April activities

We are finally having some warm days!

Summer concert series near our house has free face painting! Clara sat down on the stool and out of no where said I want to be a purple kitty cat like brown bear book. Well okay then. Definitely the cutest purple cat I've ever seen! (Mommy looks kind of rough because I went exercising that morning and never had two free minutes to get changed the rest of the day).

One of the many strangers Clara struck up a conversation with. No, we don't know these people. Our child is very shy.

Brian had a busy weekend moving mulch. Clara liked riding on top of it in the wheel barrow.

Oh my goodness does she look grown up or what!!

Doing a little painting. Now that I've introduced her to paint she refuses to use markers or crayons. Awesome.

Playing with our friend Hailey at Bass Pro Shop.

Brian and his friend Tim had daddy daughter dates and took the girls to the NCSU vet school open house. 

Easter

Miles' first Easter was a bit....wet.  We went down to the beach like usual but it rained nonstop for the entire 3 days. We dyed eggs with Clara for the first time and she did really well with it.  We hid the eggs on the porch and in the living room.  Not the most exciting egg hunt ever but she enjoyed it.  On Sunday we went to lunch at the clubhouse then Brian took her to their Easter egg hunt.  It was pouring rain so they had to have it in the little covered porch area. Brian said she was a little slow at first because she had just gotten up from her nap and wanted him to hold her but eventually she got into it and found 9 eggs.  Because it was wet and cold I stayed home and took a nap with Miles. It was a little disappointing that they didn't get to have the great big egg hunt because Clara and I had been practicing at home for a month but maybe next year.

Clara got bored with putting stickers on the eggs and found two new subjects.

Miles is Rolling over and almost sleeping through the night!

Miles is 12 weeks old, he will be three months old in 5 days and today he rolled over! I was thinking it would still be a while so I was shocked when I came out of the kitchen because he was screaming to see him on the floor on his back. He had almost rolled onto his side one time before but I didn't think much of it and thought it would be a while before he started rolling. I just checked the blog for Clara's rolling over post thinking this is way earlier than she did it but its only 10 days earlier than Clara. We also had another milestone last night, Miles slept from 10PM till 5AM!! He nursed at 5AM then went right back to sleep until 8:30AM. Everyone told us how lucky we were with Clara sleeping well but she's got nothing on this little guy!

Its also crazy to think that this is the week I started back to work when I had Clara. I remember thinking it was the hardest thing I'd ever done, leaving my little girl and I can't even imagine leaving Miles now. He's never been away from me for more than three hours and he's just started tolerating that the last couple of weeks. He use to cry most of the time if I was gone. He is a mommy's boy for sure! Miles still hasn't taken a bottle and at this point probably won't. We weren't very diligent about trying early on and I definitely don't have time to pump with Clara to keep up with. So I guess I won't be getting any breaks for long periods of time for the next 9 months but that's okay. Its funny reading my old posts about Clara at this age. She was napping in her crib on somewhat of a schedule. Miles has yet to ever be in his crib. Life is so crazy with a baby and a two year old that Miles has to nap wherever he ends up; in the swing, bouncy seat, car seat, mommy's arms, on the floor, etc. And I have never timed any of his naps so I have no idea how long he sleeps. He is getting into a pretty good routine where he eats, then is awake for a little while then naps till the next feeding or until he gets woken up by his sister (which happens pretty often). Love this little guy so much!!

Miles is 2 Months Old

My sweet boy is two month old! He got his first round of shots at the pediatrician this visit and did great. He is part of a trial study where he is getting a new Meningitis vaccine combined with his others. The drug has already been approved. The study is just for combining it with the other regular vaccines. Its a little bit of a pain because we have to document everything about him for 4 days after every round of vaccines but if it helps keep my baby healthy its worth it! At 2 months he weighed in at 11.5 lbs (40%) and was 23.3 inches (60%) tall. He is already wearing 6 month clothes so I thought he would be a lot higher on the percentage chart but apparently they just make baby boy clothes small.

This last week Miles has started to only get up once during the night which is awesome!! That extra half hour of sleep makes a big difference when your chasing a two year old and have a baby. He still nurses every 3 hours during the day and is super happy most of the time. Most days he still sleeps the majority of the time but he does have the occasional day where he will be awake a lot. Usually on the weekend when there is a lot going on. He smiles and makes little noises a lot now which is fun. Mommy is still definitely his favorite but he has started to like daddy a lot more and will quiet down for him too now if he gets really upset.

Isn't this the cutest little guy ever??

The fun continues

So I leave the chiropractor expecting everything to be relatively calm when I get home since Brian has way more patience than me and because I had put dinner in the oven and it should be ready by now. 

I drive up and everyone is playing in the yard with no screaming. Clara runs up and tells me she wants to ride in the car. No it's time to eat dinner. The crying returns. I ask Brian if he took dinner out of the oven. Not exactly he says. Well what does that mean? Did you forget? Did it burn? Definitely didn't burn he says. Well what happened? The thing about double ovens, he says, is that you have to put the food in the same oven you turn on. 

So we load up the kids and eat fast food for the 4th time this week. As I pick up Miles to take him out of the car I notice he smells really good (as in smells good like baby lotion not iced latte). My sweet husband had given him a bath while I was gone. I didn't even tell him it had been a solid week since the poor kid had a bath. 

Just an ordinary day

I ran across this awesome article someone posted on Facebook about being a stay at home mom. I read it out loud to Brian and there was a part in there where she talked about her crazy day and that her husband just thought she hung out with friends all the time and went to the park every day. Then Brian chimes in that he definitely feels like that sometimes. Don't worry, I quickly let him know that our time at the park is what allows his chdren to make it to 5:00 each day when he gets home and those friends are what keeps me out of the mental ward most days. 

So the next day I decided to send him a few texts...

The cleaning lady is a temporary measure that started when I was so pregnant I could barely function but I really don't see Brian complaining about getting rid of her anytime soon since I can barely keep the laundry done and we eat frozen food half the time. I might add that he did vacuum the whole downstairs last night while I went out with girl friends which is why I keep him around amidst his constant sarcasm. That and because regardless of the constant crazy that is my life now he makes the cutest kids ever and is a better dad and husband than I could ask for. 

When I got home he made a comment about how rough my day was. But the funny part is that really was a pretty decent day. Clara mostly listened to me and was extra snuggly. She fell asleep in the car so I carried her upstairs for her nap. As I lay her down in bed and crept out of the room I heard a muffled half asleep "luv you mommy, sweet dweams".   And that makes it soooo worth it.