Ramblings of a tired momma...

Avery is becoming more and more grown up. I've been watching her today, and am amazed at what a little lady she's becoming, and she's only 2! Today she ran up to me and said "Oh my goodness!" That was pretty hilarious....I had no idea what she

was saying it for. She's very good at reminding us to say family prayers at night before bedtime, and she stays pretty reverent while we pray. She also requires a prayer before we leave her room, I think it makes her feel safe. She's also been talking like a baby lately, trying to tell me things in a little baby language...I'm thinking this is because Jax is starting to coo more and we make it a big deal and get all excited, so she's doing it for attention.

Nana Watson sent her a puzzle a few weeks ago, and now she's obsessed. That thing has become the best entertainment! We got her a couple more and I think they might be too easy for her. She has dress up shoes from my sister that she likes to wear now, they have

little heels on them and she falls all over the place.

She's always liked make-up from watching me put it on,

so I gave her a really old blush brush that I never use and its like her

favorite thing to do, sit in front of the mirror and act like

she's putting make-up on, just like mommy.

Avery likes pushing a chair to the counter, standing on it and completely

emptying all of the silverware.

A few days ago, she poured more than half of the fishes food in its tank while

I was feeding Jax, I walked into the kitchen & freaked out,

you couldn't even see the fish there was so much food floating around.

I told her that Dorothy was going to be

really sick because of what she did, and Avery came and sat

on the recliner all sad that she made her fish sick. I

felt kinda

bad for making her feel bad, but I don't know

how else to keep her out of that fish tank! We moved the fish downstairs,

and she's hardly ever down there alone, so hopefully that doesn't happen again.

I'm really missing putting Avery to bed every night. I only

get to do it 2-3 nights a week now that I'm working. So basically

when she has a nap in the afternoon, I leave before she wakes up

and I end up not seeing her from like 2pm until the next day...that bothers

me, but I keep reminding myself that this is temporary! I've made

Scott keep her up until I get home on weekend nights

so we can hang out.

I feel overwhelmed trying to balance work and Scott's schedule,

the kids, and all of the house stuff that comes

with being a wife and mom.

I haven't had more than 5 hours of sleep at night in the past few

weeks. And its not a consistent 5 hours, its being

up

every hour in a half to either feed him or calm him down. I'm not sure what's going with with mr. Jax but it's

making things seem WAY harder with being so tired all. the. time.

He's never been that great of a sleeper at night & he totally refuses to

sleep without nursing. I don't have the heart

to just let him cry it out...but we may be getting close to doing so.

I feel like life would be so much easier if he would take

a binky for more than 5 seconds or learn to soothe himself back to sleep, but its not

happening yet. He does take 2 pretty good naps

during the day. We've been able to hang out with friends

almost every day now that the weather isn't so crazy,

so he sleeps in his car seat in his stroller for a few

hours in the morning while we play and then

again in the afternoon, but usually I have to hold him for

like 30 minutes and then lay him in his swingfor him

to sleep. We've figured out that he likes support on side

while he sleeps, so sometimes I put him

on his side on the recliner and he'll sleep like that. I've been tempted to bring that

chair upstairs so he'll sleep longer..we'll see.

Scott has spring break after this week, but he got invited to do the Law Review, which is great!

But that means the spring break that I was envisioning isn't going to happen...oh well.

I might try to talk him into leaving at 8 am instead of 7....and maybe

he can hang out with Jax for an hour while I sleep..we'll see.

I have 2 family visits to look forward to in the next

couple of months & I can't wait to see those people!!!

Phone calls are great, but I'm ready to see them.

Avery keeps thinking they're coming the day that I bring it up to her,

she really doesn't have a concept of time..which is a good & bad thing.

And that's a wrap! :)