My Two Loves

Here's a picture of my two sweet loves at the end of a long day. I know this isn't a face picture, but it's the best I could do today. I didn't want to go two days without blogging, but I haven't taken any pictures the last two days. So I just grabbed the camera right now and took this. I've been busy getting to know our new nanny, Marianne. She is very, very sweet and seriously the tiniest person I have ever met in my life. Lucy is half her size - I'm serious. I tried to take a picture, but she wouldn't let me and I didn't want to push it. I don't want to be the "crazy lady" she works for just yet. I have to say, while I still have absolutely no desire to go back to work, having a helper is pretty fantastic. Within 45 minutes of arriving yesterday she was in the kitchen cleaning everything. By the end of the day she had scrubbed down the bathroom, swept the floors, done the laundry, and reorganized my underwear drawer - I guess she didn't think my "throw it all in the drawer" style was very effective. Today she cleaned out all the closets, did last night's dishes, and continued on the never ending laundry we have around here. I seriously don't know what to do with myself sometimes - it's great. With that said, I'm trying to get used to her being with Lucy, but it is so hard. I just want to grab my girl out of her hands just because I feel like I should be the one holding her. It's also hard because I usually am the one to pacify her when she cries or when she needs to go to sleep, but I am trying not to do that during the day because she needs to get used to Marianne. It's so, so hard to hear her cry when I know I could help. Lucy still isn't taking a pacifier well, but hopefully that will change. She's only five weeks old - she shouldn't have to deal with this - breaks her mama's heart. Marianne is good with her though. She really likes babies, which is great. I'll try to get a picture of her soon.
Well, that's all for now. I'm planning on being home all day tomorrow, so I'll try to snap some better pics. Only a little over a month until we come home for Christmas!