Our house for the last few days has been turned into a War Zone. Fresh underwear (and reading material) stacked in the bathrooms. Clorox wipes on the backs of the toilet. Rugs rolled up and out of the way. Couches covered in towels. Everyone’s nerves on edge just a bit, waiting for the inevitable. It all began on Thursday night, when Caroline ripped off her diaper at bath time and announced, “NO MORE DIAPERS. ONLY UNDIES!” Well okay then. I…
So a few weeks after I went back to work, Vivi turned 5 months old. 5 months!! One month away from solid foods! She is getting more sturdy (and can rest on my hip now), she’s still waking up (just once) in the night, and her face breaks into a huge smile whenever she makes eye contact with anyone. She is a total baby about having to be rocked to sleep (some nights it takes forever to get her really…
We had a wonderful, beautiful Easter. Our Easter celebrations actually spanned two full, glorious weekends packed full of fun events. Spring has arrived in our area and we are loving the blooms, flowering trees, chirping birds, and perfect, 70 degree temperatures. I loved pulling out everyone’s spring clothes and stuffing (and hiding!) Easter baskets. We got to include Suelen and her friend in our Easter celebrations and then we closed out the wonderful weekend with family. The weekend before Easter,…
So Caroline turned 25 months old in mid-April. We have had a LOT going on this month–lots of changes for our little lady. I went back to work, Suelen arrived, we pulled Caroline out of daycare, and she started at a new little preschool two days a week. She has had a little bit of rough adjustment to all of these changes–we see her getting more defiant, saying NO! a lot, screaming randomly, and not sleeping as consistently. Our little…
So right in the middle of a very busy week at our house, Vivi Kate turned 4 months old on us. Time, it is a-flyin’! During this time, she has been awake for longer stretches of time, has been issued an actual bedtime, has moved into her big-girl crib in her own nursery, has started sitting in the bumbo seat, and has discovered how fun her hands are as toys! She also met Uncle Louis for the first time, met…
March 21 was a big day in our house, starting with none other than Caroline’s very first day of preschool! She selected her very own outfit (a new dress she received for her birthday) and she selected her matching bow. We woke up extra early so we could enjoy a waffle and some blueberries before hopping in the car (with Vivienne) for the 10 minute drive to her new school. I was lucky to find a school that could take…
Right before I returned to work, I had a few days alone. The busyness around Caroline’s birthday party was over. My parents had gone back to Florida. Mike was at work all day. The house was quiet. Everything I had set out to do on my checklist for maternity leave, I’d (pretty much) completed. I had Caroline and Vivi all to myself. And I loved it. I cherished it. I didn’t have anything on my agenda other than enjoying them,…
Caroline’s last day of daycare was on Friday, March 15th. It was so sad to end our time at such a wonderful school, made even worse by the fact that I was sick in bed with a stomach bug and didn’t even get to say a proper goodbye to her amazing teachers on her last day. (I went the following week when Caroline was at her new preschool. I just had to thank these amazing ladies for all the love,…
So we celebrated Caroline turning two with an ‘In TWO the wild’ party that was quite a grand fete! I had a great time planning this once I settled on the theme, which I selected simply because it was so fun. Toddlers wearing giraffe headbands? Um, yes please! It was a last hurrah before I went back to work, right as Caroline ended her time at CCCC, and right before our au pair arrived. Big changes were on the horizon…
So Caroline turned TWO on March 14th and if you ask her how old she is, she will tell you, “too much!” Which pretty much sums up how we feel about our sweet girl. She is loving and sassy and mischievous all at the same time and I just love spending time with her. She is an adventurer—Caroline loves going fast on the boat, high on the swing, and generally with this girl, the more bumps the better. On the…