Our Days with 2 Kiddos

  This post will cover the work/school week and I will post a separate one for the weekends. 

Between 5 and 5:30 in the morning Hannah eats.  I also wake Rudy so he can shower.

After he gets dressed he holds Hannah while I get ready.  Sometimes William is already up sometimes not...

We then make our way downstairs to have coffee.  Rudy eats and I just wait til I get to work because I leave the house pretty early. 

Rudy and I pack our own lunches while Hannah is either in bouncy seat or car seat.  I get her bottles together and head out the door. 

Rudy is still home and cares for the bud.  He will dress him and William usually had muffins and milk.  Recently he hasn't wanted to eat muffins but asks for a treat.  What????

I drop Hannah off and get to work by 7. Rudy drops off the bud and is at work by 7:30.  Work, work til 4...

We don't decide on who's getting who from school til we leave work.  If Rudy needs to go by the store I get Hannah and he takes the bud with him.  However, if we are all going home one of us gets both babies.

Then chaos ensues!  Trying to cook, feed Hannah and William as well as play with him is chaotic.  Hannah eats around 5 every night which about the time dinner is ready.  Usually I feed her, Rudy eats, then I eat.  It works for us.  If she's sleeping on one of us we eat while holding her.  One day we will all sit at the table and reminisce about our day but that ain't today!!

After dinner I clean the kitchen and possibly do laundry.  Rudy holds Hannah because she's usually asleep.  I forgot to add that Hannah is bathed around 5 before she eats.  That's the best time because she passes out after eating and we have to wake her to eat around 8.

I shower (quickly) and take over the Hannah snuggles while Rudy hangs with the bud.  

William may bathe with Hannah or later in the evening.  He may skip a night.  He plays or watches his trash trucks on you tube.  William also loves to cut paper.  He is in bed (not asleep) by 8... 

I feed Hannah and put her to bed (in our room) by 9 usually.  She is moving to her room tonight so I won't be going straight to bed anymore....

Pics of My Babies

Just pics from the last month or so...

Helping sissy grab her toy!

At the 3 year check up...healthy boy.

Just the little lady....

Best friends... At least right now!

Time for a cone...

This lady doesn't stop moving...makes for blurry pics!

Hannah-2 Months

Really?

  Hannah is probably close to 11 lbs. now! She wears size 1 diapers and 0-3 months clothing.  Still sporting the red hair and blue eyes!  She is getting more alert each day.  Hannah loves to look at the mobile in her swing.  She loves to lay down and kick her legs.  Her teacher commented on how great Hannah controls her head.  So it's not just me being biased!  

  She eats between 4 and 5 oz. seven times a day.  Hannah has 4 bottles at school.  

  She sleeps from about 9 to anywhere between 4 and 5 the next morning.  Now that school has started Hannah just cat naps.  Hopefully she will adjust soon and sleep better at school. I'm not complaining because the sweet baby lets me sleep basically all night.  

  Hannah is still in the pack n play and sleeps swaddled.  Our goal is to have her in her room mid March when the bud gets his new furniture.  She sits in the bouncy seat while I get ready in the morning.  

  Since she eats around 4 I do not feed her again before school.  I get her to school by 6:20 and she usually is asleep before we leave the house.  Hannah is doing ok at school but with the reflux she needs to be upright a long time after eating.  This is not possible; the teachers have other babies to care for.  I'm trying to be ok with this because there is nothing I can do.  I feel guilty but she will out grow this soon. 

  Rudy picks her up from school around 4:30 but gets William first because he has to help.  He carries her bottle bag to the car and tells me all about her room.  He is a great big brother!  

  Hannah is bathed every night and loves it!  She just stares at me while I bathe her.  William was helping but has recently become bored with it.