So glad it is March and we made it through the winter. Jane started day care the last week of January and I went back to work on Jan. 31. I've enjoyed being back in a routine. Jane caught a cold her 2nd week at school. And today she is suffering from RSV and a double ear infection. She is such a sweet baby and nothing seems to bother her. However, she was very fussy last weekend and I just chalked it up to needing more sleep. Guess she was telling us she was sick...oops.
Even with her minor illnesses, Jane still gets the MOST IMPROVED award. She started sleeping through the night right at 3 months. That's been the best thing that's happened around here in a long time. And as of this week, we're no longer swaddling her. Now she just sleeps in her sleep sack. The swaddle blanket has been working great, but on the nights that she could get an arm out, it would wake her up. Now her arms are always out and she can use them to soothe herself.
Brady is doing great! He's still our MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. He has had a cold or 2, but ever since getting tubes last spring he has only been sick one time. Tubes are such a miracle! He's 2 years and 8 months old and has zero interest in potty training. Hopefully he'll show some interest in the next few months. He's talking like crazy and we are loving all the hilarious conversation. When I was sick this week I told him that my neck hurt. He said, "My neck hurts too," and then he said "My feet hurt." His favorite phrases are "I like (anything in the vicinity)" and "Mama, I need that." Usually it's "I need that train." How do boys become obsessed with trains anyway. He is truly obsessed.
And in January we moved Brady's crib to Jane's room and Brady got a big boy bed with Toy Story sheets. We are thankful that the transition has been shockingly seamless.
Ryan gets the MOST DEPENDABLE award. Even with all of the illnesses, nights of lost sleep and bad traffic he continues to come home every night. And for that we are thankful! We are not taking that for granted. Life is tough in a new house, new city, with a new baby in the middle of session with a new boss.
The doctor did ask me on Wednesday if I was under any stress...ha. We have 2 little kids and we are both in our busiest times of the year at work. I'd say we're all a little stressed. But we wouldn't trade it...not today anyway...
Putting together the big boy bed...and seeing how the cars roll on the slats.
Trains! And yes that is a Baylor Bone Interiors train table.
My last day of maternity leave. Brady and I sent Jane to day care and had our own day.
Jane and her loving Louw cousins.
Sweet boy.
Sweet girl.
Reading "Pete's Potty." Don't be fooled...he has NO interest in that potty.
FROG!
