Children of routine

My girls or children of routine. Once their routines get off a bit, they really don't do well. Maddy has not been in a routine since right before Christmas and I can tell. She has been off schedule with her eating and sleeping. Instead of sleeping at 9:30 pm, she's been up til 11:00 pm. Ugh. That is so hard to handle when I've been used to her going to bed at a decent time.

Children of routine

My girls or children of routine. Once their routines get off a bit, they really don't do well. Maddy has not been in a routine since right before Christmas and I can tell. She has been off schedule with her eating and sleeping. Instead of sleeping at 9:30 pm, she's been up til 11:00 pm. Ugh. That is so hard to handle when I've been used to her going to bed at a decent time.

Reagan's birthday party

Today was Reagan's birthday party. Complete craziness was a part of our day. She wanted Team Umi Zoomi. Of course, because it's a new show, nobody had any decorations or cake designs out yet. I decided to go for it and make a cake myself with the Team Umizoomi design. Thank goodness for Emily - she taught me how to work with it. The cake worked out well.

Reagan had a great time at the party. She ran herself ragged - literally. We had mostly family hanging out. She was so happy to have her cousins here - she LOVED it. She did, however, miss her Alabaman cousins - they left a day early and had to miss her party again this year. She was sad.

By the time everyone left, she was so worn out that she couldn't even make sense of anything. She got so worked up that she fell to the ground. I took her upstairs to snuggle with her and put her to bed. She didn't even argue. I asked her if she wanted me to sing, she said "yes". I started singing a song that we play with and she said "no mommy, that's a wakey song". So I sang the Lullaby song - she closed her eyes and was out before I got through the first verse. So tired.

Maddy over the holiday

This holiday I've noticed a few things. Maddy really needs the interaction of people. She does not like to be left alone for any period of time. Unfortunately, I've had to rely on the props at home to keep her busy because of my lack of planning for Christmas this year. I hate it, but I keep telling myself that it needs to be done.

The good thing is she does love her play mats. I've used them while wrapping presents or doing chores. Often I've put her down and pulled her up next to me while wrapping stuff or working on the computer.

She has started to hold her head up much better. She's now too short for her 3 month clothing but too skinny for her 6 month clothing. Hmmm. She still is only pooping every other day (we have poop days). The nice thing is that we've been able to start a consistent bedtime for her - about 10:30 pm. Odd, but true. She sleeps in the evening until we need to put Reagan to bed and then she wakes up. She stays up until about 10:30 and then gets fussy - like clockwork. :) This is now her fourth night in a row in her bed. Yea Maddy!!!

She's tracking objects fairly well. She LOVES her giraffe on the play mat. Every time I put her on that, she tracks that almost immediately. It's cute. I did finally get her toys to the basement, so we can start playing more. She's getting much more interested in playing with us instead of just hanging out. It's nice.

Christmas Day 2010

This morning, Reagan got up and thought that Santa had not come. She was upstairs crying. Jordan had to talk her into going downstairs to look for stockings that were hung with care. They were. Once she saw the mantel, she was ready for the day.

The girls were excited to get their presents. Reagan got hung up on the stocking - candy and stickers. Too funny. Once we got to the basement, we opened up gifts. Again, Reagan wasn't too interested. She wanted to continue to eat her candy and play with her stickers. I think I wore a Minnie Mouse sticker all day.

Once we were done opening presents at our house, we were off to my parents. Once we got there, it was pure craziness. Both of my brothers' families were in town and ready to open the gifts from Mimi and Pawpaw. Dinner and presents were the usual drama. The kids got a ton of stuff. I enjoyed watching Reagan play.

After that, we took off for Connie's house. There we had some more craziness. The good thing is that it was much quieter. It was just a small gathering with food and fun. We had a great time. Maddy got a play mat from Grandma. She LOVED it. She had a place to play. Reagan got a game from them that looked like a ton of fun. Papaw Thomas played with Reagan a lot. He really enjoyed her. She did pretty well considering the day.

She almost fell asleep on the way home, but as soon as we hit the main road into our subdivision, she popped up. Darn. The family came up after and played until late. Both Jordan and Reagan went to bed pretty late. They had a super busy day. We all did.

Tomorrow is Reagan's party and then we get a break.

All in all, we had a great Christmas with our families. We are totally blessed with how many folks we have around us. :)

Christmas Eve

We had a pretty lazy day. We've been prepping for the holidays for two weeks. Everything we did this year was last minute, so we are still working on wrapping presents this morning.

Maddy has been patient with me. I usually spend a ton of time with her on the floor. I haven't done much of that in the last few days because of all we have to do. I can tell too. Whenever I get her on the floor or interact with her, she completely lights up. Guilt!

So tonight, we are going to Papaw Carman's house for dinner and fun. I expect all the normal stuff. It will be good to see the family. I hope all goes well.

Moving up

Reagan is moving up to the older classroom - thank goodness. Since we moved her to her new school, I feel like she's regressed in her behavior. It's hard to tell if it's the cast, move or the baby. Whatever the reason, we are not thrilled.

We are hoping that when she moves to the older classroom that she will fall in line with those kids regarding behavior. (fingers crossed)