Worst Blogger Ever! Or maybe, Busiest Mom Ever! Or just, Busy Livin' Life...

Man, life with 2 has just been crazy, awesome, chaotic. December was Truett's second birthday, his birthday party, and Christmas. We had a wonderful time! Truett adored his presents. His favorites were his microwave and his tools/drill….ya, those are definitely the top two at this point. Mila also got a few things…a few cute outfits, dolls, bows, toys. She mostly slept through it all though;) Cant' wait till next year. For Tru there was a slew of other stuff including cars, puzzles, blocks, books, play dough, markers, 4 wheeler, plasma car (also known as "the wiggle", 3 wheeler, etc. I know the bigger ride-on toys will be a blast come the spring. We haven't been able to enjoy them because we have been cooped up in the house the WHOLE month of January…I kid you not.

I returned back to work after the new year so it's been a new juggling act getting Mila nursed in the morning, the kids dressed, bottles made, etc, etc. We're still adjusting. The kids are doing GREAT with Ms. Kari though, we're so lucky to have her. After work I keep the kids in the house because Mila of course wants to nurse, and I also have to keep my eye on my very busy two year old. Plus, I don't feel very comfortable taking Mila out in the cold. Truett can definitely handle the cold for the park and walks and play trips, etc, but I don't want to expose the baby. Especially since the month of January resulted in both kids having back-to-back colds. Poor Mila was hit hard with it! She was only 10 weeks old at the time and was so miserable, my poor girl. Thank goodness she is over it and she is just a sweet, smiley angel. Really, we all are just in love with her. She is going to have the boys around here wrapped around her finger!

See what I mean? Oh ya, we're in trouble...

I moved her to her crib around 6 weeks and have since then moved in her room too, lol. We have our extra bed in there and it's so easy to just roll right out and get her when she is hungry in the middle of the night. In the next few weeks I'll move back downstairs. I am doing a lot of the same things with her as I did when Truett was her age because, like say, "if it ain't broke don't fix it" or something like that. She even has the same sound machine in her room, although she probably doesn't even *need* it. She isn't really on a napping schedule yet - that will come soon enough - I just try to get her down every 2 hours or so for a nap. She still eats pretty often during the day (about every 2-2.5 hours), but she is going longer stretches at night, so whatever works I fine by me! I'm really having a ball with her and can't believe she is over 12 weeks now! To be honest, I'm also a bit relieved…I just remember those first 3 months being the hardest when Tru was tiny and I was anxious again about the lack of sleep and the "getting-to-know" your baby weeks…it's nice to feel like we all survived it again. :)
This was a sweet little photo when she was about 8 weeks or so.

Speaking of Truett, oh boy!!! He is somethin' else I tell ya. He talks so much now and just makes us laugh, laugh, laugh. Who knew 2 years were so witty? Some of my favorite current phrases are:

"I'll be right back"

"I a beeg boy!" - when he wants to do things all by himself or is super proud of something…you know, such as taking out the trash all by himself as it dump all over the place...

"I uv you Mee-ah" (or insert any other name here)…awww...

"Mee-ah's miling, mommy!" (or insert other verb such a cwyin', seepin', wake-up, etc)

"Come 'ere daddy, come 'ere" - in his most sweetest voice. I really need to record this one so we don't forget it.

It's so cute having him talk about his day now. It's amazing the things he remembers, too. We've beeing working with him on time-outs for bad behavior, and I'm trying to remember to resort to positive reinforcement first, and using the time-outs as a last resort. He totally gets it. For now I'm using stickers as rewards, and of course praise and hugs and kisses, etc, but he gets those no matter what. We reached a big toddler milestone the other day. I was vacuuming the playroom and Tru was pushing Mila's swing (while she was in it). After repeated times of telling him to stop and trying to re-direct him, I finally stuck him in his crib so he could be contained and calm down. Well, next thing I know the little dude is standing behind me! Stinker. We went back to his room and I asked him to show me how he climbed out…so he did. LOL. We're still not moving to a big bed though, he seems just fine for naps and nighttime - just won't be using it for anything besides that…
Who me? I'm innocent I tell ya...

OK, this is probably the world's longest blog post now…better end it. I need to keep up more often so I don't forget all the cute (and not-so-cute) things my kids do ;)