Happy Anniversary! 17/365

Today is Justin and I's 5 year anniversary. 5 years seems like a big deal to me. We have been through so much together in our 5 years and I can't wait to spend the rest of my years with you. I am so proud of the family that we have formed together. You are an amazing father and husband. Who knows what the next 5 years will hold for us, but I can't wait to find out together. I love you and am so thankful to have you in my life.

Today was a rough day around of our house. Both girls have snot pouring out of their noses. It is not pretty. Lucy has not wanted me to hold, touch, or interact with Annie a lot of the day. The TV has been on all day long in order to keep her semi-content. Annie is still pretty happy. Not quite herself but manageable. Lucy is running a low grade fever, but it is very easily controlled with some motrin. They are both in bed and I hope we all get at least a little sleep.

Annie had a very rough night last night again. But there is good news - the top 2 middle teeth finally broke through!! Now we only have a zillion more teeth to deal with and I know there are more on the horizon, but at least we have 2 less that have to come in than we did the day before. Right? Right. The reason why Annie's sleep issues are so difficult to deal with is because at 11:30 or midnight, she starts her constant wake up routine. I go to bed every night between 11:30 and midnight. I know you are thinking, why don't' you just go to bed earlier, and to be honest, I would love to. But I have had sleep issues for years and if I try and make myself go to bed earlier, I just start worrying about going to sleep. So, it is better for me to wait later so that I am good and exhausted. So, right when I am ready to go to sleep, Annie starts in. For whatever reason, she is up and down and upset from 11:30-2 am every single night almost. At 2 something happens, and she will settle back down. It is really strange. And really exhausting. Of course, last night she was up again at 5 and 6:45 and then slept until 8. All of this resulted in me getting very little sleep. Functioning on that little of sleep with 2 very needy girls is not easy at all. It is so hard to stay patient with Lucy's whining and everything else that is going on. All that matters is, we made it through the day. Maybe tonight will be better. Things could be much, much worse, and I try to remember that. We can do this.



The hand chewing pretty much never stops.


She had so much fun talking to herself in the mirror of my closet today.




Lucy was very pleased with herself when she was able to reach a bag of hershey kisses and eat about 6 of them before I found her.


We never managed to get out of pjs today. Look at Lucy in this picture.