Counting down until my baby girl turns 2!

talk about a Trifilio family Christmas Card....

I'm happy to report that Baby Frankie is better. We return to the doctor again on Monday for hopefully an all clear. He still has a pretty bad cough, but he is improving and that is good. We kept a pretty low profile this weekend except on Saturday Frankie, Kimmy, and mom went indoor rock climbing for mom's birthday !!! Fun was had by all, and I do mean all including my daughter Bella. Daddy hooked her up and she scaled the wall like a pro !! and was none to happy about having to stop. I stopped by for a bit and picked up my princess to go home for a nap.

Bella is still a talking machine, and every day she amazes me with what comes out of her mouth. She LOVES to sing as well and has several songs memorized. I have to give her school all the credit as I'm not the best singer ;-) She watched Ice Age for the first time this weekend and is now obsessed with squirrels!

My little man is doing great. He is going through a major daddy phase and just lights up when he comes home. He still isn't a huge fan of baby food, but we keep trying. He is rolling machine and we really have to keep an eye on him or he'll disappear.

The biggest thing going on right now is our sleep issues. Bella...she has always been one to be rocked to sleep even now. We finally got her to lay down by herself at nap times. She even did good with that on occasion at bed time, until she learned how to open her door about four months ago. I though things would get better but they haven't. She comes out of her room a hundred times at night & nap. Some nights she isn't asleep until 9:30/10pm. I've tried the patience and keep putting in her bed method, but I always end up giving in after 30 minutes and rock her to sleep. Then...about a two weeks ago she has been coming into our room about 1am. Frankie and I have let her stay because we're both too exhausted to deal with having to put her back (I know bad). Any advice??? My son still isn't sleeping through the night and wakes up anywhere from one to two times a night. Needless to say we are TIRED! Hopefully this is all a phase and will pass soon.

We celebrated my MIL's birthday last night and we had a GREAT TIME !! Happy Birthday Grandma Bird!!

This weekend we are going to FIL's house to celebrate for Bella's birthday. I can't believe my baby girl is turning two, but we write more about that later. We decided to do just a family party this year, but next year we will invite all of her friends.

To end we have some EXCITING NEWS !! Bella and Baby Frankie are going be cousins again...My SIL Nicole is having another baby and we are over the moon.