Back to work!

So this has been my first week back to work and it has been interesting. It is definitely a lot harder to get two kids out the door in the morning than one. It has been going well overall. I am so so happy to be back at work. I give so much credit to my sister, mom and all the women who are stay at home moms. That is not for me. It is not that I don't wan to spend time with my girls, but I also miss my students. When I say that, most people think that I am nuts for missing junior high kids but I'll be honest I do. The girls are back with my mom and doing really well. No better daycare in the world!!!

We are finally done with birthdays around here. It started with Kate in March, Lucy in April and both Brian and myself in May. Crazy. Lucy calls birthdays "Happy Days." It is so cute. Brian and I are also working at getting healthier. Well me more than Brian! :) My goal is to get rid of the rest of this baby weight so I am more comfortable in clothes. I am not looking for dramatic weight loss, but I want to at least be back to where I was before kids. We'll see how things go.

New Pics

More going-ons..

So today I am officially 28. Brian asked me this morning if I felt older and not really. I feel more in shape now than before and things are going great. I am going back to school on monday and I am really excited. I have missed my classroom so much. A lot of my staff members don't understand why I am coming back already. It has been two months since Kate was born, she is bottle-fed and she will be with Grandma. I am not worried one bit and plus I really miss my big kids!

So Kate had her 2 month check up the other day. She is 11 1/2 lbs and about 24 inches long. Compared to Lucy she is 2 lbs lighter and the same length. So basically I grow tall girls! She got a couple shots which she did not like of course but overall things went well.

Brian and I have decided to start looking into what it might take to add on to the house on both sides instead of moving. We have done so much work on this house and property that it would be sad to move. So if we can get more space then we will stay here for the long haul. Well we are heading off to the park to play and relax. More to come later!

Woohoo!

So my brother-in-law Kyle has been looking for a full-time engineering job for quite a while. He has applied everywhere but with the economy the way that it has been it has been tough. However...he got a job today with Boeing!!!! Yay!!!!

Time for change.

So I decided to switch Lucy to pull-ups and so far so good. We had a lot of luck today and she put all of her pee in the potty. That was day one so we will see, but it would be nice to be done with diapers for her.

Whoa...

So this is what happens when your toddler doesn't take a nap during nap time and plays in her bed. Yikes!

Lucy is 2!!

Today is Lucy's 2nd birthday! She is getting to be such a big girl. We had her party last weekend which was a lot of fun. I don't think Lucy even really knows that it is her birthday:) Things are pretty calm around her for the moment which is soo nice!

Brian and I have decided to look into building on to our current house instead of moving. It is a HUGE process and we have so much to do as well as looking at how much this will cost. If we can do the additions that we want then we will end us staying here for a very long time. That would be awesome!

Kate is doing really good. She is starting to pack on the weight and she is continuing to grow in her personality. We have had some issues with our naptime though. She can easily sleep through noise (thank you Lucy) so when she goes down for a nap it is quiet so she doesn't want to sleep. I have been letting her cry a little to let her know that she needs to sleep and it is slowly working.

There are updated pictures in the photo album if you want to take a look!