Juggling

So much is going on, I'm having a hard time keeping up and on top of everything.

Ken and Kieran have been pushing for a dog, so my codicil was that we had to clean house - and keep it clean - regularly before the dog got here. We'd been working on that but the last two weeks got away from us and the house was a wreck. So after Kieran's soccer game on Saturday, Ken went with Mia grocery shopping and Kieran and I cleaned house. Kieran told me on Sunday that he likes our 'new' cleaner house better. When I told him we'd clean house every week he actually cheered. Something is wrong with that kid.

Amelia is doing very well at daycare. She's walking tons, spending a lot of time in the pre-toddler room, which she likes. Some mornings she doesn't want us to leave and others she's running away from us. Still hard to get her to nap and sometimes hard to get her to sleep but her night-time pattern is much better. Most nights she sleeps from about 7 or 7:30 until 5:30 or 6 the next morning. Ken showed her so much new stuff on Saturday that she slept until 8 on Sunday morning.

We have been exceedingly neglectful of taking photos. Like many parents, the 2nd child suffers from a lack of our ability to do five things at once (play with older child while changing diaper of younger child, while talking to someone on the phone, while trying to answer the door - just an example). This is something I want to get much better about. Since Kieran has soccer games on Saturdays, I think I'll go back to what we did with Kieran, which was try to take photos each week.

Anyway, tons going on at my office (and Ken's too), had a few minutes while I was waiting for a project to complete to type this out. Beyond work stuff, I've been trying to get more involved with the community now that I am not bodily tied to Amelia. I've volunteered for a lot of things which is also keeping me hopping. Lots going on, but it's all good. Looking forward to the holidays and some downtime to spend with the entire family.