Almost Friday and I'm that type of mom

If this is unconnected or such, well, I'm tired :P That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Is it of any concern I am still not quite used to being referred to as a mom? Then again, I took awhile in warming up to the word "husband" to describe the hubby. I'm just not normal I suppose. Hah - maybe I just want to be young. Feels like I went from 26 to 34 in the past year, and that's despite the fact I'm (only) 30.

Not the best week, today especially. I'm tired, drained, and probably could go to bed by 8 every night. Going to try a few things hopefully soon to change up this "funk."

Seems Allie does better at bedtime with the hubby, while Audrey does better with me. Hubby mentioned we should probably switch and deal with the consequences so they both get used to either of us, but I'm of the opinion if it's not broken, um, you're crazy. He can get Allie to settle down and I do the same with Audrey. Why change?

Poor Audrey. She hasn't been the best napper as of late so by 6 or so, she's ready for bedtime. Honestly, that early. She's even equated that getting her sleepsack and the bedtime bottle equals bedtime. The last two nights she has gotten super ticked / tired but calms down just a bit once she realizes the bedtime routine is on. Tonight she feel asleep chewing on the other end of her pacifier. On a different note, thanks to the hubby, who recently has been doing the "fishface" for the girls, Audrey has now decided when she's super excited, she must do the "fishface." Looks ridiculous. Also means, if that's the rate of speed they're picking up on stuff, hubby and I are going to really have to watch our mouths. Baby-proof the vocabulary time I guess.

Allie - hubby discovered that she settles down immensly if given her bedtime bottle in front of the TV. While that may not the best routine, it works and that is good enough for me. Otherwise you have Allie screaming and at least for me, it's very hard to sit and calmly feed Audrey while listening to the other child miserable as heck.

So hubby saw on a local news website that at a mall this weekend they have a "most photogenic baby" contest going on. Sigh............. We're actually planning on doing it. My sarcastic, cynical side is rolling on the floor laughing at this notion. But I see two positives: hubby is willingly taking the girls to a mall (he hates the mall) and the mall does have a carter's store so I can hit that for some much needed clothes for the upcoming winter.

So it's close to bedtime - I still don't sleep well and can't say how much of an annoyance that's becoming. I might next week check in with my regular doctor because I just would like to feel actually rested when I get up. Despite that, I am growing fond of the 7am hour when I go into their room and am greeted by all sorts of smiles and coos. That's also why I'm ready to really shuffle things up (in terms of things that are currently causing me unneeded stress) The girls deserve a happy mom. Like I mentioned in a previous post, they only get one childhood. We need to make sure that at least we try to make it the best we can.

A bit pensive eh? Or just in awe of the flash........
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