A good friday, indeed

Travis and I had the day off from work, so we took the girls to daycare like normal, and then had a day to ourselves!  Trav took a slightly different approach than I did - he read the paper, read his blogs, did a bit of handywork, took a nap - whereas I worked like a dog all day.  But we went to lunch together at a local place in Beaverdale, and that was a fun little date.  Then we went shopping and it felt good to get some of those errands done. Most of what I got done at home today was dealing with clothing - putting away Audrey's newborn and 3-6 month things, putting away Emily's winter 2T's, and getting out clothes that fit and are appropriate for the season!  Poor girls, this past week has been so warm that they both had trouble sleeping in their heavier PJ's.  Emily is delighted to wear shorts, and I've gotta say I love seeing those beautiful little legs - much longer than I remember them from last summer!  It's funny how nostalgic it is to go through clothes, though, especially putting away Audrey's newborn things and remembering when Emily wore them.  Breaks my heart, in a happy way.

I put Emily's dust ruffle under her mattress today, and Travis hung up a picture-board that has the same flowered material as her curtains - all handmade by Grandma Sullivan!  Then, I got out a new pair of pajamas for her that are a beautiful blue with little ballerinas on them.  Emily was one very happy little girl when she went to bed tonight.  She's exhausted, after staying up late two nights this week with people at our house, so it was fun to get her good and happy to avoid the overtired reasonless crying.  And it's just fun to thrill her a little.  It doesn't take a whole lot, and the look on her face was so worth it.

Audrey was so happy to see me this afternoon, she practically giggled just at the sight of me.  She kept nuzzling her head into my chest, then looking up and smiling.  It was so cool!!  I am getting more and more crazy about her, if you can imagine.  I was looking at her hair in the sunlight the other day, and I can see that she's growing blonde hair in underneath her dark-reddish hair that she's had all along.  I was wondering if she'd be strawberry blonde like her cousin, but it'll probably be just like Emily's for now. 

We're going to Barnum for Easter tomorrow, and we have the opportunity to have all of his family together for the first time since last summer, probably.  I am so happy, for Nancy especially, because Thanksgiving and Christmas were really hard. The funny part is that we'll have to miss church to do this, because normally they are very Catholic about going every week no matter what - but this year, they'll be skipping mass on Easter!!  I'm pretty excited to be the Easter bunny again this year, and to have Emily go on another hunt.  She's dyed eggs twice this week at daycare, so the pressure's off for me this year.  *phew!*  However, as the girls get older, I am going to be especially careful to not let Easter turn into the gift-giving bonanza of Christmas.  I don't want "gimme" kids!!

I just reread this, and I'm surprised at what a cheerful post it turned out to be.  I have been pretty grumpy this week, trying to kick a feeling of being behind the curve on just about everything.  It's been kind of a "worst of both worlds" thing with my job, and I'm quite tired of putting a baby to sleep 5 times a day.  But I guess I am glad to see that it's possible for me to recognize the joy in things foremost, and deal with the grouchy stuff as a secondary thought.  The ability to do that seems to be directly correlated to the amount of sleep I get the night before, so with that in mind, I'm heading to bed.  Happy weekend, all!