Early to Rise

Anderson is my little morning bird. He wakes up EVERY morning between 6:30 and 7:00 Am. When he wakes I, not a morning person, take him down stairs to let him play, hoping he will not wake Callie. He plays until about 8:30 then I feed him some wonderful baby food breakfast, but I'm sure he would rather Ray feed him breakfast because dad feeds him eggs. And now that he is such a big boy and drinking out of a sippy cup, I give him a couple of ounces of cow milk, which he LOVES! Then after breakfast I breastfeed him then he's ready to go back to sleep. Finally, I get him back to sleep and in his bed when Callie decides it's time for her to wake up. But this morning was different since I'm in Pikeville, yes he still woke up at the break of dawn but since we sleep down stairs on an air mattress I have no where to let Anderson play. Now this is a problem because I'm trying to keep him occupied and quiet, so he doesn't wake up everyone, when I don't have any quiet toys for him to play with. So this morning has been a challenge. And just now Anderson dropped his sippy cup and up popped Callie. Looks like I have to stop typing and take care of my beautiful little girl :-)

Where does the time go?

It's funny how before I was a wife and mother, I had all the time in the world. As I was looking through all of my old pictures of when Callie was born, I started to wonder where does time go? And why does it go by so fast? Not only do I miss Callie being so tiny and having to do everything for her, but I feel like I can never find the time to get everything done in a day. Between taking care of a six month old and a very independent 23 month old, it's so hard for me to find time to accomplish all the house work and spending time with my husband. At the end of the day, after bath time and putting the kids to bed, I try to stay up just so Ray and I can spend some one on one time together. It's tough not having any family close to watch the little ones so that Ray and I can actually go out on a date to remember why we fell in love. Anybody who is a parent understands that it doesn't matter how much you love your kid/kids, mom and dad need couple time alone. But even when my family comes to town it's hard for me to leave them, one main reason is that I have been breastfeeding Anderson and he will NOT take a bottle. But now that he is on a solid food schedule, I'm hoping that Ray and I can take full advantage of my parents coming to town. The bad thing is, Callie and Anderson are so attached to Ray and I, that as soon as we walk out the door they start crying for us. And of course, being a mom, I feel like no one else can take care of them like I do. Now don't get me wrong, I know they would be well taken care of for the couple hours we would be gone, but I just worry about them the whole time I'm away from them. This is coming from a person who goes to the grocery store without the kids and calls home about three times asking Ray if everything is okay. God has blessed me with two wonderful kids and a husband who I love very much, but is it wrong to wish that I could just go back in time and enjoy not having to worry about so much? But then I stop and think about the fact, if I was able to go back I wouldn't have my kids there with me and that makes me sad. So in the long run I will take the time that God gives me and enjoy every second with my family and try not to complain too much about how I never have enough time or that I just want some time to myself or just with Ray because at least I have time.

Big Girl

This week has been such a "Big Girl" week for Callie. She is using the big toilet to pee pee in, at least twice a day and yesterday she told me she wanted to take a nap in her "Big Girl" bed. I was in shock! I usually have to let her sleep in my bed at nap time because it's hard to move her during a nap from my bed to hers. And I always have to get her to sleep in my bed at night, then wait a few hours before I can pack her to her bed. Which she always ends up back in bed with me and Ray before daylight. So when she did actually go to sleep in her own bed at nap time and stayed asleep for an hour and a half, I figured I would try to get her to do the same thing at bed time. Lucky me she wanted to sleep in her own bed and she stayed there ALL night! I think what made her want to sleep in her bed is due to the fact when I was cleaning yesterday I took off the bed rail, which is too big and traps her in the bed just like a crib. She is so excited that she is such a "Big Girl" now the first thing she did when she came down stairs this morning was to tell Anderson "Big Girl Bed"! How sweet :-)