weekly update {37}

 momo was here for her birthday.

emi was so excited to help bake her cake

and she especially liked decorating the cake with candles

even if she put them right next to each other

eddie decided to spread them out.

i'm thinking they would have been easier to blow out clumped together

there were a few that kept re-lighting.

 

ugh, the second mother

this week has been a struggle with emi for me

i'm having trouble being nice to emi, to be honest.

emi is super helpful which is great, but not so great

is when she is constantly in my personal bubble

hugging, rubbing and kissing on her baby.

i have lost my cool a couple times for her to back up

i usually give a warning to back up, in which she gets offended

then i usually bark orders to go away, if that doesn't work

i have to physically peel remove her from him

i think what irritates me is she always seems to need to be there

and that she has one million things to keep her busy

yet she feels the need to be super involved.

and if she isn't in my personal space, she needs something

my personal favorite is when i am nursing m

and she needs to be wiped cause she pooped. 

then she gets mad because she has to wait.

mr. m is chunking up and i love it

his face is filling out and his clothes are starting to fit.

i didn't have this issue with emi, but i think he is sensitive to chocolate

or dairy, but i think it's the chocolate.

i'm not a huge chocolate fan, so it's not that big of a deal 

except for i have some chocolate peanut butter ice cream in the freezer calling my name.

but i have noticed that after i eat the ice cream he gets fussy/gassy/burpy

emi fell asleep before we dropped momo off at the airport

momo tried to convince her to come home with her

didn't work but we are excited to visit for thanksgiving.

i love that she has been holding her 'dolls' like a baby

she really does watch and pay attention and repeat everything we say to m

one night while emi was getting ready for bed

i put makai in her bed while i brushed her teeth

and she finished getting ready for bed.

every night since then she has requested he come in to her bed to snuggle

not sure how long this will last but she likes it.

emi spent the night over at gma and gpa's for two nights

she was ready to go, refusing to even get her jammies on

explaining she would get ready for bed at gma's

too bad she didn't go over until super late.

luckily she changed into her jammie's before she fell asleep on the couch.

she stayed awake until 10:30pm, which is a world record for her

since she didn't take a nap and got up early.

i plan to do a post of it's own. 

eddie and his buddies from work completed the tough mudder 

mr. makai and i hung out for 6 hours in the lodge.

he stayed in the ergo baby most of the and slept

but when i ate lunch he took a nap on the table bench.

emi all ready for church.

it's basically her first week back since m was born.

she was so excited to wear her 'easter' dress.

trying to make her wear her sleeveless dresses while it's still warm

makai loves to sleep on his side or on his tummy.

he sleeps the longest if he is on his side.

he slept last night for 8 hours! and he ate horrible before bed

dang chocolate peanut butter ice cream!

i was shocked...he goes 6 hours most nights, sometimes 4 hours

but 8...that was great. and i had the bed to myself since eddie is out of town

i'm hoping this next week will be a little better

as far as emi and i go...today hasn't been so good

the tv is babysitting, while i get "my" things done.

but sometimes i find i just need a break from it all and i need to do me first

since my whole life now feels like it's all about putting others first.

i'm the last to eat and sleep...and i'm ok with that. just trying to get use to it.