Coming Up for Air

Hello world!  It's been quite a while since I've posted- I'm finally coming up for some air.  Both girls are napping, so I have a 1 hour window of opportunity to write and squeeze in a weeks worth of housework.

Here are a few notes about the past several weeks:

1. Staying at home with the girls has been great!  I had no idea what to expect, but it has been wonderful.

2. Emmy was 1 month old on January 12th- it's hard to believe a whole month has gone by.  She is growing and changing so quickly.  1 month milestones: size 1 diapers, her head and neck control is getting stronger, she can focus her eyes on objects, she likes to look at herself in the mirror, she has begun to coo, and she can smile when she sees Weston and I.  She is a terrific little sleeper, waking only once to eat in the night.

3. I'm going on almost 5 weeks of breast feeding!  This is longer than I lasted with Aubrey and I'm so glad I have stuck it out.  Everyone kept telling me it would get easier, and it definitely has.  The hardest part was getting through the first two weeks when I would nurse every 2.5 hours and it would take Emmy a full hour to eat.  I felt like the only thing I did all day was feed Emmy!  But she's getting much more efficient and so it is definitely easier.  I have no idea how long we'll keep it up, but I'm super proud to have lasted this long!

4. Aubrey is in the early stages of potty training, which has provided for a whole new world of hilarity in our house.  We spend a LOT of time talking about potty things and celebrating what happens on the potty.  The funniest thing is that she is usually REALLY sad when she first has to sit on the potty, but when she actually makes something happen on the potty she gets SUPER EXCITED and says "YAY!!!"

5.  We put our house on the market.  What better time to list your house than when you have a newborn and a 2 year old right?  (I know, I'm completely crazy!)  We love our house and are interested to see if someone else takes a liking to it too.  We don't have any solid plans on what we'll do if the house sells, but we're looking at some different parts of town and will just cross that bridge when we get there.

6.  I submitted Aubrey's registration for preschool next year.  She will go two days a week and I know she'll love learning with some other kids her age.

7. Weston and I hosted some friends for New Year's Eve and even went on a date the other night.  It was nice to do something non-baby related for a change!