Exhausted!

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I cannot believe how wiped out I was last night when I went to bed.  Somehow, if Travis and I both go to bed at 10 and get up at 6:30, he gets 8.5 hours and I'm lucky if I get 7.  Ridiculous.  It's such little things now, but my body is trained to be awake in a snap that it's hard to feel rested.  Also, yesterday, I ran two miles, did 5 loads of laundry (haul downstairs, wash, dry, haul upstairs, fold, put away), and cleaned the kitchen.  I ordered pictures to send to Trav's brother and my grandmother, and kept Emily from inadvertently killing Audrey.  It was a busy weekend!

Big milestone for Emily - this morning she greeted me with a big smile and announced that her undies were clean and dry!  No more pull-ups for this girl at night!!  She'd been dry for at least a week, and last night I was too tired to get up and get a clean pull-up when getting her ready for bed, so we tried it.  Her smile was SO big and pretty.  It was awesome to see her experiencing self-pride like that.

It's amazing what a big thing sleep is at our house.  If Emily gets it (like today, when she slept until 7:45) we have a great time!  when she doesn't (up at 6, for example) she whines and lays around.  It's night-and-day, really.  She can be polite, cheerful, clever, and thoughtful and kind to her sister, or on a tired or stressed day, she'll be completely the opposite.  I am so thankful for the well-rested days to remind me that this is who she really is, who she's becoming, and that the days of hitting and whining are limited if I can keep my chin up. 

Audrey is on the verge of getting her top teeth, and fighting off the end of this cold.  I'm dreading that this sticky snot might clog up her ears, and I really don't want to deal with another ear infection.  So far, I think we're doing okay.  She's so engaging and adorable.  She's eating her solid foods really well, and very much likes water from a sippy cup, which is great because she's not a fan of nursing when she's all stuffed up like this.  I would imagine that'd be difficult! 

I think we'll head to Ashby Park again today - the free wading pool in Beaverdale.  We were there on Thursday, and had a great time.  It's a beautiful day today, and it looks like it'll be nice all week.  It's funny that we've gotten so much rain, because it's been pretty nice weather except we've had a LOT of thunderstorms.  Our sump pump runs a lot, and the pipe that was put in last summer to deal with the water problem in the basement seems to be working great, because there's a steady stream of water coming from it.  Sure glad we fixed it, but still pissed at the previous owner for not disclosing that.  They knew it was a problem, and they finished the room and put a desk in front of it, just letting the mold grow.  Let's just say that was some pretty disgusting drywall when we tore it out!!