Back to School 2019

Oh how did this happen so fast! I have these older two in school full time and they literally were born yesterday. They were so excited for school to start. We had many long talks leading up to the big day about being a friend, being kind, being respectful to teachers and so on. Sometimes I have to pinch myself because I am in this mom world knee deep and I truly love it. I love their little personalities blooming.

Laney woke up the first day at 4:30am dressed and ready in our room with her shoes and backpack on. Alex and I just started laughing because while we were surprised...we sort of weren't. The excitement is just way too much for her sometimes. She woke Crew up at 5am (big mistake if you know him...but he was a good sport) They both did their morning routine and were happy to check those boxes off. (devoured The Entitlement Trap book this summer and I'm trying hard to make some sort of chore system stick!)

Walking them up to school was so fun for us and I could have easily let myself get emotional, but didn't want to make them feel those emotions since they were so excited. I'm just so happy to be in this stage and learning to soak it up daily! They will be graduating high school soon and then real life starts. It all goes too fast. Cliche I know. All in all they had a great day. So much love for them.

Preschool Graduation 2017

Oh this boy! He's got my whole heart for sure. This day was one to remember! He kept talking about "gradulations" for a long time. We were both so excited, until he realized that it would be his last day of school for a while. He broke down in tears the night before because would miss his friends and Miss Jenny so much. He has the sweetest heart. I love his teacher, and I cannot say enough great things about her! She's so down-to-earth (which is perfect for Crews personality) and she adores these kids so much. I love that she has a real cap and gown for them to wear too. During graduation all of the kids lined up and sang songs/said their parts for us parents. When it came to Crew, he was super shy and didn't really say anything. Then his best friend Beckham whispered yelled "Crew it's your turn! Say your name...ok your birthday...ok now sign your name." I just loved that he had his friend to help him when he needed it. It was the cutest thing. During the songs I was just trying to hold it together because the songs were so sweet, but also I just had so much love for Crew right then. He's such a good little boy! Time is flying by too fast. It scares me a little. I need make sure I am making the most of all of the time I have with him! We are doing 1 more year of preschool with Miss Jenny, and then it's off to Kindergarten. (WHAT?! HOW.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 Another meltdown missing his teacher. This boy! 

His end of the year goodies. His "about me" paper ^ had to have a photo of them. I let him choose which one he wanted, and of course he chose the Peter Pan photo. Something I don't ever want to forget! 

Happy graduation day buddy.

Seven

-18lbs

-really tall. (forgot the exact size ha!)

-no teeth yet

-doesn't like solid food yet

-prefers nursing over bottle feeding

-adored by many

-grunts & squeals

-army crawls. Getting faster each day.

-still waking up once a night

-so laid back & happy

-blue eyes

-strawberry blondish hair...hard to tell exactly what color

-chews on everything. 

-enjoys crawling over to knock down big brothers towers. It's a laughing game for both parties.

-constantly being kissed, and giving kisses.

I have many more photos that I took, and maybe they will make it on here someday! But here are my favorites. Of course in Black and White. I'm such a sucker for those. 

Happy 7 months Peter!

1/2 Way to O N E

He's 6 months old now! It's been so fun having Peter boy here. He is the happiest, most laid back little boy. We just adore him.

He still doesn't sleep through the night, but only because I keep nursing him. He is totally capable of sleeping all night...in fact, he did it last night. BUT he's just so cute, and I'm pretty sure he needs to cuddle me after a few hours of sleeping, so I don't mind too much.

No teeth yet.

He loves the pool. Thank goodness. We go quite often. 

He is 18lbs. ONLY. I feel like he is bigger. Laney weighed 18lbs at 6 months, and Crew weighed 22lbs! His appointment was sad, as usual. Shots are no fun. 

He is so wiggly. And busy. He rolls everywhere. We are anxious for him to start crawling so that he can join the big kids. But now I am worried for baby proofing, because with 2 toddlers around, we need to be extra careful! 

We tried baby food, but after, he threw up for nearly 2 hours straight. It was awful. I don't want to experience that again. So we are putting it on the back burner for a bit.

He's still doted on all day by his siblings. Especially Crew.

Happy 6 months buddy boy!

Gradulations!

Crew graduated from preschool over a week ago, and we kept congratulating him...so naturally, he calls it "gradulations." So cute and funny. 

Oh man. I had no idea how intense people are about preschools. I thought I would go ahead and do a Joy School program with Crew...which I bought. I never used it. Around December, I knew that Crew needed a school to go to. He needed a social environment that was all for him, lead by another adult. I am happy to say that we made it through a short 6 months of school, and can't wait for him to start up again in August for a full year! Crew made many best friends, and just loved every bit of it. Even on the days he got a behavior slip written up...(yeah he had many) he still had fun. 

I didn't realize that I deleted all the photos off my memory card from this day without putting them on my computer...but I'm glad I downloaded some onto my phone. 

Happy Day for this boy!