Long and Random...Again

Well, hard to believe we have only been here for 2 weeks! It seems like a lot longer for some reason. We are all moved into the house and we visited the church on Sunday- Here is a random picture from the front of the church-

The girls, packed into "The Merk"- this car is allowing all of us to practice patience and a loving attitude. It's hard to get them all buckled because the seats are so close together, so it takes me a good 5 minutes to get everyone in. And we are learning to keep little hands and feet to ourselves. Addison needs to learn this lesson soon because she thinks it's funny to get a reaction out Bailey, so she keeps smacking her in the face with her foot and laughing.

It's been a lot colder here than I remembered. Ha. It's suppose to be super cold this weekend, so we got some firewood and have been enjoying a fire each night after the girls are in bed.

A good ole Texas sunset from our backyard, love it!

Ok, this is for you Anna- you know how small our fridge is in Wales, this thing is huge!! I have an ice maker (best thing ever!) and the sweet people that keep this house up even stocked the freezer, fridge and pantry for us! No kidding. The only thing I added was my Blue Bell. :)

After church yesterday, all 3 girls refused naps for some reason even though they were desperately in need of them! So that evening we drove up to Stonebriar Mall in Frisco to play and walk around. I just love that we can do this. I love the mall. Can I just say that I got fleece pj's for all 3 girls at The Children's Place for $4.99 each. $4.99! Insane. And I found a pair of Lands End jeans that I love for $15.00 on clearance.

Today was a traumatic day. Although you can't tell from this awesome picture.

We took the big girls for their check-up and complete physicals. They did great for the check-up part, I was so proud and thought we had made it through without any tears. Until the doctor told us that they needed 6 shots between them and 2 TB skin tests- the kind where they stick a needle under your skin on your arm and you go back to have it read 48 hours later. Oh, and we had to go to the lab for bloodwork. Marc was the only one that had not cried by the end of the day. We separated the girls and I went with Cerys, Marc stayed with Bailey. We could hear the other child crying in each room. It was madness. Bailey did good, she cried but did not fight it. Cerys on the other hand, bless her heart. She's just trying to defend herself, but it's hard to make her realize that there is now way around this! Cerys had to get 4 shots, plus the TB test. After the skin test, the nurse left the room and I was trying to calm her down, she says to me, "Mom, I don't like this, this really makes me want to stick out my tongue at her (the nurse) and kick her." I was trying so hard not to laugh, and I told her that I know it's not fun and it's okay to be upset. I told her we could not stick out our tongue at the nurse or kick her, so if she needed to stick out her tongue or kick the floor to just go ahead and do it before the nurse came back into the room. Ha. I looked at her she was sticking out her tongue over and over while looking around the room. I asked her if she felt better and she just started crying. Bless her heart, she was so upset.

We made it through all the shots and then had to go to the lab for bloodwork. More tears. I had to hold Cerys down while she was screaming NO at the nurse who was trying to stick a needle in her vein. It took a few minutes but we got it done and I just felt so bad for Cerys, so embarrassed, and felt sorry for the nurses. As soon as she was done she just fell back in to me and we both started crying. I made Marc go in with Bailey and she was screaming too, but did not fight it. We got in the car after that and drove to McDonald's for chocolate shakes. Then they both fell asleep in the car on the way home. It was a rough day. Addison has her check-up on Thursday, but at least she will be unsuspecting. Not sure what is worse! I'll probably cry for her too.

Anyway, that was long- sorry. And here are the girls' stats for the grandparents:

Cerys: 45 1/2 inches tall (95%) and 41 pounds (50-75%)

Bailey: 38 3/4 inches tall (75%) and 31 pounds (50%)

Bailey has gained 4 pounds and grown 3 inches since last April when we were here!

Ok, have a good week. I'm going to go recover from this day with some Blue Bell.