The girls are sleeping!

As a mother of two, I have learned that sleep is a precious commodity, meant to be treasured to the nth degree in all it's various forms. So I am taking this rare moment in which my daughters are both sound asleep to blog. Or something like that, anyway.
The girls are awesomely amazing and awful at the same time. If one is upset, the other is too. Faith has finally decided to have bouts of jealousy which manifest as fits of screaming and bursting into tears at the least provocation. Fun on so many levels, that! But they also get along famously. Faith will talk to Abby and Abby beams out of her little eyes all the love she has for her big sissy. So adorable! And Faith is constantly kissing her on whatever body part she can reach.
Oh, and Mr. Dustin Ryan Pedretti produced some gassy girls, let me tell you. It's horrible and cute at the same time. Must be some kind of mother madness! LOL

*BTW, as I finished typing the last line of the first paragraph, I heard the unmistakable sounds of Abby awakening. Which actually sounds quit creepy!

Been a While

I hate that life itself takes money. Its depressing on so many levels that I have to get a job. I'm hoping that Walmart or someone will hire me for a few hours a night, four or five days a week.

I did try to sell blankets on Craigslist to make money, but apparently at this time of year the only people interested in anything I'm selling are spammers. The jerks!

Abby is nursing really well. With Faith, I had such a hard time. Not with getting her to nurse, but with the pain. Not to mention the surface infections she lovingly bestowed on me constantly. Plus the first night she was home, she had to have a bottle of formula to calm down and go to sleep. Abby has been so different. She nurses like there's no tomorrow. Literally. When that child is hungry, the whole world knows about it until she is satisfied! Sunday night, Dustin and I went and saw the new Transformers movie (Awesome!) and Rebecca kept the girls. I should tell you that Abby has a grace period. You can do whatever you want, shopping, eating, housework, whatever for about two hours. Sometimes a little more. At the end of that time, you had better get her what she wants, quick, fast and in a hurry. Well, it just so happens that the movie was almost three hours long, which was about 30 minutes longer than her grace period. Poor Becca was texting us frantically asking what to do because she had tried everything. Even the bottle of formula I had made up for her. My darling child gagged when she tried to get her to drink it. Gagged. Obviously Abby is as given to drama as her big sister. Of course, all I could think when Rebecca said that was "That's my girl!" Any sympathy I had paled in comparison to the pride that my baby is ONLY satisfied with her mommy! She finally calmed down when Rebecca rocked her in the rocking chair. We finished the movie and came home to immediately nurse.

Dustin has been working crazy hours. Leaving the house at 5:30 in the morning to come home after 5 at night. Been a bit tough on all of us. Now he has to work on Sunday and Rebecca and I are driving to Houston by ourselve. Since I haven't driven in Houston at all, he's making us meet my parents at Loop 336 and HWY 45 and one of them is going to drive the rest of the way. Sweet, yes, but irritating, too. But since he's now officially in charge of the pre-fab area/workers/whatever, he can't miss a single day. Really bites!

Hey, if you guys know of anyone having a girl in the winter months, I have a bag of warm baby girl clothes. There are some regular clothes, too, but a lot of it is warm clothes. There are different sizes, too. I think they cover 0-6 months in sizes. Not a total wardrobe, but a good start. Let me know.
Later, ladies!