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Friday night, they finally got a chance to ride in the car for the first time together!  Connor picked out the fire truck and they both got strapped in for a ride.

He spent the ride showing her how to use her steering wheel and basically keeping her upright since she kept falling over!

Heart melted.  It was adorable!

Connor's Drawings

Connor started bringing home the most adorable little faces.  At first, I didn't even think they were his because they're so different than the usual scribbles he does.  But after awhile, I noticed the pattern that they all looked the same and his teachers told us he draws them all on his own.

He's also been working on writing his name and perfecting his letters!

Because he's getting so good and I love his faces more than anything, I decided it might be fun to turn one into a pillow for him.  I had him draw with a fabric marker on fabric backed with pellon and then I put soft fleece on the other side.

He LOVES it!  He's been sleeping with it every night!

Sleeping in her crib

I feel like a lazy parent, but I also feel like I did what was best for us.  Caylee has been sleeping in the rock & play in our bedroom since she was born.  Since she's been sleeping through the night, why not? I'm working full time, I'm tired, and I want Connor to be able to sleep well too.  Now that she's 9 months, we really need to get her in her crib.  She sleeps in a crib at daycare, so at least she's had some experience with it. 

We waited until we knew her ear infection was gone and she was healthy.  Last weekend, she had a successful, but short, nap in there.  (So tiny in a big bed!)  She was able to make it through the night with 4 wake ups for a pacifier which wasn't too bad.  But after that night, she started to get a cold and she would cry every time we put her down in her crib.

So we brought in the marshmallow suit!

This thing cracks me up, but hey, whatever works.  So she still has a runny nose, but we need to try again this weekend.  This is the start of getting her out of her swaddle, so it's going to be a slow transition.  I figured she could at least attempt to reach her own pacifier wearing this, but it's pretty hard to move around. Sleep, girl!