The 6:00am miracle

Wow, has it already been a week? I have to start out by saying that Quinn slept until 6:00am this morning! I know it may be a fluke, but I have never been so happy to wake up at that time! I thought I was dreaming when I was waking up. Before I opened my eyes, I could tell it was light outside. I did not hear crying, I then saw the clock. I actually went straight to his room to make sure he was ok. I heard that sweet little snore and enjoyed the moment. He woke up soon after, but the 10 minutes I was able to lay in bed was sheer bliss. When the day comes where I complain to wake up at 7:00am, please slap me.

In other news, I get the mean mom award. Last weekend we decided to go to the elementary school across the street to let Riley play on the playground. It is much more relaxing to watch her when there are not 500 kids running around. I was able to go down some slides with her. I then decided that she was such a big girl, she would be fine going down the giant twisty slide by herself. Mark looked at me like I was crazy, but I knew how fearless my little girl was. After I pushed her down, I immediately heard tumbling. Yes, she tumbled the entire time she was going down. It sounded horrible, so I did that nervous laugh thing. She finally arrived at the bottom with red marks all over her body. She stood up, looked a little scared, then proceeded to climb back up to the top. She is not a wimp, that is for sure! We then went out for ice cream so I could feel like a good mom again.

Quinn is eating baby food on a regular basis now. He has liked everything I have given him except peas (I don't blame him). He is also getting on his hands and knees. I think he will be starting to crawl in the next few weeks. Riley is getting more teeth. She now has 11 teeth. She was late in getting her teeth, but now they are all coming in at once. Poor girl. They both still have runny noses and red spots all over their bodies. I think they have the never ending cold in the summer! Riley's temper tantrums have increased significantly. She may be entering her terrible two's early. I should expect that though, she is always being an overachiever. They will both be spending Friday and Saturday in Huntington with our family. I have that happy/sad feeling about it. I am happy to rest and spend time with Mark. I am sad they will be gone. In the end, it will be good for us all. I will leave you with a few pictures of my cuties!