2:00 am

So it is about 2:00 in the am and I am wide awake and cant go to sleep. After laying in bed for 30 minutes trying to fall asleep after I watched all of the ridiculous shows that I love to watch (Bachelor Pad/Dating in the Dark) I figured I might as well wake up and do something with my alone/ quiet time. So what did I decide to do, fold laundry and check my emails. Now that that is done I figure I should maybe update my blog since I have been so horrible about updates and it is only going to get worse once I go back to work. It actually could get better b/c I like to take what I call brain breaks at lunch, and updating the blog is a good brain break.
So these could be the reasons why I am not sleeping at this hour that I haven't seen in a very long time... Jack is going to be starting preschool in 3 weeks from tomorrow (or actually today), Addison will not take a bottle, Addison will not let anyone else hold her for more then 5-10 minutes without screaming and searching the room for me, and I am going back to work in less then 2 weeks. I have been with my kids or should I say surrounded by my kids for the past 16 weeks. It is going to be really weird not having my kids with me and having 23 other kids surrounding me for 8 hours of the day. That means I will be spending more time with somebody elses kids then my own. Does that seem right? Not really. I will actually be having real conversations and not only talking about fire trucks and trash trucks that highlight Jacks life right now.
Addie has become quite the mommas girl, but can you blame her. Her dad works 7 days a week and I have been to lazy to get her feeding from the bottle which means she has not left me for more then 2 hours, and that was only once. We have been a package deal. A pretty good package if you ask me. And wouldn't you know since I have decided to try the bottle feeding and need to pump my wonderful dog decided to take a piece of the pump (a major piece) from off of the counter and chew it up one day while we weren't home. So now that I am on a time crunch I have to wait for this piece which you can only order online to arrive in the mail. Thank you Kona for making my life a little more difficult. So back to Addie loving her mom. It breaks my heart when she gets so sad and wont calm down that her face is bright red and she actually has tears running down her chunky monkey cheeks. I don't know if you know this but when babies are first born they don't make tears, it takes a while for that to happen and Addison is just starting to make tears. I don't know what it is that she can sense about me, but she knows it is me within a second of being back in my arms.
I am excited for Jack to be going to school and to be going to school with me is even more exciting. That means we have been successful in the potty training department. Lets just hope it stays that way. I'm a little nervous that the teachers will get to see how my son is. It is going to be his first experience being with someone all day that isn't a family member or close friend. I'm just dreading that I will get a call in my class from his teacher or worse... the office.
Well I think my little man who still doesn't always sleep through the night is jumping into my bed as I type so I should probably go and claim my spot in the bed.
I am going to need a very strong coffee tomorrow. If you see me there will be some type of caffeine in my hand at all times with some blood shot eyes to go with it.

Night night!

3 weeks left

So I have been home with the kids for 14 weeks and only have 3 weeks left till it is time to go back to work. I am so thankful that I have had this time to be with the kids. It has been very busy, doing what exactly I couldn't tell you. I know there's been a lot of diapers and feedings in those 14 weeks. I have also memorized kpbs' schedule of cartoons, a couple Blues Clues episodes and the trash man schedule in our complex. I have also learned Jacks version of his expanding vocabulary. When no one else has a clue what he's saying, I do. We are still working on his potty training and have gotten pretty good, but still have a lot of fine tuning to do in the next couple weeks. The "teet" or treat/m&ms have worked great. Addison is growing up so quickly before my eyes. I'm trying to take a lot of pictures of her b/c I don't want her to look back when she's older and not have any pics b/c she's the "second" child. It's a little hard when Im constantly guarding her from her busy older brother. He's so sweet with her and wants to be right by her side especially when I'm giving her attention. He just doesn't realize it hurts when you bonk two heads together, or when you pull an arm too hard. Also whenever I take a picture he wants to see it, "I see, I see" he says.
Addison rolled over today for the first time. I missed it too. I had her laying on her back on her play blanket, went into the kitchen with Jack and then she was crying. I went out to see what she was fussing about and she was on her stomach trying to lift her head up. I couldn't believe I missed it. Addie also likes to have your attention all the time. She doesn't want to sit there by herself, she wants you talking to her or holding her up so she can stand. She has also turned into a mommas girl, it's hard not to be when she has been with me everyday,all day, since day 1, literally. We need to work on that in the next 3 weeks. We also need to work on the bottle and formula feeding. She is still sleeping through the night which is amazing for me. I wouldn't be able to keep up with her brother if she didn't. I think she knows. She doesn't sleep much during the day, just a couple cat naps, but i'm not complaining. She tries to carry a conversation with you when you talk to her. Tonight while jack was eating dinner I had her standing in my lap facing jack in his high chair. He would be talking about Addie, pointing out that she was blowing bubbles and she would start making noises back to him, with her arms flying in the air with excitement. It was really cute I wish I was able to get it on video. She loves watching him and is always smiling at him. She must not realize that he is the one that makes her cry every once in awhile.
We will be staying busy and enjoying the next couple weeks before Jack starts preschool and I go back to work. I'll keep you updated.
Love you!