An overdue update

The past few weeks have been a bit overwhelming. Annie has thankfully adjusted quite well to being at daycare. She loves her little friends and is having so much fun with them. Our daycare provider, Janine loves Annie and is doing great at accomodating all of our 'crazy' parent needs.
She is doing cloth diapers, pottying Annie and sticking to Annie's naptime routine. Janine comments daily on how much and how well Annie eats. She apparently eats more than the 5 yr old at daycare. On top of her great eating, Annie is the only one in this house getting a great nights sleep each night and 2 naps each day. Mason and I are exhausted. Most nights we are in bed fast asleep by 9:30pm.

We are slowly getting into the groove of it all and our mornings are running quite well. The only thing Mason and I are still working on is being happy when the alarm clock goes off. I am not sure if that will ever happen though as 5:30 comes way too fast.

As far as work goes, it's been very difficult to find the balance between home/work life. I am taking it one day at a time and cutting myself some slack as with only 8 weeks to go it's difficult to come in and change the routine too drastically. I only now realise how little time Mason had with Annie. I can't wait until Fridays when I know I will have more time to spend with Annie.
I also love that Mason has a whole day alone with Annie now as he has Mondays off work.

On the bright side, Mason and I have a lot more time together as a family as we commute to and from work together so we have a lot more time to talk to each other. Annie is also becoming more and more vocal with each passing day and is often chatting to herself in the back seat.

Some of her latest words are: ball, duck, quack, yeah and bubbles. A few days ago she tried to play with Skye's ball so I said, "Annie, Skye's ball is dirty. Dirty ball." She looked at me and said, "Dirty ball!" I could not believe it. She is a little sponge and we're amazed at how much she understands and can vocalize.

Off to go tidy up the house and get some school work done. I have about 30 minutes before my mind shuts down. Love you all. I can't believe Annie is going to be 1 year old on Tuesday. I am happy to see her grow up but sad at the same time...I feel like she's growing up too fast some days.

xo,
Amber