(morning cuddles with each other)
My babies are still babies. I get to see their cuteness day in and day out. I also get to see their tantrums, defiance, and meanness...they still draw me pictures, "make" me gifts, want to cuddle with me, and just be with me. I have beautiful, funny, and healthy babies that make me smile and laugh a lot. This week has just been trying.
(first nighttime braids in classic Krug tradition)
The other morning Layla and Ava decided to come downstairs and be up for the day at 5:00am. They were so cute coming down the stairs by themselves and cuddling on the couch together while I tried to sleep for another hour. My new tactic though is that they are not allowed to get out of their beds unless I come and get them. It was working until this morning, when Ava came strolling down the stairs at 5:15. By the time I got her back to bed and I laid back down, Alivia was awake.
One day though, I'll look back on this time and wish to have it again. I know this, but it doesn't make me any less tired.
On a positive note, Layla is officially a reader! She read "My "C" Book" to me and only needed help with a few of the vocabulary words. I'm so proud of her! She loves learning everything and anything she can. She is seriously obsessed with the Key Bridge and Fort Carroll. I know, it's really weird, but she loves the story and will request to hear "The Star Spangled Banner" while we are driving. She always wants to know how things work. From the time she could talk, she always wanted to invent things. It makes me laugh because she things you can just make anything. Skateboard machines, roller coaster machines, if she doesn't know how to make the item, she'll just make the machine that makes that item. Currently, she is walking around with a basket on her head, saying her name is "Arthur" and that she is an inventor. We just watched, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" so I think that is where that came from. She is the most complex and interesting little girl I've ever met.
(Quinn and Livy yesterday)
If Ava isn't hitting, biting, pulling hair, or somehow torturing Layla, she is either copying Layla's every move, kissing on Livy, or being a princess. She is constantly asking me to dance with her and lately has been dressed up as Elsa. I love how girly and dainty she is. Sometimes it'll be very peaceful (which doesn't happen often) and I'll find Ava playing with her "little people" Disney castle or arranging her little people in strange places. She is FINALLY getting her colors...most of the time. She makes me smile and I wonder how her cute little mind works.
(Right before she told me to "shoo" and got really mad at me)
Alivia is my easiest right now. She is my earliest riser right now, but still my easiest. I find that I am totally babying her way more than the other two. She doesn't even hold her bottle fully on her own yet! Every time I feed her though, she wants to hold onto my fingers, and how can I say no to that?! The other morning she woke up at 4:15 and I was so tired, but she was screaming. I went up to her room and as soon as she saw me, her whole face lit up! It just makes me melt! She just rolling everywhere and starting to get up on her knees by herself! I know it's only a matter of time before she starts crawling and getting into EVERYTHING!
Upcoming events: We are having our first paint night tomorrow night, so I'm looking forward to that and John and Colby find out the gender of my new little niece/nephew tonight! Exciting times!!
Love,
Kelly
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