Zoo Day!

We took the kiddos to the zoo a couple weeks ago. The last time we went was over 2 years ago! Gammy went with us and we had a great time! Jace did great, despite the hot weather! We ended up getting rained on so we didn't get to see everything, but we did get through most of it.

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2 thumbs!

During bath the other night, Jace decided that 2 thumbs are better than one!

Family Pictures

This morning we had our first professional family pictures taken. Stephanie Knowles, the same photographer who did Jace's newborn photos, met us at Little Talbot Island bright and early. She's fantastic! Here's our sneak peak! I can't wait to see the rest! Thanks Stephanie!

My little fashionista

Avaree loves to dress up! This is one of her new pettiskirts from Aunt Stephanie, Uncle Will, and Matthew. Love it!

Talking

I got this video of Jace talking last week. I love it!

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He likes to watch himself also. I took this picture of him watching his video.

3 Months!

Happy 3 months sweet boy!

Our little man is 3 months old today and he's growing too fast! He likes to talk loud like his Daddy and he has the sweetest little laugh. He is in 0-3 months clothes, although some are starting to get too short. He is in small cloth diapers and size 2 disposables (at daycare). He's sleeping wonderfully, usually sleeping from between 7:30 and 8 (sometimes earlier) until I wake him up at 6:45 in the mornings to get ready. On the weekends though, he will usually sleep until between 7:00 and 8:00 am. He's gotten really good about falling to sleep on his own if I lay him in his crib.

 Jace is eating 6 ounces of formula (still with added rice cereal) every 3-4 hours, and 7 ounces before bed. He still loves his swing. He's starting to enjoy playing with toys, which is fun for us!

 Our 3 month photo shoot didn't go as well as I had hoped, but they turned out good considering Jace wasn't feeling well. He's only been in daycare a week and he's already sick. He's been running a fever and is really congested but he's been handling it like a champ!

We Survived

Well we have survived our first week of being back to the real world. I'm back at work, Avaree is in school, and Jace is in daycare. Avaree is doing great in Kindergarten, she loves it! She says "Kindergarten rocks!" I hope she continues to feel that way.

It's good to be back at work, although I'd much rather be at home with my baby boy. It is so hard to drop him off every morning. I don't like it at all, it has gotten a little easier, but it's still really hard. The first day was the worst, I didn't think I'd ever stop crying! What's so hard for me is that I only really get to see him for about an hour and a half every day, which is in the evenings. He usually falls asleep on the way home and sleeps for a little bit. Then he wakes up and is ready for a bath and bottle. Then it's bedtime. He usually go to bed around 7:30-8:00.  I don't want to keep him up later to spend time with him because he sleeps all night long and I still have to wake him in the mornings!

Jace seems to be doing okay at daycare, all his teachers keep saying what a good baby he is and how sweet he is. He makes me proud! The only problem really is that he's not taking good naps. At home, he'll have at least a 2 hour nap in the morning and about a 3 hour nap in the afternoon, along with a few short catnaps in between. At daycare though, he only has about four 30 minute naps, so he's a sleepy baby when I pick him up and he gets a little ill in the evenings.

Jace worn out after his first day of daycare

Maybe one day I'll be able to stay home, or at least work part time so I can have more time with my kiddos.

Excited to see his sister after being away from her all day!

Avaree goes to daycare when she gets out of school. Some days, they will let her go to Jace's class so she can see him for a little while. One day though, she and her friend Paige snuck down the hall to Jace's room. They both got in trouble, but the poor girl just wanted to see her baby brother!