retraction

I take it back. 2 is not easier than 1.

Looks can be deceiving

Laura 2 weeks
Adam 3 weeks

They may look alike, but don't be fooled - very different children.  Adam is cuddly to the point of being clingy. Laura wasn't interested in cuddling, pretty much from the beginning.  Laura was pretty particular about everything, but Adam is super easy going. And most surprising, Adam is much more vocal with all his grunts, groans, coos, and burps.  

ambitious

I think I was a little too ambitious today. We went to the coop grocery store, open gym and chipotle with friends. By the time we ate lunch at chipotle, I was done dealing with 2 kids in public. I think we'll just have to stay closer to home than I used too. Laura will like that, though. She almost always wants to stay home if given the choice. When it gets really cold this winter, I probably won't want to bundle everyone up, anyways. 

doing good

dare i say that 2 kids is already going better than 1? Laura has been a delight so far this week and it seems like the extra activities that we get from Adam's presence have filled in the gaps where Laura and I would get bored and irritated with each other. I know there will still be hard times, but I've ended each day this week pretty happy and on pretty good terms with Laura. Just crossing my fingers that it continues...

Can I really complain that I'm so busy when I've never written this much in my blog before? 

I never knew that legs could be such fun toys. Whenever I'm feeding Adam and Laura needs some entertaining, I can get pretty creative with my legs. They can be a bridge, a horse, a gate, a door, etc. Probably good exercise, too!

Actually started thank you notes tonight, with Laura's help. Might even get them out before Christmas. What does that mean for my Christmas cards, though? Maybe by Valentines Day?

Whatever you do, don't buy a black nursing shirt. Cheesy baby spit up shows up like a flashing light bulb. 

Next time you make hot chocolate, drop a whole candy cane in there while its still hot and then wait for it to melt and dissolve. delish

Amazing

Getting a little chubby! Wondering if he'll have a chin for every week old he is. Thanks for the onesie, Kim!
my kids

Laura beat Jim in 3 games of Candyland, almost fair and square, tonight. She moved the pieces herself and totally understood how the game worked. Blew me away. She also figured out a matching game on the Thomas the Train website by herself today while I sat next to her talking on the phone. She chose the 'medium' level the first time and still won. 

All this almost makes me forget the moment today when she was standing by the toilet with her pants still on and had a double whammy accident (#1 & #2). Meanwhile, Adam is crying to be held, even though I hadn't set him down in literally 48 hours and the beeper on the oven is going off because the muffins need to be taken out NOW. I know that all parents have moments like this or worse and everyone survives. And I promise not to blog about every single one of mine, but this one actually made me laugh as it all happened, so I wanted to jot it down. 

pout

Wonder how long it will take for me to get tired of that little pout on Adam's face when he's about to cry? I can't remember with Laura. I feel bad because I can't take my eyes off him when he's sad. that little lip is too cute.

Jenny is...

Jenny is...

so glad that Adam's diaper changing cries don't wake up Laura in the middle of the night. 

astonished that the addition of one little person to the family means that I now need to do laundry DAILY.

going to miss her mom and dad and is terrified to be left alone with these 2 little kids all day, all week. 

so glad her sister introduced her to chocolate ice cream with crunched up candy canes and glad that her dad left swiss chocolate almond custard from Culvers in the freezer.

Goings-on at our household lately

Jim's getting really good at the Dora game.  He practices after Laura goes to bed.
"Holy cow! I'm growing up!"
cozy naptime
kneading bread with Gramma Ann
Decorating the tree.

One pound heavier

Doc said Adam is doing great at his appointment yesterday. He is now 8 lbs 8 oz, over a pound bigger than one week ago. That's a lot of diapers!

In other news, he slept for 5 hours in the bouncy seat last night with one break for diaper change and eating. The only catch was that my hand had to be on his chest most of the time for him to be content. I gave up about 3am and took him back to the recliner with me so I could get some sleep too. Maybe we're making headway towards him sleeping in the crib?

Booger update

Another installment of the booger chronicles. In case you missed the first chapter, you can find it here. (ha! isn't cool that I figured out how to do that?)

Now, whenever I ask Laura to take her fingers out of her nose and use a Kleenex instead, she matter-of-factly tells me that when she's sleeping, she puts her fingers in her nose. Well, I guess I accidentally created a "nose picking safe" zone. I don't remember talking to anyone about it in front of her, so I'm not sure how she realized that it was a funny thing to remember. Guess she just figured out the loop-hole. So, always remember to wash her hands first thing in the morning!