Look at this beautiful girl.  Happily watching Toy Story and cuddling with the baby doll that was mine as a little girl.  So sweet.

She drives me crazy! I love her, really I do, but she drives me crazy lately! She is frequently one big ball of tears, she answers 90% of all questions with “woof” or “quack,” and she leaves a trail of stuff behind her everywhere she goes. Everywhere! She picks up little things, toys, shoes, rocks, etc, and then puts them down in other places. Like she’s trying to drive me crazy! With Lex at least I can say “go clean up the blocks” and he can do that. With Eve I have to tell her to go clean up… well… everything! We have a rule about putting away toys when you’re done with them, but in order to stay on top of Eve’s trail I practically have to follow her around reminding to her pick up everything she puts down. Then, when she does pick it up, she just puts it on a table or counter, not back where it belongs. It exhausts me! And the constant crying, and baby talk. Oh, so sweet and so exhausting! Want to hear a little secret? One that Alan reminds me about often and laughs at me. When I was doing daycare here I had two little 3yr old girls and they drove me crazy. Why? Because they did the exact same things she does now! Such an amazingly different personality then Lex was at this age, though from a sleep standpoint I’ll take her personality any day! She is sleeping now, thankfully, though I expect her to wake up again later. The past few nights she has been waking up crying. I think she’s hungry because she doesn’t eat much during the day. Why? I don’t know. She’s a nutter.

I was telling a friend the other day who was asking for childrearing advice that each child is different and what works for one may not work for another. I have to remind myself of this frequently and I really need to figure out some tricks for Eve because she’s driving me crazy! But I do love her. Really. She’s so sweet how can you not?!