I'm gonna try something. I have no idea if this will last, and I can only imagine that it will at least transform over time. But I want to try a Friday Five. The idea is to list five things that have happened throughout the week, or maybe just five things that are on my mind. Because I've realized that, while I do take a ton of pictures (just ask my kids!), not everything that is worth remembering revolves around pictures. Now, we're not talking about mind-blowing stuff here. Most likely, this will be a "five things my kids did" kind of list, and that might not be very interesting to anyone other than me and the hubs. But I want to give it a shot, because it's a place to put the everyday, random stuff that would otherwise be forgotten.
1. Maddie moved up to size 3 diapers this week. See, what did I tell you? Not mind blowing. And yet, my baby is fifteen weeks old, wearing size 3 diapers, and I don't know where the time is going. She is getting so big, and entering that super fun age where she's really checking out everything around her. She is so sweet and alert, and I could literally gobble her up every single day.
2. In other Maddie-related news, her sleeping is horrible these days! Sorry, Maddie, but it's true. And it's mind boggling, because she was doing soooo well. We're talking, sleeping for up to 10 hours at night, awesome, super baby sleep. Brian and I were looking back on our days with Katelyn and saying, Thank goodness we didn't know what we were missing! Well, we know now, and we want it back! To be fair, we had been in total denial about how old Maddie was, and were still treating her like a newborn. Letting her fall asleep wherever and whenever, and I hadn't even picked up a sleep training book since Katelyn was an infant. So, it seems that maybe we were a little late in the game getting focused on her sleep, and maybe these are just some adjustment/growing pains. Let's hope so, because this Mama is tired, and will be going back to work in two weeks, which means Daddy will be dealing with all of Maddie's middle-of-the-night antics two nights a week. But let's not even talk about that.
3. Brian and I started watching Season 5 of Mad Men last night. To sum up our TV situation in this house- we don't have cable and we don't have satellite. We gave it up years ago when Brian went to anesthesia school, and we have not gone back since. So, when it comes to shows, if they're not on network television or Netflix, we don't watch them. And, while that may sound crazy to many people, believe me, we are not lacking in television watching around here. In fact, other than the summertime, our evenings are pretty much booked with our "shows." That's what we do to unwind together, and we love it. Sitting around with a glass of wine (or two) and a new episode of Scandal or Revenge... it doesn't get much better than that. And, yes, those shows are the definition of guilty pleasure. Don't judge.
Anyway, summer is here, and our evening docket has cleared up quite a bit, so now we're diving back into Mad Men on Netflix. We're excited to catch up on what old Don Draper is up to- he may just be one of the most flawed characters that you'll ever love to cheer for even though you're pretty sure he's going to mess everything up. And, oh my goodness, do those people drink and smoke a lot. Yikes. It leaves us saying, Do you remember when you used to be able to smoke in restaurants? Yuck.
4. We watched one of Katelyn's friends for a few hours the other day, and took everyone to McDonald's for dinner. Hold the applause, please. Anyway, we had all three girls, ranging from 3 months to 5 years. And it was confirmed that we will not have three children. But then later that night we were loving on Maddie, and we thought OK, maybe three. But probably not. Cuz that is hard. My hat is off to all the parents of more than two children. Well, my hat is off to all parents, really, because it's hard no matter how many you have. But more than two, I don't know about that.
5. Katelyn used the word "actually" in a sentence this week, and it just reminded us that she is not a baby anymore. Brian asked her what his brother's name was. She said, "Actually, you have two brothers. You have Uncle Jimmy and you have Uncle Timmy." So, not only does she understand family relationships but she knows how to use adverbs in context. My question is, how does the Mensa thing work? Do we contact them, or will they find us? Just saying;)
OK, that's it for this week. No idea if there will be another installment next week, but that would be nice! Oh, and let's face it, I can't do a post without pictures. So, here are some randoms from the week. Random pics with a random post. Seems fitting.
Our azaleas. They never seem to bloom long enough, but they're so darn pretty!
One of my Mother's Day gifts- a new water feature for the back yard. It's so petite and cute, I just love it:)
Katelyn was picking buttercups. And she looks so big. Sigh.
Speaking of big, look at Maddie! I feel like I blinked and she turned into a real baby, not just an itty bitty infant. And she's losing her hair. Check out the mohawk action she's sporting. Nice.
She found her toes! Please ignore the loaded diaper, she just got up from the night and I had to catch a pic of her grabbing her toes before I could change it. Such is the life of my children. Sorry, girls:)
Part of K's morning routine. Cup of milk, show on TV.
