142 + 38 Weeks

I am very tired as I write this.  For the past three nights Carmen has been waking up and whimpering during the night.  Last night at about 1:30am she cried out in her sleep, "I want the iPad!" (addicted much?), and then between about 3 and 5 am she whimpered on and off every 15 minutes or so.  We haven't slept very well.  But the good news is that this past week, Carmen graduated to not wearing a nappy (diaper) to bed any more!  We've had no accidents, and she feels like a very big girl.

It has rained for most of the week, so we didn't get out much.  Carmie went to school, and Arley went to the farm to be babysat by his grandparents, and I got some paintings finished.  Poor Carmen was sick until Sunday, but as soon as she was better, she perked right up and has mostly been very sweet (a huge difference from the devil-child she turned into when she was sick).  She is very taken by Peppa Pig at the moment, and has an ongoing fascination with the planets.  She can tell you what order the planets come in, and she can tell you facts about each one.  And she loves to talk about the carnival that she went to at least a month ago.  Arley is pulling up on everything, and prefers to follow us around at the moment.  He wants to be wherever Carmen is.  Today he decided not to sleep for his second nap, and he was still a breeze to be around.  Such an easy baby!

 Arley-mon

 Calling Lolo

 Dad the trampoline

 Arley found Carmen's cream cheese sandwich and demolished it in about 5 seconds.

 Playing with home-made Playdoh

 Carmie learnt how to use a computer and a mouse this week :)

 Arley loves to eat bubbles in the bath.