Time Flies!

Where has the time gone? Today is my first official day back at work. Ugh. I am dragging today. Part of the reason is Tyler.....she is sleeping a whole lot better, and I got a new monitor which I LOVE!!!!! We had a video monitor for Taryn, but sometime around her 18mo. or so the screen blew up. Although I thought a video monitor was unnecessary (our house is not THAT big, and we are all on the same floor) I found it to be reassuring that I could glance over during the night and just watch her......I could do that for hours! We tried getting another of the same model etc., because Taryn's camera would still work and we could watch both kiddies on different channels. No such luck! :-( Tyler is also a belly-sleeper! I know, I know.....I must be crazy b/c of SIDS and all, but when the child will only sleep for about 1 hour at a time on her back, you'd go a little crazy too! So, after beating myself up for about 3 weeks and doing some online research I bit the bullet! Several parents online mentioned this motion monitor that you put under the mattress and it senses movement and sound. If the child is completely still for 20 seconds an alarm will sound. This thing is sensitive enough to sense her breathe!!!!! It's not too terribly expensive either. Babies R us had it for $100, but I found one on craigslist for $60....SCORE!!!!! It works like a charm, and I have actually had 3 nights of decent sleep.....and so has Tyler! YAY!!!!!! So much better, be we all know that if "Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!" She is quite the alarm clock none the less! :) We got up around 4:30, I was working out by 5:15, and in the shower by 6:15.....so far off to a great start! Mark had Taryn up and dressed and she was eating breakfast by the time I was ready :) Yay!!! Today was a day for a lot of firsts. I dropped Tyler off for her first full day at Granny's house around 7. That wasn't quite as hard as leaving Taryn the first time, but I guess after almost 4 yrs of dropping off the first child it kind of prepares you for the second child. Then it was Taryn's turn......her first day of preschool. :-( I cannot believe my baby is so big, so fast. She is a little person. I went a little crazy with the camera, but I am so proud of the little girl she has become. Of course I want her to grow up, but it never occurred to me that it would hurt this bad. It hurts my heart to know that she doesn't need me quite like I need her. :-( I remember back when she was Tyler's size and how I could just watch and hold her for hours. It does make me cherish the time with Tyler a little more knowing that time does fly by and there will not be anymore baby-babies in our house........ So I am probably still a little hormonal, and today has already been a pretty big day. I know my girls are perfectly fine......I am just trying hang in there, hoping that I can make it through the day without calling to check on them both 800 times today......okay, maybe just once. ;-p