Seriously? Man, this week is dragging. I miss the girls so much by Wenesday night, because I have my graduate class on Tuesday so I go from 7 on Tuesday morning to 6 on Wednesday morning without seeing my girls! :(
It's almost like they are oxygen for me. When I'm apart from them for too long I feel out of balance and I need to be with them to feel right again. What a powerful love being a mom has shown me. Who else in this world do we love more intensely than our own children. It's an amazing gift.
Hannah is showing a young obsession with shoes. It is so funny! Every morning before we go to daycare I put her shoes on her feet. And when we walk by her shoe basket, even when she has shoes on her feet, she finds her second pair of shoes and yells "MIne! MINE! MINE!" She would wear both pairs of shoes if it were possible. I'm thinking I need to start saving for her future shoe addiction...
A place for me to reflect on life as a mom, counselor, wife and new runner.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Finally Friday
Thank goodness Friday finally came. What a long week at work. Love my job so much, but it has been a draining week for sure.
Emily continues to struggle to sleep through the night. She is doing far better about staying in her bed once we put her to sleep (mostly, I think, because we are more firm with her about that). But she'll come into our room in the middle of the night to "cuggle", which was cute when she was 2 and little. Now she's 3 and a half and takes up a lot of room since she sleeps all spread out. The other night she threw such a massive tantrum at 4 am because I told her she had to go back to her own bed. She screamed and cried so hard she woke Hannah up. Not fun!
Tonight the Vigues came over for dinner. I love watching the girls interact with their friends. Hannah just wants to be included in whatever the big kids are doing, and 9 times out of 10, Emily plays dress up with my old dance recital costumes. Even Luke was sporting a pink, lacy dress tonight! I love our little family and the memories we are making with our girls.
Emily continues to struggle to sleep through the night. She is doing far better about staying in her bed once we put her to sleep (mostly, I think, because we are more firm with her about that). But she'll come into our room in the middle of the night to "cuggle", which was cute when she was 2 and little. Now she's 3 and a half and takes up a lot of room since she sleeps all spread out. The other night she threw such a massive tantrum at 4 am because I told her she had to go back to her own bed. She screamed and cried so hard she woke Hannah up. Not fun!
Tonight the Vigues came over for dinner. I love watching the girls interact with their friends. Hannah just wants to be included in whatever the big kids are doing, and 9 times out of 10, Emily plays dress up with my old dance recital costumes. Even Luke was sporting a pink, lacy dress tonight! I love our little family and the memories we are making with our girls.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Back again!
Ok, so I kind of suck at blogging. I really wanted this to be a permanent record of the Carlton family life...so I'm going to try to do a better job of recording our happenings!
Hannah is 15 months old. She is the sweetest ray of sunshine. Her little smile makes her cheeks get even bigger and she smiles with her whole body. She was starting so scream and/or grunt when she wanted something, which loses its' appeal rather quickly. But now she has learned how to sign for "please" and she says it like "peas" in a raspy whisper. So cute! Now we ask her to say please all the time...and she's so proud of herself!
She is also imitating counting, so if we say "one', she always repeats, in a low whipser "twoooooooo" and she bends her knees at the same time. Two is pretty much the only number that she knows, but it's so cute and we are so excited about it! :)
Emily is 3.5 going on 14. Three is a tough age, but it's so fun at the same time because she really is starting to develop her own personality. She loves to put on shows for us...sometimes a dance show, sometimes a singing show, and other times a fashion show. She is quite the performer! She is doing ballet with Miss Laurie and she loves it, especially her tutu. And now her hair is finally long enough to put into little pigtails which are "just ravishing" as she tells us.
Emily is a wealth of scientific information. Yesterday, while driving home from the dentist with her (along with about 6 different prizes she got at the dentist, good lord!) she informed me that apples help you poop. Now that we all know that...I'm off to bed!
Hannah is 15 months old. She is the sweetest ray of sunshine. Her little smile makes her cheeks get even bigger and she smiles with her whole body. She was starting so scream and/or grunt when she wanted something, which loses its' appeal rather quickly. But now she has learned how to sign for "please" and she says it like "peas" in a raspy whisper. So cute! Now we ask her to say please all the time...and she's so proud of herself!
She is also imitating counting, so if we say "one', she always repeats, in a low whipser "twoooooooo" and she bends her knees at the same time. Two is pretty much the only number that she knows, but it's so cute and we are so excited about it! :)
Emily is 3.5 going on 14. Three is a tough age, but it's so fun at the same time because she really is starting to develop her own personality. She loves to put on shows for us...sometimes a dance show, sometimes a singing show, and other times a fashion show. She is quite the performer! She is doing ballet with Miss Laurie and she loves it, especially her tutu. And now her hair is finally long enough to put into little pigtails which are "just ravishing" as she tells us.
Emily is a wealth of scientific information. Yesterday, while driving home from the dentist with her (along with about 6 different prizes she got at the dentist, good lord!) she informed me that apples help you poop. Now that we all know that...I'm off to bed!
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