spirited…….

so now I was starting to feel a little guilty about all the whining I have been doing lately and not talking at all about the girls.  Did you know I can blow up a balloon and type at the same time?  Neither did I…..until just now!

anyway, aside from the fact that I have the attention span of a 3 year-old, Olivia is doing GREAT!  She is such a sweet little girl.  She is so very gentle with Eve and helpful.  I have been truly blessed.  She has "graduated" from speach therapy and no longer needs it…WHOOHOO!  She is very loving and an introvert.  She loves other kids but takes a while to warm up. 

Potty learning is going GREAT!  We waited until she was ready and she just wears a diaper to poop and at night.  We haven’t had but a handful of accidents.  We bought her a 12 inch bike for her birthday with a little horn and flag and she absolutely loves it.  For some reason, she never could pedal her tricycle but she does awesome on her bike "just like the big girls".

Eve is doing awesome.  She is such a laid back, silly little baby.  She actually entertains herself, which is absolutely amazing.  She is so funny.  She is crawling down the hall (a feat she mastered at the wonderful age of 6 months ARGH!) growling because Oliva walked away from her.  She is our little growler and screacher.  She can’t talk yet but boy does she communicate!  She makes the cutest little faces.  She does this face scrunch, nose wrinkle that is hilarious…..Anyway, she is cruising or whatever they call it when she walks along with the furniture or whatever happens to be standing still.  You have to watch out because if you are standing somewhere and feel some precarious little hands on the backs of your calves it is her, pulling herself up on you…….

Things are starting to turn around.  I guess after seeing what else is out there and starting to figure what is going on at work, Jon has decided to stay.  He is going to work hard and earn his salary back.  I am proud of him.  It would be much easier to just quit and walk away and I think he will be happier he did this in the long run.  It is really going to change him though.  I know that I need to have more patience because this is a whole new world for him.  Growing up the bosses daughter, I know what a small business owner expects from employees.  I have seen and heard it first hand.  He has a totally different background.  he is doing well. 

He is doing a lot better at keeping his comments to himself than I am about giving them.  I just can’t help it.  Why is it so hard to let the ones you love fail?  I mean, I can do it with O to let her learn but her mistakes are simple and don’t really affect her life that much.  I guess Jon’s are gigantic and affect all of us.  I am trying to let him and let go of the control but….

Well, the girls are still sick but finally getting over their colds.  Hopefully I will get some sleep now.  There’s nothing like waking up at 2:30 in the morning because your baby is coughing so hard that she gags and pukes little hot dog chunks all over you (yes, I realize my nutritional standards are somewhat slumping).  Then, finally falling asleep in the recliner around 3:15 only to awaken at 4:30 to just breastmilk (thank goodness, it so so much less disgusting!) being projectile puked all over you again.  Let me just say that by 7:00 a.m. I had no clean pajamas left and Eve and I were shrivelled up like little prunes from so much time in the shower….