And the Terrible Mommy Award Goes Too...

Friday, I felt like a terrible mommy. When I left Lindsey in an elevator!! I brought the girls to work with me so they could go trick or treating. (Every year all the departments decorate their area and the kids get to walk around and trick or treat.) We were about done and had just finished on the 3rd floor and got on the elevator and where heading to the 2nd floor.

I had been holding Lindsey's hand the whole time and right before we stopped and she let go of my hand and said she could do it herself. I told her okay. The doors open and Megan and I stepped out. As I turned around I saw the doors close and heard a Lindsey scream "MOMMY!!" I heard her crying and calling for me. But there was nothing I could do. So I felt pretty dumb for not holding the elevator door open for her until she stepped out.

I knew she could only go up to the 3rd floor or down to the 1st floor. I looked over the railing and saw some of my coworkers on the 1st floor and yelled at them to grab Lindsey if she came down. I gave it a minute and she didn't appear on the 1st floor so I knew she had to have gone to the 3rd floor. I tried to get Megan to set in the lobby and wait so I could run up stairs to get Lindsey. But Megan just started crying saying that "She didn't have a little sister anymore." "Mommy, you should have held Lindsey's hand." She was right I should have held Lindsey's hand.

Megan and I got on the elevator again and went to the 3rd floor there was Lindsey being comforted by another Mommy. She was upset with me. She kept saying, "You left me in the elevator. " "I got stuck in the elevator."

She was safe and we finished our trick or treating. I felt really bad for leaving me daughter on the elevator and feel very lucky that it was at Ancestry.com where I know almost everyone.

Ain't going to bed.

Last night Lindsey did not want to got to bed. We did our whole bedtime routine and put the girls to bed. I figured she would be tired after our trip up the canyon earlier that day. But no she was ready to play. While I was in the other room, she got out of her bed and was sitting on the couch singing. It took me a minutes to realize what it was she was singing.

Here is her song:
"Ain't going to bed
No More, No More
Ain't going to bed, No More."

It was so funny that Ryan and I both cracked up laughing. I have no clue where she learned it, unfortunately for her the song didn't work. She still had to go to bed.

Lindsey's Birthday

We went to Logan for Lindsey's 2nd Birthday. These are pictures from the party with had with Ryan's family. My brother-in-law Alex and Lindsey have the same birthday so we had a combine birthday party.

Problem 10 years from Now!!

Yesterday I realized that I am going to have a BIG problem on my hands in 10 years.

Ryan had a doctor appointment yesterday. (He had to have minor surgery on his foot to have a wart removed. He is doing great!! His foot is still a little numb this morning so he hasn't been in any pain.)

While he was in the back with the doctor the girls and I waited in the waiting room. Megan and Lindsey were looking a magazines, until some young men came in. There was a young missionary that Lindsey instantly gravitated to. She said hi. Then gave him a magazine. Started talking to him. He said something back to her and she giggled and run away.
I was thinking... OH GREAT!! My 21 month old is a flirt.

Then I watched Megan. She was setting by a young man (around 20) and she was talking to him. She also gave him a magazine and told him she liked that magazine. Then to my embarrassment she asked if he was married. Thank heavens the nurse called this young man back before he could answer. Lindsey is a giggly flirt and Megan asked men if they are married.

Heaven Help Me when they are Teenagers!!

The Mystery of the Missing Key.... Solved!!

Yesterday I lost my car keys...I looked everywhere that I normally put them. I checked my purse, my laptop bag, on my desk, on the kitchen counter, my bedroom dresser, even the pockets of my pants I had worn the day before. I could not find my keys. I was really frustrated and running late for work. So I had no choice but to borrow Ryan's keys and continue my search when I got home.

When I got home the girls and I were in the kitchen and I asked Megan if she had seen my keys. She said that she hadn't. She didn't know where they were. Lindsey went to the fridge and started crying "Keys, Keys!!" Thinking that she was just repeating Megan and I, I told Lindsey to leave the fridge alone that I was making dinner. She kept crying, "Mommy, Keys...Mommy Keys". Then I thought well maybe she was thirsty and wants a drink. So to Lindseys excitement I opened the fridge. As I tried to get her a drink, she reached into the fridge and pulled out my keys. I don't know when or how she put my keys in the fridge... But I'm glad she remembered where she put them. Who knows how long it would have taken me to find them on my own.

Yea It's Not Mono!!

I finally got mine and Lindsey test results back. Lindsey had a virus and I had stress. I'm so glad it's not Mono!! Lindsey seems better today. She had a slight fever last night but her rash is gone. All the sleep she was getting the last week seems to have helped. I hate having sick kids!!

My Little CopyCat!!

Lindsey loves to copy everything that Megan does. When Megan gets in trouble she has to stand in the corner with her nose on the wall. She usually crys because she is in trouble and knows she did something wrong.

Last night Lindsey was playing in my computer desk drawer. I told her to get out of my desk and she won't listen so she got a little swat on the bottom. And she still won't leave my desk alone. So I asked her if she wanted to stand in the corner. And she looked at me with her "sad" eyes and said "No". I told her to leave my desk alone and I went into my bedroom.

A few seconds later a heard her crying, so I went back into the living room to see what was wrong. What I found made me laugh so hard, I had to go back into the bedroom. Lindsey was standing in the corner with her nose on the wall crying. (Just Like Megan) It was so funny.

I can only hope that Megan will continue to have a good influence on Lindsey. Hopefully some of things that Megan struggled with Lindsey will have an easier time with. (Like potty training!!)