Alex and Audrey, a lovely pair. Alex is still enamored with her. He loves to kiss and hold her. Of course, the 2 second rule still applies: after 2 seconds of holding her he wants to drop her on the floor. I suppose that is love.

Audrey is almost a month old now. She still thinks that night time is a great time for good food and conversation. I am not sure that she finds me good company though at 3 and 4 am. Alex is down to one nap a day which is a little stressful now that there are two kids. So he has "quiet time". It is more of a label than an actual event. In fact, he is in "quiet time" right now yelling his little head off. Fortunately he is just yelling to hear his voice, he isn't angry yet.

Alex is definitely meeting all the requirements for being two. He likes to lie on the floor when he is mad, he whines and whines just to whine, and hitting his baby sister is now a sport of trying to do it when no one is looking. He hasn't quite mastered that technique, thankfully. He has a ton of energy that tires me. But it is great.

Being a mother of two is not as hard as I imagined. But it isn't as easy as I had wished. If I am not feeding one, I am changing a diaper or burping or chasing after or calling for or reading a book or ... it just goes on and on. Thankfully Audrey seems to be mild mannered - so far.

Alex is now into trains - he loves them. He plays with his train track everyday. Thomas the Tank is now a fixture at the house. Buzz Lightyear and Woody have taken a back seat - amazing how fast that changed. The Incredibles still rank high but Thomas and Friends usually wins. I find it funny that I know all of these names.

Alex's new word(s) of the week..."yes, indeed". I love it. He is also saying "yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am". He was doing great saying "poodle head" but I thought it may be used in a negative way at some point so we stopped saying it. It is funny, though.

I pray to remember these times. They are fun. Sometimes I begin to feel sorry for myself, thinking that about the college degree and student loan. It makes me feel as if I am wasting away. But I cannot imagine missing these days. I know I will always have work; my kids won't always be little.

Well, Alex is still yelling so "quiet time" is about to end. Nap time at 3pm. Sweet. The things I live for now... 

Alex's new baby sister, Audrey Grace, arrived on February 28th at 3:07pm - Just as I predicted. Ha! Alex loves his sister, or his "'ister, Audee". He is really good with her. Of course, when he gets tired of her he just wants to throw her on the floor.

I do feel sad though. I feel like I have abandoned Alex on some level. I know that I haven't but I really have not had time to spend with him lately and that bothers me. I cried the other night about it...silly perhaps. But Alex seems to be doing just fine. It must just be harder for me.

Alex's new word of the week - "frustrated" thanks to a LeapPad book about feelings. A little dorky perhaps but hey - frustrated is a word that may come in handy for him. His vocabulary is just exploding, although first letters of words are still of no use to him. He is always talking. I think he practices before and after every nap as it now takes some time before he takes a nap due to his incessant talking. It is great though. I love it. And I know I will love it when it is Audrey's turn!