I would love to go on and on about how life is so great right now, but I don't have much time. Sydney's sleeping, and Julie-Ann is temporarily distracted by Dora. I'm going to attempt to go to grocery shopping in a few minutes! First trip by myself to the store with both girls!
The most amazing thing just happened. Julie-Ann loves to type. Whenever I'm on the computer, I have to bring up Word and let her type for a few minutes. We practice typing her name and every other name she can think of. I was on Pleonast when she came in to see what I was doing and saw my id up in the right hand corner. She pointed to it and said, "I see my name!" WHAT??? I am so proud. My 2 year old can read...I know, not really. But she recognized her name. I think that's pretty cool.
So the terrible 2's are pretty terrible, but we had a great day yesterday, and so far so good today too. I have found that if she starts whining or seems to be building up to a tantrum, if I just grab her and hug her and tickle her, it distracts her from what she's upset about and gets her laughing. Beats spanking and screaming for an hour.
Sydney's fantastic. She's eating well and sleeping well. She poops so much though. I'm changing poopy diapers every 5 minutes it seems. It's very different from J-A who was on formula and only pooped like once every 3 days.
I realized recently that I never told everyone how awesome my sister and her husband were after Sydney was born. Brett, Kristena and Piper came and really helped us out a lot. Kristena kept my laundry and dishes done and cooked all week long. Uncle B watched Julie-Ann almost all week. He even made her breakfast almost every morning so I could stay in bed. It was fantastic. I was able to just lay around and not worry about anything. I haven't even sent a thank you card yet...I'm getting around to it, really. I am so grateful though for their help.
I also have the best friends in the whole world who helped me out a ton. Stephanie, Mandy and Carmen especially. Carmen kept J-A while we were in the hospital. Mandy took fantastic birth pictures for me. Stephanie held one of my legs while I was pushing (that's a real friend). She also organized meals for me, kept J-A overnight one night, mopped my floors and dusted my house, and she planned a little post-birth diaper shower. She's really done way more than that, but those are the highlights. I am so blessed with my sister, brother in law and great friends. Plus 2 beautiful babies! God has truly given me more than I deserve.
OK gotta go!
The most amazing thing just happened. Julie-Ann loves to type. Whenever I'm on the computer, I have to bring up Word and let her type for a few minutes. We practice typing her name and every other name she can think of. I was on Pleonast when she came in to see what I was doing and saw my id up in the right hand corner. She pointed to it and said, "I see my name!" WHAT??? I am so proud. My 2 year old can read...I know, not really. But she recognized her name. I think that's pretty cool.
So the terrible 2's are pretty terrible, but we had a great day yesterday, and so far so good today too. I have found that if she starts whining or seems to be building up to a tantrum, if I just grab her and hug her and tickle her, it distracts her from what she's upset about and gets her laughing. Beats spanking and screaming for an hour.
Sydney's fantastic. She's eating well and sleeping well. She poops so much though. I'm changing poopy diapers every 5 minutes it seems. It's very different from J-A who was on formula and only pooped like once every 3 days.
I realized recently that I never told everyone how awesome my sister and her husband were after Sydney was born. Brett, Kristena and Piper came and really helped us out a lot. Kristena kept my laundry and dishes done and cooked all week long. Uncle B watched Julie-Ann almost all week. He even made her breakfast almost every morning so I could stay in bed. It was fantastic. I was able to just lay around and not worry about anything. I haven't even sent a thank you card yet...I'm getting around to it, really. I am so grateful though for their help.
I also have the best friends in the whole world who helped me out a ton. Stephanie, Mandy and Carmen especially. Carmen kept J-A while we were in the hospital. Mandy took fantastic birth pictures for me. Stephanie held one of my legs while I was pushing (that's a real friend). She also organized meals for me, kept J-A overnight one night, mopped my floors and dusted my house, and she planned a little post-birth diaper shower. She's really done way more than that, but those are the highlights. I am so blessed with my sister, brother in law and great friends. Plus 2 beautiful babies! God has truly given me more than I deserve.
OK gotta go!