Friday, March 23, 2012

March 2012

As you can imagine (or know if you have kids) two will keep you busy. There's not much down time, but we are loving it all. Natalie continues to be such a great big sister and loves Laura. Laura in turn, loves Natalie. She watches her and Natalie has gotten the first laughs. Apparently, Laura thinks it's halarious to watch Natalie play with a ball and run around. So much fun!
Laura is growing and changing, as babies do, so quickly. She has rolled on her side a couple of times, and smiles ALL the time. She is a happy and easy baby. She loves bath time, and she continues to be a great sleeper - down between 7 & 8 and up between 8-9 for the day. She half the time sleeps through the night, and the other half wakes once just to nurse and goes right back to sleep. She still loves her swaddle sack, so we continue to bundle her up at night. We have tried a couple of times without, but she has not liked it at all. Occasionally, an arm will slip out, but she likes to be bundled up. :) This week (late March at about 3 1/2 months) we switched her to 6 month jammies. She is like Natalie was/is - long and lean. She likes her swing and play mat, and sucking on her hands and blankets. Laura is a front facing baby. She likes to be held facing outward and see everything that is going on. I feel so blessed to have two beautiful, wonderful, and healthy children. Praise God!
Work is work. I am glad to be back in some ways. I have a great group of people to work with, and a job that I enjoy - even though it was a crazy and hectic situation to come back to (I lost two associates while I was out). Nick is busy busy busy, too, but has made it a priority to only be gone 3 nights per week. He has also been getting up when I go to work, so he can come home when I come home. We have all loved this, and relished in the extra family time. It's just the simple things like sitting on our porch swing enjoying the evening, or watching Natalie ride her bike around the cul-de-sac.
Natalie is finishing up her last few weeks of ECEC. She will be starting preschool in the fall! I can hardly believe it. She is such a happy child and brings us so much joy. She is still really into princesses and all that is pink and purple. :) Lately, she has really been having a lot of fun kicking, throwing, and catching balls and playing with her little basketball goal.
We are enjoying the beautiful weather and our screened in porch as much as possible before the temps go up. This is the greatest time to be in FL! We hope after the Easter rush, to take a trip to the beach to relax, and introduce Laura to the sand and surf for the first time.
Other than that, we aren't really newsy. We hope you all are doing well!
Enjoy some pictures. :)
My favorite picture of the girls together so far:























February 2012

February was a happy and sad month. The girls were able to take a trip to Texas and see JeJe and Papa and Nee Nee, and meet the great grandparents. Then mom had to come home, turn 30, and go back to work. :( The trip to Texas was fantastic, and it was great to see everyone. Going back to work and turning 30 weren't as bad as I thought they'd be. :) Here are some pictures from our trip to South Texas.