The many faces of a 3 year old

This is what a typical day looks like with my 3 year old:

Happy one minute, sad the next, mad, and of course silly. She's gorgeous in all of them!

July happenings

Lulie is 2 months old today. She is doing really well. She has a little bit of a tooting problem, but that runs in her Mother's side of the family. Other than that, she is healthy and easy. I am very grateful for her health and I am very aware of how blessed we are to have 2 healthy children.

She sleeps fairly well. She does not really sleep as much during the day as Sallie Rose does, but it probably also because she has so many places to go with her big sister that she doesn't have time to sleep. I feel as if sometimes she is in her car seat more than she is at home. She just goes with the flow. I am sure that she will be a more laid back child than Sallie Rose, just for the fact that she has to be. Her World is much busier and much louder than Sallie's was. I was the 4th child and that is why I am so cool as a cucumber. :) Not really.

Lulie eats well, and just last night she slept from 9 pm to 7:30 am. She woke up once and I gave her a pacifier and she slept through the entire night. I am not sure that this will be the norm, but I think we are getting close to her sleeping through the night on a regular basis. I am very happy for that. Although, I haven't really minded getting up with her once a night to feed. I am a lot more relaxed about not sleeping than I was with Sallie. Sallie Rose trained us a lot for this 2nd child. She is our coach.

Sallie Rose has been really wonderful lately. We are all finally adjusting to our new life. It only took 2 months! She is still very Mommy needy, but not as bad and not so much in a bad behavior anymore, but more loving. I can't blame her, I am pretty fun to be around. :) Once again, not really. Sallie has been taking swim lessons once a week. The first 2 lessons were dreadful and she cried the whole time and would not put her face under water. Then, the 3rd lesson she cried less and went under water. And finally, she is getting more comfortable with the fact that her hair and face will get wet in the pool. Not to mention, we were at a friend's house the other night and she almost drowned. It was very scary, but she also realized that she needed to learn to swim in order to be safe and have fun with her friends. And it reassured me that however painful it was for me to watch her cry during lessons, it is would be a lot more painful to have her unsafe in the water.

Sallie Rose is also head over heels in love with her baby sister. I am so glad that she loves her so much. She just sits and watches her sometimes and laughs at her "tiny hiny". She is so happy to have her around and she can't wait for her to crawl and play with her. I hope that their love for each other grows and that they never have a sibling rivalry that causes deep seeded jealousy. I try not to compare them in any way and I always try to give each of them the attention they need. I hope that we can continue this way and have 2 girls that are best friends.

I am back to work again. As nice as it is to get out of the house, I forgot how much work and drama I have to deal with at the rentals. My first full day back, I stepped on a used "contraception" in our parking lot. We have our summer prostitutes back apparently. So, I dealt with calling the cops, getting a gate lock and so on for the first full week back. I would much rather have a babysitter come over and me go lay by the pool or go shopping or workout. Of course everyone wants that.

We are doing well here in the scorching hot, humid Savannah and we are enjoying our new addition.