Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Double Why?

It's starting!! This was our dinner conversation tonight:

Mark: "Eat your pasta Julia"
Julia: "Why?"
Nicole: "Why is Julia saying why?"

Yep, Julia's started with the Whys. Unfortunately, Nicole hasn't finished with them yet, so we are now on double why duty. I'm now trying to figure out how I get Nicole to answer Julia's questions. That would really help me out! :)

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

"I have bad news"

When I was picking the girls up from daycare today, Nicole said to Julia "Julia, I have bad news. Daddy is coming home tonight." My first thought was, wow, I must be really spoiling them for Nicole to be dreading his coming home! But then she said "So we won't be able to see him until tomorrow which makes me sad". So the bad news was that she doesn't get to see him tonight. Phew!

Mark has been gone most of the last week and a half. I honestly don't know how single moms do it. I really miss having an extra set of hands around! It doesn't help that Julia's been sick (cold, cough, and fever) so she has been sleeping terribly. I've been really busy at work and existing on not nearly enough sleep. Makes for a cranky Mommy.

But Daddy is coming home tonight!!! :)

Friday, January 11, 2008

Disgusting!

This is Nicole's new word of the week it would seem. She was putting on her boots at daycare and there was a wood chip in her boot. I was informed that "wood chips are disgusting". There was dirt on her window in the van that was also "disgusting". She stopped just short of calling dinner (mashed potatoes) disgusting. It's amazing what a stern look from mommy will do. :)

Julia has some virus it seems. And so winter truly begins. She had a fever this morning and has been extra grumpy this week. I assumed ear infection since she's had a lot of them lately. But her ears look good, so she just had a virus. But the dr told me that he wouldn't be surprised if this virus gives her an ear infection. Oh goody, I see another dr visit coming up in a week or so. Tubes were mentioned by the dr for the first time today. I think if this does turn into an ear infection we will start talking about tubes.

Mark has been away this week, he gets back tonight. Julia has been missing him like crazy! This morning I went in to get her (she was crying) and she took one look at me and said "NO, Daddy!". Every day she looks at a family picture and specifically points out Daddy. I think Nicole missed him, but not in the same way. She has a better understanding that he's coming back.