This post could also be titled "Reasons why Rachel is an unfit mother."
Bryan is almost always home for dinner (spoiled, I know) but this Wednesday he had meetings and was gone all night. And it was kind of a disaster. I was making dinner and I heard a bump. I'm not sure exactly what happened but somehow Jilly hit her chin which made her bite her lip really hard. Lots and lots of blood and tears. I got her all cleaned up then went back to the kitchen to find that Mattie (who was sitting in her high chair) had grabbed a stick of butter off the counter. The smooth, cool butter must have felt wonderful on her sore gums (teeth coming in) so I did what any desperate mom would do- let her have at it. After Jilly had calmed down and Mattie had eaten a few tablespoons of butter we ate dinner then headed to McDonalds because it's the only place I could think of that sold ice cream in a drive thru. Bryan will never ever ever miss dinner again.
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On Sunday I substituted in Primary doing Singing Time. After church I asked Jilly how it was and all she said was, "You didn't ever pick me." (In my defense we pick the names out of a jar so I didn't choose to not pick her.)
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Jillian is an early riser (always up by 6, usually closer to 5) and Bryan and I are not always ready to be very parental at that hour so sometimes we'll let her sit in our room with the Kindle while we try to get a little more sleep. This has worked well until this week when Jilly figured out how to purchase movies. On Thursday morning by the time Bryan and I were coherent enough to put together a complete sentence Jilly had spent $95 on tv shows. Not the nicest way to start the morning. I didn't think I could love Amazon any more, but one quick and easy phone call later all the charges were refunded. And, in case you're wondering, our Kindle is now pin protected.
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TOTW- Mattie has been pulling herself up for a while, and is expert at holding on with one hand, but now she thinks she can let go and stand unassisted. She only lasts a few seconds before grabbing onto something but seriously?! Slow down baby girl! And Jilly started gymnastics this week so every 3.75 seconds I hear "Mom, look at this trick!" and then watch some kind of roll, spin, or jump. I've created a monster.
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Jillian has pretty much completely given up naps which means she is exhausted at night. The late afternoons/evenings can be loooooong but having both girls in bed at 7pm is quite delightful.
4 comments:
Our Owen is a bit like your Jilly, he gets the Kindle every morning as well, I'm going to go pin protect ours right now, thanks for the warning. I thoroughly enjoyed this post by the way, I'm pretty sure most of those instances have happened to me in one shape or form.
That is super awesome Amazon refunded your money!!!
That's hilarious that Jilly bought $95 worth of tv shows!! More hilarious because your money was refunded. :) and so jealous Bryan is almost always home for dinner. I told Bryan that's my goal for his next job. Seriously, why did we have to marry guys with the exact same name? Sometimes it gets confusing! :)
1. Of course you are not an unfit mother! :)
2. We have early risers around here to (its a miracle when Thomas makes it to 6 am) thank goodness for the ipad.
3. When we lived in a hotel, William ordered a couple of porn movies that we didn't realize...they were $35 each. haha. Mike was too embarrassed to go and say, "We didn't mean to order porn" that we just paid for it and made sure to set up a lock after that :)
4. I like reading your updates because it reminds me so much of myself a few years ago when William was three and Thomas was a baby. It is good to look back and remember how fun it was, and be so glad I am not still there. :)
5. Miss you!
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