Ahhhh....!

I am finally breathing a sigh of relief for several reasons. Number one is that Siosi only had one accident today! I have just been putting her in training underwear except when she is sleeping and today I saw the fruits of my labor! Only one accident! We have a sticker chart for her in the bathroom that is really motivating. She loves the stickers so much that she can't concentrate sometimes on actually earning them. She just wants to admire them and play with them. We have one sticker that is a cell phone and when she chose that one (her first choice!) she put her head to the chart and said,"Hello?"

The other relief is that Kalo is sleeping through the night for the most part. I have had almost three nights of sleep now! Its amazing how different you feel when you sleep.

Lastly, Christmas is over! I love Christmas but it seems to have gone on forever this year. Maybe thats because Siosi constantly tears everything off our tree and drags it all over the house. I am eager to take the thing down and burn it! I'm just waiting for some help from Joe. We had fun this Christmas with Siosi. She got her first baby doll in the hopes of her expending all her curiosity on the doll rather than Kalo. As you can see from the picture, Kalo goes through a lot of torture! Joe and I got each other the same gift. A magellan. We need it for Joe's job and it is a tax write off for us. You know what they say..."Great minds think alike!" I got a better deal on mine so we took Joe's back. Another exciting purchase that we made (not for Christmas) was a treadmill. I have gained an exceeding amount of weight and although Joe is striving to be like Nephi, he decided not to take it too far in being "large in stature." We looked at the prices of a local gym and decided our best option would be to purchase a treadmill. I can't really get out with two kids now and the weather here is not very motivating half the year. Hopefully it will prove to be a good investment. One of my dreams has always been to have an exercise room in the house. Maybe one day when we become disgustingly wealthy we'll have it and now we are just one step ahead!


Siosi's present from Grandma...A magical bus (she thinks its magical. She was trying to ride in it but didn't realize she doesn't fit!)
The Sunday before Christmas:

Here is Kalo in her Christmas dress! We couldn't get Siosi to stand still. She always walks toward the camera when we try to take pictures of her.

Siosi is always so loving with Kalo!