monday, monday

So here's the deal: Mondays are hard. 

Weekends are a thing of beauty. Derek is home. We do things as a family. Sometimes we have donuts for breakfast. I get to take showers that are longer that 4 minutes. And then Monday arrives. 

I feel like it always takes us a few hours to get back into our groove on Monday morning. And it's because of this that I am so thankful for Monday nap time. In fact, here's just a little glimpse into our Monday this week. 

Officially this Monday started at about 3:45 am when I was feeding Hattie only to have Vera wake up and say she had to go potty. We haven't officially potty trained her yet, but if she ever says she has to go, we make it happen. So while I was still nursing Hattie I walked with Vera to the bathroom to help her go potty. Eventually we all got back into our own beds and slept until about 7:30. 

Hattie has just learned how to roll over. ANY time I put her on her back this morning, she rolled over onto her stomach. And then she would start to fuss. In fact this morning I put her in her play gym so I could get Vera set up with breakfast only to return and find that she had indeed rolled over and spit up. So she was covered in her own spit up and laying in it. We keep it classy at the Harpers. 

As is the case with many Monday mornings Vera can't quite remember how to play on her own. So whether I am feeding Hattie, making breakfast or going to the bathroom she continually requests, "please come play with me." This morning I was looking at our bank accounts online when Vera suggested that I count and she hide. I told Vera I needed to finish doing something. I finished about 5 or 6 minutes later and could hear Vera in the dining room so thought I'd go and see what she was up to. I noticed she was sitting under the table and wondered what she was doing and then I remembered we were playing hide-n-seek. I immediately began "looking" for her. 

Vera is also quite a musician. She alternated all morning between singing  her ABCs and Jingle Bells. Over and over and over and over. 

But you know what time it is now? Nap time. Hattie doesn't do a morning nap, but I am okay with that because both girls nap at 1:00. Every day. And it is my sanity. Vera usually naps for an hour and so for at least an hour everything is quiet and I can sit down and do whatever I want. And when Vera wakes up then I'm ready again. Ready to play hide-n-seek and listen to songs and roll Hattie onto her back again.