Baby

Here's a video that I forgot to post last time.  I love watching Tenley with her babies.  She loves to cover them up with her blankie and play peek-a-boo with them.  This is what she was doing when I caught it on video.  I've always known that I'm not cut out to be the mom of a toddler and a baby - so because of this and a variety other of reasons we don't plan on having another baby for quite some time!  It really stresses me out just to watch moms with kids close in age when they are little.  I'm sure it gets easier, but boy- it sure doesn't look fun to me.  Not to mention that I just love this stage so much, so I don't really want to share Tenley yet and risk missing anything.  But watching Tenley be so nurturing and fun with her baby makes me feel a little more at ease our plan isn't His plan.  Enjoy!

There's been lots of changes happening all around us lately!  To start, we had to find a new babysitter because Sarah (our old sitter) is expecting her 4th child in less than a month!  We are so excited for this new addition to their loving family, but this also meant that we needed to find a new sitter for Tenley.  We were lucky enough to find an Amish woman who babysits out of her home with her daughter.  She came with fantastic references and we know another child's family that goes there.  After we met with Miss Iva we thought it would be a great fit.  So Tenley has been there for three weeks now.  We had a rough go at it at first.  Switching sitters at this age is tough anyway, but it brought on some separation anxiety that we've never had to deal with before.  Tenley has always been VERY outgoing and will go to anyone at any time!  But now we see the "stranger danger" side!  While it's very flattering to know she would rather be with us, it's absolutely heartbreaking to have to leave her at the sitter, the church nursery, or even grandma and grandpa's when we know she's upset.  But today- after three weeks- we finally had a morning with NO TEARS!  I walked out the door after dropping her off and I wanted to celebrate!  But just that quick I thought, "aw...my little girl is growing up."  I suppose that's pretty normal.  During this time though, there's been other changes at home.  Mike has switched jobs - He's now working at Chore Time in Milford. He is really enjoying it and it's so amazing to us to see God's hand in getting him there.  He's truly been at work since the day we moved back to Nappanee.  

Here's a few things that Tenley has been up to in the past couple weeks!

Tenley had a playdate with Eli a couple weeks ago!  They played together great.  It's so much fun to watch them interact together now that they are getting older!  Tenley shared her book with Eli and he shared his juice! Ha.  

Here's a sweet picture I got of her on my phone the other day.  I love my days home with her!  I know that when she starts school I'm really going to miss those days.

In the mornings I usually let her watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on tv while I'm getting things ready for the day or picking up after breakfast.  She has never shown much interest in tv and is usually too busy to care!  But when Mickey comes on she gets so excited!  She loves to sit up on the couch like a big girl, or she will pull daddy's big Notre Dame pillow in front of the tv and lay down on it to watch.  We would love to take her to Disney World before she gets into school, so I'm glad that she'll be so excited to see Minnie and Mickey!

Sliden'

Tenley got a slide for Christmas and we got it out the other night.  She loved it!  Yesterday morning she ran right for it and wanted to slide some more!  Here's what I caught.