The Buerglers

Weight : 27-28lbs (75%) Length:  36.5 in (97%) Eats:  3 full meals with us, a snack or two if she's hungry,  and 8-12 ounces of cows milk (nap and either dinner or bed).  She has a sippy of water throughout the day Diapers:   All our favorite OS cloth diapers.  Size 5 in disposables (more for the extra absorbency and rise than for fit) Clothes:   We skipped 2ts and went straight to 3ts. She's so tall that she has to wear little shorts under her dresses. Shoes:  6.5 Sleep : 8pm bedtime, wake up around 7 or 8, one nap around 1:00 (a little earlier if we don't have carpool) Teeth:  Everything she should have by 2! All The Things: Maggie couldn't be any more talkative. She's such an extrovert, and I believe she favors her Grandma in her love of a good party and hanging out with family and friends. If we're home for too long Maggie asks to go see friends, go pick up Evie from school, ...

When I first transitioned to being a stay-at-home-mom I feared that I would waste the days away, and while some days this is true, I have found that having a decent routine helps keep peace and order in the house but also increases my productivity. It has taken me a decade or two to admit that I actually need and thrive on routine.  My free spirit didn't want to seem "trapped" or "tied down" - however, sometime at the end of college I learned that a little self discipline goes a long way.  When I graduated I was balancing 3 part-time jobs, and later added graduate school into that mix. It wasn't that each day had the same routine, per say, but that each day of the week did and that was enough. Now that I am home with the girls, we have preschool, I teach an online theology class, workout, and juggle dance/gymnastics/PSR, and a small photography business. It seems like a lot but finding the day-to-day routine and the weekly routine has made everything p...