Another Week

We actually had a very productive weekend, which was long overdue. We got alot crossed off our to-do lists. The cabinets all have locks on them now (or at least the ones that the locks we bought will work on), we got the new light fixture up in the entry way as well as one in Lexi's room, Jamie finally took down the Christmas lights and brought in all the extension cords he had outside, the deck got pressure washed, some of the raking in the backyard got done, the vehicles got washed and a bunch of other little miscellaneous jobs got crossed off.

And I got a massive sunburn, not to mention a touch of sunstroke. I do it every year. The first really nice day comes along and I spend way too much time outside and without any sunscreen (and I know better, and I'm usually really careful about sunscreen, but I always do it) and I end up sick and sunburnt to a crisp. And to make matters worse, all that raking I did left me with arms and shoulders so sore it's painful to pick up Alexis.

And speaking of which, I cannot believe how quickly she is growing. She is already into 6 month sleepers and outfits, although she hasn't quite outgrown all of the 3 month stuff. She is smiley and happy and much less demanding of my attention now and she grins when she sees her big sister. She's still sleeping in our bed, but she is also now spending a good chunk of her time at night in the bassinet next to me. She loves to be outside and even though she won't fall asleep in her crib or bassinet on her own, if you put her outside in the stroller she will doze off on her own.

Addy, it seems, has finally made the adjustment to her new bed. As long as you get her down for her nap or bedtime on time (and don't try too early when she isn't ready yet), she goes down on her own and doesn't need someone in the room. She is now (other than the rare time) back to sleeping through the night. Typically she is down for the night at about 8:00pm, and sleeps through until early morning for a bottle. She'll then go back to sleep until somewhere between 8-9:00am. Everyday it seems she does something new. She has mastered going down the steps to the living room on her own, as well as climbing up on the couch and stealing the phone or remotes off the end table when nobody is looking and she loves to throw toys, shoes, bottles and whatever else she can get her hands on through the railings down the stairs. She also loves to be outside and likes to walk on her own when we go for walks. Yesterday she had her first trip of the year to the park and she was all over the place, swinging, going down the slides and climbing on anything and everything. She loves her baby sister and I have to be extremely careful about making sure that if I'm not in the room that Lexi is out of her reach because she will pick her up. She is a smart, loveable little girl, and I can't even fathom how much she has grown and changed in the last 14 or so months.

Last night, I did bedtime on my own with no help. I even had to bathe Lexi after supper (she doesn't usually get her bath around that time because we're so busy getting Addy into bed) but she had a major poo explosion so we had no choice. So 2 baths and I still had Addy into bed at a decent time. And I was on my own for the night too, and we all did really well. Addy was up at about 11:30 and was not very happy, but it only took her a few minutes to calm down and we were all back to sleep fairly quickly. And other than the crappy sleep I had because of the aforementioned sunburn and sore arms and shoulders, we had a really good night.