A few updates...

Just wanted to post a few updates. Kaylin and Annlee went off to school this morning in matching dresses! (The hot pink ones you gave them, Lindsey!) So maybe our matching days are not over yet! I'm glad. It's so much fun to dress them up! Plus, I've already got my eye on some matching dresses for next Easter - so I need them to humor me for a bit longer still.
Also, Maryella has done pretty well without her paci. She goes down for her naps and at bedtime without a problem. We really only had two nights that she protested. She doesn't even notice that she doesn't have them when she's awake. She even stayed in the nursery at church yesterday and made it through 2 dirty diapers without having her paci! I was proud of her. However, she does still wake up during the night and I think she misses it then. At first it was really awful. She would scream and scream. For the past several nights though, she has either slept through or just kind of fussed for a while when she wakes. No more blood curdling screams. I'm sure the neighbors are appreciative.
And just one more thing. Kaylin has picked up a couple new expressions at school (at least that's where I'm guessing it's from). We were eating the other night and she was so excited about all the mushrooms that were in her stir fry. She exclaimed, "oh sweet lovings!" And then when she dropped one on the floor, she said, "oh darn nuggets." I told her that one would be ok to say, as long as she dropped the darn. It was so funny when she said those things, though, I just had to laugh. I'm sure everything she learns at school won't be so funny...

We've done it...

Taken away Maryella's pacifier, that is. I've been wanting to do it for awhile, but I kept putting it off. A couple weeks ago, I was ready to do it, but then she came down with a cold and I put it off. Well, I had thought I'd try again after our company left this weekend, but then Maryella got another cold. But I really want to start on a Monday so she will have a whole week before I leave her in the nursery at church without it. So, after thinking it over, I figured maybe this is a good time to do it after all. I mean, she can't breathe through her nose very well right now anyway, and she ends up spitting it out. Then I have to get up and find it during the night.
So last night was her first night without it. I put her to bed and she cried off and on for an hour!!! Oh, how it hurts to listen to that! But she finally fell asleep and I didn't hear from her again all night. She's already down for her nap this morning and she only cried for a couple minutes. Hopefully the next few nights won't be too bad!