Random 10PM Thoughts...

I'm traveling for work today, and earlier in the day I was super excited about the prospect of going to bed early and getting a full night of uninterrupted sleep. Lately, Olivia has decided that sleeping through the night is overrated and has been waking, almost like clockwork, around 4AM nightly and is having a hard time falling back asleep.  This sure makes it hard to get moving when morning rolls around!  

Well, as luck would have it, here it is, after 10:30 and I can't sleep...so much for that going to bed early part.  I keep thinking about my two little girls back home and how much I miss them, how much I love them, and how much fun they both are.  Madeline is getting so big, and it's really a joy spending time with her and having actual conversations with her.  There's so much going on in that little head.  Just yesterday as I was taking her out of her car seat she said, "Now we have two girls."  I replied that yes, mommy and daddy are super lucky to have two incredible little girls. We talked about how lucky we are that Olivia joined our family and how much fun it is having two girls. I think Madeline has really been thinking about Olivia's position in our family lately. She's told me about three times this week, "Olivia is such a good baby, I think we can keep her."  I just chuckle every time she says this because, as Brian pointed out to her, "I don't think the baby store would take her back at this point!"  

So, in this season of thankfulness, I am so thankful that Madeline is such a great big sister. I am so happy that "now we have two girls" and I can't wait to watch how they grow together and become best of friends. I love the way that Olivia watches Madeline, the way Madeline can bring out these huge smiles in Olivia, and the way that Madeline looks out for her little sister. There is a lot of love between them!  I don't know how I got so lucky to be mommy to these two amazing little people.   And, for as much as I miss them when I'm gone, I'm super thankful for a supportive husband who is a super daddy to these two little girls.  We are so very blessed!

So, with those thoughts, I'm off to bed, ... there's still hope for an uninterrupted night of sleep!