Sunday is my “reflect back on the past week/mentally prepare for the week ahead” day.  This normally creates something of a potpourri effect in my brain on Sunday evening since I have so many different subjects rattling around in my head.  Here’s a bit of tonight’s jumble:

Some friends from church gave us a crib that they were no longer using.  This is definitely a good thing since I think we’ll need to transition Lydia from the bassinet to a crib fairly soon and I wasn’t feeling like Alethea was really ready to be loose in her room all night long.  However, when Alethea went to bed tonight she was accompanied by five puppies, two baby dolls, a kangaroo, three nuks, a pillow, two blankets and a wet wipe.  We might have to get her a big girl bed just to accommodate her growing collection of bedfellows.

Alethea likes to climb on her crib, but fortunately she hasn't learned how to climb out of it

Looking ahead over my calendar is a little daunting right now.  The next five weeks hold Easter, my sister’s birthday, Alethea’s birthday, Peter’s birthday, a trip to Philly for a wedding, Mother’s Day, my studio piano recital, a bridal shower and a smattering of church related meetings/events.  At the moment I am not feeling confident in my ability to accomplish everything that needs to happen for all of these events.  I should probably start a to-do list this week and begin getting stuff done.

Tonight I put Lydia down next to the window in Alethea’s room with the thought that Lydia might enjoy looking at the pretty colors of the beaded curtain.  I suppose it may cost me my mother of the year award when I admit that despite the fact that the curtain is both a choking and strangulation hazard (and came with a warning label saying it was for ages 13 and up), I was extremely pleased when Lydia kept reaching out for the ribbons, grabbing them in her chubby little fist and waving them around.  It’s so exciting to see her start to gain control of her hands and arms and you could tell she was having a blast exercising her new found skills.

Lydia and Mommy - A self portrait

I sure hope we have nice weather this week.  My neighbor and I have decided to start walking together because I need to lose a couple more pounds of baby weight and she is training for a breast cancer three-day walk.  It’s great to have someone to walk with because I have such a hard time getting my rear in gear when it comes to exercising on a regular basis and also because we don’t have a double stroller yet, so I can’t take the girls with me when I walk by myself.  (If anyone has a double stroller recommendation, please let me know!)

There’s a whole lot of other stuff in my brain right now, but none of it seems blog worthy, so I’ll end my post here.  Happy Sunday night!