It was nice while it lasted.

Many of you may know that we had been really spoiled with Danica. At least with her sleeping habits. She would wait in her bed in the morning until we came to get her. If she woke up and wanted to get up she would call for us. Well...three morning ago that changed. She has started getting up on her own. The first morning I was already up and sitting on the couch. She came out with a book and some awesome bed head hair and wanted to read. The second morning she came into our room at 6:00 and climbed on me. Normally it wouldn't have been too bad but we had gotten to bed pretty late the night before. This morning she came in quietly and put her face right next to mine and whispered "Mom, Get up!" I was happy that she was quiet about it since Jason had been able to play poker with some guys last night and he hadn't gotten to do that in awhile. I got her a couple of waffles and she is watching Tinkerbell right now. I would love it if she went back to staying in her bed but I am certain that train has left the station. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

First Dentist Visit

Danica had her first dentist appointment on Friday. She did awesome. Our insurance does something called Chaps. They have a class for first timers to the dentist where they get to touch everything that is used and learn about what is going on. So there was about 7 kids all 3-4 years old there at the same time. And they all did pretty well. There was one little girl who declared that she had already brushed her teeth that morning and did NOT want to do it again. Danica even got x-rays taken. I wish I had gotten a picture of her with the big heavy apron on but she was a little anxious at that time and it was busy back by the x-ray stuff so I let it slide. She looked like she was trying so hard to be brave! Then we went back to the pediatric area and they have 4 stations in one room. She sat down like a champ and did great. The only thing she didn't tolerate was when they tried to recline the chair. She didn't like that at all and freaked out a little. So the chair was sitting more upright than ususal but they worked around it.

Getting ready to get started.

Tolerating the polishing really well!

Smiling pretty for the camera!

Almost all done and no cavities! They were able to get clear xrays which was nice. She has a little mouth so it was hard with the negative cards but she was awesome. Both Jason and I went with her which I think helped calm her down when she got anxious. Jason held her hand during the cleaning (which you can see in the above picture). We both had been talking it up for a couple of weeks. Letting her know what I dentist does and what to expect. We were also careful to not call the dentist a doctor. Danica does not like going to the doctor. She got to pick out a prize when she was done and then we were outta there. It took about an hour including her class so I thought that was rather quick. Hopefully she does this well on her next trip there in 6 months.

Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing all the mom's out there a very Happy Mother's Day!

In case you can't understand her Danica is saying Happy Mother's Day. She is also wavying around a balloon wand that she got at the Saturday Market here in Salem. And it was warm in the car so that is why her face is all flushed.

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

The ABCs

Finally some long awaited (I'm sure) video. Danica randomly started singing the alphabet in the car the other day and made it the whole way through without help. Jason had never heard her do that and I had heard attempts but never successes. She is being very chatty right now. It is adorable to listen to her when she is playing by herself in her room. This clip is from yesterday afternoon. We had been out and about and I needed to run to the grocery store to get some stuff for dinner so Jason and Danica waited in the car for me. Apparently during that time she was singing and Jason got it recorded on his phone. I had to wait until we got home and got this with the little camera.

She does know the ending to the song. We worked on it last night a little bit. She just couldn't remember while she was singing in the car. But she was warm and in need of a nap as well. She also had no problem singing it multiple times as long as I would let her see the video after she was done. I think it is rather cute!