Fooled.

This week has been rough. We are slammed with our second cold in a month, and I mean slammed. Last night the baby was up for 2 hours in the middle of the night, mostly with a big grin on her face wanting to play (after she calmed down from waking up from her nose). This morning Avery was crying and crying and whining when it was time to get ready for school, saying she was too tired and sick to go. Granted, she was the first to get sick and still has a runny nose, but she has the most energy of all of us. I gave into her tears and snot, deciding it was best not to expose other kids (and lacking the motivation to get my sick self and a sleeping sick baby out of the house to take her).

She's been happily prancing around the house ever since:( I tried to make her take a nap early this morning but of course that didn't work. I was fooled, and loss my precious bi-weekly quiet(er) time. ugh!

When I finally got them to both nap (early) together, I rewarded myself with a late-morning leftover piece of birthday cake. Now my stomach hurts. Just can't win!

On a happier note, Avery's poops in the potty have continued, and that is a huge victory. That child! She WILL be going to school on Monday:)

Way too busy.

I think it's fair to say the past three months have been some of the busiest and tiring of all-time. Thus blogging is at the bottom bottom bottom of my list. But I still feel more complete sharing our adventures as much as possible with anyone interested in seeing/hearing about them!

In summary, our summer started becoming more of a summer once Lexi got a little older, and we took several trips to the mountains and just returned from Santa Fe for Nathanael Daggett's fundraiser against Lyme Disease. I admit I'm kind of adventured-out with trying to put in 20 hours of work each week (still not quite there) and balance preschool for Avery, her birthday planning, and the behaviors that come with new transitions. [Good news is Avery decided on her third birthday, after a week of us pushing it, she was finally big enough to poop on the potty on her own again. Hope it sticks! Well, you know].

I tried taking some comparison shots of Alexis around the same age as Avery, but actually there is a month difference (Avery 3 mo, Alexis 4). All in all, these confirm to me these are altogether different girls!