Another Month

Another month has flown by. It is amazing how time speeds up with the more kids you have! Here is what is new:

Sophia has graduated from Gymboree this past week. She has loved it and so have we. She will have her last soccer lesson next week. She doesn't really like soccer and wants to try swim class again. Swim begins next week. Ballet will begin in September and she is already practicing her twirling. Sophia has a "meet the teacher/practicing school day" next week. Mom and Dad are very excited for that! Sophia continues to be a great help around the house. She has started to chew on her hair (a stress issue that has developed since Jacob's birth). Tomorrow we are getting her hair cut to her shoulders.

James has definitely reached the Terrible Twos! One moment he is sweet and fun and the next he is screaming and mean. He is super cute though when he says, "I sorry Mom. I sorry." What a sweet innocent voice!! He knows how to push my buttons though and I realize I have been giving in too much. So, we are going to start sticking to what we say and that's that!! James is moving on up in Gymboree and is continuing with soccer. His "meet the teacher" is next week too. We are very excited and hope he doesn't get kicked out of school....just joking!! (kind of) Ahh, to be the middle child...wait... I am!!

Okay, so Jacob. My sweet sweet Jacob. He had his two month checkup today. He is 12 pounds 13 ounces and is almost 24 inches long. He coos all the time (his favorite is "Ah Goo"). He loves smiling at faces and rolls from belly to back. He loves his bath time and you can lay him down completely awake at night time and he will put himself to sleep. Napping during the day is slowly starting to take place, although he will only nap for 45 minutes at a time in his crib but will nap for 3+ hours in his car seat. He is ADORABLE! Now all he has to do is to sleep through the night (he still gets up twice to eat). Needless to say I am tired every morning! On the bright side though, he has reached the 8 week mark which means we can take him out in public now. (For those of you who don't know, Jim has a strict policy of keeping newborns away from the public for the first 8 weeks. He has too many bad stories from the ER of newborns getting exposed to too many bad germs at an early age).

I am doing well. I see my cardiologist next week so hopefully he gives me the all clear and I can start working out to shed all of the baby weight I have gained over the past 4 years. Bedtime by myself when Jim is working has taken on a routine and isn't stressful any more (as long as everyone cooperates). I just bought my first coffee maker which I am really excited about. Now I am just counting down the months for when I stop nursing and I can have caffeine and wine again.

Jim is hanging in there as well. He is doing great when he is off of work but on weeks when he works he is dog tired. The ER continues to be extremely busy which I guess is good because it means Jim will always have a job but it is wearing him out. One night this week he had to work a double because there were so many people to see he couldn't go home when the other doc came in to relieve him. He finally made it out of there after working 13 hours. YUK! He did give an interview to the newspaper this week so that will be interesting to read the article.

Other family news...we are thinking of taking the kids to Disney this year (James and Jacob are free so that is helping with the decision). But we might decide to take a more relaxing vacation back down to the condos at Marco Island. We don't know! We did take a trip to Holiday World this past week and had a WONDERFUL time. Thanks Mary for the food and lodging!