My dear friend, Elizabeth, requested some new photos of the boys on my blog. I've been so enamoured with the "BlogThis!" function that I've forgotten to update on the happenings of the fam....here goes...in brief...
Noah is sitting up and cutting a tooth and eating solid food (he LOVES his cereal, fruit, and veggies). He also has a cold. Despite it all, he is very happy and smiley and he adores his big brother. We think that he is brilliant.
Paul decided to begin potty training Jacob last Saturday (apparently we have to do the training...I just thought that one day Jacob would come to us and say, "Okay, I'm peeing on the potty today". Not so much how it really works). I have to admit that I was very scared on day 1...scared of the mess that we were going to create in our house and the general inconvenience of not-very-absorbent underwear (Elmo, Spiderman, Cars, and Thomas the Tank Engine tighty-whities, I might add)....and by 1p, we'd been through 6 pairs of pants! However, things improved rapidly, and he is doing exceptionally well! Today...no accidents at all! We've even ventured out of the house twice without incident (I am very afraid that he will pee in my car...hasn't happened!). Anyway, so sorry about all of the potty talk, but any parent...hell, anyone who's changed a diaper can relate to what a banner day it is when you can get a child out of diapers! Also, Jacob has a cold. Daycare. Surprise, surprise. We also think that Jacob is brilliant.
Speaking of daycare, Jake and Noah's school was closed this entire week for "staff training"...as they do every year at this time, but usually we're at the beach so no big deal. Not this year...thanks so much to Mom, who worked 24 hours, then got in the car and drove 4 hours to watch the kids all day..and the next day, before getting in the car to drive 4 hours, go to bed, and work a full day...above and beyond the call of duty...thank you.... and Louise for pinch-hitting today, thanks for all of your help...Paul and I are very excited to send Jake to daycare next week so that they can deal with the potty training..at least during the day!
Not much else happening...we actually have not one plan this weekend...that NEVER happens. Don't know what we'll do with ourselves. Chill with the boys...and I have a fantasy of sleeping in one of the three days....that would be divine! Actually, over the past few weeks, (since Noah's been about 6 months old), our family time has become more relaxed and less chaotic. I'm convinced that the first 6 months with a baby in the house is chaos, pure and simple....but we're heading out of that phase, and Noah enjoys Jake and Jake enjoys Noah, and Noah is a little less dependent on me (just a little)....and we're having a lot of fun. It's all very sweet.
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