Boy does time fly

I can't believe that it is the middle of January already. Man does time fly when you are having fun.
The girls are doing great so far this year. Allison is getting bigger and bigger each day. She often now says "Mommy when I grow up, like you I want to ..." that sentence ends in many different ways, ...cook, drive, stay up, ect. She also also asks me if she is growing? I tell her that she is growing each day and night. Something that she said recently stopped me. We were in the car and she asked me if she could see Jesus. We explained to her that Jesus was in Heaven and that he lives in our hearts and she said, "But mommy I want to see him." It make me realize that she was trying to truly understand what we had been teaching her. We have been reading her some of the kids bible almost ever night and she wanted to see Jesus like the people in the bible had seen him. It is interesting to watch her work through what we are talking about and all the amazing things that The Lord has done for all of us.
Elizabeth is also getting so big. She amazes me most of the time. She is such a busy bee, it is so funny to watch her just go and go and go and go. We have given potty training a shot but she is way to interested in playing and have a good time to think about potty training so we have decided to back off for a little while. We had to do the same thing with Allison, we just need to wait until she is ready, pushing just will make it tougher on everyone. Elizabeth still has her strange wipe obsession, it makes it tough now that it is cold out b/c she wants to take it outside with her but I don't want her face to get chapped, try explaining that to a 2 year old. She is the funnest at bed time. Let me just tell you what she has to have in her bed:
1. Wipe
2. Little mermaid Book
3. Her 2 little ballerina princess dolls (Ariel & Cinderella)
4. Her Sleeping Beauty Doll she got for Christmas
5. The Barbie Doll she got for Christmas
6. "Baby Boy"-which is a little baby doll that came with one of the many Dora dolls they have.
7. One of her baby dolls (this usually changes each night which baby she wants)
8. Her Tinkerbell blanket
and finally herself. Now you have to imagine all this in a little toddler bed. She is so funny, she will read the Mermaid book to all her babies, then play for a little and she will usually end up falling asleep in some crazy way, like with the book over her face. She is pretty silly.
Jim was sick last week but is feeling much better now. The girls haven't gotten sick yet, I woke up this morning not feeling well but I am sure it will pass. It is just weird how Jim & I both got it but the girls haven't... granted I am thinkful.
We are having a cold snap down here. BRRRRR... I don't like cold. This morning we were down in the teens, THE TEENS. This is South Carolina! But I am thankful we don't have the snow that my family has up in PA right now. This morning we braved the cold weather to go get some IHOP all you can eat Pancakes for Jim. YUMMY! The girls love their pancakes (or as Libby says cancakes). Then we had a child safetly training class at church. I need to take it because of teaching Sunday School and since Jim has been helping me out, Mama T asked him to take the class too. It was interesting and I have officially decided that I will NEVER LEAVE MY GIRLS OUT OF MY SIGHT!!! I have always been very protective of the girls and after learning more about the different types of people we need to watch out for I have become even more protective than before. I know that I have to trust in the Lord that he will keep us safe but I know that the Lord gave me these 2 beautiful girls and I feel like he gave them to me and it is my responsibility to take the best possible care of these two very special girls. I want to honor My Lord by raising my girls safe, happy and crist loving children.
Speaking of I am off to go play with my two little ones.
Cheers!