The First Daily Blog

Today was just one of those days where not much at all got done! Aubrey woke up before 6:00 this morning, but luckily, Danny was able to get her back to sleep (at least for an hour) and Anna has been a champ about sleeping late for the past week or so and woke up around 7:30. This is great considering she was waking up at 6:00 a.m. EVERY morning for the past few months!

As you can see, I've started writing these blogs late at night. As a working mom, I used to be in the bed every night no later that 10 so that I could get enough sleep to function the next day. Oddly, now that I'm staying home with the girls, I'm becoming a night owl. I still very much need my sleep to function and have patience with the girls, so I'm thrilled that Anna has started sleeping later. When Aubrey wakes up earlier, we are getting into the routine of her crawling into our bed to watch cartoons (preferably, Little Einsteins, which is her favorite) while I continue to snooze until Anna wakes.

I'm still trying to get into my stay at home mom routine, which is about to change anyway since Aubrey will be starting 3K at First Baptist Academy tomorrow, but it just wasn't happening today. Anna is STILL cutting teeth. It seems like she has been cutting teeth for the past 4 months...and she has. Her teeth are coming in much slower than Aubrey's did and must hurt a lot more. Anna was quite cranky this morning and wasn't satisfied with anything I tried to give her or do with her except to just hold her. This is a little difficult to do all day with Aubrey and Alexandra also demanding my attention. Aubrey was just wound up today. It was like she had an all day sugar rush and was bouncing from the walls. She talked non-stop and asked a million questions. Her favorite question: "But, why?" My favorite reply: "Because I said so." I think she is ready to be back in a structured school environment.

Alexandra only took short cat naps today, which always makes for an interesting day because this means she wants more of my attention, which I love to give to her, but like I said, is difficult to do when I'm trying to calm Anna down and keep up with Aubrey at the same time. Alexandra definitely doesn't get the one-on-one time that Aubrey and even Anna got when they were first born. I really feel guilty about this a lot of days, but she is thriving and is the happiest little baby. She loves watch Aubrey and Anna and she usually doesn't really have to search for them because they are all over her! Anna loves to kiss on her with her big slober kisses. Sometimes Alexandra's head will be wet from Anna kissing on her. So far, we haven't had any major oops with Alexandra. By this, I mean that her sisters haven't hurt her as they are loving on her. I'm sure this will come though either unintentionally and sometime intentionally.

Memories

I've had every intention of starting a handwritten notebook for each girl of all their milestones, funny sayings or faces, and just what they are doing on a daily basis. They are all growing up so quickly and if I don't record their lives in words, I'm afraid I will forget all the special moments we are sharing with each of them. My hope was to have a collection of notebooks to give each of the girls once they are adults.

Well, Aubrey is now 3, Anna is 16 months and Alexandra is 10 weeks and I haven't started the notebooks yet. In typical me fashion, I keep looking for the perfect, cutsie notebooks that would be the best memory book for each. As I'm doing this, I'm missing out on recording the special moments that are occurring on a daily basis. So...my new idea is to start a blog! I read on another friend's blog that these postings can be made into a book. I'll look further into this, but in the meantime, I have an outlet to capture my precious children's lives and to share their lives with our friends and family.

Since my dream of becoming a stay-at-home mom is becoming a reality, I look forward to spending each and every day trying to raise these little girls to know and love our Jesus Christ. God has so greatly blessed Danny and me with these beautiful girls! My cup runneth over.