Thursday, August 30, 2012

How our lives have changed!!!

Well this past weekend was an interesting one to say the least!  I woke up on Sunday morning and walked in and found that Benjamin had gone #2 and it was all over the place.  The sheets had to be stripped, clothes were all washed, and he had to be scrubbed down.  He continued to have disgusting diapers throughout most of the day.  He did not want to eat dinner on Sunday night so we did not force the issue.  He went down to bed just fine and then at about midnight he started crying.  In the meantime, Samantha had gone down to bed and was waking up about every 45 minutes and I had just gotten her back down when he started crying.  I went into his room and he had thrown up all over his stuffed animals, himself and the bed.  Again the sheets were stripped, clothes were changed and I laid in bed with him until he fell back asleep.  Then Samantha continued to wake up throughout the night, so needless to say we were a tired household on Monday morning.  Luke ended up staying home with Benjamin on Monday morning and I took Samantha to daycare to avoid her catching what he had and I went to work.  At about 10:30 Luke texts and says that Samantha threw up and he was going to get her.  I drove home and hung out with the sick kids with Luke.  Samantha ended up being just fine once she got home and never threw up again.  Benjamin got sick one other time and continued to have gross diapers most of Monday.  Then Monday night he finally ate dry cheerios and a peach and kept it down.  Monday night we had a pretty successful sleep night, so that was very welcomed!  Then Tuesday woke up and we were a magically all better family :)  It is amazing how gross diapers and puke become the topic of conversation with Luke these days!!!  I knew that kids could change a lot in your life, but I had no idea that the topic of conversations would change so drastically!!!

Other than these last couple of eventful days, everything else has been going great!  We have adjusted to me being back at work and have learned how important it is to be organized!  Benjamin continues to love his little sister and she continues to be mesmerized by everything that he does.  Here are some random pictures from the past week!

Hope that everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  We are heading to Atlanta for our niece's baptism, so it will be our first flight as a family of 4, which I am sure will be interesting :)  I am sure we will have some good stories on the next post!

Benjamin teaching his little sister!


Samantha was playing with Elmo's tamberine

Getting super strong!  She is soooo close to rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy!



This is how we have meals at our house!  The dog is waiting for Benjamin to drop something and Samantha watches Benjamin eat :)

Monday, August 20, 2012

Back to the grind

Well maternity leave is officially over and we are back to the grind.  I came back to work on August 8th and Samantha is adjusting wonderfully, which makes the drop off much easier.  She is taking naps while at school, which is completely opposite of when Benjamin was an infant.  She has started pretty much sleeping 7 to 7.  She will cry out a few times in the middle of the night, but sticking her pacifier back in is all it takes. 

Benjamin has finally adjusted to the 2 year old room, which has been great for him.  His final molars are coming in, so he has been in some terrible pain.  We have to be so proactive with the medicine or he is in pain.  The bottom 2 popped through the gum on Saturday and the top 2 are sooooo close.  Hopefully they pop through in the next few days and then we will be good to go!  NO MORE TEETH left for him after this!!!!

Other than that we are just enjoying the kids.  Benjamin continues to just love his little sister more than anything.  It is so fun to watch him with her and then to see her just follow everything he is doing. 

Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks!

Getting so strong!  Starting to hold onto toys and sitting so big and tall!


Benjamin riding at Deanna Rose for his buddy Hayes' birthday party

Chubby Samantha smiling for the camera! She is such a happy little girl!

Benjamin's new Saturday breakfast...an apple and a donut!  He loves to go to Hen House and pick out the donut and always goes for a peach or an apple! He basically only eats the top of the donut with the frosting and then leaves the rest for Aspen :)