As the days slip by I wonder where all the time goes. The days are full with what seems to be an endless vortex of tasks, and most nights I just seem to play catch up so that when morning comes I'm at least not completely in the red. Both my kids are good nappers so I do get a good chunk in the afternoon that is just for whatever. But even that gets sucked into the vortex of house chores and other misc. things that I can only do when the kids are asleep. Today during nap time I laid down...but didn't sleep...for 30 minutes, then got up and worked on the bills, I found out soon that Eli had never really gone to sleep but had instead been up playing. He got sent to bed and I sat down to read for a bit. Though every 5 or 10 minutes I had to tell him to get back in his bed or to go to sleep. This is so weird...he usually takes a 3 hour nap. So the reading was good but very choppy. But at least I got that.
Silas slept 6 hours the other night and 5 hours the night before that. I think thats pretty good for 4 months. Eli was not even close to that when he was that age. I thinks its funny how my perspective is now focused on how much I get done during nap time and how much sleep I get at night. Two very important chunks of time that are undoubtedly crucial for my sanity.
Silas is also rolling all around and talking up a storm. I wish I new what he was saying because it sounds just hilarious. Eli is doing really well. Today he asked me if he could get his balls out and bring them outside. I said sure and he went and got them. Then he asked me to open them. So I did. Then I put the bag outside with the zipper open. He then said, "Thank you" and dumped them out. That was the first time I think I had ever heard him say thank you without us having to tell him. It was very sweet. He is speaking in sentences and really loving being able to tell us everything that's on his mind. He is just the smartest kid ever. He's some photos from the last month or so.