Too little sleep

Dear Megan and Jack,

I want to preface this by saying that I really do love you, and I love spending time with you, but when the time that we spend together begins at 4:45am, I am a little less likely to be patient and kind for the rest of the day. I have no idea how to get you two kids to sleep when you keep waking each other up. This is the challenge we are facing today.

Megan, when you were little, I swore to myself that I was going to keep a journal so that I would be able to remember everything about your life. Here we are, 3 years later, and I am just getting around to it. I wish someone had told me that when I had a second baby, everything that I thought I knew about babies would either be forgotten or irrelevant. On second thought, maybe someone did tell me and I just forgot.

Jack, I know you want to eat regular food. I know that the baby food I keep trying to feed you is gross, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what foods are easy for babies to eat. I cannot believe that you are almost one year old. I cannot believe that you will be walking soon. What happened to my little itty bitty baby? I guess you were never really itty bitty, but you sure seemed small to me.

Megan, right now you are obsessed with Olivia, the Backyardigans, Fancy Nancy and all that is pink. You WILL NOT go out with anything on your body unless it is a dress, and you insist on choosing your dress and shoes. When we are in the house, you prefer to wear your birthday suit, but you leave the house in some pretty spectacular outfits these days. You sing and dance all the time. My favorite songs are the ones you make up, and I love watching you play. I hope that you are always as creative as you are now.

Jack, right now you are obsessed with ME. There are very few things in this world that make me happier than seeing your face when you see mine. You are such a sweet little baby. I hope you grow into a good and kind man. You are lucky to have a man like your Dad as a role model.

OK, I think that is it for now. I love you more than you will ever know,

Love,
(your very tired) Mom