This is what I've been dreaming of....

This morning Ellie woke up at 6:50. If she wakes up before 7:00 I usually make her wait or if it's really early, I put her back to bed. Today she pushed down the baby gate and came into my bed. I was tired and really wasn't ready to be up for the day. I asked her to go play in her room for a few minutes. She did. She literately played for 3 minutes and came right back in and begged me to go watch cartoons and snuggle with her. How could I resist? I went out and we snuggled. She grabbed my cheeks with her little hands and said "You mine best friend". She is the sweetest little person in the world.

I was just eating cereal and Ellie came to share. She sat down on the chair next to me but after eating a few bites of my cereal she decided she wasn't close enough. She tried climbing onto my lap as I held the cereal bowl. Something led to something else and before I knew it the cereal bowl full of ice cold milk and Honey Bunches of Oats was upside down on my lap. I wanted to scream but I caught myself and instead thought "how sweet is that? She wanted to be with me".  I did let Ellie know that she needs to be more careful to which she replied "Sorry" and gave me a kiss. How can you get mad at such a sweet little person? Imagine what would have happend if I did yell at her? I can bet she wouldn't have said sorry or given me a kiss. I was so close to letting that sweet moment slip by. It's so easy to get mad and frustrated rather than seeing things through their eyes.

As I gave Alaina her bath (she started her day out with a bang, or as we call it, a blow out) she looked up at me with her innocent little eyes. I was cooing and babbling at her as I always do and she gave me the saddest little pouty lip I've seen in my entire life. This girl has me wrapped around her little finger.

I get so sad when parents complain about the struggles of parenthood. I will admit I have gotten mad when Ellie smacks my head with her head or when Alaina wakes up a few extra times in a night. I know it's a sacrifice. It takes patience. Sure they break things and make messes but I'd take all of that over not having my little girls with me. I love my life exactly how it is. I wouldn't change a single thing. I have THEE most amazing little girls in the world to spend each and every day with. I have a hard working husband who despite hating his job and the abuse that comes with it, works 60 hours a week so we can have everything we need and want. I have a tiny little condo but it's the most beautiful home I've lived in and it keeps us safe and warm.

I'm not kidding when I say, this is what I've always wanted. This is the life I have always dreamed of. I have everything I have ever wanted in life and I couldn't be happier. I wish I could bottle this up and save these moments. I know time is going fast and it breaks my heart that before I know it my sweet babies will be grown and out of the house. I love this phase of life and I'm trying so hard to savor every second of it!

Now here is our sleepy-head-just-woke-up-messy-hair picture that seems to fit this post quite nicely! Here is to enjoying life as it is and not caring about it's imperfections (something I need to work on remembering)

3 Months Old!

I feel horrible for not writing about Alaina on her one month and two month marks. I suppose I have been in denial about her growing up so fast. She woke me up at 4:30 this morning and I thought "Yay Alaina,  you are one month old in a few minutes" but as I pulled myself out of my sleepy state I sadly realized no, my sweet baby is 3 months old! Why does time have to slip away so quickly? She's lost that sweet newborn cry and her little corndog nose. That is what I call the little tiny white speckles on newborns noses.

Alaina at 3 months:
She wakes up with a huge smile on her face and her arms stretched high every morning.
She loves watching her family run around the house while sitting in her excersauser jumper thing.
She loves jumping in her bumper jumper in the bathroom doorway as I shower each day. After jumping for a few minutes she falls asleep.
She goes to bed at 8:00 every night and falls into a deep sleep minutes after being put in her bed.
She sleeps 8-9 hours each night before waking up for her mid-night snack.
She loves to grab my hair or shirt while I'm holding her
She's too long for her 3 month pajamas! She's starting to wear her 6 month outfits now.
She was diagnosed with eczema :(
She's been rolling from tummy to back since she was 2 weeks old.
She giggles but she's stingy and hardly laughs with us.
She smiles when I talk to her. She smiles a lot!
She can bat at toys and hold rattles.
She's loved tummy time every day of her life but this past week decided it's pretty much the worst thing ever!