My last post was full of typos... This post will probably be the same! It is hard to concentrate at times on little sleep and writing seems to be one of many things I'd like to do with my little free time of the day.

My OB recounted a story to me of a women he knew who described the difference between having two and three children. She said that with two there was sometimes free time for oneself. With three, the free time disappeared. I guess it depends on how much you value your free time and how much you value spending time raising your kids. It does make me wonder if I really want three...

I'm not sure how I manage to ever sit down sometimes... My lists are long for what I "should" accomplish around the house. I can't get it all done! Today my daughter and I cleaned our kitchen laminate floors and the tiled entryway together. That was a fun chore to do together as we imagined we were princesses skating on ice (our towels beneath our feet as we mopped up the Shaklee cleaner she had just sprayed everywhere). But afterwards, I needed to get out of the house for a walk. I took Elliot in the stroller and walked fast for 30 minutes. It felt great and the weather was refreshing and not as cold as it has been.

Now I'm sitting here sipping some tea trying to decide if my throat is sore enough to go see if I have that strep throat... Ugh! I don't want to half to take antibiotics so I've been pounding the C, Zinc, Nutriferon, Multi-vitamin and anything else I think might hold it off... We'll see how I feel tomorrow, but it does feel like it's pounding right now...so sad! But I'll have to have the doc check out my ankle too. I sprained it in the beginning of December and it's still sore. I've heard sprains take forever to heal so since I'm able to walk, climb stairs, etc and only experience pain when I jar it in some abnormal way.

Well, enough for now... Except I will say I've had fun planning for Claire's 4th birthday party. It's a Tinkerbell themed party and since she's so excited, it makes me more excited. It was the same for Christmas. She's finally caught on to the fun of these events so I get caught up too--we didn't really budget for our kids' birthday parties, but if we had, I know I would have definitely blew that budget category! Oh well... It'll be fun and I'm excited for her excitement.

Both kids slept long and hard last night and didn't wake up for over 10 hours! We can't wait 'til that happens regularly...  ¶ 9:07 PM 0 comments