What We're Up To

We are still spending our time getting used to caring for 2 children this week. My mom is still here and has helped so much. I'm going to be REALLY sad when she leaves on Friday. Monday will be my first day to go it alone.

Here is sweet Abigail getting her bath. She loves getting her hair washed but hates a bath. So here she is calm while I'm washing her hair:

Here she is peacefully sleeping after her bath is over:

This week has been a little harder with Emily. She has been enjoying herself immensely by being a typical 2 year old . . . alot! I know it has to do with getting used to my time being divided with Abigail and with my mom being here so she feels out of her element . . . but oh my word . . . help me! Last night I basically melted down. When Joe got home I went upstairs with Abigail and just hung out in my room for about 30 minutes chilling out . . . it was the only way to stay sane. Then I went to put Emily to bed and things were going well with reading books, etc . . . and then she decided to have another tantrum about something, and before I realized what I was doing, I had picked her up to put her in her bed. Which I'm not supposed to do because of my c-section. Anyway, I went to the doctor today for my check up and my fabulous OB gave me some great advice for how to handle 2 year olds . . . he said instead of trying to get Emily to do what I want and fighting her all the time, to just try walking away and ignoring her when she decides to be a typical 2 year old. He said I'm healing fine and didn't do any damage from lifting a 27 pound child.

Today was a much better day (thank you Lord). Getting outside to go for a walk around the neighborhood and playing in the back yard helped get rid of some tension in the house. We have been in the throes of potty training this week (yes I know I'm crazy trying this with a 1 week old at home . . . but my mom is here and it is easier to try to do this with 2 adults at home) and FINALLY had a success tonight with #1 and #2 . . . after 3 full days of NOTHING but accidents all over the place . . . the girl FINALLY went in the potty. We'll see if she got what she was doing at all tomorrow when we get up and try it all over again . . . . have mercy this training is SO HARD TO DO! This girl has been so adamant for so long about not trying anything that I just had to try this week to see if 100 accidents would finally add up to her getting it and getting this child out of diapers. Two kids in diapers is about to put us in the poor house. I even broke down and bought a little potty just so we wouldn't spend half our day in the confines of a bathroom . . . I'm so desperate because those little potties GROSS ME OUT.

Here is Emily enjoying her ice cream treat after her success tonight:

Another new thing Emily has started doing this week is getting up out of her bed and getting out of her room at night and during nap time. She hasn't tried this before with the door closed but now does it 2 or 3 times before finally staying put . . . so we've had to get creative on consequences for getting out of bed. Fun times!