Day 51 - Relatively Painless

I'm not going to lie, the past several days have been rough. Lack of sleep, teething and potty training have been a pretty difficult combination. I know the first and last are out of my control and the middle is just something we'll have to get through. I would put off the potty training, but this is the only week for a while where we have several days with no real schedule.
 Today we were able to just relax. We were up bright and early at 6:30, the kids and I played trains most of the morning until Tanni came over bringing some yummy muffins. We ate an early lunch then had a quick nap. We finally made it to the gym so I could get a run in and then back home for dinner, baths and bed. All in all a decent day with very few meltdowns.

 

Lu has been loving frozen banana chunks in her mesh feeder. A sweet treat for sore gums.

She figured out some new sounds tonight.

Enjoying some post-bath snuggles with Daddy.

Day 24- My Little Babywearer and Lu's First Noodle

If you know me, you know I'm kinda of addicted to baby carriers. I have several and lust after many many more. My mom picked up a Bitty Baby carrier for Lucy's doll(that she has yet to receive since I think she's still too little) and we decided to let Max try it out. He loved it and was so proud to be wearing it! I've seen that Ergo offers mini carriers as well, but have yet to see one that isn't pink or has flowers on it. Perhaps in the future we'll be able to find something a bit more gender neutral for him.

Lu had Noodles' Wisconsin Mac and Cheese for the first time today!

I let the kids play for a bit in Lu's bed to get her used to it tonight.

Day 23 - Daddy Off Work!

Max has become more aware of Bill having to go to work/not being home in the evenings. He regularly asks "Daddy off work night?" It breaks my heart and Bill's to hear this, but unfortunately that is the nature of his job. If he had a normal 9-5, he'd be gone all day and miss even more time with the kids. It is always a good day when I can answer the question with "Yes, Daddy is off work tonight!" This is usually received with a big "Hooray!" from Max.
We had a pretty relaxing day. I ran in the morning and we went to check on my parents' cat. We put together an Angry Birds puzzle and had lunch at Panera. After a glorious nap in which Lu slept two whole hours in her own bed we had some yummy chili and bacon cornbread for dinner. We finished off the night with snuggle movie time where we watched "The Aristocats." Max really liked it and had a quite entertaining dance party during "Everybody Wants to be a Cat," complete with booty dancing!

Lu wasn't really a fan of cornbread.

Yep, that is the best I could get.