Enjoying the little moments

I've been feeling especially frazzled lately. I love my kids- really I do- but they have been driving me nuts... and it's not really even Hannah...

It's this monster-----Hailey----!!!!!

She is full force in the "terrible 2's" and I'm just not sure what to do with her some days. She yells at me, cries for no reason, is rough with other kids, is just plain mean, etc. I realize this is probably typical for most kids, but I've just felt very close to my breaking point. You know that's coming when you feel like sobbing hysterically because you're so darn frustrated... and I'm not much of a crier at all so those are huge words coming from my mouth. I'm usually very good at keeping my emotions in check. Well Tim has noticed and we've talked about getting a membership to the ymca and he agreed. It didn't really take much convincing though, lol, because 2 hrs each day of childcare is included and he could tell that I desperately needed a break from the girls. I love him so much for seeing that- it just means that he really does pay attention more than I think that he does and I love him ever more for it. So for me it's a win-win situation. I get a much needed break from my children and I get to get healthy and keep my weight in check too... or I suppose that I could just sit there and read, lol, but so far I'm loving the classes that they offer. I actually really like to work out when it's at a gym, but by far I get better workouts in classes where the instructor is making us do stuff.

Hannah still isn't crawling yet... I really don't think that she cares for it at all because we watched her crawl a few steps (it feels goofy to call it that but I think we all know what I mean, haha) the other night, but then no more.

She's such a happy baby though and really is an angel... right now I suppose, lol. I can't wait to see if she's nearly as busy as her big sister is. Last Wed night for YM/YW Joint activity we took the youth ice skating downtown. I wanted to come and take some new pics and Tim had to go as well so we decided to bring the girls. They were bundled up and Hannah actually slept through most of it anyways. Hailey was a busy monster, like always, and even one time managed to barely get onto the ice. We didn't get her skates, but it looks like next time we're going to have to. She was lucky enough to get to ride this "ehsie" (horsie) a few times.

Splashin around

It's finally about time where we can have the girls bathe together. Yay- except for when Hailey keeps taking the toys from Hannah, lol. They both seem to keep grabbing the yellow cup from each other. It was so much fun to watch and I just can't believe that these 2 little girls are mine and getting sooo big now!

War wounds

I shouldn't be surprised that my children seem to be accident prone... because I was. Ask any of my family members about me as a kid and they'll tell you that I was always walking into walls, etc. Well combine that with my hubbie who was just as rambunctious (really not sure how that's supposed to be spelled, lol) and you get our monsters.

So we'll start with Hannah... notice that mark underneath her right eye?? That's the start of a black eye. I noticed it 2 days ago and I most are probably thinking that Hailey did it right?!! Well you'd be wrong. This pretty little girl did it all by herself. It's the strangest thing ever because most kids learn to crawl and then can sit themselves up.... well not Hannah. She can sit herself up like a pro now, but has no desire whatsoever to crawl. She can go backwards just fine, but frontwards not at all. Well she loves to sit up, but tends to be a little "top heavy" at times so sometimes she falls backwards... and sometimes she falls frontwards. Poor thing.
Her bruise this morning. The pic doesn't do her justice- it's actualy bruising a little more. And on to Hailey. She was playing with my mom's little dog last Sunday who jumped up and scratched her on her neck. For some reason my child doesn't share my dislike of most dogs so she insists on playing with dogs. She's actually pretty good at being gentil and soft with the dogs, but let's face it- they're dogs! And she's only 2 so this is just one of the accidents that's happened lately.

*Hugs*

This is how the girls 'hug' lately!! Hailey's actually pretty good with her and usually isn't too rough. My big girl just wanted cuddles after waking up from a nap. My little monster won't nap for me regularly anymore and the only way I can get her to nap once in a while is by laying her on the couch and practically forcing her to sleep. Poor thing gets so cranky when it gets to the afternoon and evening lately, but she's super stubborn not to sleep.