the house of sick

in some ways i need to say thanks to the healthy pink cells that have been following sadie around for the past two years
aside from one running nose she has NEVER been sick
not a fever, not a cough no ear ache nothing, nada....
till......
i go back to work
no really it happened to both of us
sadie and i got THE COLD
the cough, the headache, the fever the late nights of moaning miserably......
but we both seem to be on the up and up
sadie though has learned how to blow her nose so i guess that is good
so what does one do with a sick toddler?
i have no idea......so we went for a walk in the park and we played....
its a little hard to keep a toddler from not moving
i guess if you duct tape them to the wall you can keep them from moving
just not sure how i feel about that
so how was the first day of work?
it went well
silas actually slept 6 hours straight so that meant i slept 6 hours straight after that it was sort of a gamble but hey 6 hours is a lot
it was good being back at work though i did miss the babies
silas gave me a big smile and grin as i was strapping him into the car seat almost made me cry
but he did really well slept all day for mimi and bumpa and took the bottle no problem
sadie still under the weather even did well getting back into the routine of sorts waking up at 6:00, getting dressed and out the door
aside from that all is quiet as we regain the routine of life
aunt cyndie is in town entertaining sadie with giggles and silas with hugs
enjoy the days we got sun and 60 degrees!
i do love this time of year even if i can not smell a thing

chaos knee deep in diapers

okay i was not joking before when i stated the amount of diapers we go through
it is AMAZING!
and yes i could spend this entire entry talking about poop because as any parent knows poop talk is really fascinating in an odd sort of way....
it lets you know all is okay
and let me just say ALL is OKAY
silas had a check up at the docs and he is doing great
11.5 pounds and 23 inches long
he is cooing, babbling and laughing i am pretty sure at us
as we fumble once again around trying to figure out the language of a new born
he cries when sadie cries and sadie cries when he cries
so sometimes the house sounds like we have set up an awesome surround sound system and put an album of baby cries on
really though the there is very little crying
silas as his decompression time which just so happens to be when we sit down for dinner
fork mid air to mouth the crying starts
he did get a chance to hang with mimi and bumpa last week and did wonderfully
took to the bottle after giving mimi a very serious you got to be kidding me look which for him is a normal look
what have we been up to?
well cleveland has been going back and forth on the weather
some days it is 60 others it is 30
so we take walks when we can and we nap when we are not walking
i suppose though we are trying to get a routine down
b/c yes next week the reality show called juggle a baby and life really begins
i go back to work and in just a few months i go back to school.....
so let the fun begin right?
anyways we have lots of wonderful things to look forward to
aunt cyndie and grandpa B are coming into town
so sadie's fan club continues which of course means
presents, walks, singing and reading oh my!
well better get going
b/c i got to go change yet another diaper
enjoy the day watch for the crocus and little green buds

sadieisms and a 1 month old

okay lets start with some good sadie and silas stories.....
always makes one monday better if you can laugh right?
first off though welcome back to work aaron!
hope all is going well!
give me a call at lunch time.......
silas and i are making stew.....doing some tummy time.....and if my cold allows we will take a walk to look at all the bulbs!
yes spring has finally arrived!
which for me means a spring cold
anyways we had a great week with aunt meloyde! otherwise known as "rhea"
not sure where sadie gets these names but she keeps asking for "rhea" especially during bath time
think rhea ended up getting a bath at the same time
thank you aunt mel for everything we miss you lots!
sadie story:
sadie and mimi went to music class which is always great fun b/c sadie gets to dance and sing with her buddies
this particular music class mimi forgot to bring back up diapers.....
really no big deal but this particular class
sadie danced and danced and danced right out of her diaper
so laying on the floor for all the parents to see is a big wet soggy sadie diaper
so mimi promptly scooped it up before anyone noticed whisked the bare bottom sadie to the bathroom and proceeded to tape the diaper back on....
story number 2:
we were just finishing up dinner and sadie was eating her tots
(side note sadie's fav food's right now is matoes, blueberries, and booty......that is pirates booty...otherwise known as organic cheese puffs)
silas began is usually grunts and whimpers which means time to pick me up and play with me
so i pick him up place him over my shoulder and whats happens next is projectile spit up....
yes two feet into the air and across the room
sadie watches the whole thing and states
"it's raining" "coat" "it's raining"
hope these two stories get your monday off to a good start
silas is now 1 month
happy 1 month b-day silas!
he is lifting his head up and looking around
he really likes to look at plants.....is still a little overwhelmed by sadie and elmo....but when he is awake he is very alert
he pushes up on his legs, loves bath time and is starting to coo and babble a little
aside from that we are hanging out for the next two weeks till i go back
UGH!
still waking up every three to four hours
so going back to work will be interesting since coffee even decaf is totally out of the picture, along with chocolate, tomatoes, onion, broccoli and garlic....so oatmeal is alright.....
enjoy spring time