Sleep, workout and a little bit of rain...

The weekend is over and Jack is back at school.  He did pretty good this morning, he wasn't thrilled when they came to get him out of the car, but he didn't cry or get to upset.  I hope he has a good day.


Peyton had a good night.  We started working on setting up a night time routine for her and putting her to bed when she is still awake. She had a rough time with it Saturday night and still woke up around 3 am to eat.  Last night she still had a rough go with getting her self down when Justin first put her in bed for the night, but she seemed to go down quicker than she did the previous night.  She did wake up once around 12 but only fussed for around 10 minutes before she got herself back to sleep.  The next time she woke was a little after 5 so Justin gave her a bottle (because I had already left the house for an early morning workout).


Yes I am crazy!  I have just started a 5 week boot camp program with a friend of mine who is a trainer for a program called Texas Fit Chicks!  Since Peyton hadn't gotten up to eat before I left I got up around 4:15 to pump her a bottle and then got ready and headed out to the church parking lot were the workout takes place.  It starts at 5 and lasts till 6 and we meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  This put me home in time to shower, fix Jack breakfast and drop him off at school.  It was on our way to school that we had a nice little rain/thunderstorm pop up.  It didn't last long but I was actually excited to see rain...I was beginning to forget what it looked like ;-)  Unfortunately even with this storm the temperature today is still suppose to be 107 degrees.


Since Peyton woke up so early she was asleep before we got back home.  Since she napping I decided to lay down and take a nap too.  It was still thundering so that made for a nice relaxing morning for us both. 


Jack has speech today after school.  He is doing really well so far adjusting to his new schedule and seems to be copying and saying more words.  He has even started to say more spontaneous phrases.  He started singing "old McDonald had a farm" last night at dinner :-)


Hope everyone has a great Monday and a wonderful week!

Great day!

I just got home from picking Jack up from school. His teacher told me he had a great day! He said he was moving from station to station himself and that he sat down at the table to eat his lunch. He also did well this morning when I dropped him off We went though the car drop off line and the woman who came to get him and walk him inside didn't have any problems. He let her get him out of the car, put his backpack on and he walked with her inside the building. He looked a little confused when I told him goodbye but there were no tears. He seems like he's getting the hang of this school thing :-)

Peytons dr's appointment yesterday went ok, she has am ear infection not just a cold (poor thing). We got her some medicine that she will be on for a week. She seems like she is doing better and she certainly slept better last night.

It is going to take me a few more days to get use to only have one kiddo at home during the day, but I'm sure I'll figure out how Peyton and I can spend our time :-)

First Day of School!

The day has finally arrived and my little man had his first day of school!  He did great, I however almost lost it while we were walking him to his classroom.  I managed to hold it together and not cry, but I am sitting here at home noticing how quiet the house is without him running around.  Peyton is doing a good job keeping me company by playing with her keys while I update the blog :-)

He woke up pretty good this morning, 6:30 is early for anyone.  He had a little breakfast and watch a cartoon before we pack everyone up in the car and head to school.  He didn't get upset and walked down the hallway all by himself and into the classroom.  We went for open house on Thursday so he was already a little familiar with the room and were the toys were.  I gave him a big kiss and we left:-(...SO Hard. I will be interested to know how he did when he first realized we weren't with him any more.  I know he will do great!  This is a wonderful opportunity for him and I look forward to seeing all the new things he is going to learn. 

I have lots of things to do around the house today and Ms. Peyton has been a little under the weather for the past few days so I am going to be taking her to the Dr later this morning (just to make sure everything is ok).
Hope everyone has a great Monday!

This week flew...

I knew this week would go buy quickly, but I am having a hard time believe that Friday is here already.  We did a lot this week.  Jack had speech twice this week, and had is first session with his occupational therapist.  He is doing really well in therapy and has adjusted quickly to working with new people. 

We got to meet his new teacher this week, the two aid in his classroom and the speech pathologist that will be working with him at school.  Last night was open house so we went to let him see his new classroom.  He had fun playing with all the toys while we talked to his new teacher Mr. Tyler.  There are going to be four students in his class, including him, so he will be getting lots of one-on-one attention.  His reaction to the school and classroom were very good and I hope that come Monday morning he feels the same way when we drop him off for the first day.  The biggest challenge we will face (I think) will be having to wake him up at 6:30 every morning so he can be in his classroom by 7:45. 

We also had playgroup at our house yesterday which was lots of fun.  We had a really good turn out, there were 6 moms and their kids, so our house was full.  We are going to have another play date today with my friend Kara and her two kids later this afternoon. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will post again next week to let everyone know how Jack's first day of school went...and I'm sure I'll have pictures :-) 

Beach Vacation and 5 months old!

We got back Saturday late afternoon from our vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama.  Jack absolutely adored the beach and had a blast swimming in the pool.  His favorite discovery during the week was the sand castles.  He loved exploring them, walking around them and finally of course destroying them :-)  He had fun playing in the surf and scooping sand into his bucket.  We had some really nice days with only one stormy morning.  Peyton wasn't a big fan of the ocean, but had a couple of nice long naps on the beach under the tent my parents brought.  She did enjoy swimming in the pool.  I think the noise from the ocean was just a little scary to her.  Jack and Peyton did great on the trip, Jack fell asleep on the airplane both legs (the second he was asleep before the plane even took off), Peyton also slept on the plane which made the flight enjoyable for both mom and dad.  She wasn't a big fan of the long car ride from New Orleans to Gulf Shores but she persevered. We got to stop and visit with Justin's grandparents, Jack and Peyton's great-grandparents, on the way there.  They absolutely adored Peyton and enjoyed seeing Jack again. This was our first family vacation as a family of four and our first vacation to the beach.  It was nice having my parents and sister there to help with the kids.  Justin and I even got to enjoyed a nice dinner out one evening.  It was a relaxing and enjoyable week for everyone!
     
We have a busy week ahead of us.  Peyton is now 5 months old and is just as cute as she can be.  She rolls over both ways really well and is laughing and babbling more.  She enjoys playing with her toys but her favorite activity is watching Jack!  Jack will be starting school in one week.  He has a few therapy appointments this week and we get to meet his teacher tomorrow for the first time.  Thursday nights is the schools open house so Jack will get to visit his classroom. I am not ready for school to be starting, the summer seems like it just started, but hopefully with August coming to an end soon we will start to see some cooler temperatures.    

Hope everyone enjoys the pictures! 

Three more days...

...until we are on vacation!!!  I am so excited to get to the beach and watch Jack and Peyton experience the ocean for the first time!  Jack has played in sand before and really enjoyed it so I know he will have a fun time.  There will be a pool too so he will get to spend plenty of time in the water. 

Things here have been going really well.  Jack is doing well with his speech therapy.  His last appointment he walked right in with the speech therapist.  He didn't cry ( I almost did) and she didn't have to carry him back. He will be starting OT when we get back into town.  He will have one week to rest and then it will be time for him to start school.  Its hard to believe that summer is over and school is starting...summer just isn't long enough.  Of course summer here is defiantly hot enough.  We have been in the hundreds for the past 20 something day's and today's high is suppose to reach 113...Yuck!

I have posted a few new pictures, but will have lots more next time I post.   Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.