6 Weeks, already?

Well, we can't believe that we have been parents of two for six weeks!  Where has the time gone?  It just  seems like yesterday that we were deciding whether we wanted to have my water broken.  Things are going well for the Greenwood family.  Sophie is still having a little trouble with sleeping, but we keep working on trying to find her time to go down  to sleep each night.  Last night, we did put her to bed around 5:30pm and she slept for 15 hours!  So we are going to try it again tonight and see if it her time to go to bed.  She did an awesome job of sleeping 3.5 hours, eating and going right back to sleep!  She is getting to be quite the strong little girl.  The other day I went to  get her up from her nap, and she had turned herself sideways in the crib.  She is definitely a little stronger and more active than Josiah was at this age.  She is awake more during the day and has started giving us smiles.  Her eyes continue to be a bright blue, so we are hoping that they stay that way.  Even though we have times that we are exhausted at night trying to get her to go to bed, we are very thankful that she is a part of our  family.  Josiah...well, let's just say the trying twos have entered the Greenwood home.  He is really testing to see if  boundaries are really boundaries with Mommy and Daddy.  We've had to put him in time out more than  normal and even had to give him a spanking here and there.  Once he realizes that we mean what we say and say what we mean, his sweet little self comes back.  We would much rather get his behavior under control now than later on.  He continues to make us laugh and just impress us with his knowledge.  *The other day we went outside and it was a little windy.  He must have gotten a little cold because all of  sudden he was saying, "Brrrr...." *A couple of weeks ago, Chris brought Josiah to the church for a youth fundraiser.  Parents dropped their  kids off and were able to go on a date.  Well, in the foyer one of the youth helpers saw a bug and started  screaming.  This past Friday, we went to the church for a worship service.  We walked into the foyer and he kept pointing up at the ceiling.  I thought he was pointing to the flags hanging in there, but then he started  saying, "Bug. Bug. Bug."  I couldn't believe that he remembered that from two weeks ago!  *We have a Noah's ark that has 14 different shaped animals that you put inside of the ark.  Well, the other  day, he started putting the animals in the correct places.  I was interested in seeing how many he new, and he got all 14 right!  It is absolutely amazing the things that he can do.  *We tried to put him in his toddler bed.  Well, let's just say that it didn't go so well.  We got his bed all set up with a bed rail early in the morning and let him look at it.  We even had him help us put the railing together  and on the bed.  Well, when it came time for his afternoon nap, he just started screaming.  We tried to calm  him down and encourage him to nap in his bed.  Each time I said the word "bed," he would start sobbing.   Well, needless to say I guess he isn't ready for his big boy bed, so we put the crib railing back on for him.   We weren't at all expecting him to react this way, but we aren't going to force it.  *Lastnight, we had some friends come over for dinner.  The wife has watched Josiah a few times for me.  A  few times she has brought her pug over to play with Josiah.  Last night, they didn't bring him and Josiah was  beside himself. He kept going to the door and barking like a dog.  Then he brought Amy to the window and was pointing to their car and barking like a dog.  They felt so bad that they hadn't brought Leo with them.  Again, I was amazed that he put the connection together that Amy brings Leo.  Well, that is all that is going on for the Greenwoods.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we  continue to figure out Sophie's sleep schedule and we go through these trying times with Josiah.