Sleeping with Kelsey

Kelsey is quite the interesting character when it comes to sleep.  At 2 1/3 years old (2y 4m), she is still waking up quite a bit a night.  Mike and I have taken to switching off every other night and finding the other when if Kelsey's having a particularly hard time.

With me, Kelsey is still nursing... although I really am not making any milk and it's starting to get a bit... awkward?? LOL!  At some point she will need to wean, but I don't know how she'll handle that.  She also likes to stick her fingers in my armpits.  I guess she find that comforting.  But her wiggly fingers makes it really hard for me to have a good night's rest.  It's also funny because if I try to put my arm around her she will push my arm off. So everything is definitely on her terms!  Haha!

One day she won't want to sleep with us anymore - and I know I'll be missing those wiggly fingers. <3

Trip to Disneyland

Our annual passes to Disneyland are finally coming to an end - so we have been squeezing in as many trips as we possibly can before that happens.  One thing we did was do a roller coaster day with just Callie and I (and schedule a separate Kelsey day where she gets to pick out all the rides on the following week).  We (or I) were determined to hit all the mountains in one afternoon.

I must say I was quite proud of myself (ourselves).  We parked out on the street after 3pm.  Callie was reluctant to ride in the stroller and raced with me (she got the OK to stay on foot, as long as she could keep up! lol), but eventually hopped on the stroller for max efficiency.

Between 3:30pm and closing (8pm for CA adventure and 9pm Disneyland), we hit the following:

• Went inside the park at CA Adventure and got Fast Passes for Soaring over the World
• Raced over to Disneyland (they held us at the ticket booth thinking we were sharing passes b/c of the time stamps, but I showed them how I was sweating from all the running and they let us through
• Star Tours
• Space Mountain (This was Callie's favorite - even though it was so jerky, she bumped her head! I was actually quite proud of her, as I remember being really scared of this ride at her age!)
• Thunder Mountain (almost 1.5hr wait time!)
• Matterhorn (Callie wasn't scared - I showed her YouTube videos of the Yeti popping out.  What a brave little kid!)
• Soaring over the World at CA adventure - finally a fast pass!
• Guardians of the Galaxy (okay.  This may not have been age appropriate... lol!  It was thrilling, even for me!  Your butts are definitely off the seat!  Poor Callie was whimpering at the end... saying "Callie scared! Callie scared!"  This is where I definitely felt bad for the kid!
• Ended the night with Splash Mountain (in like 40/50 degree weather!) - But we changed into warm cozy PJs afterwards and headed home

 Waiting it out for Thunder Mountain.  Callie couldn't remember this ride for the life of her. I think it got a little dark, so she couldn't see anything.

 Ha!  Meeting the height requirements for Matterhorn.

As you can see from the series of pictures below, Callie was having a blast! Lol!!!

Sisterly love...

Callie used the letterboard to write such a sweet message.  This may be one of those times that Daddy got included wiht the Love message!  Those BG (bubble gum) one on one times are really paying off!

Little Bear Kelsey needs glasses.... but she still can't see very well!  This kid is a crack up!

Kelsey asks for Callie every night to help read her a bedtime story... they are so cute!  Tummy tummy time!

Bey Blade...

Message from Callie to Lucia:

I got a bey blade! I'll bring it to school and we can play together with Alder!

 Message from Lucia to Callie:

Yes! I would LOVE to play with your bey blade! But make sure you don't forget to bring it. 

Love, Lucia

I'm finding more and more that Callie is using my phone to text her friends... I do crack up over her picture though!  It's totally a face that I would've made!

Kelsey also tried to recreate the same look with the wolf from Uncle Danny.

Cosleeping

This is what it's like to cosleep with Kelsey.  If I move, she always finds me and scoots her butt back on top.  I imagine it must be very uncomfortable for her, but maybe not???  

Funny how kids are.  Kelsey likes to be on top of me, while Callie always coslept with her legs and arms under me.  One day I will get rest!  One day!!

Happy 2019!

Happy 2019 from the Ing Family!  I laugh at this picture because in a few moments... chaos ensues!

Callie was having growing pains and Kelsey was way past her bedtime (post-10pm) - it made for quite an eventful evening!  Just goes to show that life doesn't need to be picture-perfect - it's still perfectly-perfect when we are with those we love.