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Start the count down to 2. Only 2 months of being ONE left! I can't believe it. They are just growing up way to fast (See previous post freaking out about them crawling out of cribs if you need proof). Birthday party plans are in the works! I'm starting prayers now that this beautiful weather holds out for another 2 months!
Speaking of crawling out of cribs. Monday after naps, again 2 kids crawled out. Tuesday when GG babysat, no one made it out. But she went jetting in when she heard someone saying "down" knowing it was only a matter of time. So I think we'll just see how the rest of the week goes before making any major decisions.
Whats else going on with us latey? Mostly just more of the same. Learning & growing.
Everyday someone comes up with a new word or 2. Still most of them strangers wouldn't understand. And yes, I still call a meaningful sound a word. As in pointing to a picture of a snake & saying "sssssss" thats a word to me. Or watching TV, seeing an elephant & throwing one hand up in the air (like a trunk) & making their own version of an elephant noise... that to me is a word. Its the connection between an object & a nosie that matters to me right now. Eventually they will put more real words with it. For example, Olivia now says puppy. So she can say "oof oof" "puppy" or "Tess" (for Tessa our dog) & know what it all means. Or when we cook chicken nuggets they eat them & say "bak bak" (because thats what a chicken says... duh!) It just cracks me up the things they think of!
I like getting together with Tisha, Aaron & Addie to see where she is in terms of speech. I remember when we were up there in May looking at where Addie was with talking, & thinking... oh there is no way our kids will be at that point in 2 months. And low & behold, I think they are. Then watching her put together thoughts this weekend... and thinking WOW, I hope our kids are to that point in 2 months when they turn 2. Its fun to have a "glimpse into the future." Speaking of Addie, Livi has NOT stopped talking about her since we've been home. Not that Livi was all that interested in actually playing with her when we were there.
Logan, though he doesn't talk as often, has really made the most progress with language this month. He'll occasionally rattle off a word or 2 I had no idea he knew. Like at Tisha & Aarons over the weekend, he opened a cabinet door, saw a can of Mt. Dew, all nonchalant, said "pop" closed the door & went about his merry way. Or when we had company last week he said "baby," I didn't know he knew that one either. He also points to & says "eye" so he can now name his first body part. He knows a lot, he just isn't a show off, type A personality like the other two.
Hayden's newest few words, he says "Li la" (Olivia) & his verion of Logan, which 9 times out of 10 comes out "No-no." Occasionally there is a "Lo-no" but thats what he means. He also points to his or other people's eyes & says "eye." So he can also name his first body part. He says "hot" & likes to blow on his food before he eats it. Its one of my new favorite things :)
Olivia continues to be in the talking lead by putting 2 or 3 words together. Her newest 2 words are "wubies" (lovies, their night-night blankets) and "cookie" which refers to a snack & Cookie Monster. She & Hayden both can put a finger to their lip & say "Shhhh" when they want someone to be quiet. Which is usually done to a sibling when they are crying in time out. But sometimes they do it to a loud, barking Tessa too! She can also count to 3!
Boys... still in love with anything that goes. Cars, trains, airplanes.
Olivia... is all about Elmo. And starting to get into babies. Or she is into whatever she can steal from her brothers to make them cry.
I've bought them a few clothes items for fall/winter. Mostly 2T stuff. A few pants are 24 month for their short legs & Logan for now fits into some of Hayden's 18 month jeans from last year. And I got some 3T shirts, mostly for Hayden, they are a little big, but I want him to wear them for more than a day! He is just so broad he needs bigger size shirts than pants. Such a different body build than Log & Liv. I bet his chest is 3 inches around wider than theirs. Great Grandma Siebert got them some new tennis shoes a few weeks ago, Logan & Livi's are size 6, Hayden's are size 7! Holy crap! (Yet in reality, in comparison I don't think they are all that big of kids!) In preparation for winter, I have found thus far 2 very nice winter coats & 2 pair of snow pants. So I just have 1 kid left to go. Then we need some gloves, boots & winter play things (like sleds) because we can't stay cooped up in this little house all winter long!
I have already found their birthday present (a Craigslist score). And everytime I go to Target or Walmart I have to resist stalking up on things for Chirstmas already. Trying to think about what type of toys they will grow into over the next year. What are your 2 year olds favorite things??
Crazy to say, we are almost TWO. Where has the time gone?
Its the end of the world as we know it...
After the 3 kiddos mastered the art of escaping from their pack & plays this weekend....
This morning I awoke to a BOOM! And stumbled out of bed only to be met at the bedroom door by 2 tots... the 3rd one not far behind with 1 leg over the crib rail.
Excuse my choice of words but... SHIT! What now?!?!
I knew this day was coming with Olivia. But I'm still so not ready! I was hoping to be the still in cribs at the age of 3 family. I know crib tents in the world of "this mommy is better than that mommy" are controversial. But remember world... I have not 1 tot to put back in bed over & over & over if the big wide world of toddler bed does not go well. I have THREE. Plus their room is definately not "toddler proofed" enough for big kid beds. We still keep their bedroom door closed so they can't get in there 98% of the time. Because somehow, in the blink of an eye, 3 kids make more than 3 times the mess....
So crib tents... anyone out there used them? Pros? Cons? Worth the $$? Or do we do a round of trying big kid beds first & see how it goes before investing? Or say a prayer & do some dance to the god of sleep that they somehow forget this ability?
Or what do you do about their door at night? Keep it closed? I've heard suggestion of investing in a 1/2 door.
Ugh.....
This morning I awoke to a BOOM! And stumbled out of bed only to be met at the bedroom door by 2 tots... the 3rd one not far behind with 1 leg over the crib rail.
Excuse my choice of words but... SHIT! What now?!?!
I knew this day was coming with Olivia. But I'm still so not ready! I was hoping to be the still in cribs at the age of 3 family. I know crib tents in the world of "this mommy is better than that mommy" are controversial. But remember world... I have not 1 tot to put back in bed over & over & over if the big wide world of toddler bed does not go well. I have THREE. Plus their room is definately not "toddler proofed" enough for big kid beds. We still keep their bedroom door closed so they can't get in there 98% of the time. Because somehow, in the blink of an eye, 3 kids make more than 3 times the mess....
So crib tents... anyone out there used them? Pros? Cons? Worth the $$? Or do we do a round of trying big kid beds first & see how it goes before investing? Or say a prayer & do some dance to the god of sleep that they somehow forget this ability?
Or what do you do about their door at night? Keep it closed? I've heard suggestion of investing in a 1/2 door.
Ugh.....
Addie's Birthday Party
This weekend we took a trip up to Minnesota for Addie's Birthday Party. Our drive both ways went pretty fantastic. I can't complain. One stop each way for diaper changes & something to eat. We watched CARS, Elmo & Charlotte's Web in the car. Half of the way there I kept turning around thinking someone was gagging... but nope, just making pig noises while watching Wilber on Charlotte's Web! Ha! We drank a lot of "juicy." And ate a lot of "nack"s. Fruit snacks that is. But whatever works for non screaming in the car!
Sleeping & quiet AT Addie's house... a different story. I know we were all still up at 3:30AM Friday night. Something about a long car ride must make them not sleep well at night? It was a nightmare last time we went to Addie's too. It's not like that elsewhere! They did all get a good nap in Saturday at least. And did so-so Saturday night. I think someone fussed 5 or so times throughout the night?
There was lots of yelling, cring & fighting over Addie's toys. By MY kids that is. They are SUCH fighters lately. I told Jeff on the way home, I always feel like when we go places we have the worst behaved kids. But I have to remember, no matter what goes on we are automatically going to have 3 times the amount of fighting, tears & drama. But fighting mode is full swing at our house or apparently wherever we are. It.is.the.worst. Logan especially is in a mode of having a really, really hard time sharing. Might be that he is drooling a ton, {like if I was a good parent I'd change his shirt every hour amount of drool}. I know he has 3 eye teeth left... hopefully its a few of those making their way through?! And seperation anxiety is still in full swing. That lead to some tears too... heaven forbid I leave the room or close the door to go potty! People ask if it gets easier or harder as they get older? My resonse: Just different. 3 newborns was exhausting for lack of sleep. 3 toddlers is exhausting too, just for different reasons. And they were exhausting tots this weekend for sure!
We did have a few firsts on our trip.
First first: All 3 kids crawled out of their pack & plays. Yep! They sure did. Saturday morning Jeff was up. I was still in bed while the kids were awake in their beds playing nicely. I figured I'd just pretend to still be a sleep & have a few last minutes of lying still. Then Hayden started yelling "down, down!!" So I sat up thinking- ok, ok we'll get up. And when I got up & found LOGAN standing beside Hayden's pack & play! He crawled out, I was there 2 feet from him & didn't even notice. At least it must have been graceful! Saturday afternoon after their nap, I heard them giggling on the baby monitor. I was on my way down to get them. When I got there, Jeff who had been watching football on the TV downstairs already had them up. Or more like Jeff was watching TV... when all of the sudden Hayden came around the corner out of bed into the Living room saying "down" & clapping! Apparently he was proud of himself. Jeff went walking to the guest bedroom & met Logan along the way. He had gotten out too. And when he got to the bedroom, he found Livi out too! Oh my! Sunday morning I was woken up with Hayden sticking his face in my face saying "Hi, Hi!" He had gotten out again. At least they all waited to crawl out until after they had slept! We had not trouble having to put them back in (knock on wood). Wonder how much taller our cribs are vs pack & plays? I really am not ready for them to crawl out of those!!
Second first: The kids were enjoying practicing drinking out of open cups this weekend. They make a mess... so much ends up spilled on their shirts! I was bringing all the kids in the house for the evening & Hayden (whose shirt had just dried out) was standing in the dining room with a soaked shirt, smacking his lips saying, "Juice." Setting on the table beside him was 2 things. A big cup full of water. And a beer. Hum... I thought? Then I smelled his soaking wet shirt. And yep... Hayden's first sip of beer. Mark that one down in the baby books folks!
And thought its not a first, Livi this weekend is getting good at putting a few words together. "Melmo night-night" "Moye peas" (more please) "Da-ye bye-bye" (daddy bye-bye) And when we were loading up the car Grandma Candy was holding her & says she put 3 words together & said "Mommy go bye-bye." She gets to talking & throwing words out & it all ends up jibberish. Or she just starts stringing together every word she knows. "mommy, da-ye, Melmo, bye-bye, choo-choo, nigh-nigh..." I'm excited to see her put more phrases together.
And Hayden spent the weekend thinking it was funny to call me daddy & call Jeff mommy! Stinker!
Yep, we are cool. We play outside in our PJs.
Sleeping & quiet AT Addie's house... a different story. I know we were all still up at 3:30AM Friday night. Something about a long car ride must make them not sleep well at night? It was a nightmare last time we went to Addie's too. It's not like that elsewhere! They did all get a good nap in Saturday at least. And did so-so Saturday night. I think someone fussed 5 or so times throughout the night?
There was lots of yelling, cring & fighting over Addie's toys. By MY kids that is. They are SUCH fighters lately. I told Jeff on the way home, I always feel like when we go places we have the worst behaved kids. But I have to remember, no matter what goes on we are automatically going to have 3 times the amount of fighting, tears & drama. But fighting mode is full swing at our house or apparently wherever we are. It.is.the.worst. Logan especially is in a mode of having a really, really hard time sharing. Might be that he is drooling a ton, {like if I was a good parent I'd change his shirt every hour amount of drool}. I know he has 3 eye teeth left... hopefully its a few of those making their way through?! And seperation anxiety is still in full swing. That lead to some tears too... heaven forbid I leave the room or close the door to go potty! People ask if it gets easier or harder as they get older? My resonse: Just different. 3 newborns was exhausting for lack of sleep. 3 toddlers is exhausting too, just for different reasons. And they were exhausting tots this weekend for sure!
We did have a few firsts on our trip.
First first: All 3 kids crawled out of their pack & plays. Yep! They sure did. Saturday morning Jeff was up. I was still in bed while the kids were awake in their beds playing nicely. I figured I'd just pretend to still be a sleep & have a few last minutes of lying still. Then Hayden started yelling "down, down!!" So I sat up thinking- ok, ok we'll get up. And when I got up & found LOGAN standing beside Hayden's pack & play! He crawled out, I was there 2 feet from him & didn't even notice. At least it must have been graceful! Saturday afternoon after their nap, I heard them giggling on the baby monitor. I was on my way down to get them. When I got there, Jeff who had been watching football on the TV downstairs already had them up. Or more like Jeff was watching TV... when all of the sudden Hayden came around the corner out of bed into the Living room saying "down" & clapping! Apparently he was proud of himself. Jeff went walking to the guest bedroom & met Logan along the way. He had gotten out too. And when he got to the bedroom, he found Livi out too! Oh my! Sunday morning I was woken up with Hayden sticking his face in my face saying "Hi, Hi!" He had gotten out again. At least they all waited to crawl out until after they had slept! We had not trouble having to put them back in (knock on wood). Wonder how much taller our cribs are vs pack & plays? I really am not ready for them to crawl out of those!!
Second first: The kids were enjoying practicing drinking out of open cups this weekend. They make a mess... so much ends up spilled on their shirts! I was bringing all the kids in the house for the evening & Hayden (whose shirt had just dried out) was standing in the dining room with a soaked shirt, smacking his lips saying, "Juice." Setting on the table beside him was 2 things. A big cup full of water. And a beer. Hum... I thought? Then I smelled his soaking wet shirt. And yep... Hayden's first sip of beer. Mark that one down in the baby books folks!
And thought its not a first, Livi this weekend is getting good at putting a few words together. "Melmo night-night" "Moye peas" (more please) "Da-ye bye-bye" (daddy bye-bye) And when we were loading up the car Grandma Candy was holding her & says she put 3 words together & said "Mommy go bye-bye." She gets to talking & throwing words out & it all ends up jibberish. Or she just starts stringing together every word she knows. "mommy, da-ye, Melmo, bye-bye, choo-choo, nigh-nigh..." I'm excited to see her put more phrases together.
And Hayden spent the weekend thinking it was funny to call me daddy & call Jeff mommy! Stinker!
Though we are exhausted... its always great to spend time with family. Glad we got to help you celebrate your birthday Addie!
Yep, we are cool. We play outside in our PJs.
Livi lunching...
Logan intently watching Addie open presents.
Logan wanted to help & took some tissue paper out of the bag. When we told him no that was Addie's present. Hayden helped by taking the tissue paper from Logan & putting it back in the bag. They can be so sweet when they aren't being terrors!
"Papa" blowing Addie's new bubbles!
Livi's nose piece on her glasses is broken, so she spent the weekend frame-less. We ordered a new one that was supposed to be in last Tuesday....
Drinking WATER out of open cups
Running up & down the hill
Playing with a slinky. Not sure they understood what a slinky is for?
Good thing there was lots of fruit to eat. Thats what we lived on all weekend!
Addie's Dora Birthday Cake
She blew out the candles so fast, we had to do it 3 times so her daddy could get a picture!
Livi eating cake with Addie. The boys didn't want any.
Liv "helping" baby Issac jump
Me & my loves. Hayden even said "cheese!"
Just a few randoms
Because our life is crazy & scattered.... random pics it is.
We have been sorting through our old clothes & baby stuff for Aunt Molly for when her baby girl comes along in late-October. We have been practicing saying Molly & the baby's name... but we aren't getting anywhere.
Space bags are AWESOME by the way. You have NO idea how many totes of clothes/blankets/etc. this would be. At least 7or 8. Plus, preemie & newborn stuff I pulled out of bags that I had packed up earlier still smelled fresh like Dreft! Oh how I love the smell of Dreft!
We also found some old cans of formula I got free in the mail, kinds we didn't use, that I had shoved in a box. We told them it was food for babies.... and this is how they interpreted that!
"Nack" time. And our first try of playing with Play-Doh.
What is this gross stuff?
I'd rather drive "bum"s. His vroom... has turned into "bum." Everything cars is BUM! He "bum"s all day long.
Hayden thought it was kinda gross too...
Livi kinda liked it. She & I could have sat & played for quite some time if the boys hadn't been anti.
Still working on eating with spoons. Sometimes it goes pretty well. Hayden does quite well actually.
But it usually ends up like this!
Liv had to stop to say "cheese!"
Cleaning up after meals can be a lot of work!!
We have been sorting through our old clothes & baby stuff for Aunt Molly for when her baby girl comes along in late-October. We have been practicing saying Molly & the baby's name... but we aren't getting anywhere.
Logan, little as he is, is obviously too heavy for the bouncy seat!
Baby Logan in the same seat...
However, somehow, Hayden's bubble butt fit into the bumbo!
Babies in bumbos.... They have grown just a little :)
They also liked playing with their old play gyms. And lying their babies & Elmos under there & saying "night-night!"
Space bags are AWESOME by the way. You have NO idea how many totes of clothes/blankets/etc. this would be. At least 7or 8. Plus, preemie & newborn stuff I pulled out of bags that I had packed up earlier still smelled fresh like Dreft! Oh how I love the smell of Dreft!
One of Livi's hats when she was first born. She obviously didn't want to cooperate for a picture though. She was too busy "helping" dig clothes out of totes & bags tossing it on the floor saying "moye, moye, moye" (more)
Smartie farties!
We had some REAL babies come visit us today. Three babies. Blake, Peyton & Hayden came to visit us & buy our old high chairs. They are our 3 month old triplet friends. You should have seen the kiddos react to babies. My oh my, they were in love! They tried to kiss them (& mommy kept their snotty noses away). They tried to feed them with toy cups & spoons (and mommy kept their germy toys away from the babies' mouths). They said "baby" probably 100000 times. When the babies cried, they helped rock their carseats (and mommy helped them do it gently) Livi & Hayden even said "rock, rock!" Livi showed us the babies' eyes (and mommy kept her from poking them out). They would have just LOVED to play with those babies all day. And when they left, Livi said "baby bye-bye." and Logan tried to help carry a carseat out. Just a reminder of how grown up they really are!!!
Uh-oh!
I'm waiting for the time to come when she actually masters this.... & my whole world gets flip-turned-upside-down! And hoping that the time never actually comes....
Her body at one point was completely horizontal. Both feet were on top of the end of the bed.
And I have seen her try to swing the left leg up over the side of the bed while her body is like this. Basically balancing & almost to where she could stand on the sides of the crib. Like she has both hands on the rails (as opposed to using her chest like she is here) & is trying to swing the left leg through under her body to get both feet on the rails so she would be crouching on the edge just ready to jump over! Just every now & again when she doesn't want to go to bed. How much do crib tents cost? Am I really that mom?? Hopefully this is a short lived phase & we don't have to find out. We are SOOO not ready for big kid beds.
Daycare Day #2
Daycare day #2 has come & gone.
And I was correct in assuming drop off #2 would be rough. Wake-up, again went well. But as soon as we got in the daycare door... Hayden knew what was up. And tears of "bye-bye" & "peas" welled up immediately. {On a side note, it is nice when your kids learn the word please.... but it also sucks. Makes you feel even worse telling your kid no, or leaving them crying when they say please :( }
Olivia was fine, until she saw me try to sneak out. Then she screamed, true Olivia blood curdling screams. Logan... was playing nicely. Pushing a doll around in a stroller. He is our Mr. Independent, has always been less needy. But he is also kind of the shyest & most people scared, so I thought he would have the hardest time. But (knock on wood) thus far it hasn't phased him! I'm so proud of him!
Jeff chatted with the gals when he picked them up. {Wish I could be the pick-up parent rather than the drop off parent!} And it sounds like it went well. Some tears off & on again, but overall an ok day. They got to go outside & play peek-a-boo in the late morning & they said after that Hayden & Livi warmed up to it all well. They also played with flour, I think in a sand table because I saw a sand table out when I dropped them off that wasn't there last week. Lunch didn't go as well as last week. But they all have colds (yeah one day of daycare & we have colds, nice huh? Seems like everyone I know has colds though, so maybe its just a coincidence.) Anyways, we have colds & snot & drool, so its not unusual for them not to eat. Their "report card" for the day says they were happy, silly & lovable. Nap was short. Bedtime came early. But another day towards mastering our new routine is in the books.
I had a (excuse my choice of words) SHITTY stretch of work. I had to re-arrange some things & do some favors to get the weekend off to celebrate Addie's birthday. And it ended up being in 8 days I have worked 6 12 hour shifts & been on call an extra 6 hours & gone in for 2 hours of education. So...I have basically LIVED at work the past week & I am beyond ready for a few days off!
Hoping for a trip to the park Thursday afternoon to have some fun mommy-kiddo time. Heaven knows we need it!
And I was correct in assuming drop off #2 would be rough. Wake-up, again went well. But as soon as we got in the daycare door... Hayden knew what was up. And tears of "bye-bye" & "peas" welled up immediately. {On a side note, it is nice when your kids learn the word please.... but it also sucks. Makes you feel even worse telling your kid no, or leaving them crying when they say please :( }
Olivia was fine, until she saw me try to sneak out. Then she screamed, true Olivia blood curdling screams. Logan... was playing nicely. Pushing a doll around in a stroller. He is our Mr. Independent, has always been less needy. But he is also kind of the shyest & most people scared, so I thought he would have the hardest time. But (knock on wood) thus far it hasn't phased him! I'm so proud of him!
Jeff chatted with the gals when he picked them up. {Wish I could be the pick-up parent rather than the drop off parent!} And it sounds like it went well. Some tears off & on again, but overall an ok day. They got to go outside & play peek-a-boo in the late morning & they said after that Hayden & Livi warmed up to it all well. They also played with flour, I think in a sand table because I saw a sand table out when I dropped them off that wasn't there last week. Lunch didn't go as well as last week. But they all have colds (yeah one day of daycare & we have colds, nice huh? Seems like everyone I know has colds though, so maybe its just a coincidence.) Anyways, we have colds & snot & drool, so its not unusual for them not to eat. Their "report card" for the day says they were happy, silly & lovable. Nap was short. Bedtime came early. But another day towards mastering our new routine is in the books.
I had a (excuse my choice of words) SHITTY stretch of work. I had to re-arrange some things & do some favors to get the weekend off to celebrate Addie's birthday. And it ended up being in 8 days I have worked 6 12 hour shifts & been on call an extra 6 hours & gone in for 2 hours of education. So...I have basically LIVED at work the past week & I am beyond ready for a few days off!
Hoping for a trip to the park Thursday afternoon to have some fun mommy-kiddo time. Heaven knows we need it!
Daycare Day #1
Friday.... the kids (& daddy & I) survived their first ever day of daycare!
They have had to have some schedule changes with Jeff working. Sometimes getting up at 6am (instead of sleeping until their normal 8-9) to head to Lincoln for GG daycare. And Friday, they got to experience their first ever day of daycare. They had to get up a little before 6 so we could be dressed, out the door & at daycare by 6:30.
Here are the best I could get for pictures that morning. Good luck getting them to sit still, ever. Livi still looks half asleep. Thats how I look at 6am too!
Luckily they are (thus far) cheerful waker-uppers. We just throw on diaps & clothes. Comb hair. Grab milks. And run out the door. On GG daycare days, they eat when they get there. On daycare center days, we bring some breakfast bars along to eat there with the other "early arrivers" & then its snacktime at 9.
When we picked them up Friday afternoon (work was slow enough & my co-workers are awesome enough, that I got to run down for a few minutes & help Jeff pick them up) Their teacher for the afternoon said they did "pretty well for their first day." Interpret that as you wish. There was some screaming from Miss Olivia Paige when mommy left. I snuck out as they were getting out babies to play with. But it only took her about 10 seconds to notice. What a way to start my work day? Needless to say, there were a few tears from me that morning. And a few tears in daddy's eyes when he gave us kisses in the driveway before we left that morning. But we all survived. Logan cried when we came to pick them up, they said that was the first time he cried all day. What a brave boy. Some of my co-workers use the same daycare. So I had some eyes & ears when they dropped off their kids later than I had. Livi was standing by the gate still about 1 hour after I dropped them off, but not crying. Just waiting. I called down once late morning. They told me they had just taken Livi on a special wagon ride by herself to cheer her up. She had the hardest time with the day. I knew she would. She is just a little un-trusting, or something after her surgery. Who can blame her?! Around noon, co-worker asked about how their afternoon was going for me, when she ran over there for something. They said they would play & be happy for a while, then sad for a while, then happy for a while, on & off. And that they did a lot of watching from a distance, in regards to group activities & such. This structure thing is new for them too. But it will be good for them. Overall, from how it sounds, it wasn't too bad. Next week, again they just go 1 day. I'm worried drop off might be worse, since they know what "that place" is now. We shall see...
We get a little report card of the kids' day each time we go. On Friday they colored jungle animals. Marched like Elephants. Read "Rumble in the Jungle." And played house, with Legos, blocks & books. They all ate all of their morning snack. Livi ate most of her lunch. And the boys at all of theirs! I was worrried no one would eat anything in a strange environment. What a great day to start daycare though, because for lunch they had MAC & CHEESE! They all napped for about 1.5 hours on a nap mat, with no issues to my knowledge. And on their report card their teachers marked that they were happy, busy & friendly (as opposed to some of the other options: tired, sad, grumpy, silly, chatty, etc.)
They have been going to bed early with these early mornings. Meaning they have been in bed before I get home from work. Which sucks!! Mostly because of my schedule this week of working way-to-many-days-way-to-close-together. Just the way it worked out & I will be doing my best to not have it end up like this again.
We are in general kinda tired & cranky at our house. New job for mom. Learning how to work in post partum. Learning to get up in the morning & remembering how to go to bed at night. New job for daddy. Back to getting up early in the morning. Putting together a curriculum day-by-day as he goes through the semester (which is the worst!). Plus taking his own classes, homework, etc. Kiddos adjusting to a new schedule. Getting up early some days. DAYCARE! Daddy not being home as much. Which means, less mommy relying on daddy for cooking, shopping & cleaning. (I really did enjoy having a stay-at-home-while-in-school-daddy!) Just a lot of newness. Adjustments. And living outside of our comfort zone. Its going to take us a while to get back into the swing of things. So forgive us if we appear way-too-busy or grouchy. If we forget birthdays & anniversaries. If we never call. Never write. Or if our house-life in general appears to be a bit of a disaster. Because for the moment, until we get a good grasp on all of this newness, it kinda is. A its a good kind of disaster though.
Just a few random pictures of us....
They have had to have some schedule changes with Jeff working. Sometimes getting up at 6am (instead of sleeping until their normal 8-9) to head to Lincoln for GG daycare. And Friday, they got to experience their first ever day of daycare. They had to get up a little before 6 so we could be dressed, out the door & at daycare by 6:30.
Here are the best I could get for pictures that morning. Good luck getting them to sit still, ever. Livi still looks half asleep. Thats how I look at 6am too!
Logan has been a little clumsy lately. Check out his shiner! Bad picture angle. Looks like his shorts go all the way to his socks, I promise they don't!
Luckily they are (thus far) cheerful waker-uppers. We just throw on diaps & clothes. Comb hair. Grab milks. And run out the door. On GG daycare days, they eat when they get there. On daycare center days, we bring some breakfast bars along to eat there with the other "early arrivers" & then its snacktime at 9.
When we picked them up Friday afternoon (work was slow enough & my co-workers are awesome enough, that I got to run down for a few minutes & help Jeff pick them up) Their teacher for the afternoon said they did "pretty well for their first day." Interpret that as you wish. There was some screaming from Miss Olivia Paige when mommy left. I snuck out as they were getting out babies to play with. But it only took her about 10 seconds to notice. What a way to start my work day? Needless to say, there were a few tears from me that morning. And a few tears in daddy's eyes when he gave us kisses in the driveway before we left that morning. But we all survived. Logan cried when we came to pick them up, they said that was the first time he cried all day. What a brave boy. Some of my co-workers use the same daycare. So I had some eyes & ears when they dropped off their kids later than I had. Livi was standing by the gate still about 1 hour after I dropped them off, but not crying. Just waiting. I called down once late morning. They told me they had just taken Livi on a special wagon ride by herself to cheer her up. She had the hardest time with the day. I knew she would. She is just a little un-trusting, or something after her surgery. Who can blame her?! Around noon, co-worker asked about how their afternoon was going for me, when she ran over there for something. They said they would play & be happy for a while, then sad for a while, then happy for a while, on & off. And that they did a lot of watching from a distance, in regards to group activities & such. This structure thing is new for them too. But it will be good for them. Overall, from how it sounds, it wasn't too bad. Next week, again they just go 1 day. I'm worried drop off might be worse, since they know what "that place" is now. We shall see...
We get a little report card of the kids' day each time we go. On Friday they colored jungle animals. Marched like Elephants. Read "Rumble in the Jungle." And played house, with Legos, blocks & books. They all ate all of their morning snack. Livi ate most of her lunch. And the boys at all of theirs! I was worrried no one would eat anything in a strange environment. What a great day to start daycare though, because for lunch they had MAC & CHEESE! They all napped for about 1.5 hours on a nap mat, with no issues to my knowledge. And on their report card their teachers marked that they were happy, busy & friendly (as opposed to some of the other options: tired, sad, grumpy, silly, chatty, etc.)
They have been going to bed early with these early mornings. Meaning they have been in bed before I get home from work. Which sucks!! Mostly because of my schedule this week of working way-to-many-days-way-to-close-together. Just the way it worked out & I will be doing my best to not have it end up like this again.
We are in general kinda tired & cranky at our house. New job for mom. Learning how to work in post partum. Learning to get up in the morning & remembering how to go to bed at night. New job for daddy. Back to getting up early in the morning. Putting together a curriculum day-by-day as he goes through the semester (which is the worst!). Plus taking his own classes, homework, etc. Kiddos adjusting to a new schedule. Getting up early some days. DAYCARE! Daddy not being home as much. Which means, less mommy relying on daddy for cooking, shopping & cleaning. (I really did enjoy having a stay-at-home-while-in-school-daddy!) Just a lot of newness. Adjustments. And living outside of our comfort zone. Its going to take us a while to get back into the swing of things. So forgive us if we appear way-too-busy or grouchy. If we forget birthdays & anniversaries. If we never call. Never write. Or if our house-life in general appears to be a bit of a disaster. Because for the moment, until we get a good grasp on all of this newness, it kinda is. A its a good kind of disaster though.
Just a few random pictures of us....
Feeding our babies
I can not even express how obsessed with cars Logan is. He can't even stop to eat! He ususally has one in his mouth too so he can carry as many as possible.
Livi, 2 weeks after surgery. Just a little redness left in the very inner corners of her eyes. You probably can't even see it if you aren't looking & it doesn't show in this picture.
Look pretty straight. (Look at where the camera flash reflects in her pupil. Thats how you tell. It should reflect on the exact same place on each eye. In comparison to a lot of her other pictures, this looks very good.) Dr. Troia says it takes 6 weeks for them to completely settle, until we know for sure how successful we were. Somedays she is OK with wearing her glasses. Somedays she doesn't like them & spends a lot of time looking over them. I'm curious what we'll do with her glasses when we go back? Change prescription? Keep glasses? I think something needs to be different because she looks over them so much more than she used to. I know they have said she is more farsighted than the average toddler, but they have always said she could grow out of it.
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