Are You There God? It's Me, Mindy.

My oh my. It has been a very hectic week and a half. I started back to work last Tuesday. That really wasn't too terribly bad. It was almost nice to have a break from mommy duties and be back into my normal routine. It was extremely hard leaving the little guy for the first time though! Work is good. It's just going to take me a while to get into a new routine and get adjusted to the new schedule.



Once we returned home from the beach Brennan began sleeping 7 hours a night. He would wake up for a bottle and then go back to sleep for another 3 to 4 hours. I was THRILLED! This was perfect timing since I've started back to work. Well.............Saturday night he woke up at 2 for his bottle and he just screamed. I couldn't do anything to settle him down. After an hour of screaming and crying I finally got him back to sleep. He was up again at 5 and the crying process started all over again. He cried nearly all day Sunday. Mom and Dad had us over on Sunday afternoon for Father's Day to grill out. That afternoon I bent down to pick him up out of his bouncer, and I saw 2 teeth trying to come through his bottom gum. I was a little shocked because he is only 2 months old. Sunday night he didn't sleep a wink so I decided to take him to the doctor on Monday to make sure that my findings were in fact correct. I couldn't send him to daycare not knowing if there was something more serious wrong with him. The doctor looked him over. His ears were fine. She looked at me like I was crazy when I told her that I thought he was already cutting teeth, but once she looked in his mouth she then realized that I wasn't crazy at all. Sure enough he has 2 teeth coming in. She also told me that she thinks that he has some colic. Great! A baby who's teething and colicky. Just in time for my second week back at work. =( Other than the teething and the colic he really is a wonderful baby. He weighed 13 lbs on Monday. He's already wearing 6 month clothing. There's nothing little about him. LOL!


Ashlyn, where do I start? She has grown up so fast! Tomorrow she will be 4 years old. That is so hard to believe! She is no longer a baby, but a little girl. I can't believe that tomorrow will be 4 years from the day that we brought that little 6 lb 11 oz little girl into this world. She is such a spunky little thing. I've never in my life met someone with as much willpower as Ashlyn. She is so headstrong, and STUBBORN............Just like her daddy. LOL! She's the sweetest little thing ever! When anyone's sick or not feeling well she'll be the first to draw you a picture or pick you some flowers to make you feel a little better. She's the best big sister that any little brother could ask for. Anytime that Brennan cries she's right there to sing to him ,or give him his paci, or even rock him if he's in his carrier. You can tell that she loves him so much!



As for myself, well I think that I've been running off of fumes here lately. I'm just waiting for the day that I crash and burn. Having 2 kids is no easy task. I wouldn't trade either of them for anything, but man it's tough, especially when between the two of them you only get a few hours of sleep per night. Between Ashlyn waking up in the middle of the night and yelling for me to come cover her back up and Brennan teething and being colicky there's no hope for sleep! I'm as sleep deprived as they come right now, and anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a happy camper if I don't get my sleep. That's just the price that you have to pay when you have kids, but have mercy! I mean can't you give me at least one of the other...........teething or colic? Not both all at once................right when I start back to work! So that's my life right now. Oh, and I forgot to mention that a man whom Britt arrested last night threatened his life once he got out of jail. Can you say NERVOUS WRECK????