A New Routine

Wally went back to work October 1st. It's been challenging, but I am figuring things out as I go. Sometimes Lexie cooperates and sometimes she makes it much more difficult! I keep telling myself it will get easier as she grows and gets on more of a consistent schedule.

Last week Wally went out of town overnight for the first time since Lexie was born. Tomorrow he is leaving again and the kids and I are going to visit my parents for the weekend so we won't see him again until Saturday evening. I'm nervous to have them by myself for that long! But it was going to happen sooner or later... I need to learn how to get by on my own with the three of them.

The kids are all doing really well. Aiden is talking more everyday...he now says "thank you" very clearly. He still calls Julia "Ya ya" It's very cute. He also says "go go" when he wants to go somewhere. Any mention of the van or going on a w-a-l-k (we have to spell it) and he runs to the door, clapping his hands and yelling "go go! go go!" He cracks us up.
Julia continues to enjoy Kindergarten....she came home the other day talking about Vincent Van Gogh. Then over the weekend she and I stopped at a garage sale and she was thrilled to discover a huge hardcover book of Van Gogh's work. It was only $1 so I bought it for her. She's taking it to school tomorrow to show her art teacher.
Lexie went to the doctor last Friday for her one month checkup....she weighed 9 lbs 9 oz! That means she gained over 2.5 lbs since she was born. She still seems very small to us though. She still doesn't fit in the majority of her clothes...she mostly wears preemie sized onesies and pants right now.

A few weeks ago we went to Sea World and Epcot. We had a really great time on our first vacation as a family of five! The kids loved the animals at Sea World and the rides at Epcot.
Enjoy some recent pics...talk to you all later.