You remember?

Kevin has so many saying and expressions these days that I told myself I needed to blog all of them so I could remember this stage in his life.

Here are the top 5 things Kevin says that crack us up:

1) If he wants something and doesn't want to come out and ask he says something like "mommy, you remember that candy in your purse?" or "mommy, you remember that CD we listened to in the car?"

2) If I ask him too many times to do something he says "mommy, you don't worry about me"

3) Even if it's just him and I walking somewhere, he races in front of me and yells "no, I wanna be the line leader!"

4) Of course the every 3 year old expression "you don't tell me no" or "don't you say those words to me" He also says "mommy you don't talk back to me!"

5) When he messes us and apologizes he always ends it with "are you still my friend?" Kevin is getting so big and as he grows so does his heart! He loves his family so much and the once never cuddle, never hold me baby is now a sweet little boy who gives hugs and kisses without being told. He is such a blessing to us.

First week of work

Well my first week of work came and went very quickly. It was a great week overall. My lack of sleep didn't hit until Thursday night and ALL day Friday!! But I survived and was ready for the weekend. Eli is doing great at daycare. He takes a short morning nap and afternoon nap. Most of the time he is wide awake watching all the excitement in the room. His teachers say he's a great baby and very happy...but we already knew that! Kevin's week was great too. I think he can sense that we're back into our old routine and I'm sure he's happy about it. He's been great at night for me also and I'm very thankful for that.

Eli is 11 weeks old already. He's getting so big and smiles all the time. Because of my experience with Kevin I am very proud to say I'm still breastfeeding. Cannot believe I've made it this long. When he was a few weeks old the thought of making it 3 months seemed so far away and it's already here. My next short term goal is 6 months. Not having to purchase formula has been wonderful. Hope the next 3 months goes by smooth and fast!

We spent our morning taking pictures in the bluebonnets. I'll be posting pictures soon.

eye doctor trip and first day of daycare

Kevin went to the eye doctor today! He was such a big boy!



















Eli's first day of daycare

Another first!

Eli slept through the night last night!!! He took a bottle around 9:00 and slept until 3:15! We were so proud of him. Daycare really wore him out...which is exactly what we wanted. He is really loving his teachers. They are all so sweet. Today when I picked him up he was smiling ear to ear at the girl who was holding him. I almost didn't think it was him at first glance with that big ole smile on his face! Seeing him happy sure makes it easier to leave him.

And I have to share this story about Kevin and the way his little brain works. I think we hear a hundred times a day "mommy (or daddy) can I have your phone?". We have spoiled him with tons of games on our phones for him to play but asking so many times a day is annoying. Sunday morning I was getting ready for church and Kevin asked to have my phone. I told him no. He replied with a confused look on his face "mommy....I thought you were my friend!". I am your friend buddy I told him. He then said "well mommy...friends share!". He asked again with a huge smile on his face if he could have my phone. I said yes and he told me "thank you mommy for sharing with me". He made me laugh so hard! I love that little boy so much! But really he's so easy to love.

I'm taking pictures of Eli's first week in daycare so I'll be posting those this weekend. Been trying to get some of Kevin too much he's not a morning person and has refused to take a picture the past few days. I'll get at least one I'm sure!

Daycare here we come!

Well the day has finally arrived and Eli starts daycare tomorrow! I'm excited, a little nervous and a little sad. Not because he'll be away from me during the day but because this is the last baby I send to daycare for the first time. I remember Kevin's first day like it was yesterday. He was almost 5 months when he started daycare and he was very ready. It's different starting Eli so little but I know he'll do great!

Eli is still smiling like crazy and on the verge of laughing. He is sleeping in his crib at night now! I started that routine just a week ago and he has done pretty good. Only a few occasions (last night being one of them) he decided not to sleep and instead cried for 2 straight hours. Got to love that!!!

I am returning to work in a week and I'm ready. Ready to get back on a routine and be around adults all day. Maternity leave went by fast the first 6 weeks. Since then it's slowed down quite a bit....especially after Ben went back to work 2 weeks ago. I am looking forward to having all next week to myself. I plan on cleaning and getting things in order before I start work. I also plan on napping a lot and enjoying one week of good sleep. I doubt it'll happen again for at least a year. I am still happy to report that breastfeeding is going great. Due to me returning to work I started pumping more during the day and feeding Eli by bottle so he would get used to it. Well that became the best and fastest way to feed him! He got used to the bottle very fast and preferred that over me. So now I pump and bottle feed. It's a great routine for us and allows Ben to feed him more often. Eli takes about 28 ounces per day and I can pump around 58-64 ounces. I have quite the stash of frozen milk now and it just keeps growing. I guess that's a good problem to have.

Kevin is doing great. He has the attitude of a teenager lately and has no problem expressing his thoughts and feelings. For example: mommy I'm tired of you, I don't like you anymore, I'm not your friend and I don't want to talk to you anymore. Regardless of all those not so nice statements he sure loves his family, especially Eli. He really has started cuddling with me more at night and any chance to get one on one attention with me he's all over it. He's doing better in school and is learning that good days result in good nights without punishment. He also just informed us a few days ago that he stands up to go tee tee now. He potty trained so early that sitting down was easier and made more sense for him. We've tried getting him to stand in the past and he just couldn't do it. Well he must have watched the boys at school because he also announced that sitting down was for babies and he's a big boy so he stands up!!! He's so funny!

I'll post new pics of the boys at daycare tomorrow. Since I'm not in a hurry to get to work I get to enjoy drop offs all week! I'm sure the teachers will love me! Next week when I have to be at work they'll be lucky if I say hi and bye as I'm tossing my kid into the classroom!

2 month check up

Eli's check up went great! Well great until he got his shots at least.



WAITING FOR OUR SHOTS


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SHOT #1


SHOT #2

2 months old

Oh I cannot believe Eli is 2 months old already. I also cannot believe I go back to work in 2 weeks. I'm ready most days....just not ready to be tired at 5am and stay tired all day when I don't get my 1:00 nap! But I remember doing it with Kevin and somehow I survived that first year. That's why time goes by so fast when your kids are babies...sleep deprivation!

Eli is smiling more and more. I just love his sweet smiles in the morning. He is fighting a little cold right now but we have his doctors appt today so hopefully it's nothing more than just a cold. Nothing really going on especially since Ben went back to work. My weekends and evenings are crazy but I'm trying to get a routine in place to make it less crazy...if that's possible.

More updates after his check up today....

Our baseball star

Yesterday we took Kevin to the park to play. We got him a t-ball set for Christmas and since the weather has been so nice we've been able to play with it. We quickly found out that Kevin can play better without the T!! He's pretty good at hitting the ball - daddy is so proud.

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