Bye bye pacifier, sort of and hopefully.

So here is my cute family. I think everyone is familiar with my girls, but in this picture I also have my sister's kids (minus one). By the way, I miss you already, and am so glad that you came. Abby and Isabel have been asking non stop for their "friends".

Today is the day that we are getting rid of the pacifier for good! We kind of got rid of it back in AZ, but during the move we kind of went back to it. So, today, we finally cut off the top and she won't get it for bed time or even naps. Okay, stressful for me. I know they are bad for the teeth, and it isn't as if I want her to have it. I just don't have the heart to take it away. I think I am being a tough mom when I tell her that she can only have it when she goes to bed, but I am also a wimp and can't handle the crying and screaming, and whining, and hitting and grouchiness. I also try to tell myself that all or most children go through this, but it isn't helping. I hate the pacifier!! I remember when it was Abby that I told myself that Isabel would be off of hers by 6 months old. Okay, obviously that didn't work. Isabel is even more attatched than Abby ever was. She would prefer the pacifier to me any day. Any good mothering ideas are welcome, just not the ones that tell me that I am a bad mom because she isn't already off of it. Yes, I know she is 26+ months old!! I'm trying!! My goal for the end of the day, is not to stop at Walmart and get a new one.

Happy Birthday, Tia

Here's some random pics of my 4th favorite sister. Haha. That was a joke. We miss you Tia, and wish you were closer! We were happy to spend at least a day with you for Leigh's graduation. We're all so glad you are happy in California. Dan is one lucky guy. Make sure he knows that!! I know all of your nieces and nephew love you to death. When we called, she wanted to say Happy Birthday, but Sonya's name just got in the way. We love you. Happy Birthday!! Have a good one!

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I had actually forgotten about this picture, and how much I wanted to show them off. This is the type of help I get from my children. So I wanted to make a really nice tiered cake for Neil's graduation. Granted it is not the best so what they did, kind of helped me in a way. At least I could blame the fact of it not being the best cake on them, and not necessarily on the fact that I didn't want to spend so much time on it. Oops, secrets out. I'm kind of a lazy baker. I love to bake, but am not willing to spend a whole lot of time on it. This is partially why we do muddy buddies so often. Anyway, I thought the cake was funny because of the face that was put here. These are Isabel's fingerprints, and as soon as she did it, she told me that it was a face. Luckily I had already planned to put stars on in ASU's colors, I guess this helped me to "strategically" place them. (yes, I know I am spelling terribly, but like the lazy baker, I am also a lazy blogger)

Hooray!!

Okay, so the moment you've all been waiting for.....I'm back online. I know you all couldn't wait to see what odd ramblings I have to add, which is really not much. I've gotten out of the habit of blogging, so I really have nothing to say, but I have a few pictures I wanted to post. Here are some fairly old pictures of the girls and their Sharp cousins. This was while we were staying over with Neil's parents. By the way, we miss all of you!! The other two are pretty self explanatory. Neil's graduation. Congrats, babe! We are really proud of you!