I Must Confess...

When I was a first-time mom I totally felt guilty about blowing off chores, engagements, having company over, etc. even though I was dog tired. Now that I am in my second pregnancy I am not ashamed to admit that my house has fallen to the wayside lol. If it doesn't absolutely have to get done; it hasn't gotten done. That means while I have washed and dried all of our laundry it is literally just staring at me. I have developed a laundry monster and ya know what? I am completely ok with that. I have prepared the girl's room to accommodate the new addition. Ok I must confess I have reverted back to using the crib for the girls. Judge me. I feel it. I don't care though because sometimes I just need a nap and when I get up from my nap I do not want to have to pick up all the clothes they've decided to pull out of the drawers, I don't want to have to keep fussing at them about leaving the curtains alone, and sometimes I just need them to be trapped but safe. I know that in the crib they can't touch anything they aren't supposed to touch and I know that they can nap if the feel the urge.  I'm just not gonna beat myself up about it. I'm tired. And fortunately for me I've been blessed with the opportunity to nurture my body. This is just a phase guys. Sooner than later I'm going to be back running around town with my beauties.

Letters, Numbers, and Sounds

My husband and I have dubbed Rosie, "Mouth Almighty" (don't worry we don't say it to her face we mostly just text it amongst ourselves lol). 

I've decided to take advantage of the parrot-like phase of her development by getting her to count every stair as we walk down them, asking her to name the colors of the jack rocks we play with, and encouraging her to repeat after me when I name shapes.  I've had to really pay attention to the things I and others say around her because she repeats the embarrassing phrases at the MOST inopportune times. Its funny how that works. Can't pay her to say, "Mommy I have to use the potty", but pick any choice phrase and she says it clear as day in front of her grandparents. Oh joy. 

Addi is our singer and noise-maker. She has this thing about singing at the top of her lungs. The only problem is she only sings one note and that one note is dreadful lol. She also really loves dogs, so I'm working with her on recognizing animal sounds. So far so good. She has dog barks and cat meows down pat. Hopefully she'll naturally find another note to sing...one can dream.

I don't expect either of them to really know what they're doing or saying but I at least want to encourage them. 

I bought these number signs and shapes from one of our local parent-teacher shops. So far, we've mostly just been using household items. I can't wait to show them our new goodies :)