The Meeces

Memphis Trip and Gigi's Birthday

We took a really fun trip to Memphis last month to celebrate a BIG birthday of Gigi's. Everyone came in town for the occasion and we had a houseful with three toddlers. The girls hadn't seen Grandude in a long time either, so they were excited to see him. They had so much fun playing with all of Gigi's toys!

My mom had saved all of these cool toys from when she was a classroom teacher- check out this dollhouse! It is awesome! (Tyler diligently set everyone up in their places while the girls were asleep- I'm sure they felt like it was Christmas morning when they woke up)

They also loved the huge basket full of animals....why can't toys be this entertaining at our house!? :)

Gigi and Uncle Ryan

Sleepy Ben

We had a wonderful birthday dinner for Gigi at The Butcher Shop. We had our own room, which worked out great with the kiddos....and some amazing food! Savannah is a birthday cake connoisseur and at the end of the night while we were taking pictures- she was going down the table eating the last bits of cake off of everyones plate :)

Gigi and her grand babies

Birthday Dinner!

Caroline's Snow White Cupcake Party!

Our niece Caroline turned 4 this month! We made a trip to Knoxville for her big birthday bash! It was such a fun party with...cupcake decorating, balloons, popcorn, candy, and a visit from Snow White! The girls had a blast.

The beautiful party and decorations.....

This is what happens when you dive into a rocking chair face first :(....

Skylar Walking

Skylar has made some great progress walking lately! This is a video of her walking at her therapy clinic. She does much better at the clinic because there are lots of long halls, wide open spaces, and on this particular day- no little sisters in her way :) Best walking yet! Hopefully before too long- she will be doing this at home too...

January and New Years Resolutions

January has been a total blur so far. We had the great idea of starting off our New Year by potty training the girls. We started on New Years Eve morning and were going to attempt this intensive 3 day potty training method that goes cold turkey from diapers to undies. It was basically a nightmarish 3 days of cleaning up pee, doing laundry, and giving baths around the clock. Not a fun way to ring in the new year. I guess for the kids that it actually works for in 3 days- it is worth it- but it didn't quite work like that for us. After 5 LONG days, we decided that Skylar's little body was not ready for potty training yet. We also quit undies and broke down and bought pull-ups. Savannah has made slow and steady progress this whole month though. The M&M reward system finally clicked and she has had her fill of M&Ms! She is probably 70% #1 trained, and 50% #2 trained. But, I'm sure we will get there!