Well this has been an interesting week in the Reeves' home. First week since I went back to work after Anna being born that we haven't had a nanny in the house. Read: first week of utter chaos. I don't think it's really that bad, but at times it's felt like it!
We said goodbye to Lizzy on 12/16 with tears, hugs, and promises of keeping in touch. So far we have done so, I am happy to say! She was such an amazing nanny to the girls, and she's due to have her own little bundle of joy in 3 days, so we can't wait to meet little Elijah. Lizzy had really become part of our family and we were quite sad to see her go, but glad to still have her right around the corner. We really did become friends over the 9 months she worked for us, and I am sure it will continue. She came over the other night to bring the girls' Christmas gifts and Anna just screamed out "LIZZY!!!!" when she saw her at the door. It was too cute :)
Anna's now at the same school as Carrie, which Carrie thinks is quite cool. She likes to remind everyone that she's the big sister and that her little sister is in the "baby" room. Anna has done pretty well, all things considered, her first few days. Monday she had a few crying spells whenever the door would open and it wasn't Mommy or Daddy, Tuesday just one, and yesterday none. However, now she's gone to not really batting an eye when Jerry drops her off to letting it be known that she's not terribly thrilled about it all. Of course, once you drop her off and get outside the room to look through the one-way mirror they have so you can spy on your kids, she's happily playing with the other munchkins. I get the arguably better job of picking up in the afternoon, which means I am greeting with full on hugs and squeals of "Mommy!!"
Christmas was great. We spent it at home which is so nice after years of traveling back and forth. The girls got a ridiculous amount of stuff. It's obscene, really. Perhaps for the future I should just hand out their 529 account numbers and call it a day ;)
