Almost midnight!

It has been a busy day and it is almost midnight so this will be brief. Therapy with Abby went very well today. I felt like the therapist really listened to my concerns and we are going to go ahead and schedule more sessions and do them at a different time to see if that helps. That way I won't have to wake her up from naps. We also saw a pediatrician today, a different one than her normal and I liked him. No nonsense, came in... checked her out, gave me a straightforward reason to what was going on, got us out. Appointment was quick, easy and painless. I felt like he listened to me too! Verdict is.... sinus infection. The first doctor (that I hated by the way) didn't prescribe her antibiotic to last long enough... therefore it didn't knock out the infection.

I'm hoping she'll start feeling better soon. Hearing her cough at night is awful. K&K both have gunky noses and have been fussy. I really really really don't want to take them in but what to do. Pray they will just get better. I'm so sick of the doctor. Time to get some sleep... hope tonight goes better than the last few have. It's been a rough week for sleep. I'm experiencing a lot of vertigo, wondering if that is sleep deprived related or if I have a sinus infection that is messing with my ears. Ugh... no way do I have time to go to the doctor MYSELF.

Hope you sleep better than I have! (love this picture of Kiley by the way)

A rat race

(Kara)

Crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy... my house is crazy. Abby was in rare form today. I think she ran into at least 5 different objects ranging from toys, corners of cabinets, walls and other miscellaneous objects. I think she will have a black eye below her right eye because of the corner of the cabinet she ran into but outside of that we avoided any major injuries. Her nose is running and her cough is back... along with the hair pulling. It makes me wonder if perhaps her ears didn't fully recover or if she might have gotten something else. She always is a little more 'off' when she isn't feeling good.


Kiley is also making a run for the most exhausting child today. Tom thought she made the 'coolest sound' when she threw up all over me tonight. Vomit vomit everywhere. I was so covered I felt like a bath was the best decision. So I got to enjoy a nice relaxing bath reading a potty training tips book. Yep... a potty training book. (not for Kiley... I'm not that insane) Our neighbor came over to my house with her little boy this morning. It was a good visit. While he was here he wanted to use the bathroom... which made Abs want to sit on HER potty. She really really really wants to go on the potty and has started telling me when she has to go to the bathroom. Me? I cringe inside... I'm not ready yet!!! Couldn't we transition off the bottle to a regular cup? That would be much easier than from diapers to undies... though cheaper. I'm still a little unsure of how I want to proceed with this. Every fiber of my being is saying no way till summer! But if she wants to and is ready how on earth do I tell HER no? That isn't fair.

I guess we will give it a shot and see what happens.... I won't be too hard core about it. Perhaps we will try it before/after transition activities. Before we get in the car, before nap, after nap, before we go outside etc etc.

The weather was absolutely atrocious today. Rain and 30-40 mph winds. Her grandma & grandpa D drove all the way up to help get Abby's swingset put together and the first chance we have to use it we get hurricanes! (figuratively speaking)  We also got sand to put into her turtle sandbox that was given by her other grandparents. There is a little park in our backyard now! I'm hoping it will be put to use sometime this week. The cover got blown off of the sandbox so the sand will be wet. We hope Mr. Kitty our neighbor's cat will stay out of the sandbox long enough for the sand to dry out a little. If not... the sand was only 3 bucks... I'll just get rid of it.(if kitty uses it for a litter box)

I felt a little overwhelmed/tired today. Not sure if part of that is because of the weather, because Abs was running into EVERYTHING or because Kiley was puking constantly. K&K are both on the formula Elecare when I am gone. I just couldn't pump enough to keep up with them after all of the doctor excursions we have had to do the last few months. It was just too much. And frankly I didn't have the time. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to keep breastfeeding them but I will do it as long as possible. Even if it drives me crazy at times...

Yes my house is messy... my laundry isn't all done... but my girls are loved and my family is beautiful. God never said I had to be perfect. There will always be more laundry, more dishes to wash, more toys to pick up... they will only be young for a little while and then I will wish for the crayon on the walls again.... and the back door left wide open... the sounds of Abby pattering around in the backyard.

 I'll try to remember that tomorrow morning when the To Do list is racing through my mind. Night!

Happy Easter!

Easter has come and gone... there are 4 multicolored boiled eggs in the fridge and a bunch of plastic eggs filled with gummies in the closet (away from Abby at the moment) The girls were all beautiful in their white dresses, pink shrugs and flower headbands. Abby even left hers on for a loooong time. It gives me hope that she will let me put them in her hair again! It does help that her sisters wear them so she wants to be like them (kinda funny)

The Easter service was beautiful and just filled with joy. The girls didn't seem to enjoy sitting as much as both K&K ended up in the back of the church and Abby made several dashes to get out. She was reading her coloring book during one of the prayers and saw a chicken. "Look chicken! Bak Bak Bak!.... Chicken! Bak bak bak" Yep she was making chicken noises as loud as she could. It was really hard not to laugh. She loves to talk during church which is our hardest struggle outside of running away. Her dearest friend Layla and Abby had a great time after church. They were running around the foyer hand in hand. When we finally had to leave Layla said "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby!!!" It was so cute! I can't wait to get together and play again soon. Our two families have just been crazy busy these last few weeks and it hasn't worked out.

Afterwards we drove up to my cousin's place 2 hours away. I was SURE Abby would sleep the whole way there. Nope. She proceeded to scream the alphabet most of the way. It was a long 2 hours. At least the babies stayed sleeping... that's always my biggest worry with her screaming while she's in the car. We had a delicious lunch with great food. There are always a bunch of people that come and this time was no exception. The house was filled with people! The guys played football, the kids had an Easter Egg hunt and blew bubbles. I spent a large amount of my time keeping the babies happy though I did get quite a bit of help from my family with them. Abby missed having a nap completely....

She fell asleep within 5 minuets of our leaving the house. The babies took this as their cue to cry... and cry they did most of the way. So I spent a majority of my time in the back trying to get them to go back to sleep. Fuuuun. Tom's parent's came up to our house and Tom and his Dad are out building Abby's swing set right now. YAY! I'm so excited I can't WAIT to have that for her. She will absolutely love it. My parents bought it for her last fall as an earlier Christmas present but because we got snow so early last year it never got put up... then the drifts were so big they took up our entire yard! I'm not sure what the rest of the day holds, there are plenty of projects to get done and it sounds like Tom's mom and I will head up to town to run a few errands. I think Abby just went out to help the guys build the swingset and left the back door wide open... I think Kara is calling too. Hope everyone had a great Easter!