Getting Excited

It's hot here - like really hot today and my friend called us and invited us over to play in the backyard with Katie's best friends Nicolette and Jason and the kids had a blast.

Sitting outside in a real yard is making me get SO EXCITED TO MOVE!! I have been scouring Craigslist for outside toys because I am so happy that we will have a backyard for Katie to run around and play in and she just had such a good time on the slides, and swings, and with the water table. I can't wait!!!

I think my 30th birthday present to myself will have to be outdoor toys to help me keep her entertained all summer long:) I also thing Dave's birthday present will be a grill for our backyard since we FINALLY will have our own!!!

Since the weather has changed so drastically, we are of course, totally unprepared clothing wise as all out stuff in our drawers is still for winter weather so today I had to scramble to find warm weather clothes for the kids!

Thank you Grammie for your last shipment of clothes, because those shorts sure came in handy today!!!! I had to go to the store and buy Ben a short sleeve, one piece outfit too because all he has for warm weather right now are onesies.... and that just won't do seeing as how his sister is so well dressed all the time. (when she's not insisting she stay in her pj's that is)
So... I guess the moratorium on clothes for the boy has been lifted for anyone who is wondering ;)

Size 0 -3 or 3 month warm weather stuff would be what he needs at the moment.

what else can I tell you...
OH yesterday Dave was hitting up the M&M stash and Katie walked in on him and caught him... so she said, "Hey, you took those out of my basket (Easter basket) so he had to give her some - it was kind of hysterical.

Other than that, we are getting ready for our first mini road trip to Mimi's house for one night and then we have to seriously start prepping for this move... then once we are settled, we have to plan for a road trip up to Maine to go visit and have Ben meet his family up there - unfortunately, it's for a memorial service for our Aunt Judy - but it's nice because we will get to be with everyone which we love.

So, it will be sort of busy around here for the next few weeks and you know Katie keeps me on my toes!

I'm hoping that Ben starts to take a bottle soon so that I have the ability to be out of the house and away from him for a few hours. (I'm dying to get back into my favorite gym classes - zumba and spinning)
So far, we have tried 3 different bottles and he has wholeheartedly refused all 3 - we bought a new type the other day and will try that again in a few days with fingers crossed!!!

That's it for us for now.

Happy Spring (finally)

Catching up!

Yes those are sneakers and they are AWESOME!

Coloring Easter Eggs

We are doing well here.


The days fly by between cooking, cleaning, rocking, feeding, coloring, tantrums, dress up (Katie wears her tutu pretty much daily at this point) bath time, bed time and feeding again....

Dave and I never get to really spend any time together at all aside from a short conversation here or there as Katie gets very upset when he isn't paying attention to her when he's home. We are giving her a few more weeks before we try to nip that in the bud as we figure her life has been turned upside down, so we'll let it slide a little longer.

We got a new stroller off of craigslist and so far I love it. It's for both of them. Ben's car seat goes in the front and Katie sits or stands in front of me. It's easy to push with one hand and folds up nicely and is crazy compact and light. Only downside is it takes up my whole trunk which makes me very sad and fearful of any road trips we might be taking.... As small as it is for a double stroller, it's so big compared to my old teeny tiny Maclaren.

Ben is sleeping pretty well at night. He wakes up 2 times and usually stays up one time for about 2 hours from one feeding until the next. So we are doing pretty well with sleep these days which is nice because it was rough there for awhile.

Katie is still napping although some days it's a battle. When we're alone and Ben is awake I have to put Katie in her crib first and then sit in the chair next to her and read to her while holding or feeding Ben. (talk about multi-tasking) She's taking it well considering that used to be our cuddle time and the only time she really allowed cuddling so that's good!

Other than that we tried to give Ben a bottle the other night and he 100% refused it... so we will have to try out a few different types so that we can be sure that I can be away from him for the gym or few and far between social outings I might have...

His 1 month appointment went really well. He is 9 lbs 7 ounces and grew 2 inches. The doctor said he looks perfectly healthy so we are happy about that!

I'm off to try to relax for a few as Dave just put Katie in for nap and Ben is sleeping in a swing we borrowed from a friend. (it's amazing and I don't know how I didn't have a swing like this with Katie)

Happy Easter!

just like daddy

Updates

Yes, we are still alive - just a little busy as you can imagine....

I survived my first day alone with the kids amazingly well! Katie gets a little more TV time due to my breast feeding (i'll put a show on for her so she doesn't get jealous) but I also read to her sometimes when I'm nursing too - so I guess it's not all bad.

They have been pretty good about both being asleep between 1230 and 2 or 3 - so I get a nap or break to clean in peace or just sit down and watch TV in quiet:)



While Dave continues to get peed on pretty regularly - I still have yet to be peed on once. No lie!
Above is the latest peed on incident - through his clothes and daves clothes! Priceless..

Katie is being a rock start about the whole thing and gets a little jealous - but I work very hard to make sure she doesn't feel left out or lonely. (hence the reading to her while I'm nursing Ben)

She does have her outbursts here or there for attention, but when all is said and done - it's not often and it's not that bad - so we are pretty much living the life right now.

I am not getting much sleep at night as Ben likes to eat every 2 - 3 hours so by the time I put him down and get in bed and fall asleep - he's usually awake again anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half later... but somehow I'm surviving and on limited caffeine which amazes me!


Katie likes to be included - so when Ben does tummy time, she does tummy time too! I have been showing her pictures of all the stuff we used to do with her that we are doing now with Ben so that she knows we did this all for her as well and I think it's helping with her jealousy:) Bedtime is becoming a challenge every single night, but it's the only real hassle she gives us -so we are working with her to make it smoother.

Sometimes she will randomly go hold his hand, or bring him a toy. She isn't super into him, but she isn't angry or resentful towards him either - so I'll take it! she's about as interested as I think we want her to be.

Ummmmm what else.... we are getting ready to MOVE INTO A HOUSE! I know... like I need more to deal with right now - but we decided that apartment living was too much for us and we lucked out and found a 3 bedroom 2 floor house to rent in Rutherford, NJ. We will have our own yard, driveway AND washer dryer INSIDE THE HOUSE - so no more going outside and around the house to do laundry - WAHOOO!!!!!!!!

What else? Oh - I will do a size update for Grammie - Katie is now in 2T or 3T for shirts... 3T is a little big but sometimes 2T is a little small. (I think you can tell by looking at the shirt if it's gonna be too small or not)

She refuses to wear jeans unless ABSOLUTELY necessary and prefers her comfy pants and leggings... I am not sure what size shoe she is in and will take her to get fitted soon as I think her size 6's are too small now. She has plenty of long pants and long sleeve shirts, but not much stuff or pj's for warm weather - so that's fair game:)

Ben is still in newborn - although we put him in 3 month stuff when we run out of newborn because he's spit up or peed through it... He is really pretty much set for clothes for the next 6 - 9 months as we keep getting perfectly kept hand me downs from a friend of a friend.

I think that's all I can update you with for now - as my time has run out and Ben needs to eat again - more to come at another time.