Where oh where has my little girl gone?

I feel very strange right now. As of an hour ago, I'm down to one kid for the remainder of the week. Eva is getting to spend an extra special week in Tulsa with Ryan's parents and sister. And let me tell you how excited she was to leave. You would think that she might get a little sad about being away from me for a week, but no. She has been asking all morning if it was time to leave yet. She's so excited! It's already a little too quiet around here. I just might be, dare I say, bored by the time Friday rolls around. Although, I do have quite the list of things I want to get accomplished while I'm living it up with just one easy baby.

Mark my words, Eli is going to pick this week to want to quit sleeping and to spend his days and nights crying and wanting to be held. Hopefully not.

I have been thinking about perspective again the last couple of days in preparation for Eva leaving. When she was born, I think my world crashed in around me and I didn't know what in the world had happened to me. Sleep? Gone. Sanity? Gone. My abs? Gone. Okay, that last one doesn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about here... it was really just for effect. Anyway, now there are two kids and I'm thinking how easy it was when there was just one. (I know that some of you with lots of kids are laughing at me and my 2 kid saga and that's okay.) When Eva was a baby, I could follow the whole "sleep when the baby sleeps" advice. That's just not possible this go around. When Eva sleeps, Eli often thinks that is when he should wake up and eat.

On a semi-related note, I have been completely annoyed at all of the magazine articles, books, etc. that have baby-related advice because all of the advice is fabulous if it's the only child. Case in point: "Sleep when he sleeps!" Someone (maybe me???) needs to write a book on how to survive the first 2 months when you have other little ones in the home.

Chapter one: How to survive when you live in Kansas City and your mama is 14 hrs away...

Anyone want to pre-order their copy? I feel like it could be a best-seller.

Well, I'm going to take that advice now because my little precious is sleeping. Good night!