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I just uploaded a bunch of pictures on my Flickr account. Now I am tired and ready for bed. Too bad I just put a load of darks in the washing machine. Molly just woke up and is playing with a stuffed animal in bed. Not sure if she's going to need me or not.
Oh, if you have some free time. Here's a good laugh.
Today was kind of a lazy day for all of us. We got to a slow start in the morning but eventually we all ended up packed up and heading out to the park for some fun. Emily is an old pro at the park. She jumps on the swings and goes nuts, can climb all the playsets with ease, happily goes down the slides. Audrey, not so much. She needs help getting on and swinging the swings, is afraid of the playsets and only likes to sit on the bottom of the slides. I must make really cautious kids as Emily hated the park for many years. Luckily, Audrey doesn't scream bloody murder when we try to get her to try new things out. She just vigorously shakes her head "NO" to any hint of fun at the park. She spends most of her time wandering around like an old lady and occasionally tries to walk to the van and go home. Molly is more than happy to roll around on the picnic blanket we lay out for her. She is such a sweet little baby. Our most smiling, and giggling baby by far.
After visiting the park we came home for lunch and naps. Audrey fell asleep quickly, as did Molly. I tried to fight sleep but ended up taking a nap on the couch. When naptime was over for Audrey and I, I took her out shopping to see what kind of holiday items were out so far. I wanted to get some tins or plastic containers to put different holiday treats in to share with our neighbors. Audrey is always really good when we go shopping, today she was a little on the ornery side. She has 6 teeth coming in right now, so I don't expect her to be her normal angelic (cough) self. Audrey is proving to be our most devilish child yet. She is a really good girl but every now and then she gets this look in her eye and you know she is up to no good. She's a bit of a charmer and gets away with much more than she should. I got a glimpse of the terrible twos this morning when she had an outright crying fit over the shirt I dressed her in. I let her wallow in self pity while I went about my business. I've learned not to dance that dance. She has already shown much displeasure in the dresses we've bought for holiday pictures and her birthday. Hopefully, she'll be all over it by the time she has to wear these outfits.
Our day was wrapped up with a frozen pizza that Audrey was too tired to eat. She was down by 5 p.m. Molly woke up from her nap around 4 p.m. but didn't last any later than 6 p.m. Couple of lightweights. Emily, on the other hand, is up and playing Viva Pinata. She is addicted to that game and we have to monitor exactly how much time she spends on it. I'm impressed with her ability to play it, but I don't like her to use it excessively.
This picture was taken during Emily's Thanksgiving Feast at school. Within 30 minutes of this picture being taken Audrey was lost. Lost, like we searched the whole classroom, bathroom, lunch tables and playground area without being able to spot her. There were 6 classes, 30 children each and many parents in and out of 3 different classrooms. There were so many bodies moving and so much noise around me but I felt like I was so far away from it all. I just wanted to see Audrey toddling around with her little red sweater with the kitty cat on the back. I ran 3 classrooms down towards the gate that closes off the Kindergarten area. That's where I found Audrey being herded by a group of parents and one teacher timidly grabbing at her sweater, trying not to scare Audrey. Of course, she didn't even know she was lost. She was just off on one of her many adventures. That's what Audrey does, she quietly wanders and explores. One minute she was walking into Emily's classroom, the next minute, gone.
The one thing that kept me from completely losing my mind during the 15 minutes that felt like hours was that we were at a school with lots of parents. I just kept worrying that Audrey found that gate and was roaming the neighborhood.
I'm so thankful for my girls. I couldn't imagine life without any of them.
Audrey is always on the go and into something. She loves to do busy work. Yesterday she was so happy
putting away and organizing our DVD's. I have a bad habit of not putting the DVD's in their cases as I use them. It drives Jeremy crazy. Audrey is a lot like her daddy. She likes things in their place, nice and neat. She loves to find things around the house to throw away. Luckily, she has Emily, who is such a slob. It's like watching The Odd Couple all day long. Here is Audrey with her DVD's...
I never would have guessed that 12 hours later she would be waking up in the middle of the night, puking all over her crib. Poor AC. She had a fever of 101 and her cheeks were so red. She hung out on the couch while I waited for Motrin to lower her fever.
This was AC this morning...
I was letting her watch her favorite movie, The Aristocats on my computer. By late afternoon she was much better and even went to the market with me. Hopefully tomorrow she'll be 100%
Now for some silliness...
Molly has been struggling on the bottle for a while now. Today was a really hectic day and she was once again turning and thrashing while I was trying to get her to take her afternoon bottle. I complained to Jeremy and he said that maybe she was teething. I was just about to tell him that I haven't seen any signs that she could be teething when I felt her gums and there was a tiny little nub of a tooth broken through. I hope all the other teeth come in as easily.
How I feel when I hear my 6 month old sigh and coo happily in her sleep at 2 a.m. in the morning.
I had a dream a few weeks ago and I wanted to write about it before I forget it completely. It is absolutely ridiculous, as most of my dreams are. This dream occurred when Molly was sick with RSV. I'm not sure if it's a product of my worry over her health at the time.
I had a baby but it wasn't any of my kids in real life. The baby was really sick with a fever. Throughout my entire dream I worried about the baby becoming dehydrated and I kept asking Jeremy if I should take her to the hospital. He kept telling me not to worry and everything would be fine.
Every time I went to check on the baby she seemed to look a little smaller but I figured I was just tired and seeing things. I ended up taking a nap and when I woke up I was busy doing chores around the house. I realized the baby had been sleeping for a pretty long time so I went to check on her and she was dehydrated! She had shrunk to the size of a very small doll and was really stiff. I was running around the house saying that the baby was dehydrated. I was about to try to put her in water to rehydrate her when I woke up.
While I was having the dream it all seemed so awful but when I woke up the next morning I couldn't help but laugh at how goofy of a dream it was.
It's 3 a.m. I decided to take a "nap" after putting Molly to bed at 8:30 p.m. I woke up about 15 minutes ago wondering where the hell I was. I guess I needed the sleep. Jeremy has been up all night working. I'm bumming some back rubs off of him while I type. I had so much I wanted to do tonight. At least I feel well rested. I'm going to go back to sleep so as not to waste all the energy I just accumulated. Tomorrow (today) is another chance...
I am feeling a deep sense of sadness this evening with no real reason as to why. I have been feeling out of sorts all weekend. Right now I feel as if I'm on the verge of a panic attack.
We all had a good weekend. I took Audrey and Emily to Walmart yesterday to pick up some household stuff and they got to meet Spiderman. Actually they waved from afar. I have to admit that Spidey was a bit creepy in person. The guy who was in the suit was very believable and would slither around his display area just like the real thing. I also took Molly to Babies R Us later to get a present for my SIL's baby shower that we (Molly and I) attended today.
The shower was very nice. Molly was an angel baby the whole time. It lasted a little over four hours and she didn't fuss once. She slept in her stroller when she got tired. She giggled and cooed to anyone who came by to say hi. My mom was there, as were my aunt and cousins who I have not seen in a while.
Overall a great weekend. What is there to be sad about? I just don't know...
I have to say that yesterday was so much fun. Emily and Audrey had such different perspectives of what the day meant. Bottom line, dressing up and getting candy is just plain fun.
I've uploaded some new pics on my Flickr account if you'd like to see them.
I went to bed last night feeling so very proud of Emily. I'm not sure how most kids get through Halloween. I only know my perspective while mothering Emily. I do have my childhood memories of nothing but excitement and fun. Not a care in the world. Life was good. I don't think that is how such days pan out for Emily.
A few times throughout the day Emily was sure that she was going to throw up and she had to work really hard at calming herself down. We almost didn't go trick or treating because she felt so sick. It had nothing to do with eating too much candy. In fact, she felt so sick that she really didn't eat anything for most of the day. The reason that I am so proud of Emily is that while she was going through all of this she remained calm and really tried hard to get better. This is such a huge breakthrough because these moments used to involve a lot of screaming and crying.
Jeremy and I decided not to push her into anything and we waited to see if she would change her mind about going out. I tried to take just Audrey but Audrey wouldn't leave without her "dissy". After a few trick or treaters came and went Emily decided that she would try going out for a little bit. She ended up having the time of her life. Audrey, on the other hand, found trick or treating to be a bit challenging. Keep in mind that she has gone to bed no later than 6 p.m. for at least a year now. Night time activities are very foreign to her. All the shadows and lack of sun were very agitating to her. She did perk up any time she saw someone in a doorway with a big bowl of candy to share.
As if we didn't have enough drama in our evening, there was a huge domestic violence incident a few houses down. Lots of screaming. LOTS of cussing. It was so awful to see two people going at each other like that. I was kind of in shock just standing across the street unsure what to do. I had Audrey in my arms. Jeremy kind of shuffled us down the street away from all the insanity.
The kids enjoyed sorting through their candy. Audrey would open a lollipop, lick it once, put it down, then open another lolli. She did this over and over. I didn't stop her because I figured one lick per lolli was a good way to get rid of them.
