Not a Scary Friday the 13th... We Hope

It may be Friday the 13th but we are hoping that smiles continue to abound for the Castellanos. As has become a common theme on this blog, there isn't much drama to report. The girls favorite activity continues to be coloring. Luckily for them, Mom is always one step ahead of the twins. So, she took a small table and chair set she previously purchased garage-saling and gave it a makeover to produce the perfect "coloring center" for the girls. We placed it in the vacant corner once occupied by the Christmas tree to rave reviews by Braelyn and Gwendolyn.

Braelyn continues her quirky ways. Her "welcome home" greeting for Dad has gone from merely shouting "Dad" when he comes home to an entire song and dance of late. Yesterday, she kept chanting "Dad... Dad... Dad" as she hopped around and flailed her arms about. During various points, she'd take a quick detour to administer a Daddy hug before promptly picking up her "Dad dance" where she left off.

Gwendolyn is off to get her latest set of braces this afternoon. Unfortunately, the set she received about a month ago just aren't staying on and seem to be causing her to hunch slightly when she uses them. So, we are hoping that this new set can help to rectify that situation.

For some unknown reason, this week has also been a struggle for Gwendolyn in terms of sleeping through the night. Typically, the girls go down at 7:30 p.m. and tend to stay asleep until we wake them the next morning (We know... We're VERY lucky!). However, Gwendolyn has been getting up consistently around midnight this week and can't get immediately back to sleep. So as to not rouse Braelyn also, that means that we grab her and whisk her from their room.

Needless to say, we are hoping that the holiday weekend allows her to get back in the groove because both Dad and Mom are feeling the ill effects of sleeping with Gwendolyn. From time-to-time, she randomly rolls over in the middle of the night and wakes up from her sleep. Just to make sure you are there and she hasn't been abandoned, she'll caress your face or pinch your nose so she has verification of your presence, which inevitably wakes one from their own slumber. So, as you can imagine, sleep is at a premium for us right about now.

Well, that's about it for the time being... Enjoy your weekend!!!