Life with three (and a cute video of Teagan)

It is a crazy time in my life, I feel like the days go by so fast and I hardly have time to process anything. I want so much to remember all the little things, the silly phrases the girls say, the artwork they make and their favorite activities. Lately Kaleigh has been more clingy. It's hard to know if it's being 2 1/2 yo or because she is now the middle child. She definitely has her whine on! Maeve is mostly helpful and loves to be a big sister to Teagan but she is developing some serious four year old attitude. I realize now that Teagan is the easiest is many ways. She is contained and as long as I feed her, make sure she has a clean diaper and has something fun to look at, she is content. I have started working a little, seeing 5 private clients and would like to add more since IFH doesn't need me and paying for 3 in daycare doesn't make much sense. Plus, it seems a little overwhelming to get them all out the door for a full day of work and then come home and get them dinner and to bed on time. It won't last forever and I figure once Teagan gets a little bit older I will add more hours. Plus, I feel like this is the time we are the most flexible, no sports, school or other activities that interfere with us being able to take off and visit friends and family. I have to keep it in perspective and remember that I don't need to do everything and that our family priority is friends and family. I'd rather have time to go for a long weekend to Ohio, fly up to Wisconsin the see the grandparents or drive down to Atlanta to visit Annika than make a little extra money.

Mommy to be

Maeve and Kaleigh are very into playing

mommy and baby as well as doggie. As you can see, Maeve has been taking notes on how to feed her baby with her "booby bra" (the term both girls use for nursing...not sure why!) and Kaleigh is got walking her dog down. They are so funny to watch. (PS. Thanks for the matching tops Lolo.)

Teagan is 3 months!

She's getting more and more into a routine. I was totally surprise a couple of weeks ago when she started sleeping through the night, going down between 8-9 pm and getting up between 7-8 am then sleeping another 1-2 hrs. after feeding, but starting 3 nights ago she is back to waking up 1-2 times a night. Go figure! Maybe she's going through a growth spurt since she really needs to gain some weight (HA). She is all smiles and wakes up with a smile most of the time. She's really easy unless I don't feed her (still doesn't love getting a bottle and gives the bottle holder grief) or if I need to change her. She definitely isn't afraid of letting us know if she needs her diaper changed and two nicknames we have given her are "spit up monster" and "pooping machine", as the pictures demonstrate!

Other things that make her Teagan:

-beginning to really watch TV and will turn on her side and look over her shoulder to view it.

-loves to talk and socialize, especially with Maeve. They have whole conversations.

-reaching and batting at toys

-loves her play gym

-not crazy about the swing

-holds on tight to mommy while nursing

-laughs at peek a boo

Pictures

The days are so busy and the girls are growing. We met Gma and Gpa at the airport during their layover to Dallas for the Super Bowl (yea the packers won!). Daddy got to go watch it in person and it's just been us girls. I'm exhusted but the girls are so cute.