Random Updates...

• I recently discovered that I have grown a half inch since sometime in my early twenties when I had my height checked last. Seriously! I'm now a full-on (slightly over, even!) 5'1" tall woman! Measured and confirmed for my life insurance application. Crazy stuff. But dang, I will definitely take that half inch!
• Driving home from Target today, Maddie said, "Mom, are daddy caregivers better than mommy caregivers?" Taken aback (and buying time to figure out my response), I asked her what made her ask that question. "Well, in the Cinderella story, there is only a daddy caregiver. And he wants to find a mommy caregiver for her. So I want to know if that means that mommies are better caregivers than daddies?" Two observations about this: 1) I was very impressed with her deductive reasoning on this one, I have to admit. It was a bit of a proud mommy moment for me, both because I think this is a very logical - yet complex - conclusion to have drawn and a very insightful question, and also because her vocabulary is truly HUGE these days. Caregiver might not be the best example of this, but it's decent. She's forever coming out with big words that surprise me. 2) We are a very lucky family. While I may think we are different caregivers, there's no way on earth I could ever say that I think I'm a better caregiver than Brad. As a parent, he just rocks. I'm thankful we're a great team, and that our kids get the benefit of that.
• I'm really worn out from several nights of very bad sleep in our household. Every time I think we should be past middle of the night wakeup calls from toddlers, another one happens. Last night, Lyla was awake and climbing around in my bed for several hours. Since Brad had to get up at 3:30 AM for a business trip, this was just double torture. Here's to a better night tonight...