my babys arent babys anymore

So I have finally decided to put pictures in the frames at my house. As most of you know. I have all these frames with pictures of nice people and I have no idea who these people are. But as I sit her and upload my pictures I cant help but feel guilty. There are TONS and TONS of pictures of Clara from the time she was born until now. And only maybe a third of Elise. Im hoping most of them are my old phone memory card (but its in lucas' phone now so i cant check) and if they arent then im really bad mom and elise will definately feel the second child syndrome. I know it well being a second child. I vowed i would never do it but I have done it. In my defense....we were building a house and then we moved into the house and then we were super busy. But I could sit here all day making up excuses. Its not that I love Clara more. Its that I had more time with her and it felt like it took longer for her to grow up. Elise will be 9 months old tomorrow and I feel like the time has just flown by. I remember it taking Clara FOREVER to get this old. And im sure with the third baby (no, im not pregnant....yet) it will go by even faster. I just wish time would stand still for a few minutes, just so i can enjoy my babys while they are babys.

Today I realized Clara is ready to go to the preschool storytime. When did that happen? The lady even asked how old she was because she thought I was in the wrong one. My baby girl is becoming a big girl. And im just not ready for it. and now we are putting elise to sleep in the bed. So we can phase out the crib. And she is using a sippy cup to drink juice. I guess all I can do is take more pictures so when they are all grown (which will be too soon) I will have pictures to look back on and remember these sweet days when all they wanted was me and I could make it all better...

Blood Tests

So its never been super easy to get my blood drawn. My veins like to hide, but they have always gotten it on the first or maybe second attempt. Well today I had to get my last set of blood work to donate eggs. They have to do genetic testing to test for any genetic disease that I might be a carrier of that I dont know about. So last week when I got my blood drawn I passed out and they ended up poking each arm and each hand and finally getting enough out of one of my hands (they only needed one vial). So today I made sure to drink alot of water and eat alot of sugar to hopefully make my veins pop out. It didnt work. After poking me in one arm and not getting anything the lady put a heating pad on my arm for ten minutes and then tried again. And got nothing. So they had to send me to a different place to get it drawn. So I go to this whole other building like five minutes down the road. And the lady looks at my veins and realizes they are hard to see. So I told her if she can get it out of the veins in my wrist to try. So she did and got blood on the first attempt. But then the vein decided to not give any more blood after five vials. So she had to poke me again a little closer to my hand to get the remaining four vials. Now my arm is sore from my elbow to my wrist. Ive never had it hurt this bad before. But hopefully this is the last set of bloodwork that needs to be done before I get put in the donor pool. :)

A Husband Working Evenings

Lucas works the 4pm-1am shift and he LOVES it. He gets to wake up, spend time with the family and do things he wants to before he has to go to work and be tired from that. But the only problem with that is he isnt home when I put the girls to bed and he is sleeping when they wake up. And I cant sleep until he gets home. So we are going to bed at the same time, Im just getting up hours earlier then him. I do enjoy him being home with me during the day more. I feel like we get to spend alot more time together as a family. But he misses everything that goes on during the evening. Like last night. I went to Open Mic Night at the Farellis in Parkland (its every monday from 7-11 and it was alot of fun, everyone should go) and he couldnt go because he was working. But I think it was something he wouldve enjoyed. I miss having him with me when we are invited to places. For Claras birthday party he had to leave an hour into it because he had to go to work, so he missed most of it. Granted he shouldve asked for the day off, but it is what it is. I just wish we lived in a world that people didnt have to work and we could all stay home with our families.

Finally starting a blog...

So Ive been wanting to start a blog for a while. And since we have our computer back I figured now is a perfect time to start. Here is a start on where everyone is right now:

Lucas- He just got a promotion at work. He will now have set days off and 40 hours a week. We are really excited about it. He also got a raise which is awesome. He is loving his job and loves working the evening. He gets to spend all day with the girls and then go to work. He is an amazing father and husband. He plays with the girls all the time and helps around the house. I couldnt ask to be with a better man.

Clara- Well she is definately 2 now. She has the attitude of a full blown diva and its only the begining. She can talk really well for her age and is learning all sorts of new things. She can remember things that happened weeks ago and knows where everything is. She is a great helper with Elise, although today when I asked for a diaper she said "Mom, im busy with my magazine". It was a little funny. Overall she is just growing too dang fast.

Elise- She is crawling and getting into everything. We clean up the dog food and water about four times a day. She is starting to walk along the couches and walks all over the kitchen pushing her walker from behind. She is eating everything and loves to be with people. She has one tooth and lots of hair. She is tiny compared to what Clara was, so its weird to see such a little baby doing such big things. She can say Dada and says Mama only when something is wrong. She is gonna give us a run for our money for sure.

and lastly.. Me- I am just as busy as ever. I still watch kids during the week , so that keeps me pretty occupied. I am also donating my eggs. I have gone through the tests and am waiting to hear back with the go-ahead to put me in the database. Besides that the girls keep me busy with cooking and cleaning and all the funny mommy chores. But i wouldnt ask for it any other way.

Thats all I have for now. I have to go because I am supposed to leave in half an hour and Im still in Pajamas....