5/30/2011 - Getting him prepared

In a week from today, I will be back at work. The boys will be at their daycares. Life is going to get busy . . . even busier than it is now.
Since we are still nursing our colds (yes we are still sick and it sucks), we stuck close to home yet again. In an effort to make the best of a yucky situation, I spent Liam's awake time talking to him a ton about what changes to expect as I start back at work. Finn is an old pro at it, granted he has had a 5 month hiatus from the early morning wake up, but he had been doing it previously for over 2 years and had adapted quite well to it. Liam does not know what to expect in these upcoming months. This sweet innocent toe-grabbing little bean will be subjected to early morning wakeups, followed by early morning drives to his Baachan and Jiichan's house. Will he forgive me for our crazy schedule eventually? Will he adapt well, or turn into an angry baby? I have to admit I already feel the guilt about it and it hasn't even happened yet.

5/29/2011 - Homebodies

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We are still nursing our awful colds. We forced ourselves to stay home from my aunt's surprise 80th birthday party to recover and keep our sickness away from the relatives. Jesse did take the boys out for a walk so I could take a nap. I had the best 30 minute snooze ever and still had time to tidy up the house and start a load of laundry. When they all got home after an hour and a half outing, the boys chilled out doing tummy time. Liam rolled over for the 5th time! New tricks every day!

5/28/2011 - Birthdays, Puppies and Babies

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We attended a birthday party for some of Finn's friends at Roberts Recreation Area today. A neighbor of the birthday boy and girl brought 6 little silken terrier puppies. Finn could not contain the joy on his face when he saw the puppies. He was too nervous to hold one, but he absolutely loved looking that them.
Liam was a big hit at the party once he woke up from snoozing in the Ergo Carrier. He was smiling at the ladies, being his usual charming self.

5/27/2011 - New Do

On my first free day sans both children at the end of my maternity leave, I indulged myself today with a nice haircut. Though I have loved having my hair hanging halfway down my back, the inevitable post baby hair loss has started. The thought of having super long hair and super short hairs growing back in was just yucky, so I chopped it to my chin. The hair was long enough to be able to donate it to Locks of Love to make wigs for kids with cancer. Good deed, good do (hairdo that is).

5/26/2011 - Finn's fave

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Finn's Baachan came over to help me out today. I have both the boys home with me on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Finn is finally recovered (except for the lingering cough), but Liam is nursing a cold and cough. I hate to keep him cooped up in the house after practically an entire week of being stuck in the house, so I asked if Baachan would come and take him to the park so I could let Liam sleep the day away in the house and recover. Baachan brought Finn a chocolate glazed donut to eat while he watched his breakfast Netflix on my Ipod. Finn is in toddler heaven!

5/25/2011 - Beanie Modeling Session

I took some time today to go through Liam's hats to try them on him. At first he had such a small head that he couldn't fit into any of Finn's hand me down hats(Finn had an stranglely large head from the start). He looks fantastic in his Iowa Hawkeye beanie. So cute!

5/24/2011 - Sick snugglebugs

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Everybody is still sick. It's the worse that we've experienced in awhile. The boys still took the time to snuggle together. Please note the dried boogies in Finn's nose that he refuses to let us wipe.