I guess I'm just going to be a once-a-month blogger in this stage of my life!
We got some snow on Wade's birthday and again 2 weeks later. Very brief snowfalls that barely accumulated and then melted quickly. But enough for a few pictures!
Paisley dog
She doesn't get much attention these days, and wiping off muddy paws is getting to be one of the banes of my existence. But she loves us, she's great with the kids, and she cleans up after meals better than any dustbuster.
Me with the kiddos
Finally someone got to wear this cute UNC snowsuit for all of 20 minutes! Caden never fit into it at the right time.
Backyard before it melted
We've moved Lindley to the big tub with Caden now. She's in a Bumbo seat here because her real bath seat kept rubbing her wrong & giving her welts, but now I put an old baby towel over it - problem solved.
Finally the weather is starting to move toward spring! We took advantage for some outside time the other day.
This girl is so smiley. She has her fussy moments, but her smiley ones are so infectious.
Caden was having a rough afternoon. This happens at least half the time after his nap. He wakes up in just a terrible mood and stomps his feet, screams NO, and just collapses in tears at pretty much everything. Even things like "here, have some of your favorite food" or "let's go play with toys outside!" I think I just have to wait it out. It's annoying, but I'm trying to just ignore it and not let it irritate me.
He sortof calmed down after a bit and had fun "runnin'" around the yard. He'll run around saying "runnin', runnin'" over and over again - it's so cute. The other day he ran about a mile on our walk home from the playground!
Looking like they like each other in the wagon. Looks are a little deceiving here, but they get along fairly well. Lindley is definitely curious, watching Caden a lot now. Heaven help me if he comes in the room while she's nursing - I can just forget her eating any more at that point.
He talks about her and I wouldn't say he's jealous (he's fine with me needing to feed her or put her down for a nap, etc.), but he also doesn't try to play with her or interact, unlike my friend's little boy who comes over on Monday mornings. Ethan is always bringing her stuff, sitting with her, looking at her, hugging her, etc. It's so cute. Caden just co-exists with her. I'm interested to see how that develops when she gets mobile & verbal.
It's hard to believe that grad school is really over (for now... we shall see whether an Ed.D. is in Wade's future). We're sortof settling into a spring routine? Seems like things are still always changing. We have several trips coming up later in April/May/June/July. Wade will be going to Haiti, we'll go to the beach a few times, and we'll go to Covenant for Wade's graduation!
