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The girls have been rather talkative lately, which makes for some laughs. As I type this, Liliana is watching the previews to a movie, which included a scene with Cruella Devil, and she started to laugh along with her with her evil laugh. She also called out "Poco!" when Pocohontas was shown (her new favorite movie). But earlier she was even funnier- When we were at church she started to sing (while someone was speaking) and she kept saying "Momma- sing with me!" Then when she was done singing she naturally when right to praying- so she bowed her head, said a prayer, and then loudly exclaimed "AMEN!"

During lunch today I was explaining to Grace that one of her best friends here Jack (and one of my best friends here Liz) are moving in two weeks. :( I told her that they would be moving closer to her grandmas. She thought about it for a minute and then told us that we should move to Arizona too then. I explained that Daddy's job is here, so if we moved to Arizona he would have to take a plane every day to get to work. But she had an answer for that too- "Don't worry, I have a picture of Daddy, so I won't forget him!" I about lost it, but tried to remind her of the things that Daddy can do with her when he's here in person: play with her, give her hugs, etc. Only daddy-daughter dates made her change her mind. I guess Kaylon knows where he stands now.

I'm a slave driver...

I even give the baby chores that make her tired, i.e. watching me cook.

But I let them relax after their toil.

As for us (the adults), we just put in an application for a place here in Gaithersburg (but not the Village, yay!). I seriously love this house. Everything is finished- doors close- including closets, the appliances are new, the carpet is nice, the deck is sturdy, the yard is prob 3 times as big as our current one, and the walk-out basement even has COLOR! It's sad that these things make us excited, but they do. Our options in VA so far have fallen through- if this house doesn't work out then we'll have to go down to Woodbridge again to check out some new places since I think this house might be the only decent house in our price range here in Gaithersburg.

Oh, and tomorrow Grace and I are going to Kindergarten Orientation! It most likely will not be the school that she will go to in the fall, but at least she'll get a chance to see what it's like. I'm sure we'll go check out whichever school we get assigned to before she starts.

Pictures as Promised

Here are some new pictures of Moira...

Before anyone starts to give me grief about the next picture, I swear, I tried to give the girl a pacifier. I really did. She GAGGED on it. Every time. And in the last 2 weeks, she just started sucking on her thumb. So, I've decided that when it comes to our girls' genes, Kaylon's genes go to their appearance, and mine all go towards thumb sucking. It's the only explanation I can come up with.Here's her happy smile. I LOVE her smile. It makes my day- every time :)

Liliana and Grace Singing the Alphabet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5lIz4mL6ug

I still haven't gotten the camera, but here's a video I've been meaning to put up :) The stupid thing won't let me embed it, so you'll have to follow the link. Enjoy :)

YES, Drill Sergeant!

Liliana is her own person. She does things her own way, and if she's unhappy with what you're doing, she lets you know. Last night as we were getting ready for bed, Kaylon did something that disturbed Liliana. She grabbed him by his shirt, pulled him closer, and then proceeded to "yell" at him. After a few phrases she leaned into his face, putting her nose to his, and continued giving him a piece of her mind. She totally looked like a drill sergeant! We were laughing so hard we had tears running down our cheeks. I love her independent spirit. Right now, she is my comic relief, well, except when she colors on the walls with crayons or the laptop screen with a permanant marker :O.

Grace is really starting to get how sounds make words. Yesterday she was typing with Kaylon on AIM and she wanted to write 'cought in a net.' I heard her sounding it out and she came up with 'kot' for 'caught.' Makes sense to me! She really likes the PBS show 'Word World' and usually helps the characters sound out the words. woo hoo! we have learning.

Can't forget Moira. She continues to grow bigger- I can't believe that she's almost 3 months old! She smiles all the time now- especially in the morning for whoever is nice enough to get her out of bed, and for Grace, who might now trump Kaylon for her favorite person. Grace can do no wrong with her. It's really sweet to see them interact. Moira is also sleeping better at night (thank you!), making me a nicer person during the day. I took some pictures of her last night, but my camera is upstairs where she is sleeping, so i'll post them later.

As for us, we found 2 places we liked in Woodbridge and one place in our price range here in Montgomery Village. We'll be setting up appointments after we see how a few other things fall into place (probably next week). I need to start packing, but it just doesn't seem urgent yet, and I'm a procrastinator, so it's not happening. But it should- soon... i hope... :)

Haircuts and Woodbridge

We all got our haircut today... thought I'd share some before and after pics :) First Miss Grace...

Sunday

Today (It'll be cuter when I spend some time on it)

Me (Same old, same old)

I saved the more dramatic for last... Miss Liliana

Sunday

Today

We decided to not go with the bangs, but to grow them out instead. I had her look at herself in the mirror and she couldn't help smiling. It was a cute moment :)

On the housing front, I am an idiot and I miscalculated the distance from Woodbridge to the closest metro. Turns out that Woodbridge is a better commute for Kaylon, so we're turing our sights to there. Housing is comparable and we already have at least 2 friends there (yay Justin and Lauren!), so it seems to be a better choice. We'll be checking out some places there on Saturday hopefully.

Thumb Sucking

We are in the process of getting the thumb sucking to end in our house (just as Moira has begun to discover that she has one!). It's a hard road, since both girls do it without even thinking. Grace has been doing pretty well with a reward system- she starts the day out with 5 jelly beans in a bag and then loses one every time we catch her sucking her thumb. I worry though that she does it when she knows we're not around.

We tried that system with Liliana, but she just didn't get it. So Kaylon went out and bought pink duct tape and we started wrapping it around her thumbs today. She thought it was cool for about 30 seconds, and then it sunk in that this was to prevent thumb sucking and she got upset. She's already got one thumb free this morning- the other seems to be on better. I'll have to reapply before nap time. Here's a picture of the tourtured.