How's It Going?

Many people have asked me "how's it going?" referring to our adjustment to a family of four. I don't want to jinx us, but it's Fantastic! At this point, it is completely manageable and totally fun! First, Sylvie is a really awesome baby- so easy going that she just blends right in our lives and lets us keep on going. Second, Brady is a great big brother and is at a very cool age. Third, Grandma is here and handling all the things I would normally stress about. She's cooking, cleaning, and entertaining when she needs to. All I've had to do the past week and a half is to heal myself (the muscle tension headaches I was having were not fun), take care of Sylvie, and play with Brady. It's been Wonderful!

Brett was home all of last week and returned to work today. I thought for sure we'd bring Brady to daycare every day. I wanted to do this to keep him on schedule and also because I thought it would be so chaotic here. But actually, he's home with us girls today because he wanted to be, because I wanted him to be, and because things are completely manageable. He's been so sweet and for the most part listens and cooperates well. I of course have to keep it real and recall that last week there was one point when I was nursing Sylvie while escorting a disobedient Brady to time-out. That was hilarious to me because I can remember when I used to nurse Brady, the world would stop. It was like I was paralyzed and all I could do was sit still while he fed. This time around, I scooped her up, grabbed his hand, and lectured the entire time I walked him to time-out. Probably not the most serene dining experience for Sylvie, but I had to do what I had to do. :)

Anyway, so life is good. We are extremely blessed and I'm feeling very grateful.
And that's how it's going.

Here we are this morning playing with Mr. Potato Head. Brady was just so cute. Sylvie was sleeping in the bassinet and Grandma, Brady, and I were hanging out in the office.

I'm all ears!

I wear multiple hats-
adorable kid, awesome big bro, Firefighter Potato Head! :p

This afternoon we all went outside for a little bit. The weather was Awesome...and crazy. :) I heard that at one point the temperature got up to 68 degrees! The sun was shining and it was beautiful. The ground was really squishy because of the torrential rain we had last night and this morning. But that didn't stop Brady from doing his favorite chore- mowing the lawn. Nope, not the soggy ground nor the repeated sun showers that soaked little man stopped him from doing what he loves to do! (If you look closely in the pictures, you can see the sun shining and the rain coming down at the same time. I didn't get any good pictures though b/c I was holding Sylvie and we stayed dry on the porch.)

This evening we had to go pick up my car from the dealership. A couple days ago the battery got drained and when Brett jumped it, the fuse that controls the power steering blew. So this evening was the first time we had both kids in a car with their car seats. It was a tight fit in Lexi (what we call Brett's car), but we did just fine and now Torrey (what we call my car) is back home. Sylvie does Great in the car. Baby Brady didn't always love the car...and toddler Brady doesn't always either. (Often I hear, "Mommy, want to get OUT!" before I've even turned off our street.) But little Sylvie just snoozed away. When we'd ask Brady how she was doing, he'd say, "She sleeping!"

Yup, life is good. :)