Water magic

Addison is 9 months old now and is still not really crawling. The doctor assures us that this is fine, but we have been really trying to get her to crawl. Also, she has started pulling herself up on one knee and one foot, but she can't seem to pull herself all the way up on two feet. Tonight during her bath she both crawled and pulled herself up all the way onto two feet.
I think the reason she crawled is because she wanted to get to a toy at the other end of the bathtub and she knew she had to keep her head above the water. She normally just lays on her stomach and pulls herself to where she wants to go or she rolls to where she wants to go. But when there is water and she knows she can not lay down, she crawls. Now if only she would try doing it out of water.
As for why she was able to pull herself up onto two feet, I don't really know. It might have something to do with the fact that the side of the tub is lower then the other surfaces she has been using to try to pull herself up with. I really don't know. But I think it is very funny that it takes water to make her do things we have been trying to get her to do for months.

Small gifts from God

Today our community had a yard sale. Only a few homes participated. We participated and we did better than we thought we would, so that was nice. But what was even nicer is I got something for free that I had been wanting for a few months now.

I have wanted a kids size Fisher Price picnic table. The kind that is all one piece with the table in the middle and two benches on each side.

One of our neighbors came to our house to look at our stuff. She said they were busy that day and so they were not participating in the yard sale, but that they had lots of stuff to get rid of. She just happen to mention that she had a Fisher Price picnic table she wanted to get rid of. I said that I was looking for one. She said she would sell it to me for $5.

Then it got better. . . Her son collects baseball cards. Our friend Ed Russ had given us a LARGE box of baseball cards. Her son had already bought $10 worth of cards from us. When the lady brought the picnic table down to our house, Daniel offered her the rest of the baseball cards in exchange for the table. I didn't think she was go for it, but she did. So we got this table that I have been wanting for months for FREE!!!

I know that this was a small gift from God. It is just too coincidental that this lady just happen to stop at our house, just happen to mention that she had a table she wanted to get rid of, it just happen to be the exact table I was wanting, we just happen to have a friend who had given us all those baseball cards, her son just happen to be a baseball card collector and she was willing to trade the table for the baseball cards.

Thanks God!

Recycling - It's About Time

Recycling is about as easy as you could make it here for us. We have three recycling bins (small bins that you can keep in your garage) that we received when we moved into our house. All you have to do is put your recycling in the bins and put it out with the trash every other week. It is so easy, yet, we didn't start recycling until a couple of months ago. Why you ask... Well, mainly we were just lazy and maybe in the back of my head I thought that we don't really use that much that could be recycled. Now that we have started recycling it shocks me how much recyclable material we use in two weeks. In 9 days we have filled up two of our three recycling bins. Though we wasted years when we could have been recycling, I guess it is better to start late then to never start at all.

Sitting up

This morning Addison woke up and was talking a little (baby talk of course). Then she was quite. So I went upstairs to check on her. Usually I can open her bedroom door and walk over to her crib to check on her without her noticing me (there is a bumper in her crib, so she can't see through the rails). But today when I opened her door to check on her, there she was looking at me. She was sitting up in her crib, just looking around her room. So much for being able to check on her without her seeing me.

Wedding Dress???

I am contemplating selling my wedding dress. It makes all logical sense to sell it. I will never wear it again. It is just sitting collecting dust and taking up room. The chances of Addison wanting to wear it are slim to none. So, this should be a simple decision, right? WRONG. Every time I take the dress out to take pictures to put online to sell it, my emotions get the best of me and I just can't do it. It is funny how you can feel so emotionally attached to an object. I have heard of people saving their wedding dresses and letting their little girls use them as dress up clothes, but it just seems like very expensive dress up clothes to me. I have also heard of people turning their wedding dresses into other things that they can use, such as a throw pillow for their bed or a nice purse, etc. This would not work for my wedding dress because it is almost completely made of tole (spelling?). So does anyone have any advice as to if I should sell or not sell? And if I don't sell it what should I do with it?

Thanks!

My Washer Works!!

While I was away visiting with my parents, the part we needed to fix our washer came in. Daniel installed it and guess what, MY WASHER WORKS. I was able to wash a medium load. Tomorrow I am going to try washing a large load. Now I know this is a weird to get so excited about a working washer, but if you have ever had your washer NOT WORK, I am sure you can relate. It is a pain when your washer does not work properly.