pure insanity

This morning, after finally mustering up the energy to get out of bed and start the day, I found a box of Apples to Apples cards dumped on the living room floor. Obviously Lacey was up way before I was...After almost 15 minutes of her "picking up the cards" we settled with a time out and I picked up the damn cards. Her time out was more of a time out for me, I spent some time with holly on my bed, Lacey found her way in and apologized for the card instance. She wanted to watch some videos on the tablet, but then proceeded to have another meltdown because it was dead. That obviously means the world is ending, if you didn't know. 

Finally, I sat down on the couch with my morning coffee, turned on the news and started reading a blog about how having three kids is chaos. I was feeling pretty good, thinking, "oh it couldn't be that bad, we should try for a boy" and in that moment of thinking, my hot coffee spilled all over my new couches, the cat and over course, my clean clothes that I barely managed to have time to get on. So now- I'm in yogas and a hoodie and lost all motivation to wear normal clothes today. I will say though, even in the crazy, chaotic times, there is always good. Lacey and I just finished reading, Love You Forever, which is my favorite childhood book. She started preschool on September 10th and is loving it. 

Of course I managed to mess up her first day though, I was positive pickup time was 11:30, so I sat anxiously waiting to pick her up and couldn't wait to hear about her first day. Around 11:15, just as I was on my way to pick her up and of course be early, I got a call from her teacher reminding me that pickup time was 11:00. Oh. My. Gosh. I felt so bad. All I could think about ,as I did 70 the whole way there, was that she was sitting there wondering why mommy didn't pick her up. Thankfully, she didn't even seem to realize and the teacher had her help with clean up so I think I'll keep this story to myself until she's an adult! I don't think I'll ever forget that feeling of trying to get there as soon as I possibly could!

Holly is doing awesome. I can't believe how fast she's growing. I know, everyone says that. But seriously, why can't they stay a baby forever? She is such a smiley baby and even on the hardest days, she's right there next to me with a big smile on her face. 

I can't get enough of her! She's almost four months which has got me thinking that very soon, she will be crawling all over and getting into every small, choking  hazard possible in her sisters playroom. So for now, I'm endlessly scrolling on Pinterest, looking for the perfect playroom for mixed ages and enjoying the fact that she's not yet mobile :)