I Did It!

Okay, this may not seem like a big deal to a lot of you, but for me I accomplished something that I have had anxiety about since having Kenley...so much anxiety that I have not done it until today. I went to the store and bought groceries by myself with both girls. I know, you are probably laughing, but this is really a big deal for me. I have been so nervous about being at the grocery store with a cart full of food and having some catastrophe like Ashlyn having an accident and Kenley having a meltdown and me not having any idea how to handle it. And not to mention that I had no idea where I was going to put all of the food with two kids and a diaper bag riding in the cart. But I woke up this morning optimistic that I could accomplish this feat that millions of mothers of two (and 3, 4 and 5) do everyday. I got one of those giant carts with the toddler seats in back. Kenley sat in her bucket in the top and Ashlyn rode in the toddler seat. I was so proud of my two girls for how well they did. Kenley got a little fussy when she started to get sleepy and then went right to sleep. My little superstar almost-three-year-old sat right in her seat the whole time and just talked to me about her day. She is the best kid. So anyway, I am so proud of myself for doing that. I feel such a sense of accomplishment.

I have a scrapbook retreat coming up this weekend that I am sooo excited about. It is actually Shelly's birthday present from Matt. There are three of us going away for the weekend to get scrap happy! I can't wait. I am so excited to just go hang out, but I am also pretty nervous. This will be my first time to be away from Kenley overnight. I think that she will do okay with Ken, but she doesn't have a good track record of being away from her mommy. I have left her for short periods of time with friends to run errands only to come back and find that she has been crying the entire time. As soon as I take her back from whoever was watching her and hold her she stops crying. It is really quite pathetic. She is just a Mommy's girl.


I think we are going to start Kenley on rice cereal today or tomorrow. I was set on not doing this until it was absolutely necessary. I wasn't planning on starting her for another month, but I am thinking that it might help her sleep through the night. She was doing really well sleeping there for awhile, but the past several nights she just can't make it. The night before last I was up with her three times and the last time just didn't have it in me to walk her all the way back upstairs. So this is what we looked like when Ken woke up that morning. My sweet little Kenley Lael.....

Ashlyn also has a new word..."Lasteryear": Defined as any day that was before today....very cute. She has been using it frequently lately. I know it's improper grammar, but as any mom knows there are a few things that your kids say that you just don't want to correct because it is so cute and all too soon they will be saying it properly and you will long for the days when they spoke in that toddler language. So for now I will enjoy Ashlyn talking to me about what she did "lasteryear". How we love her so.