MILESTONES - OF SORTS

FLASHBACK TO CHRISTMAS 2 YEARS AGO.... WOW - TIME FLIES.
And I'm soo wishing I was as skinny as I was back then.

So the last biggie milestone that I wrote about was the whopping graduation from the 3- under 3 category! And let me tell you, that's a huuuuge milestone. Since the Buca turned three she's like twice as easy to manage, potty trained, and triple the helper girl around the house.

The latest milestone we recently passed was BOTH BOYS are finally in the SAME SIZE DIAPER! What?! That's not an exciting milestone for you? Well, just imagine no more having to do inventory of "which diaper size to get a costco." Or "Hey Kday, make sure and grab 2 Owen diapers and 4 Rider diapers for the church bags!" No more explaining to babysitters that Riders diapers on always on the right. Rider=Right. It's such a breeze to just grab a diaper! Any diaper and throw it on one of the boys!!! Thrilling - for me.

Bed time... finally! Isn't bed time every mother's favorite time of day. It's taken almost a year to finally streamline our bedtime routine and now both boys finally go to bed together at 7:30pm and Layla is a short 30 min later. Everyone now sleeps through the night and all the way till about 7:15 am. The boys wake up and giggle at each other as they stand across the crib from one another and act like little monkeys jumping on the bed. Heaven knows I would have liked everyone to be on such a routine much, much sooner - but that Ohwee is just a buggar when it comes to sleep. Rider and Layla are champion sleepers though.

Meal time is simplifying itself these days also! No more making 3 separate breakfasts... three lunches and 3 dinners! No more "toddler food, puree'd table food, and baby food" for meal time. I can almost get away with feeding everyone the same food with just a few variations in how it's served. So huge huge huge!

Clothing - the 4 month difference in age is not as noticeable in the boys size now. The can ALMOST fit in the same size clothing with it running a a little big on Owen. That will be so huge when they really can just share the same wardrobe. When I was pregnant we all thought, "Oh it will be so easy to just hand me down Rider's clothes to owen." It hasn't really worked out that way, Rider was huge at first and Owen tiny and the seasons were off... it just didn't work. Two whole wardrobes had to be purchased every few months. Now, Rider has thinned out and Owen is a chunk - so with the exception of shoes... (rider's hands and feet are ginormous) we are just around the corner from sharing clothes.

And last but NOT LEAST - we are just around the corner of being OFF BOTTLES AND FORMULA completely! Talk about getting a raise and making for a ton of room in the kitchen! We'll be on sippy cups and milk and THAT folks feels like a whole new life!