Catching Up

December 1, 2010 -- Miles Laughs

Pepaw was singing “Six Little Ducks” to Miles today.  I wasn’t sure if it was a laugh or a cough, ended up being a laugh!!   Such a sweet sound to my ears.  That song used to be one of Bailee's favorites.  Now she's moved on to "Baby" by Justin Bieber.

December 2, 2010

Miles wasn’t laughing today.  He has a nasty rash on his legs, poor baby, that made him very,  very restless.  It made for a very long day.

Bailee was such a sweet, sweet girl this morning.  There was some drama going on in the Washington household.  She was so very concerned about our visitors. Have I mentioned before how sweet Bailee is?  Pepaw sat with her and told her stories (anyone who knows Pepaw knows that his stories are quite lengthy) until she went to sleep.  I am so thankful for Pepaw's help.

Pepaw and I went to Van Buren for a Bentonville basketball game.  He got pretty upset with the players and the refs.  If he gets upset with refs I know it’s bad because he just doesn’t do that unless they make really bad calls.  I was a little worried about him since we had no nitro glycerin with us!

December 3, 2010

Miles felt much better today.  The cream for his legs did the trick.  When awake today, he was a very happy baby.  He loves to be on Gigi’s bed and look around.   He smiled and tried to laugh a lot more today. 

Miles absolutely loves his big sister, Bailee, and the feeling is mutual.  She still isn’t really crazy about sharing him with Gigi though.  She had Pepaw dancing and playing with her and Phoebe today.  The sound of her laughter made my heart happy.  When he needed to rest, she says, “but Pepaw you have to pway with me pwease”.   She has always loved him, but is becoming more attached to him due to times that Miles needs me.

I have to say a huge thanks to Pepaw for his help with the babies.  He has helped so much during this first week.  It would be much harder for me to handle both babies if it weren’t for his help.  Not sure I would be very successful without it.

Occasionally this week, Bailee would ask “where is me mommy”.   She had become so accustomed to being at home with her mommy that she really missed her this week.  I didn’t tell mom this because I didn’t want her to feel even worse about going back to work.  So Stephanie, if you read this, know that your baby girl really loves her mommy.

Week of December 5 -11

Monday was my work day for Walmart.  I really call this my off day J  .  I enjoy being around other adults.

My mother always told me that if “you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”.  That pretty much sums up the rest of my day.

Tuesday

My mother always told me that if “you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”.  That pretty much sums up all of the day.

Wednesday

Better day in some ways, worse in others (more at another time)

Bailee and Miles were so sweet today.  Both were pretty content for the most part.  Can’t think of any firsts for either.

Bailee is having some potty issues, poor baby.  We are hoping Gigi’s special princess juice (apple/prune) will do the trick.

Tonight was the first meeting of the Reclaimers, a crafting group.  It was very enjoyable for me even though I didn’t make a bow.  I enjoyed meeting everyone and being able to put faces to names that I’ve heard from Melissa.

Joseph and family took Pepaw to a basketball game.  Gigi forgot to warn them that Pepaw gets quite loud with his cheering.  Let’s just say that I could hear him when I entered the building!  It might bother me if it weren’t for the fact that a year ago, he was in bed 23 hours a day and never could have gone to a ball game.

Thursday

Pretty much an uneventful day with Bailee and Miles.  Both took naps at the same time this afternoon.  I found that a great time for knitting.

Chris’s band concert was tonight.  Even though I forgot about it til the last minute I was able to get there with time to spare.  He denies being responsible for the squeaks!

Friday

Bailee had a little tea party today with her friends.  She had problems finding a cup, but finally found only one.  They all shared, sure hope no one gets sick J 

She woke up from her nap having an uncontrollable crying spell.  I’m thinking her head was hurting since the boo boo bear on the side of it seemed to help or maybe it was that Phoebe decided the best place to sleep was right on top of Bailee.

Miles was his sweet self.  TahTah would disagree since every time she called he was fussing or crying.  I love this little guy more each day.  He has the sweetest smile and brightest blue eyes!

Today ends the second full week of keeping both Bailee and Miles.  Not too bad considering everything.  We’ll see how next week is.