4 Months

Today was Avery's four month check-up and as it turns out...she is perfect! She weighed in at 12 pounds, 15 ounces and is 24 inches long. Our last pediatrician retired a few weeks ago, so we now have a new one. This will be Ryleigh's SIXTH pediatrician. Her first one was in College Station, then we moved. Her second one was in Cypress, but I didn't care for the office. I semi-liked her second one in Cypress, but then we moved. I semi-like her first one in Sugar Land, but then she quit to stay home with her kids. How dare she. Dr. Watson is who just retired and I LOVED her, but she was older and I guess it was bound to happen that she would retire. Our new pediatrician is Dr. Rodriguez. She's very young, maybe even younger than me, which is weired. But, she's very energetic and seems very smart.

We are sooo blessed to have two beautiful and healthy little girls!

Kids Today

Another fine example of my excessive amount of anal retentiveness is the fact that I can not text people without using proper grammer. I'm still relatively new to the whole texting thing to begin with and I know that there are lots of short cuts that I need to learn to get my messages across, but I can't leave out an apostrophe to save my life. I just can't do it...I tried, but I can't.

Upon pondering this self quirk, I realized that my kids are totally going to hate sending me emails. I'm sooo going to be printing them out and marking them up with my red pen. I truly believe that proper writing is becoming a lost skill along with simple math skills, thanks to email and calculators. Yeah, I know, I'm super lame.....dude.

Milestones

Yesterday Avery rolled over for the first time. She's about the same age that Ryleigh was when she first rolled over, however her attitude about this achievement is very different. Ryleigh rolled over and then decided that having this accomplishment tucked under her belt was enough. She didn't seem to enjoy rolling over, it was either that or she just enjoyed watching us sit around her and beg for her to do it again. Avery on the other hand, will not quit rolling over. She will go back to front and front to back and this morning did so until she rolled right off her rug. This in combination with her new found deep desire to touch things and put them in her mouth should make for some interesting times ahead.

Change

I have just spent my first official month as a stay at home mom. I don't really count my maternity leave since I was preparing to return to work those three months. I have to say that so far this has been a most incredible experience.

I love being with my kiddos more. We are having the most fabulous time together. Ryleigh and I spend every afternoon cooking, crafting or learning to clean. I need lessons as much as she does. Avery and I are so in sync, it's amazing. I understand the meaning of her every whimper. This was by far the best decision I have ever made for myself. I've always known that this woudl be best for my family, but never did I imagine that I would benefit, that my soul would benefit so much from making this life change. I love being able to cook every night, to get dinner on the table by the time my husband gets home gives me a huge amount of pride. We now spend our weekends spending quality time together as a family, not just prepping for another week. I can't wait for the summer, we've got swim lessons, VBS, gymnastics, library time and whole bunch more planned to keep us busy.

I spent so many years of my life trying so hard to be so different than my mom. I wanted to be the exact opposite of everything that she was...my career was going to be far more of an accomplishment than the years that she spent staying home with us kids. However, here recently, I find myself comparing myself to her more and more. I don't know how she did it, how she was such a wonderful mom and wife and cook and housekeeper all those years, but I'm determined to figure it out and I'm determined to have my kids look back and be as appreciative of me some day as I am of her. I just know not expect that until well after their teenage years...:)