Whew…

Wow we have been super busy this month!  Who knew we’d have such a busy summer, it’s good I guess, the faster it goes the sooner cooler temps get here haha!  We’ve been busy with swim lessons, summer camp, family visits, soccer, Bo being sick, 4th of July, tons of thank you notes to write, announcements to get out, and just the every day keeping up with the house, laundry, and spending time with my kids!  And I am now about to add to it by driving 7 hours to MS by myself with a 3.5 yr old and 8 week old…I think I have completely lost my mind, but you gotta start sometime, might as well jump in with both feet!  We will have lots of snacks, games, movies, etc…prayers will be greatly appreciated haha! Hoping my mom & dad will have a nice cold bottle of wine when I get there (hint, hint)!!  Here’s a look into the past month (I will probably have to do a few different posts to get it all up here)!

SWIM LESSONS…Bo did great!!  The only thing he didn’t like was going underwater.  He loved being in the pool and he especially loved Miss Kaitlin, his instructor.  She was so good with him, we will definitely do more lessons with her.

 

 

      

 

Up next…family and soccer, but I have to go to the grocery before I pick up Bo so I will finish later!

Soccer!

People have been telling us, probably since Bo could walk, that we needed to get him into soccer.  He loves it and he is very athletic, this makes daddy a very happy man!  We finally signed him up for an indoor soccer class called Li’l Kickers.  He is in the “Hoppers” class of 3 & 4 year olds.  Yesterday was his first morning and it is quite possibly one of the cutest things I’ve ever watched him do.  It took him a little while to get the hang of it.  Some of the kids had been in other classes before so as he watched them and his coaches he got it.  I was very impressed with the class and how they are actually teaching skills to the kids, it’s not just organized chaos with a bunch of kids chasing balls.  They do warm up exercises, then do drills, and eventually get to really kick the ball, which is all Bo was concerned about!  Bo didn’t quite grasp the concept of “little kicks” but eventually he got it.  They aren’t allowed to touch the ball with their hands, can only use their feet which was hysterical watching these kids try to figure out how to do that.  All of the parents were cracking up laughing the entire time and you were constantly hearing moms and dads saying “little kicks” and “don’t use your hands”.  It’s an 8 week session every Saturday morning at 10:00am, I can’t wait to see him progress, I know he’s going to do great.  Here are a few pictures…I couldn’t get great pictures because I was either trying to shoot through glass or a net.  The bottom pictures I took with my phone and aren’t very clear but it’s the best I could do.  Oh and the new kid’s uniforms are on backorder we’ll have them next time so don’t worry…he’ll have a uniform!

 

 

    

 

       

 

kicking the ball around all the cones.  They showed him how to put his hands behind his back so he wouldn’t use them.

At the end they got to knock over all the cones by kicking the balls…this was the kids favorite part!

One Month!

I cannot believe my baby girl is already one month old!!!  It is already going by so fast!!  She is still doing great!  She is dealing with reflux, which Bo had as well.  The difference in trying to figure it all out on my end is Bo was on formula and Charlee is breastfeeding.  HUGE difference I’m learning, especially when it comes to the reflux.  Then on top of that she and I were both diagnosed with thrush last week.  What a challenge that has been.  We are both on medicine…hers 4 times a day and it is such a challenge because she is constantly spitting it out.  The rest of my day is spent pumping, washing & sterilizing anything and everything that enters her mouth, washing my clothes every night in hot water.  I also have to use a new bath towel every time I shower and wash all of my stuff separately because apparently it can spread even in the wash.  I am hoping it clears up quickly, but I’ve been told it is very hard to get rid of because it is so contagious.  I don’t want to have to stop breastfeeding, but I also can’t keep this up for months either.  So we’ll see! 

Here are a few pictures my uncle took this weekend of the kids!!  Charlotte is wearing one of my old dresses and a pink diaper shirt of mine.  They haven’t been edited at all, we still need to brighten, crop, etc some of them but they are still super sweet!

   

 

 

 

  

Charlotte Elizabeth

I had a few minutes so I thought I’d try and get some pictures up.  All in all life with two is wonderful…challenging at times, but still wonderful!  A huge thank you to my parents who kept Bo while we were at the hospital.  Bo was a little unsure at first, but he has very quickly warmed up to his little sister and he loves to help out!  Another HUGE thank you to my mom.  She was here for two weeks and I have NO idea what we would have done without her.  She cooked, cleaned, did about a thousands loads of laundry, would keep both kids so I could take a nap, she was amazing!!!  I don’t know where her energy comes from.  She even stayed up one night til 2:00 in the morning so Jarrod and I could get to sleep.  She was willing to stay up longer, but I came downstairs and made her go to bed.  Jarrod was trying to talk her into moving in, but I don’t think my dad would have gone for that!!  When she left I cried and cried, no matter how old you get you still want your mama!!!  We have all adjusted pretty well.  Having another c-section was a little scary knowing I was going to have a 3 year old to chase after, but for the most part is hasn’t been bad.  I think my first one was harder.  I still have some soreness when trying to lift something heavy or sitting up straight for a very long time, but it’s getting better. 

     Kissing Bo goodbye before we left!

Friends and Family in the waiting room.

Waiting to see if he had a brother or a sister!

In the operating room minutes after being born.

Meeting my little girl!

Daddy making the big announcement!

 

Bo even had his buddy James there.