One month away from the big 2!! Things are getting quite terrible though. I feel as though Sarah spends half her waking hours whining or crying. Yes, a lot of the time it's because big bad Noah is tormenting her, but there is a good deal of whining because: I didn't let her put her shoes on herself, I didn't let her open the door (which she actually can't do), I didn't let her use hand cream when I was using it, I didn't let her take 15 minutes to climb into the car seat, she couldn't get the sticker off her finger and onto the paper, I didn't turn around while driving to pick up whatever toy she dropped…and the list goes on. And once she gets upset, she just keeps on crying until either I give in to her request, or I turn on some music she likes to listen to. I keep telling myself that it's just a phase, it's just a phase…
She's also started to become really grouchy after naps, just crying for no reason other than the fact that she is awake. This is a little bit less annoying though, because all she wants is to snuggle with mommy for 20-30 minutes, and I have to admit, it's kind of nice since she's otherwise on the run the rest of the day. You ask her for a hug or a kiss at any other time of day and she shouts, "no!" and runs away laughing.
Not much else to record here this month other than general news. We went camping for the first time as a family this past month (just for one night, and only 20 min away from home), and took a trip to NY for about a week and a half. Basically that translates to a lot of sleeping in the same tent/room. It's amazing that we've finally gotten to a point where something like that seems feasible. Except that in a couple of months we'll be resetting the clock again with the new baby. We were all very tired after both trips and needed a few days to recuperate afterwards, but we made it and had fun! No trips this next month, but I'll have birthdays to plan and a new baby to prepare for. Yikes. 7 1/2 more weeks to go until my somewhat comfortable life right now is turned upside down.
