Day 198

Luciana is usually a very good girl, but she just becomes so fussy at bedtime some nights. It's what babies do, I know this, but it doesn't make it any easier to hear and see. I don't get annoyed, I feel sad for my little angel! She gets so worked up, hot and then has that crying hiccup for hours after. :/ My poor baby, I can't wait until she knows how to get to sleep easier! Until that happens, Mama helps any way I can, and sometimes that's just wrapping her in a swaddle and leaving her be-- which is hard if she is crying. Well, tonight was that kind of night, the kind where it took her almost two hours to fall asleep. In happier news, Lulu is doing SO well otherwise! She is napping great during the day, is "talking" more and more, is interacting with her big sis (whom she adores), and is practicing eating rice cereal and getting it (understanding & learning how to eat) more and more each time. :) 

We worked on the house all day, and made some real progress! Papa organized the garage!!!! Huge accomplishment, it was a mess since we moved in more than three months ago, things just stuffed in willy nilly, no space to walk practically. We also did more inside, so we're happy to see it all comin together at last. :) :) :) 

Papa goes back to work tomorrow, so it'll be us girls for a few days. We plan on continuing the work, if we can, to try and be as moved in as we can by the time Daddy's Daddy comes to stay with us in a couple weeks. 

That's all for now. ;)

Day 198

Luciana is usually a very good girl, but she just becomes so fussy at bedtime some nights. It's what babies do, I know this, but it doesn't make it any easier to hear and see. I don't get annoyed, I feel sad for my little angel! She gets so worked up, hot and then has that crying hiccup for hours after. :/ My poor baby, I can't wait until she knows how to get to sleep easier! Until that happens, Mama helps any way I can, and sometimes that's just wrapping her in a swaddle and leaving her be-- which is hard if she is crying. Well, tonight was that kind of night, the kind where it took her almost two hours to fall asleep. In happier news, Lulu is doing SO well otherwise! She is napping great during the day, is "talking" more and more, is interacting with her big sis (whom she adores), and is practicing eating rice cereal and getting it (understanding & learning how to eat) more and more each time. :) 

We worked on the house all day, and made some real progress! Papa organized the garage!!!! Huge accomplishment, it was a mess since we moved in more than three months ago, things just stuffed in willy nilly, no space to walk practically. We also did more inside, so we're happy to see it all comin together at last. :) :) :) 

Papa goes back to work tomorrow, so it'll be us girls for a few days. We plan on continuing the work, if we can, to try and be as moved in as we can by the time Daddy's Daddy comes to stay with us in a couple weeks. 

That's all for now. ;)

Day 197

Happy Memorial Day! The Rindge fam spent the first part of our day (all together, yippy!) getting the house together in various ways: hanging the televisions, organizing our closet, and just keeping the house clean, which is an ongoing challenge for the two of us. Afternoon naps happened, and then we had Grandma Gayle. Granddaddy, Aunt Holly & Lily over for dinner-- chili dogs and brownies for dessert! :) We enjoyed the good company, the girls love seeing family and we do too. It isn't every day that we all can get together, so it was real nice. :)

We are pretty exhausted now... Time to (try to) get some sleep... Lulu was an angel today, always so happy! Goodnight.

Day 196

Little Luciana woke up today at 6am sharp. I'd been up with her between 5-6 times last night (not all feedings, sometimes just to replace a binky) and so the three of us were all pretty spent by 10am. I wrap Lu in a sleeper bag with Velcro, that helps her sleep better, so she did-- on our new chair!

So, Mama sat down on the sofa and wouldn't you know it, I dozed off and got about 20 minutes nap!!!  I just love it when the girls nap at the same time! :)

We ran a few errands today, and by the time we got home, it was dinner, baths (we are doing double baths now!!), story time and bed! We are happy that in the morning we'll see Papa. It's been three days, and we miss him so! 

Tomorrow is Memorial Day, and we are planning on playing it low key-- maybe a bike ride to the beach, nothing complicated, no packing everything we own to lug it down, just simple. We'll see how it goes, we're just happy we'll be together. :)

Luciana is "talking" sooo much now. She says "Dadadadadadaaa!" She likes to talk, and it makes everyone around her smile. She is the cutest little thing, too! I feel her getting heavier, which is nice because she is just so tiny, I'd like to see her get nice & chubby! 

That's all for today. Mama is OUT. Until Lu wakes up again, that is. ;)

Day 195

Miss Luciana had herself a very nice day, and got to see her Daddy after he worked for three days! We worked on getting our house together, and made lots of progress, yay! Since we are having guests stay soon (Daddy's Daddy & Ann) we have been looking for a new sofa set for our "library" :) -- it's the room with lots of books & no TV. Anyway, we found a great set on Craigslist today. & brought it home. We are trying to get this place in shape every moment we possibly can. This makes our little sweet baby girls very annoyed and then they whine and/or cry. It has been hard on them, as Mommy isn't as attentive (playing roll-the-ball, reading Goodnight Moon over & over, and cuddling during Sesame Street) because I'm just trying my best to get our house looking like it should. But, they are hanging in there pretty well! We both took time to do our bedtime routine with the girls, and that included a nice 15 or 20 minute snuggle time with my sweet Lulu. She loves it, and I'm lucky she wants her Mama :) 

So, we're done for the night, totally wiped out. Here's a pic of Lulu while Mama was cleaning. Goodnight.

Day 194

It's a Friday, and the second day we didn't go on our morning walk/workout... We find we miss it! Instead, I took the babies for a nice long beach walk, after their morning naps, that is. It was super windy, and Luciana napped almost the entire way anyway! She loves being in the stroller almost always, thankfully, and I can always count on her for a nap when we're walking. Penelope, on the other hand, well she just wants to run and play! Her days of sleeping in the stroller are long gone. :/

After the afternoon naps, the girls had a bath together!! It turned out to be a good thing-- I had Lulu in P's old bath chair toward the back and P playing with her toys in front. After washing Lu, I let them splash around together and they just loved it! :) So sweet, I can't wait til the girls can really play together. As it is sometimes now, Lulu's head is a bongo drum, and Penelope plays bongo. :( She has never really hurt her sister, but Mama keeps a close watch, because P really doesn't know her strength. But 99% of the time, she's all hugs, kisses and sharing. :)

I haven't posted many pics lately, so here are a few... The last pic is Luciana asleep on the couch this evening. Goodnight! 

P.S. It's 11:35 and I just fed Lulu-- she went down at 7:30, and I supposed she'll wake up again, maybe around 3. 

Day 193

The Rindge girls went on a mission today! Grandma Gayle met a lady in a store who said she was selling lots of her old craft supplies, and guess who ended up buying a bunch?! Mommy did, that's who. The girls tagged along (obviously), but Mana helped me by watching them while I looked at the stuff. We had a fun day, and by the time we got home it was dinner time. Luciana was a happy trooper all day, except when she was hungry and then at bedtime when she was verrry angry! :/  Sometimes she does cry lots and fusses for an hour before bed, but mostly she just goes to sleep, no fuss. We are happy that she's sleeping longer at night, and I'm sure that will just keep getting better, and real soon. 

Tomorrow we're back to our morning park walk, so I hope we can all get some good sleep. ;) Night!