Getting ready to leave Longview!

Sunday David had to fly right after church so he went out to the airport before church to get his plane out.  We had also signed up to bring donuts so he picked those up on his way to church.  I was on my own to get out the door on time with the girls.  Both of them slept in pretty late and I had to wake them up so it was actually no problem at all.  I got to get ready in peace while they slept.  The only problem was that I waited a little too long to get Haley up and we didn't have time for breakfast.  She ended up eating a donut when we got to church so it worked out okay.

David and I were in nursery for the sermon so I brought the bjorn along so I could wear Emily.  Haley acted like we were always in there with her, she didn't seem particularly excited or anything.  David put his phone on the podium and Pastor Liebengood recorded the sermon on it so we could listen to it later.  It was a pretty easy gig in the nursery.  Evelyn and Lucy were not there because the Caldwells already left to visit family over Christmas so it was just Haley, Campbell and Christopher.  We did the story time, then the craft and song and then we let them play.  After the class David headed out to the airport and the girls and I stayed and talked for a while and then headed home.

I fed Haley lunch and let her play for a while before naps.  I held Emily and sat with her at Haley's table and chairs and Haley served me her pretend food.  It was kind of fun.  I referred to her as 'mommy' and she met most of my demands.  After a while she started to get a little cranky so I put her down for a nap and I put Emily in the swing to sleep.  Haley ended up sleeping three hours!  Emily slept about an hour and a half and then she woke up hungry so I fed her and then held her for the rest of her nap.  When Haley woke up we played some more for a while and then David got home.

David had ordered a pizza for lunch on his trip so he brought us back the rest to eat for dinner.  The men from church were meeting for a prayer meeting so David was only home about thirty minutes before he had to head out again.  Haley and I ate pizza and then she ate a leftover donut from church.  By then she was pretty messy so I put both of the girls in the tub for baths.  Honestly, we kind of had time to kill so they were in the bathtub for a while.  I think Emily must like the weightless feeling or something because she just can't get enough of the bathtub.  After baths we got ready for bed and then played until David got home.  He played with Haley for a while and then we put her to bed.

TODAY David had to leave at 4:45 for an early flight!  The nice part was he was home by noon.  The girls and I got up and got dressed pretty early because we had women's Bible study at our house at nine.  We decided to meet on Monday this week since most people weren't going to be around on Thursday.  Again, Evelyn and Lucy are out of town so Haley was on her own playing.  I realized that she is not super great at playing by herself when there are a bunch of adults talking in the living room.  First she tried to get Bonnie Mason to play kitchen with her and then she kept rotating to different people's laps.  One of the ladies kept commenting about how cuddly she was being.

Bible study ended around 11:15 and David got back a couple minutes later and we all had lunch together.  The rest of the afternoon was pretty boring if I'm going to be honest, and I am.  Haley went down for a nap and we cleaned the house.  Emily slept in her swing for a while and then woke up and David held her while I finished the floors.  I like to have a clean house to come home to when I go away, it just makes it easier to come home.  Haley woke up and played and "helped" vacuum and then we all headed to the gym around five.  The workers said that Emily slept most of the time and Haley played in a toy train they have set up.  When we got home I made a Mexican casserole thing and we ate and then I went to Bible study.  Emily was super good during Bible study, she fell asleep on my chest when we got there and stayed sleeping until I transferred her to her infant seat.  David took Haley with him to the airport so he could use the shop vac to vacuum out our van.  Then he brought her home and gave her a bath and put her to bed.  When I got home we listened to Pastor Liebengood's sermon from Sunday and started packing for our trip.  Now I'm going to post this and go to bed!

Haleyism:
David said that Haley brought her laptop in the van on the way to the airport and played with it the whole way there (about 25 minutes).  She got that last year for Christmas, I'm not sure that another gift can top it!

Emilyism:
Emily had a lot of tummy time today, she is getting really good at lifting her head!

Haley in the bathtub tonight