed she will sleep fine, but then I get no sleep. I have known for a while that I need to break her of this habit, but I just hate the cry it out thing. Well, 2 days ago I had enough. I was determined to do it and be strong. It took one time of crying for maybe 10 minutes. One time! Yeah for me and her. She is a much happier baby now that she is getting more sleep....and I am a happier mom. Why the heck didn't I try this earlier. Now when I lay her in her bed she sleeps. Amazing.

I feel like all around me sad things are happening to people.....specifically it seems that marriages are being attacked and people are losing loves ones. And these are strong couples who know God. You would never think that they would have problems.....but I guess everyone does.

So why them? Why not me? They seem stronger in their faith then me.....probably spend more time in the word and in prayer. Is that why they are having problems. They are being attacked and Satan is trying to discourage them? I always know I should be spending more time with God, but than I wonder if I will be put under attack. Maybe Satan is leaving me alone because there is nothing he needs to be worried about......hmm, probably not good. It is not good to live safely.

Wow, did this make any sense? I have all these thoughts bouncing in my head and sometimes they do not come out as clearly.

Long day. It is 11pm. I just showered and made myself some dinner. I'll let you guess how the day went. At least it will end on a good note. I am clean and I can eat one small meal in peace.

It's been a while since I have been able to post.....like a real post with what is going on in our lives. Not that it is extremely interesting to most, but here it is anyways......

Chaz and Nicole: We are buys being parents....and boy is it a big job. There is never a dull moment and it is lots of fun. We are understanding more of Lily's language everyday. We are a bit sleep deprived, and we can never keep up with laundry. Chaz is enjoying is new car and starting his busy season at work. I have been busy opening my online business Safely Baby. (Chemical free baby products....soon to be up and running www.safelybaby.com)

Lily: Lily is 2 and it shows. She is talking more and more everyday, and saying things like "I don't want to"...."Me do it"...."Mine"....and the new favorite one...."Why?" She sleeps in a big girl bed and is doing great with the potty training thing. She loves playing with "fia" (Sophia), swinging, and drinking juice boxes.

Sophia: She is on the go. She is a fast crawler. She pulls her self up on everything and even tries to stand in the middle of a room. She is learning to like food other then breastmilk and she doesn't like to sleep much (which is just great for me). She plays well on her own, as long as I am in the same room. She still has no teeth, but I believe some are very close to coming through.

Well, that about covers it. Sorry, not too exciting, but we enjoy it.

Finally pictures from our trip to RI.

We spent alot of time on the beach.

We took our girls to portrait innovations today to get photographed......it was fun and they did such a good job. Here are a few shots.

We are home again and kinda back into the swing of things. We had a really nice visit with my family. My parents have a new cottage on the ocean and so we spent alot of time at the beach....or "beesh" as Lily calls it.

Lily is 2 now.....hard to believe. Her Birthday was last Friday.

I wish I could post some pictures from our trip. I have so many great ones, but I left my camera at my mom's. When she sends it to me I will post.