Diaries of a "Single Parent" - Surviving Check-Up's and Lots of Sweat!!!

Today is day three without Sean. Yesterday was a crazy day! It started off with me waking up the girls for their check up's (Why is it that my girls only sleep in on the days we have somewhere we need to be?). The doctor was AMAZING! She was so great with Lexi. And having Avery there made Lexi feel less scared. Little Avery got a shot in each leg and one oral shot. She screamed of course but after I held her she stopped crying pretty quickly. She was cranky for a while though. Both girls are healthy and perfect. Here are their stats:

Lexi @ 2 years old = 34 inches (50%) and 24 lbs 4 ozs (20%)

(1 year old = 30 inches (73%) and 19 1/2 lbs (25%)

birth = 19 inches and 6 lbs 2 ozs)

Avery @ 11 1/2 weeks = 23 1/2 inches (70%) 11 1/2 lbs (40%)

(birth = 20ish inches and 7 lbs 11 ozs)

Here is little Avery with her bandaids on her little chubby thighs...

Even though she got shots yesterday, Avery was still a happy, smiley baby...

Lexi was jealous that she didn't get bandaids, so as soon as we got home I gave her one too...

I wish I would have brought my camera to the doctor's today. They girls were so cute laying on the exam "table" with jus their diapers on. So here they are renacting...

Yesterday was a stressful day. Lexi wouldn't nap when she was supposed to. And I'm trying to train Avery to nap in her bed and not my arms which is a work in progress. And then for some reason I decided to change my dinner plans last night to casserole. I knew the oven would make the house hot but I just figured I'd crank up the AC... WRONG! Just after I finished cooking the power went out, in half of our apartment and the AC. I went to go ask the manager what was going on and I found at least a dozen people in the office already wondering the same thing. The power was half out all night with random blackout's through the night. It was one hot night. I had all our fans running on high but that didn't seem to do much because it was a REALLY hot day yesterday. We're going through a bit of a heat wave (again). When I took the girls to the craft store last night @ 6pm (to get in some AC), the thermastat in my van said it was 104 degrees outside. YIKES! Luckily the power came completely back this morning before it got hot.

I don't think I need to say it but... I MISS SEAN!!! And Lexi does too! Poor thing doesn't understand what's going on. I told her that Daddy went bye bye on an airplane to Memphis but she doesn't understand that he won't be back until next Friday. She'll go look out the window thinking he might be there. It's sad. And she misses having him to rough house with. Sean usually helps use up her energy at night. She was so hyper last night but I was too hot and tired to play. Here is a video of hyper, crazy Lexi driving me crazy...

I've been trying to keep myself busy crafting. I'm obessed with craft blogs and having been spending my nights getting lots of need ideas. Pictures soon to come of all the new bows I've been making.

Also, I want to share this link with all the women and moms out there. I read it earlier today and it really touched me. Enjoy!