Bad mom

I will admit that I have been quite negligent with little Ms. Payton. Yes, I feed her... but its usually in her swing with her bottle propped up. Yes, I know thats a no-no... but I do it anyways. She is in her swing most of the day and doesn't get held very often. I know, I know, poor kid. But it has been so hard to find time to be her momma. Madelynn takes up most of my time... and when she is napping, I am wanting to sit and rest. I've been pretty convicted of how much time I dont spend with her. Now please, dont get me wrong, I love this girl to death and I do not neglect her on purpose. It just happens without even realizing it. So with that said, I have been making a point to actually sit down and feed her and play with her. We do tummy time... which she absolutely hates, its pure torture for her to be on her tummy. Madelynn has really enjoyed having Payton down on her level and Payton has loved to be able to see her sister and be so close to her. She just lays down there and laughs and smiles at Madelynn. Today, Madelynn actually tried to pick her up. She loves to hold her. She will go up to Payton and hold her hands out (like she does if she wants someone to hold her) and look at me. So one day, I picked payton up and put her in Madelynns arms and she was so absolutely thrilled. Its so sweet. I hope that they always have this love for each other. Im so glad God blessed me with 2 girls.

she is laughing here. Maybe she doesn't hate it to much... or maybe she just knows she was fixin to get turned over. :)

I FINALLY feel like we got Payton on a schedule and thats been so nice to be off that newborn lifestyle... if that makes sense. Her and Madelynn pretty much play at the same time, nap at the same time and Payton usually goes to bed about an hour or so after Madelynn and then sleeps through the night, and wakes up about an hour after Madelynn!! So its just all workin out. I get to spend that hour with Madelynn eatin breakfast. I am thinkin about moving her into the room with Madelynn. Heck, she already sleeps WAAAAAY better than Madelynn does! Im about ready to have our room back to our room. I was ready to move Madelynn at 6 weeks and ready with Payton about the same time.

We have been stuck in the house for a couple days now and I think were all going stir crazy. You know how sometimes you just gotta get out??? Thats where we are. I wanna take Madelynn to the park so bad. Its so beautiful outside during the day. Maybe she will pick up this walkin thing really soon and we can go outside and play!! She is even closer than soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo close. She is actually doing it, just still crawling more than walking. She will most of the time stand up and start walkin, but when she falls she is done and just crawls. Its so cool to see her like upways... and walking. I got my camera out this morning determined to get a video or a picture of her walking... I was unsuccessful. I'll keep trying tho.