A List of Randomness

Ok so I am totally addicted to Facebook and it seems like everyone is doing the 25 Random Things lists lately. I did one but I've thought of many more since my original list. So in no particular order..

1. I like doing these things... yes I'm weird.
2. I am head over heels in love with 2 special little girls named Anastasia and Lillian
3. I am the world's best Auntie ... according to Samantha and Danielle
4. I am awful with my own money. Yet somehow my investments are doing pretty well.
5. I am an Obama Mama
6. I miss my Dad everyday and think of him often since he would have been a really good Grandfather to my girls and my nieces.
7. My mom still lives in the house I grew up in.
8. I am loving my newest hobby.. knitting
9. I love to scrapbook and have more scrapbooks than I know what to do with
10. Saying and thinking the words President Obama still makes me tingle and slightly drool
11. I'm not too shabby at math
12. I studied to be a teacher but haven't taught in a long time
13. I love being a mommy
14. My husband and I have been together for almost 16 years (February) and married for almost 10 years (April)
15. I hope that we will married for almost as long as his parents were (60 years)
16. We are moving for the first time in almost 10 years sometime at the end of February and I can't wait to have more space.
17. I have strange dreams that make me think too much
18. I so hate to clean but it's a necessary evil
19. My husband is 15 years older than me and I am now one year older than he was when I met him
20. I hope that someday he will walk both our daughters down the aisle on their wedding days
21. I worry more than I should at times about too many things
22. Someday I want to own a house
23. I am sometimes awkward in social settings
24. Sometimes nap time is my favorite time of day and I'm not ashamed to admit it
25. I have a great job that I enjoy immensely (besides being a mommy)
26. I daydream about running away but then a baby smiles or laughs and I'm ok again
28. I wish that I'd had more time with my Dad and known him better
29. My cats drive me bananas everyday
30. I always need to be reading a book of some sort
31. I have a great sense of humor
32. I'm extremely more social than my husband
33. I love to shop for just about anything
34. I'm very proud of my accomplishments
35. I'm addicted to the internet
36. I never thought I'd be a mommy since my journey to mommyhood was very long and involved
37. I'm grateful for my good health and general wellness
38. I love to help others out even when I don't have the means to do so
39. My husband and I kiss before he goes to work in the morning and any time that we have to leave each other
40. When I am really upset or mad I am known to get my cleaning groove on
41. I will do anything to make my daughters laugh and smile
42. I love to dance and sing and I don't usually care who hears or sees me
43. Sometimes I wonder what my girls think about me and how goofy I am
44. I secretly miss being pregnant
45. I understand now why everyone says that pregnancy is the easiest part of being a parent
46. Watching my girls sleep fills me with joy and awe
47. I can't imagine my life without my girls in it
48. If the phone rings at home, it's usually for me
49. I love playdates and going to the park
50. In my ideal world, every day would be warm and sunny and everyone would get along

She did it!!!!

The she being Anna and the it being Crawling forwards. She's had Backwards down for a little while now and had been working on getting the coordination going to get herself going forward. Well she did it today.. while we were at a playgroup at the Family Network. I doubt if I've ever been prouder of one of my girls. The funny thing is that she did it on the bare floor at first and I immediately thought she's just sliding herself forward.. not a big deal but then she made it onto the carpet and kept going. I was so excited I went and got the director of the Network to see my girl in motion. It was quite the celebration.. now we need to get Lily mobile. Hopefully it won't be too long for her to get the hang of it and then I will most probably will be needing to split myself in two to keep up with both Anna and Lily.

Slow and Steady Progress

When Lee and I were in Key West almost 4 years ago for our anniversary there was this guy with trained cats that did a show at Sunset (I can't remember if I've talked about him before). Anyway we got a kick out of hearing him say to the cats... "Hurry up Take your time" over and over. I swear this has totally become my mantra lately.
I want the next month or so to hurry up and get here so I can get the apartment packed up (we don't have a move in date yet) but at the same time I want to enjoy the time that we have. Have I confused you yet??? I'm in a weird place lately. I feel like I'm making progress in some areas of my life and stalled out in others. The PPD is getting better. It sounds stupid but I read a book about being a new mom that was written by a new mom and it totally made sense to me and I feel like I'm coming out of that fog but then entering another one with Lee and our relationship. It's too personal to put here for everyone to read and comment on. I will say though that some days are great for us and then there are the days that I find myself going down a road that is rocky at best. As most things in my life go I have absolute faith that things will work out for the best and am hoping that noone gets hurt unnecessarily in the process of figuring things out.

On the Move

It has finally happened.. or at least I feel like it's happened enough lately that I can claim it as a milestone. Anna can crawl.. Backwards. This means that she is getting stuck in many places and can get places I don't want her to be with things that she shouldn't be touching. It's getting harder to keep her contained too.
Anna is also working on standing while being held. She's getting good at it too.

Lily is doing her own thing as usual. Taking her own time to do things..

Mesmerized

I think we have entered the phase known as Mesmerization brought to you by Sesame Street. They love watching Sesame Street.. We're on our second program of it today... thank goodness for On Demand. I'm not complaining.. I grew up on Sesame Street and I turned out ok for the most part.

What else... Anna is slowly figuring out how to crawl and she wants to stand up alot lately... It won't be too long now... the real question is how long will it take Lily to catch up?

8 Months Old yesterday

Ummm how did that happen? I swear it was only just a few weeks ago that I gave birth to these two little ones.. How the heck have we gotten this far along in the journey of parenting already? Before I know it I'm going to be planning a Birthday Party for my girls.


I so wish that I could freeze them at this stage for a little longer. Anna is starting to figure out the being mobile thing. Lily so far isn't trying to move too much but I know that she's not too far behind her sister. I've been counting down the days and weeks till Anna finally gets mobile and starts crawling. Tomorrow I get to go and visit with an old friend of mine who just had her 1st baby. I feel like her baby and my babies are going to be the new version of her and me when we were growing up. I was born first and 6 almost 7 months later Sharon arrived. Fast forward way too many years to admit and I'm having my babies and then being told to call Sharon ASAP so that she can tell me that she is pregnant and will be having a baby 7 months after I did. I'm bringing her a few things. Presents for the baby.. just a couple of outfits and then since I need to clean the basement anyway... 2 boxes of baby clothing that my girls have grown out of and I won't be needing hopefully ever again. My girls barely even wore some of it.

So you're probably wondering (especially if you really and truly know me) why was Cheryl cleaning the basement? Ummm well because we are moving.. Not far.. just upstairs to the 3rd floor so that we can have some additional space and finally give the girls a room of their own. So our apartment is getting listed by the landlord and it needs to be cleaned for prospective renters to take a look at. This has been the proverbial kick in the pants that I've needed to get some much needed cleaning done around here.. I'm doing a little bit at a time. Hopefully that will work out and then once we are upstairs my goal will be to keep messes to a minimum. Time will tell as to how well that will work out.