We cannot believe that one month has gone by so fast! We also can't remember what our life was like before we had two beautiful girls in it!
Caitlin has been the absolute perfect addition to our McHugh Crew. She is so precious and wonderful and adorable and GOOD! She's content and kind with these big dark blue eyes that you can swim in. She began smiling this week and if we didn't want to eat her alive before, we certainly do now :) She's cooing and interacting. She loves books and bright colors. Her head is getting stronger by the day and she's holding it up more and more. She also LOVES to be held...which can be difficult with a demanding two year old in the house.It's sometimes easy to forget that she's still a newborn considering how big she is, but it just makes it easier to maneuver her about. She's already been to a Blueclaw's Game, the Boardwalk, the beach (twice), shopping on too many occasions, BBQs and parties. She's a seasoned traveler already.
Today we celebrated not only her one month day, but an early Daddy Daughter/Granddaughter day with Papa in Connecticut. Caitlin slept away most of the day and Kiera was a total crankstar due to not napping, but it was a lovely day none-the-less. She's an excellent car baby, as is Kiera since we invested in a DVD player for her...thank Christ...but Cate slept all the way there and all the way home...phew. Grandma and Papa spoiled them both rotten as well as Daddy and fed us to the gills...we had to be rolled out of there...great time had by all :)
I'm still balancing everything on a very flimsy tray, but we're getting better. Every day is different...which for a person with slight OCD isn't always the easiest to handle...but we're doing it. So what if Kiera has watched "Monsters Inc" so many times that she's memorized every line so that I can sit with Cate and feed her or clean the house or sit and stare into the oblivion for a moment. She'll live, right? And won't remember this part of Mommy getting it all together?!
The summer has only just begun and I'm hoping to have it into an OK routine by the beginning of July...we shall see...A few goals for the summer:
- Have Kiera potty trained by September.
- Get Cate into a crib and into Kiera's room.
- Get Kiera into a bed so that Cate can have a crib :)
And that's it. Everything else will just be icing on the cake. One of my very good friends, Molly, said that her friend, a mother of four, said, "Learn to lower your standards" and "It's a great day when no one visits the ER." And I say, "I'll drink to that!" So what if my house looks like a tornado blew through and the dishes are filling the sink and there's enough dog hair in clumps to make a new dog...we'll get through it with smiles, I hope...I'm sure a few tears too some days.
So, here's to Miss Cate growing up way too fast already! Happy One Month our Baby Girl!! xo
