Wait for it....

He does this EVERY TIME the logo appears on screen.  Such a goof ball.  The movie is Toy Story 2.

Daycare

I never thought I would have to put my kids in daycare.  But the time has come to cover an overlap of about an hour - when I go to work the two nights and Mike gets off work.  Fortunately I knew some one who does daycare and it's only 2 minutes from my work.  Couldn't be happier with the outcome.  You can tell Cole didn't care that I was leaving.  

Thanks Rebecca!  Your a lifesaver!

Easter

Our Easter was really nice.  We had a wonderful brunch on the deck and then we went next door to have Cole find his eggs.  Mike kept sneaking eggs from Cole's basket and re-hiding them, egg hunting lasted for awhile.  Siena enjoyed the day by sleeping.

Happy Easter!

Cupcake Birthday

Since this months cupcake birthday fell on Easter I decided to make them somewhat Easter them themed.  So we had bunny stuck in holes and grass with eggs and flowers.

The bunnies feet are frosting dipped circus peanuts and the tails are mini marshmellows.  The grass was supposed to be bicolored but it didn't work out as I had planned.  The dirt is crushed up chocolate cookies.  The idea was from Hello, Cupcake.

Siena's 2 month check up

Siena now weighs 9 pounds and 5 ounces which means she gained 2 pounds and 7 ounces over the last month!  She is 20 inches tall, so that's another 1 1/4 inches in a month.  Here's the funny part: she is in the 14% percentile for weight and the .49% for height.  Yes that's .49% as in a half of a percent, less than 1%!  But the best part is when you compare her weight to height ratio she is off the charts as in SUPER CHUNKY!!!  She has rolls and I love it!  So to sum up the visit she is chunky, has a head tilt, her head is NOT flat and she is doing great!

Now to sum up how well Cole behaved on my FIRST outing with two children...well let's just say I learned my lesson.  Why did I even think that it would go ok?  He was throwing his shoes across the waiting room, trying to hit me, yelling no to the receptionist when she so kindly put a movie on to calm him down.  It's wasn't a movie he wanted to watch.   The in front of the Dr. he basically gave me a big F.U. and was so disobedient that I was practically in tears.

I was so frustrated, pissed off and I really had to pee, so as soon as the Dr. left I packed everyone up, made sure I had everything since Cole unloaded the diaper bag in the toy basket and took off to the bathroom.  When I was finished I turned to walk out the the nurse stopped me as said "are we ready for shots?"  Holy crap!  Siena was getting shots today and we had just discussed not 10 minutes before how I was unsure about giving her shots today because it was my first day back at work and I didn't want her to be hurting and crying tonight when Mike was all alone with them.  We talked and decided that it was ok to give them since babies usually don't have reactions to the first set of vaccines.  

So back to the room we go and of course Cole begins right in again so to distract him I let him play with the faucet while I help with Siena.  Poor Siena.  Cole never cried much for vaccines and so I was not prepared for Siena to scream bloody murder and turn as red as a tomato.  So of course that set the tears off again.  

They both fell asleep on the car ride home and Cole is 1 1/2 hours into a his nap that doesn't usually start until noon.  I'm overwhelmed and of course going back to work doesn't help the emotions either.

Cole has his 2 year check up on Friday am I looking forward to seeing how much he has grown.

2 months old

Siena is officially 2 months old! I am guessing she is about 9 pounds and 20 inches long. He feet are 3 1/2 inches long. We will find out tomorrow at the dr. She slept 6 hours in her crib last night! This was a big event for all of us. She is a great sleeper at night but just not in her crib. She can sleep all night long in our bed so we are working on getting her to stay in the crib for longer periods of time. She is really good at holding her head up now and she is smiling at us a lot and starting to coo. She now likes being in her swing and bouncer but only for short periods of time. Siena still nurses like crazy and is starting to grab at my face and hair when she nurses. She can still fit into her newborn sleepers but the 0-3 month sizes are finally not so big on her.

Recycling

Since he destroyed the box they came in, he decided that the empty fruit snacks bag made a great replacement.  He had them packed in there so tight he could turn it upside down and color with all of them at once.  He was pretty proud of himself.

The Fredy's are a Dr. Seuss book????

I'd like everyone to go to Mike blog - Kids, go ask your mom and enjoy his take on our family life written Dr. Seuss style.

Pretty darn clever and oh so creative!

Meet my new friend

This is Mike's 1960 Chevy Apache.  Right now she hangs out in the yard but I have some plans to put her to good use.

8 weeks ago today

I had Siena 8 weeks ago!  I can't believe she has already hit the 2 month mark.  Her official 2 month birthday wont be until Sunday but I still wanted to acknowledge today.  I am feeling great for being 8 weeks out of a major surgery.  I am back to exercising which feels great!  I am doing well on my quest to lose 30 pounds.  As of last week I was down 16.  This past weekend I was able to button up a pair of my pre pregnancy pants.  Now when I say button, it doesn't not imply that I would wear them out in public.  That's a whole other issue.  

New milestones for Siena this week are being able to go from a lying down position to sitting up while holding my hands and me pulling her up.  She is able to keep her head balanced!  She has grown accustomed to sleeping next to me so I am working to get her back in the crib.  She is having some congested / gurgling issues when lying on her back so I have to talk with the pediatrician about that.  I am hoping she does not have acid reflux like Cole did.  

She has really chunked up over the past week.  She still seems so small to people but she seems huge to me.  She has little rolls on her thighs!  Too cute.  She is also staying awake for longer periods of time these days.