Good times

This week-end was a great week-end. Taylor and I had lots of special time to hang out because David took the big kids for their first ski lesson on Saturday. We have a great place to ski about an hour from Seattle, so they were back by 1pm after their two hour lesson. They had a great time! Jacob was so excited he could hardly stand it and Lauren really liked it too - she went a few years ago and wasn't very thrilled, so we were really excited that they both loved it. Lauren asked me if I could teach her and I had to tell her I needed to learn to ski too! I took a year of lessons the year before she was born, but I've been sidelined since. We're all in the same beginner boat. It's really fun to see them embracing new things and having a blast.

Taylor and I had a special time to play and enjoy the quiet house (a rarity!). We played all of her favorite games and she did lots of jumping while I finally got our house back in order after the holidays. She is such a good baby, although she is finding her voice - which I love. Today I was feeding her lunch and took a break to get the big kids something to eat and she loudly said "mama, mama" - I love that she was taking me to task for not focusing on her lunch. Well done, little gal....

We're back in action this week with Julie (our nanny) back in town. We're looking forward to a normal work week for the first time in about a month! Unfortunately, Julie will be leaving us in early February to join her husband and his moving company. You've heard me rave about how great she is with the kids, particularly with Taylor's situation, so we're also looking for an incredible new nanny. Send up a few prayers for us that we find the perfect person!

We're also still struggling on the sleep front...sigh. We actually let Taylor fuss last night - we've been on a bad roll for awhile now and we're ready to finally get some rest. She will feel so much better if she can get some rest too - this comes to mind right now because she's been in bed for about an hour now and she's already fussing. She gets up so many times at night and is just a restless sleeper. This is really tiring for her...and us. So, we're trying tough love and hoping it works and sticks this time. As David says, she's not sick and she's bright (the minute you go in her room and rub her back, she stops crying - the minute you step away, she starts again - so she's definitely playing us), and we're being wimps by enabling all of us to be walking zombies. So, I'm also praying for strength to help her learn how to sleep and not to cave in to comforting her (every hour of the night;).