Naomi and daddy went to the doctors two days ago. She had her 18 month check up, but she’s still a few days shy of 18 exactly. She is 23 lbs!  She understands a lot and truly is a fun little thing. She makes me laugh. She is a happy girl. She loves being out and about. She pretends to talk on the phone all the time and loves bags/purses. What a typical girl, right?? Starting to teach her to recognize letters. She knows, A, B, C, M and she is a complete bookworm. She loves us reading to her.

It sucks that we did more with her at Beau’s age than we do with Beau now. Not a lot more, but its different because Naomi got to be a baby alone as the only child for a little bit and Beau was born into this world with a sister, never alone. He’s had to wait on his parents like Naomi never had to. I also don’t put Beau on the ground a lot to play because his sister is quick to “love” on him. So maybe he won’t crawl as early as she did or turn over.

It’s a busy household. Sometimes  it’s past noon and I realize I haven’t eaten all day and have been running on coffee. And at night, when I’ve made sure the kids are fed and hubs is fed, I don’t have much of an appetite nor energy to feed myself. And all I crave by the end of the day is time to myself. Chris will take over some days and let me sneak out to Target or wherever I want to go, wherever is still open. Last night I snuck out to the Rack with Nancy. Even without kids, I am shopping for them! I guess I don’t have much motivation to buy cute clothes even though I want to, because my body is still ……blah.  😦

I needed to get out yesterday just because I was about to lose my mind. LOVE my kids…but they test my sanity on a day to day basis. 🙂 Ever since since Beau got his 4 months shots, he acts a lot more needy and whiney. He doesn’t like being left alone for a minute and will cry his head off. Maybe he’s teething and is going through things that bother him. Growth spurt? Oh… we also shaved his head. Unexpectedly,  I felt sad as I was shaving it and held on to his hair. Not sure why I felt this, maybe because a little of him was gone?