Well, it's 2013. I haven't posted on this blog for a year and a half. That little girl in the pink bug has skyrocketed into a beautiful curly haired 2 year old and it happened so fast it feels like just yesterday I was blogging about her first teeth - and now she's got (as of last week) a whole mouth full of them. There are no more bottles, no more binks, no more bugs in the middle of the living room. Instead, there are sippee cups, the occasional "get that out of your mouth!" exclamations, and an entire half of the living room covered with dolls, play kitchen stuff, coloring books, little people toys, books and everything imaginable with Elmo on it. Since my last entry we've moved to a bigger house (out of basic necessity - it's amazing how much room a child takes up in a house being she's the smallest person in it) and I've gone back to work full time. She's started daycare, and can count to twelve already, and knows all her colors and maybe, just maybe, knows how to read "Ho Ho Ho." Christmas was amazing - she didn't like Santa after meeting him, but she really liked him after she saw all those toys under the tree. It will be fun to see what next year brings when she sees Mr. C. in person again...
Through it all, though, I"m still in amazement at how much I love this little girl and how much life has changed since she came around. There are no more lazy days, no more spontaneous moments. Moms are a skilled population - we can carry more at once, do more at once, sleep less than the average person and still function, and somehow become domestic goddesses, doctors, psychologists, teachers, chefs, artists, and chauffeurs all rolled into one person. That being said, keeping up with anything is nearly ten times harder now than it was before I was a mom, and that's what inspired me to pick up the laptop and go back to the blog...I meant to use this to save my sanity and I didn't stick with it - my sanity has suffered. I'm learning as I go, and feel the need to share the wealth of the lessons I'm picking up along the way...
Maylen is at Nana's tonight - it's bitter cold here in PA, and since Tuesdays and Thursdays are Nana's days to watch her, she decided a sleepover was best so Maylen can just stay warm and snuggly in bed in the morning instead of being dragged out in the cold. Good idea for two reasons - first, Nana's reason is a really good one, and second - Mama needs some sleep!
