And now there is one.....

We stayed with our good friends the Burson's our last few nights in Alaska. Thankfully, Josh let us camp out in his room. At the time, Josh and Luke both had fish tanks....and Jillian loved their fish! At night, we turned on the light to Josh's tank and used it as a night light for Jillian. She watched the fish until she fell asleep. Jeremy and I decided to get fish for Jillian once we settled into our new home. We started with 2 angel fish and a catfish. Everything was great until the catfish tried to escape via the filter and was no more. When we replaced the catfish we also added a plecostamous to the fish family. The new catfish has turned out to be quite an aggressive little guy. The other 3 fish have not survived his torture. Now we are too afraid to add any other fish. The solo catfish zips along the tank, happy to be King of his 10 gallons.

Big Girl Bed

When we moved to Hawaii, Jeremy and I thought we were so smart bringing the travel crib...playpen...with us for Jillian's sleeping place. Within days she had mastered the art of climbing out and escaping the room. When we moved into the house we decided not to set up her crib. We didn't want her to climb out, fall, and hurt herself. So, until we could get a big girl bed, we set up the air mattress. This worked so great....it sat low to the ground and was easy for Jillian to get in and out of bed. It was also big enough for one or both of Jillian's parents to lay down with her. I started laying down with her for 2-3 hours each night, waiting for her to fall asleep. We decided we needed a new plan.

Yeah! Jillian now has a big girl bed! :) And a new bed time routine. Jeremy has taken over the nigh-nigh routine and Jillian is loving it. They read 5 books and then Jeremy leaves to work on the computer...within sight of Jillian. She plays quietly for about 2 hours in her room, then gets in bed and goes to sleep. During this, I am either at work or in bed reading a book. We're not crazy about the 2 hour playtime, but she stays in her room and right now we are just thankful for that.

Play-Doh

Jillian has discovered Play-Doh and she just LOVES it! When I take her to my MOPS meetings, the kids play with Play-Doh and she would talk about it all weekend. We picked some up for her and it is the greatest activity! :)

She is so serious! :)