Oh Baby Girls... How can you be 3?!?!
I often think about what I'd give to slow down time, what I'd give to hold these bran new sweet babies of mine again. Yet even as the thought comes into my head I wonder if we'd survive it twice. I mean I'm sure we would but each stage with these girls has felt like it has pressed us to our limits. I look back now and I think I could be pregnant again, or nurse them, or teach them to walk, or to eat or whatever, but this part right now the potty training and the tantrums, OH MY GOODNESS THE TANTRUMS, now this, this part is HARD!!!
Why does it work that way??? Brandon and I know better than most how quickly these little years pass and we really do our very best to laugh at their shenanigans. We laugh so much more than we did in years past and we don't take any of it quite as seriously as we once did. We see the value of enjoying all the moments along the way. Yet, we still find ourselves many days wishing this season would pass quickly and then in the next breath that we could hold on to it a little longer. Makes us feel a tad bit crazy!
These 2 have minds of their own. They constantly make us laugh and exasperate us. They're awesome sleepers, though they don't always go to bed nicely anymore, and they're usually good car travelers. However, they're terrible shoppers and there tantrums are unmatched. When they play together we can't help but stop and watch. They're so connected... they talk in their little pretend voices and laugh and are beyond hilarious! It's so sweet! They have literally a million and one things to say EVERY SINGLE DAY, they love their Grammy and their Sadie and their Uncle Robert more than their Mommy or their Daddy, and no one and I mean NO ONE can make them scream like Hazelnut.
Our days pretty much cycle from laugher to tears again and again and we tease that their day of reckoning is coming as they currently have the house wrapped around their fingers more than we'd like to admit. Disciplining 2 has been a challenge and sometimes they get their way because 2 simply wear you down so much faster. When I tell people that they are hard they often respond with "I can imagine they probably just feed on each other" and yes but no that's not really it. At least right now they feed on each other when they're being silly but with the bad behavior its more like they take turns so you NEVER EVER feel like you get a break. Luckily they're understanding more and more and in our experience 3 is always the hardest. So, we'll put in the time and the energy disciplining, they'll hate it, and somewhere close to 4 the good behavior will begin outweighing the bad behavior more and more. We're praying maybe it'll happen sooner since we're working twice as hard and because we're old and tired but I guess we'll have to wait and see. :)
Birthday Breakfast Donuts
Aubrey
Maddie
Birthday Smoothies at Dutch Bros
Birthday Shopping and Lunch with Uncle Robert
Birthday Dinner and Gifts
Aubrey is definitely a bigger fan of cupcakes than Maddie
Party Time!!!
Aubrey
Aubrey
Maddie
Maddie
Quiet Books from Grammy
Happy Birthday Girls!
I think we'll be watching this periodically over the next months to remind ourselves of what we know when you're giving us a run for our money as I'm certain you will. We love you so much!!!
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