A Bit Behind...

So I was really in the swing of things and then life with 2 kids caught up with me... :)

I suppose I should get used to the feeling of being behind, though anyone who knows me gets how difficult that is to comprehend!

In absence of lots of wonderful blogs with pictures and memories I am going to try and do some quick hits and maybe add pictures later. It will probably be a bit disjointed as I am actually terribly sick with a head cold so bear with me! :)

Anna Beth is now almost 2 months old! Time has certainly flown by. She is sweet as can be and I can finally start to see her emerging from just a life of reflux and gas (though these two things do mostly occupy her waking and sleeping time). She has started "talking" to us more regularly and actually wants to be entertained more. She looks more and more like her daddy every day (except for the silly blonde hair) and she loves to look at us. She is much bigger than her sister was at this age but seems to be developing at about the same pace. Her smiles seem to still be gas related but I don't care, I cherish them anyway. She eats about every 3 hours during the day and we are slowly getting her into sleeping in the pack n play or cradle though she still mostly sleeps in one our many baby seats. I cherish our feeding times even if they are still a bit stressful to start (thankfully I can just let down into a towel instead of pumping now) and there is nothing sweeter than where she is right now which is asleep on my chest. I didn't know my heart could love any more than it did but it grows each day!

Mia Grace is now 2 and full of love/joy/energy/craziness/independence and all that goes along with being 2. She is such a light in our world and I am so thankful for the 4 months I have been able to spend at home with her. She has grown up before my eyes and I am constantly amazed at what she knows and can do. She is trying to say everything we say and her vocabulary grows by the day. She knows words and stories I had no idea she knew and she will happily repeat any word she hears (though often its only understandable if you were the one who just said the word). She loves to tell you NO and if she starts doing something she knows she is not supposed to and you catch her, she will look at you and say "No No". She clearly knows right from wrong and loves to do "wrong". She has started saying "luh-you" at nap/bed time which melts my heart and when daddy puts her to bed she always wants to come and give mommy a kiss. She loves her baby sister (sometimes to much) and really seems to be adjusting well. She laughs, plays and just wants to be with us which I cherish.

One of my favorite memories from her 2 year old birthday trip to the Great Wolf Lodge was when we tried to put her down for her nap. We had just arrived about 30 minutes before and she was super excited to be running around the room and jumping on the bed (and even walking out of the room and WAY down the hall before daddy knew she was gone). She wanted NOTHING to do with her nap and when I told her she had to sleep she tried a great trick. She plays a game with us where she says "sEEp" and then we lie on the ground together and she counts to 3 and says "wake-UH". So we put her in the pack n play screaming and she would drop down, lie down sobbing and yell .... 1-2-3 "wake-UH" over and over again. It was so pitiful but so hysterical.

We had a blast at the lodge, Anna Beth slept most of the time and Mia Grace played like a champ. We have been trying to do all the things I don't usually get to do while I am home and have gone to the Science Museum, Little Gym (which she is now enrolled in and we are super excited to watch her blossom), walks, games, you name it. Each moment is a moment to treasure.

My two girls are truly the light of my life and I am so thankful for them. I have an incredible husband who loves us and cares for us tremendously and I am so blessed. I have a little over a week left before my world is rocked by returning to work and I look forward to cherishing every second I have left.