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.