Christmas has been taking up my maternity leave, and I'm not very happy about it! I'm supposed to be able to spend some of this time at home with my baby, relaxing, recovering, getting used to having two kids, and instead I'm trying frantically to do random Christmas preparations in any spare moment. Gah!!
Things are going much better, all in all, though. I'm still really busy, but on the days where Audrey is up 2 or fewer times, I do all right. The nights where she's up every 2 1/2 hours, I don't do so well on the following days. And it takes me a while to recover, too. Wednesday night was particularly bad, and by Sunday I could barely function. I thought I might sleep in a little that day, since Travis had stayed out until 3 AM the night before and slept until 9:30 Saturday, but no, Emily was pestering me at 6:45, like usual. Travis did take her downstairs at 7:15, finally, but Audrey was awake at 7:45 so that's hardly that much of a luxury. That's how most days are going: if one kid sleeps in, the other doesn't, whether Travis is around to help or not. It's sad that I'm yearning for the day when I can sleep two four-hour stretches in the same night!!
Audrey definitely knows me, now, and she makes the most fantastic faces. I came downstairs last night from putting Emily in bed (again), and Audrey looked up at me with the most surprised happy-to-see-me expression! It was beautiful. She really can smile now, although it's generally just a couple of times, first thing in the morning. One of these days, I'll get it on camera. There's just something about the way she wiggles and makes faces and coos that just makes me wild about her!
Emily is about 75% potty trained, I'd say. I have to suggest it most of the time, but she's got everything else down. She still likes her privacy, shouting "GO 'WAY" to me as she runs to the potty. The hand gesture that goes along with it is pretty funny, tho hard to describe. She went all day Sunday and all day today without any accidents at all! It's sad to me that she can poop on the potty 3 or 4 times in a day and still manage to poop her pants, too. It's a lot to ask of a little person, to keep going that many times! Her descriptions of her output are getting funnier, too. The latest was "ice cream in cone," and I have to say it was pretty accurate. It's like, instead of potty training, she's making poop art. And she's so matter of fact when she says it, too! Hilarious.
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