Oh what a day

I am in a terribly good mood today. I'm not sure why, but I do know it has a lot to do with my beautiful babies. We had a fun morning, AM was just cute and funny. TC took a nap in his bed. We went to the grocery store to pick up a few things we needed for dinner and AM was so good and cute and helpful, and she talks about all the stuff and wants to know what everything is. She amazes me, I said we had to get meat and she says meat and points to it. It's little things like that, hearing her say a new word, that make me smile. It's things like that that make me happy I get to stay at home with them. Even if I have rough afternoons or shopping trips go to hell and back, there are some days that I am so grateful and happy that I get to see them every second. It's actually a big turn of events from yesterday. Well, wait, let me clarify. AM was an angel last night, so cute, playing and running around, then when it was time to calm down and get ready to go to bed, she sat next to me on the couch as I fed TC and she watched the olympic diving, which she seems to really enjoy. Anyway, the turn of events would not be me enjoying the kids, it would be my mood, last night it was annoyance! My husband to be exact. Luckily he doesn't read this, but I was soooo irritated. First of all, the night before last, he says he doesn't feel good...he has this huge bug bite on his side and it's super red and swollen and itchy, he takes benadryl (sp?) and he lays on the couch all night saying he just doesn't feel good. Okay, I go with it, I take care of the kids, bath time, play time, bed time, everything. Then last night, he's feeling better, bug bite has gone down, he's no longer thinking he is going to die from some crazy allergic reaction, but he lays down on the couch and is sleeping by like 7:30. Are you kidding me? Once again, I take the whole night's duties into my own hands. As I mentioned before, thank goodness AM was so good. Okay, now mind you some husbands/dads do lots with their kids, and he is very good with AM. Sidenote: Not once though has he done a midnight feeding with TC (or AM when she was little), not even on the weekends. Fine, I figure it's my duty to take care of my kids. Help...it would be nice, but I'm not going to beg. However, when he gets home from work, I like help, I like breaks. I don't get them. Ever. I do get help with AM usually when he gets home, but never with the baby. My break is making dinner or taking the baby only with me to run errands instead of both of them. Another sidenote: Can you imagine my disappointment that our one girls' night that was to happen in Sept, has just been cancelled? The only reason I was even going to get away with that was because it has been in the works for 6 months. Anyway, long story short I was annoyed with my husband. I just thought I'd share since I read the Parenting magazine and there is always this thing about Hot Dads in there and the ladies always write in saying how wonderful their husbands are and they do all things for them and the kids and I'm thinking, are they lying or am I just not the norm? I like to think they are not the norm...but I'm having my doubts. Maybe I should suggest to Parenting magazine to have a Reality Dads section and I can write in weekly and maybe make other moms feel better not worse :) HAHA

AM turned two this weekend, we had a fun party on Saturday, even though it was 100 degrees and we had a fun day on her birthday (Sun)- we went to two different parks, we went to the beach, we got her ice cream. It was really nice. She is now 2. I can't believe how fast the time flies. I'm trying to remember to enjoy every second of their little lives because I was reminded yesterday that this is my last go around with baby time. Are you serious? My last cuddles, my last coos and smiles...since we aren't having any more kids, I need to enjoy all of it as it will soon come to an end and I'll have two teenagers!

PS: I don't mean to sound like C is horrible. Trust me he isn't. He is a wonderful father. He just has his moments and I must complain somewhere!