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A package from Tom’s grandma (so the girls’ Great Grandma Flora) came today, with two little spring bunny vests in it. I am so in love with them, and with the fact that our girls have so many handmade things from their family - between my sister, Tom’s mom, my grandma and his, (not to mention me, haha) our girls are surrounded by things knit and sewn for them. I can’t imagine preferring a department store quilt over one sewn by someone who loves them. After mom passed away, I was so mad that she had died before I had kids, and that she wouldn’t be here to make their baby blankets. Luckily, I was wrong in imagining a future bereft of little things with tags that say “stitched with love”.
These pictures are deceptive in that they make it look like we are frolicking outside today, enjoying the sunshine and the company. Instead, I am thiiiiis close to falling asleep on my keyboard, because last night was the night.from.hell. Between my sinuses draining into my chest and making me cough all night long (which woke up the baby every single time), and Ella waking up screaming every 20 minutes because she couldn’t breath, all the girls in the family ended up curled up on the couch at 1:30 am, in an effort to try and let Tom get some sleep. And let me tell ya, you just haven’t lived until you’ve slept sitting up with a 5 month old drooling on your chest, and a toddler kicking you every time you nod off. Oh, and don’t forget the ‘choking on your own phlegm’ part. I loved it so much I think we may do it again tonight.
So, today has been a TV and bagel day, though hopefully not in the way yesterday was a TV and bagel day. This kid. Every time I think I know how to ‘do’ this mother thing, she tests me. We’ve been sending her to her room a lot lately, mostly because if she is standing right in front of me making another mess while I clean up the last one, I lose it. So, to her room she goes, where she can make as much of a mess as she wants, because I can’t see it, Lalalala it doesn’t exist.
I am so excited for naptime.
