all the things I got done today

So you might be wondering where we have been lately...Well, in addition to the teething (which seems to be over now) Hudson also entered the "I only want my Mommy to hold me and I want her to hold me ALL the time" stage. It's been exhausting! I hope he outgrows it soon because I can't take much more! He will usually go to my mom as well, and sometimes my sisters, but for the past 2-3 weeks, it's pretty much just been me. He doesn't even want Jamie most of the time. If I am not within 6 inches he starts screaming. The good news is yesterday and today he actually held his arms out to Jamie and went right to him when he got home from work - so maybe it's getting better.

Sleep - do I even dare discuss it again? Nighttime is getting better. He cries for an hour or two and then finally falls asleep. Sometimes he'll sleep all night - sometimes just till 3 or 4. Then he cries till we come get him - we try to wait till 6 - usually by 5 we give up and go get him. This morning he woke up at 3:30 and I let him cry till 6, then made him get up and eat and play for awhile before going back to bed. He was back asleep by 7:30 - but the nice thing about that for me was he slept till 10:30 - so I got lots of stuff done!

I am pretty impressed with everything I have accomplished thus far today - here's my list:
loaded the dishwasher and cleaned the kitchen
got November books done for the clinic
gave Athena a haircut
4 loads of laundry
gave Athena a bath
swept the floors (no small task since I cut Athena's hair inside!)

So here's my goal for the rest of the day: finish December books and clean up my office. This is what it looks like right now: Don't be fooled - this is a very organized mess!