Synchronization of Us

Why is it 1.28am in the morning and im on the computer instead of curled up in bed.
Blame of my youngest daughter currently scribbling on the black board and my eldest looking through a recipe book!!!!!!!!!!!!! . I sware i have no idea whats up with both the girls refusing to sleep the past few weeks, i just know its going to be about 4/5 before they go back down.

Of course DH is in bed sound asleep, refused both my suggestion of maybe getting up with them in the morning (he can’t as he is working that day, at the very early time of 4 PM) or him staying up with them and me going to bed (he cannot face it tonight as he is to tired WHAT - I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MORE OR LESS EVERY NIGHT FOR TWO WEEKS. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW TIRED I AM I JUST HAVE TO DO IT)

Ok im going to stop writing , im beyond angry at DH and so frustrated with the girls. Im exhausted and down right miserable, lets hope the new year brings some sleep.

What a few days, Christmas is thankfully over for another year. Its been a stressful time to be honest, neither girl has been 100% (although thankfully Rebecca was not sick again Christmas day) .
Yesterday i spent most of the day being sick, DH took the girls to Boxing Day dinner at MILs house and i stayed home and slept - today of course DH and the extended family (mum, dad , BIL etc…) are all ill.

Glossing over all that, in the gift front we were all spoilt. Some of my fave gifts were a gift certificate for a Health Spa (full body massage here i come) , a shopping voucher for much needed new clothes and a foot spa from DH.
The girls got way to much, please tell me in not the only one whose home looked like this afterwards

Whats good is alot of the stuff Rebecca got are the next stage up, a toy kitchen with ironing board (she loved pretend ironing) and an art set with blackboard and white bored. Mind you i think her favorite present has to be the Upsy Daisy and Iggle Piggle (from In The Night Garden) soft toys she got from my sister. She is just in love with these characters.

During Eilidhs nap today we had such fun playing with some of her art sets, she got this fun stamping set that was messy but she loved

She also made me this lovely picture frame

And just cause i love it , just before leaving for my parents Christmas day Eilidh threw such a tantrum (i think because we were taking to long). i love how Rebecca just stands and watches

Rebecca just threw up everywhere, its going to be a long day

Happy Christmas to all my readers.

Its 8.26am here and the kids are just eating breakfast, our morning problem was sorted by Eilidh waking at the same time as her sister - even if she was not to impressed at being made to open presents rather than get milk and back to bed.
Rebecca loved the gift opening , the smile on her face through out the whole thing was priceless.

Lovely gifts were received by all, im just waiting for a lovely cooked breakfast before we all head for naptime (another rough night, Eilidh was up being sick most of it) .

Hope everyone has a wonderful day and Christmas wishes

Craig, Laura , Rebecca and Eilidh xxxxxxx

Check out the boring layout, the last one was just annoying me and i cannot seem to find anything i like. Going to switch to Wordpress in a few weeks when im happy with that layout. Now some pictures from the last few days

Its been a crazy couple of days, Eilidh is still not right and Rebecca is ill to. Nighttimes have been a mess and mornings are getting later and later (around 9am most days) , naptimes are all over the place.
Both kids are napping just now and i grabbing the chance to catch up on computer stuff, just when i managed to catch up on blog posts this happens and i get so behind again. Please send us your best wishes that everyone will be fine for Christmas day.

Looks like i may finally be getting into the Christmas spirt, i have been trying honestly.
Our Christmas tree is up but still mostly naked (except for an ornament Rebecca made at playgroup, some decorations Courtney made and some paper chains the girls made with my mum), Shopping is just about complete (and i got a great deal on a couple of gifts ordered online but cannot say much about it till after Christmas, Hi Mum )
Eilidh seems to be on the mend and DHs workload is getting a little better, Rebecca is full of joy and im getting so excited about seeing her fave on Christmas morning.

Our problem is how to handle Christmas morning, Rebecca is normally up a few hours before Eilidh. We don’t want to wake Eilidh early but also doubt Rebecca can wait to open presents, we can only hope for Becs to sleep in that day.

For the second time this evening Eilidh starts crying in her cot, i walk in the room to get her.
She is lying in the middle of her bed surrounded by cuddly toys, the night light casts a soft pink glow and i can just make out her features. She is crying but stops when i enter and so clearly says

“love you”

Its an emotional moment and i can almost feel the tears when she decides to finish her sentence

“daddy”

Its been such a hard few days, Eilidh has been ill yet again and it turns out its a throat infection. Was it the same thing she had last weekend? She also got two top teeth through this morning so i guess adding it all together can explain the non stop screaming and no sleeping.
The antibiotics seem to be doing the trick, she slept into 10am this morning then took a 2 hour long nap and was sleeping again for 6pm . In a much much better mood to.

Short but sweet tonight, Rebecca has not napped today as she was out with Nana and Papa at a Christmas puppet show and is shattered but refusing bed as In The Night Garden is on