3:00am - Kaylee is whimpering. I think she is going through a growth spurt and I am worried I am not able to give her enough milk at night before bedtime so I have been getting up in the middle of the night to feed her. She nurses for 10 minutes and goes back to sleep. Thank goodness.
6:30am - Kendall lets out a high-pitched scream, knocks a piece of artwork off her wall (why do I keep putting it back up there?!) and screams, "Yo-yo!" in her loudest voice. Too tired to get out of bed, I ignore her and hope Chris will get up. He does. I take note of this. I will cook dinner tonight.
7:00am - Kaylee wakes up and starts making noices and scratching the sides of her pack n play with her fingernails. I get her and nurse her in bed. Soooo tired. We doze off together blissfully.
7:20am - I know Chris is waiting for me to come downstairs so he can get ready for work. I work fast: put Kaylee in her bouncer and lie to myself that I am going to take a quick shower. Ha. I never take a quick shower. In the back of my head I can already predict that today will be just like every other day: Chris will finally walk in with Kendall stomping along after him asking, "Mommy shower?" Chris will look at me with exasperation and exclaim, "Aly, you're DONE!" I will quickly get out, tuck my tail between my legs and slink downstairs with both girls. Long showers are soooooo worth it though. I feel like a million bucks.
8:00 am - I make Kendall her second breakfast. The girl literally has a pre-breakfast snack with dad, a breakfast with mommy, then eats mommy's breakfast.
8:15 am - Brandon has managed to get himself up at 7:20 when his alarm clock goes off, get dressed, and eat a dry bowl of cereal all in about 5 minutes. He now sits playing computer games and waiting for me to ruin his day by telling him to go to school.
8:30 am - Kaylee's first naptime. I walk the angel baby upstairs, sing the first verse of "Silent Night" and place her in her pack n play. She goes to sleep virtually instantly. I like this baby.
8:45 am - I kick Brandon out of the house and put Kendall in her crib with some toys for "independant playtime. (aka: Mommy time)" I go back downstairs, drink coffee and check my email.
9:00 am - I go back upstairs to pick up all the toys Kendall has thrown from her crib and we read/ get her dressed. I love these moments with just her. We lay on the floor on some pillows and I read the books she picks out, usually the same ones over and over. I don't get to pick the books *pout*.
9:30 am - Back downstairs for snacktime. Yes, even though Kendall has already eaten 3 times today she is hungry again. Hmmm, wonder where she gets that from? ;0)
10:00 am - We watch the Wiggles or Elmo. And by "watch," I mean: Kendall completely ignores the movie and tries to get me to turn on my computer's videocamera so she can watch herself. Sometimes I oblige. Sometimes I put a fun song on Youtube and we listen to music and make music videos that would make Mtv jealous.
That's about it for our morning routine. Stay tuned for our mid-day routine. Can you handle the excitement??!!
"Gimme that."
