Three months ago today, we officially became parents (according to my brother who says you're not really a parent unless you have more than one kid).
It has been a strange ride so far and I feel as though we're slowly slogging to the surface of what will become our normal life. Kieran is adjusting to school though he hates wearing a uniform. During his second week, he proclaimed "I kept looking for somebody beautiful on the playground, but no one was beautiful. They were all wearing the same thing." He is, however, beginning to make friends and we've gone from him saying "At my old school we (fill in more fun activity here)." to "It's just like my old school." Today they took a field trip to the library and he got to bring his library card and next month he takes his first bus field trip to a farm. I think with that type of activity he'll start to enjoy his new school more and more. The kids in his class and his aftercare program know him well. I've been walking him home only to hear from the other side of the fence "Kieran, Kieran - bye!"
I'm back at work and adjusting to having to take off quite a bit of time (already) with a public school. Amelia still enjoys daycare (as far as I can tell, anyway) and has begun giving us HUGE smiles. She's also liking her dad quite a bit - she coos for him while he sings to her and gives lots of smiles.
She smiles for me (and also at my boobs, prompting quite a bit of laughter from anyone who has witnessed the 'happy boobie look') and coos a lot. Better at riding in the car, though still not her favorite thing. Each night we have a meltdown around bedtime (8 pm for them both - but Mia is the one that melts, not Kieran), but now that we realize it's her natural bedtime, it's easier to anticipate and get prepared to put her to sleep.
OK, just thought I'd do a quick post on her official 3 month birthday. Love to all, blog again... whenever.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
A Few Words About Kids
Kids are awesome, entertaining and completely exhausting. Having two is an experience and a juggling act that I would not trade for the world.
Amelia is finally sleeping soundly in her crib every night. A huge blessing. She does not cry when I drop her off at daycare, but loves to just look around at the world. This makes it MUCH easier for me to leave and get to work. Unfortunately, she's not being kind to Ken. Right now she cries quite a bit when he holds her at night, but I think it's just the equation of boobies = person who can feed me. Even though he's given her a few bottles, she's not sold. We'll keep working on that.
Kieran is starting to enjoy school and has begun making a few friends in the neighborhood. I've gotten better about trying to put playdates in place for him on days when he'd otherwise be idle (school is closed, weekend, etc). This week schools were closed on Tuesday for the primary election, so I put together a long-awaited playdate between Kieran and my cousin's son Eli. Eli's a year younger than Kieran, but they play fairly well together. Eli has a little sister, Sunny, who is about 6 months older than Amelia. Ken had taken Amelia to daycare so I could spend the day just with Kieran.
We all headed to the Science Center where the boys had a blast and Sunny enjoyed looking around. After a quick lunch, we started home and it was naptime for Eli and Sunny. Kieran was upset that the playdate didn't last longer. Katie (Eli's mom) told Kieran that maybe after a nap they would be able to play again (she meant another day, but both Kieran and Eli took it to mean THAT day). They both were a bit upset when they realized they wouldn't have the whole day together. We'll definitely get them together again soon.
After some downtime at home, Kieran and I walked to the library. Along the way, we ran into some neighbors that Kieran's played with before, Conner and Dylan (and their mom, Michelle). Kieran got very excited as he played and whispered to me "They live here!". I was confused, since he's been to their house once before, but smiled and said that yes, they did. Michelle and I talked while the boys played. After awhile Kieran asked Michelle if Eli was done napping. I then realized that Michelle and Katie look a little bit alike. Same color hair and close to the same haircut and their clothes that day were similar.
I explained that this wasn't Katie, but Michelle - Conner and Dylan's mom. Michelle suggested we set up a playdate for the boys at some point in the future (we'll be sure to see them this weekend at the Streat Beet festival's moon bounce) and I agreed. Kieran looked a bit embarrassed and whispered in my ear "I thought she had just changed her shirt."
At least he's making friends, even if he can't keep their moms straight.
Amelia is finally sleeping soundly in her crib every night. A huge blessing. She does not cry when I drop her off at daycare, but loves to just look around at the world. This makes it MUCH easier for me to leave and get to work. Unfortunately, she's not being kind to Ken. Right now she cries quite a bit when he holds her at night, but I think it's just the equation of boobies = person who can feed me. Even though he's given her a few bottles, she's not sold. We'll keep working on that.
Kieran is starting to enjoy school and has begun making a few friends in the neighborhood. I've gotten better about trying to put playdates in place for him on days when he'd otherwise be idle (school is closed, weekend, etc). This week schools were closed on Tuesday for the primary election, so I put together a long-awaited playdate between Kieran and my cousin's son Eli. Eli's a year younger than Kieran, but they play fairly well together. Eli has a little sister, Sunny, who is about 6 months older than Amelia. Ken had taken Amelia to daycare so I could spend the day just with Kieran.
We all headed to the Science Center where the boys had a blast and Sunny enjoyed looking around. After a quick lunch, we started home and it was naptime for Eli and Sunny. Kieran was upset that the playdate didn't last longer. Katie (Eli's mom) told Kieran that maybe after a nap they would be able to play again (she meant another day, but both Kieran and Eli took it to mean THAT day). They both were a bit upset when they realized they wouldn't have the whole day together. We'll definitely get them together again soon.
After some downtime at home, Kieran and I walked to the library. Along the way, we ran into some neighbors that Kieran's played with before, Conner and Dylan (and their mom, Michelle). Kieran got very excited as he played and whispered to me "They live here!". I was confused, since he's been to their house once before, but smiled and said that yes, they did. Michelle and I talked while the boys played. After awhile Kieran asked Michelle if Eli was done napping. I then realized that Michelle and Katie look a little bit alike. Same color hair and close to the same haircut and their clothes that day were similar.
I explained that this wasn't Katie, but Michelle - Conner and Dylan's mom. Michelle suggested we set up a playdate for the boys at some point in the future (we'll be sure to see them this weekend at the Streat Beet festival's moon bounce) and I agreed. Kieran looked a bit embarrassed and whispered in my ear "I thought she had just changed her shirt."
At least he's making friends, even if he can't keep their moms straight.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
School Daze
So, back at work for one full day and then today... disaster. Everything was going fine until I get an email saying the power is out and there will not be an afterschool program. Kieran's school lets out at 2:20, the email came in at 1:45. I could not get a hold of Ken, so no idea if he could pick up Amelia or Kieran.
Frantically, I race out of the office, pick up Mia in record time and race towards home. Thankfully, Ken was already home and was able to get Kieran right on time (I would have been about 10 mins late). But it highlights something we have to deal with - the fact that we have no backup plan for his afterschool program. Am now working on this.
On a separate note, Mia seems to be doing fairly well at daycare. Granted, she's only been there a day and a half, but she seems to like her caregivers and they sent me a photo today (posted it on FB) just because they wanted me to see she was doing well. She does a lot of sleeping on the boppy pillow and doesn't seem to sleep for long periods of time there (yet), but she didn't cry when I brought her in today.
Mostly we're all adjusting this week to me being back at work. The funniest thing happening right now is that while Amelia is not farting as much as she used to, Kieran is blaming his farts on her. I can't help it... that's just funny.
Frantically, I race out of the office, pick up Mia in record time and race towards home. Thankfully, Ken was already home and was able to get Kieran right on time (I would have been about 10 mins late). But it highlights something we have to deal with - the fact that we have no backup plan for his afterschool program. Am now working on this.
On a separate note, Mia seems to be doing fairly well at daycare. Granted, she's only been there a day and a half, but she seems to like her caregivers and they sent me a photo today (posted it on FB) just because they wanted me to see she was doing well. She does a lot of sleeping on the boppy pillow and doesn't seem to sleep for long periods of time there (yet), but she didn't cry when I brought her in today.
Mostly we're all adjusting this week to me being back at work. The funniest thing happening right now is that while Amelia is not farting as much as she used to, Kieran is blaming his farts on her. I can't help it... that's just funny.
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