Labor Day Weekend

I was pretty excited about the long weekend, hanging out at home relaxing, sleeping. Well, Lu had some other plans. Friday we went to the condo, which resulted in Z staying up way past bedtime and Lu’s night being interrupted. The ride home at 10:30 was not fun, let me tell you. Z was so drowsy I thought he was going to get sick and Lu screamed until she fell back asleep. Then, she was up from 11 to 12, then back up at 5. That was after Thursday night when she slept without a peep from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.! I was one ill mama! Then I realized that part of the interruption was because she was trying to roll over. She does the exact maneuver that Z did when he rolled over for the first time in his swaddle! The next day, when she was done with her nap, she rolled right over to her back to start watching her mobile! While it is great, it also presents the problem of waking up to flip and reminds me that the swaddle is soon to be a thing of the past!

Z was not feeling well off and on the whole weekend with a low-grade temperature and cough. I ended up staying home all day Saturday and Sunday and the guys (my brothers and Nick) were in and out but basically stayed home too. By Monday, I was itching to get out and the kids needed to also, so I had the grand idea of going to the McWane Center. Really, I wanted Z to see Dora and Diego, but it was so ridiculously crowded that that was a short-lived plan. They had so much fun with all of the other exhibits though, and Lu did pretty well in the ergo. I never even had to nurse her, though if I had I would have fit right in because the place was overrun with nursing mamas!

I think he was excited to see diego, it was hard to tell because there were 4,000 other children scrambling around the place.

Not so sure what to think of the bed of nails. I love this picture though :)

I really didn’t mean to blow him away in this picture, but it’s a little hilarious

J is clearly the one with the smooth moves in this picture, but Z was rocking some cool moves himself. I especially liked the hip shake he had going on

Cousin J had this bubble thing down!

They had a water gun fight, but hugged and made up afterward

Me and Lu were quite content to watch the events from afar

We had lunch afterwards and left the kids with my mom and dad and headed to my favorite place: the mall! While my brother looked at mattresses for their new house, I just browsed. It’s kinda hard to shop when you know you only have about an hour though.

With two exhausted kids, we decided to call it a night early and they were both asleep by 7. I’m not sure I’d say it was a restful weekend, but we enjoyed the family time nonetheless.

And the Fun Continues…

We had a great weekend with my brother and nephew. Friday, I picked up J from school and took him and Z to McDonald’s. It was a short trip, but they had a lot of fun, mostly because they were together!

Saturday they played outside with Nick in the morning, then we spent the evening at Treetop Family Adventure. Talk about fun! Even Lu enjoyed it.

Lu tried a few new things this weekend too, like the big tub (sort of).

and had more tummy time

This was taken at school when I picked her up on Monday.

Sunday night, they all went out to eat, but I stayed home with Lu. It was a sketchy weekend, sleepwise, so I wanted to let her sleep instead of taking her out again. It worked pretty well, but the night was still a little rough. Oh, and I guess the me time wasn’t so bad either.

Seriously one of the sweetest pictures ever!

Side note: I have been worried that I wouldn’t give number 2 the same attention (i.e. pictures, descriptions on the blog, etc.) as number 1 for as long as I can remember, but now I am seeing that it is almost going the other way around, and not because Z is not doing new things all the time, but he has gotten very difficult to photograph. I forgot how easy it was to photograph a still infant. So, if it seems my pictures are not evenly distributed that is the reason, and I will be working on it.

Photo Book

Another First Day

Today was the “official” first day of school for Alabama.

Even though It’s not Lu’s first day, it is good for her because it means that everyone in her class will have March, April, or May birthdays and she’s getting a new bed in a quieter corner of the room. Previously, she had been in the middle of the action, which is not for her.

It’s also exciting for Z. He is starting K3 this year. I think because of his birthday, he is going to be going from K3 to K4 then K5. Surely, when he’s almost six and after 5 years of training, he’ll be ready for kindergarten! But, oh well, that is the nature of his birthday, so what can you do?

It was also cousin J’s first day of 2nd grade at Mt. Laurel! They are living with us until my brother finalizes plans to move into his new house (which is in our neighborhood). Z has LOVED having J, and I don’t know what he’s going to do with himself when he realizes that J is living with us!

We can’t forget AG who started first grade in P’cola. Is she stylin’ or what?

Tummy Time

We had a very productive tummy time workout this morning. Go Lu!

3 Months!

Lu is 3 months! She has had a big month. She's been sleeping great (last night from 6:30 to 7!) and really settling into her own personality. She loves looking at Z and this owl. They both calm her down instantly, don't know what that is about.

She's doing better at school, but still fussing a good bit, most likely because she's not napping as well as she needs to be, but we're thinking that will get better Monday when all the babies in there will be around her age. They also think she might need more milk in her bottles (easier said than done, I say).

Anyway, here are some pics of our girl, I love her so much it hurts, and I am so thankful for her and her sweet brother!!

Most Likely to Become...

Warning: The following post contains biased mom bragging.

Yesterday was Z's end of the year party at school, and even with all the finagling we could manage, I got there right as it was ending. I'm thinking that will NEVER happen again if I can control it! But, thankfully my mom was there and I was able to get the summary from the teachers. The highlight: Z's award...

I tried so hard to get a pose of him holding the certificate correctly, but it was not easy after uninhibited consumption of m&m's and ice cream (due to aforementioned grandmother supervision at party).

 

I was a proud mama! His other accomplishments:

1. Graduating to underwear (to go along with that he woke up completely DRY this morning, hallelujah!)

2. Recognizing all the letters (he's been doing that for a while now)

3. Knowing the months of the year (we didn't even know he could do that, but he demonstrated for us last night)

4. Spelling his name (he can spell Mama and Baba too)

5. Recognizing all the shapes (including polygons)

6. Recognizing all the colors

7. Counting to 16 (I've heard him go higher)

8. Counting to 10 in Spanish

*I sincerely apologize for the parenthetical biased bragging mom remarks. It really is intended for my own record keeping purposes

Next stop for Z, K-3 and his first soccer program, Soccer Shots!

Next stop for me, soccer mom! 

Just kidding