Our MOPS table is getting together in a couple weeks for a moms night in and we are making "Family Binders". These binders will hold everything from meal schedules, family calendar, shopping lists to household maintenance info, travel planner and medical information. I am SO excited to get this done. I think it will help so much managing our family activities.
A little update on our girls...
Miss Jayne Caroline...wow, two and a half years old and full of sass! She is so smart. How do I know?? Well, * don't judge* but we turned her door knob around so we could lock the door form hallway to keep her contained for "quiet time". She stopped napping and this was one way to keep her playing quietly in her room. That being said, one day I was feeding Savannah and she comes bebopping in the room. I knew her door was locked so I asked her to show me what she did. Full of pride, she showed me how she got one of her hair clippies and used the end to open the door. I admit, I was a little proud at how she figured that out. So out came the bucket of clippies. Next day, out she comes again. This time she unplugged her nightlight and used the prongs to open the door. Out came the nightlight. Next day...she unplugged her sound machine, stretched the cord and used it to open the door. Needless to say...there aint nothing that keeps this girl down! Ha! She is speaking so well. I can have full conversations with her. There are still times I have no idea what she is saying, but she knows. Its adorable to see her say something and then laugh like she just told us the funniest joke. She looks at us like "why aren't you laughing?" Cracks us up. She is doing great in school. SHe loves her teachers and her little friends. She'll come home and tell us "so and so fell on the playground" or so and so did this". I love seeing these little relationships form.
Miss Savannah Lynn...light of my day. She is my little pal. If she is playing and I walk into the room, she puts her head down and charges toward me crawling so fast until she reaches me and pulls up to be held. Melt my heart! Little stinker has been getting up at 545am the past couple weeks. She plays quietly for a bit (I wake b/c I hear her squealing as she tosses things around) before she starts squalling. We've tried switching things up a bit moving feedings or bedtime but nothing seems to be working. Can't stand it, but its a season and will be over at some point! The Monday after Christmas we stopped breastfeeding. I wasn't making enough milk in the evenings and had been supplementing with formula for a couple weeks and after nursing that morning, just decided to be done. I cried a bit...she might be my last baby and I grieved closing that chapter of my life. But I admit, I enjoy the freedom I've been given. Jared & I are rotating mornings sleeping in an extra hour or so and that has been amazing! But back to my sweet little miss...Savannah is crawling everywhere, pulling up on everything, cruising furniture and walking with her little doll stroller. Its only a matter of time. I can't imagine having two toddlers but I already see my baby slipping away and growing up. In a month & a half she will be one. ONE!!! Ahh, I haven't even thought about her birthday. We decided not to have a big party. I have a tendency to go overboard and we're just going to start doing birthdays a little more low key...more family experiences just the four of us and less big blowouts. Its what works for us!
Jared has been working a lot and traveling a ton. Its hard but its the season we are in and we make it work. I admit some weeks I go crazy missing him (and his help). But he works so hard so I can stay home with the girls and that means so much to me. We're trying to plan a spring/summer trip for the two of us. We're going to do that every year if we can. Even a long weekend to just get recharged, makes us better for each other and our girls. Not sure where to go... recommendations welcome! That's about it in our crazy lives!
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