Day out with Thomas

A few weeks ago we took Jack to Day out with Thomas.  Like many boys his age, Jack is obsessed with anything that moves including planes, trains, cranes, and cars but it all started with the train.

 

He spends lots of time playing with his train table and Thomas is his show of choice each day.  He was so excited to ride a train and the surprise at the end was when we walked up and got to see the life size Thomas at the front.

 

We went with some of our favorite people, the Schots.  Jack loves Hudson & Hudson has a little sister that is a few months older than Maddie, too.  It was a very hot day, but they were super cute and excited during it all.  Maddie missed out on all the action and slept the entire time.

Madelyn - 2 months

 

 

Madelyn is growing like crazy.  We are loving having two kids and Jack is so sweet to his baby sister.  He always greets her and is concerned when she cries.  He has also mastered giving her a paci when she is crying and often runs to her room to grab another.  I know there will be fights in their future but I am excited to see their relationship grow as they get older and I'm pretty sure Jack loves having a friend around 24/7.  Every child reacts differently to a new sibling but so far he has been loving and his same old 2 year old self.   

 

Sleep:

You are overall a great sleeper.  I can normally tell right away when you start getting fussy that it is time for your nap.  During the day you are still napping in the swing, rock ‘n play, or on the go in your car seat.  I have not felt like I need to put you in your crib or bassinet quite yet for naps since you are sleeping good during the night.  We try to follow eat, activity, sleep and that is normally how your routine is going. 

 

At night, you have still been sleeping in your bassinet in the nursery.  We have tried you in the crib a couple of times and hope to have you fully transitioned to the crib in the next week. 

You are still great at putting yourself to sleep after your 9:00 feeding.  I put you down “drowsy” and you wiggle and eventually fall asleep (this is AMAZING compared to your brother…I always read in the books that is what you were supposed to do but this was just not possible with your brother).  You are moving more consistently to a 6 hour stretch after the 9:00pm feeding so you eat around 3am and then again around 6:30 or 7:00am.  Sometimes you will even go back to sleep for a bit after your morning feeding.

 Eating:
You are still eating every 2.5-3.5 hours during the day.  You are a great eater but still spit up lots.  You are gaining weight like you should (1/2oz to 1oz per day).

Sizes:
You are wearing size 1 diapers.  You have outgrown your tiny newborn clothes and are wearing 3 month sleepers and clothes everywhere from 0-6 months.   At your 7 week appointment you were 10lbs 13oz (55%), 22” long (48%), and head circumference 15” (63%).  I also measured your hair and it is over 2” long (you pretty much have a mullet since it so long in the back).

 

Activities:
You love to exercise under your play gym and look at all the lights & listen to the music.  You also enjoy being in the swing and watching your brother play.  You give the greatest smiles when we talk to you and tickle you. 

New things:
You are now smiling! We love to try and make you smile as much as possible.  You had your first round of shots and cried & spit up afterwards, but soon calmed down.  You were a bit more irritable the rest of the day, but otherwise had a normal day.


Routine: We normally start the day anywhere between 6:30 and 8.  Your brother loves to greet you when I get him out of bed.  You are very active in the mornings and are content exercising and having tummy time on your blanket or play gym.   You go with me to take Jack to school on Tuesday/Thursday and often run errands with me right afterwards.  On other days you often get a bath mid morning and then take a nap.  Again, you eat every 2.3-3 hours (about 7 feedings a day) and have your last feeding around 9 at night. 

 

 

 

The big brothers also wanted to join in for some pictures.

Catching up...

Life has been great with Miss Madelyn in our lives.  For the last month we have had lots of family time getting to know her and also some great one on one time with Jack.

Because of the c section recovery I have had lots of help with Jack and been able to concentrate a lot on Maddie.  We have spent many days at home but are now getting out and about much more and I'm figuring out life with two. 

Tyler has been around a lot which has spoiled us.  During this time he has been working hard studying and on a research project in his free time, but he hasn't had to actually work a shift at the hospital but once since Madelyn was born thanks to using some sick time right after the birth (and convenient planning with his schedule that actually allowed him to use this sick time) and then vacation time from August 14-28.  I've gotten pretty spoiled and it is going to be a big adjustment when he is back to the long hours in a few days.

 

Here's a quick iphone wrap up:

Jack ran a high temperature the night & day after we brought Maddie home from the hospital.

He was pitiful.

Getting used to his new playmate

Madelyn's first Dr. appointment

Hanging out in his old spot

Superman!

Just Dr. Jack giving sister a check up

 



Sleeping Beauty

 

Jack's first trip to Chuck E. Cheese

(He was my skeeball assistant)

 

First sibling trip to Target

My little helper loves to put Madelyn's pacifier in...

and say "hi" really close to her face in a really high pitch voice :)

1 of many trips to Las Paletas for popsicles

Brother sister love

Family lunch picnic...

and another trip to Las Paletas

Showing sister around Bass Pro Shop

Jack turned my legs into a jungle gym

Big yawns

Jack got swaddled and did not like it

Love my cuddles

 



Jack went to the Nashville Sounds game with dad and got a baseball from a Round Rock Express player.  He slept with his baseball that night.

Bobby's Dairy Dip (and that is a kiddie cone)

Riding in style at the mall

 

Jack's first movie!  Planes!

Back to School

Jack is back to school! He started August 20th and is going to the same church that he went to 1 day a week last year and during the summer.  This year he is 2 days a week in the 2 year old class!  It is going to be an adjustment but I hope he loves it! 

Orientation and Meet The Teacher was held about 2 weeks after Madelyn was born and Tyler and I were both able to go.  Last year, I put Jack on the waitlist after we moved here so he didn't get in and start until October and we weren't able to meet the teachers beforehand so this was nice.

There is another Jack in his class so he is officially "Jack B." this year.  I'm pretty sure that might happen a lot for the rest of his school career with how many boys there are out there named Jack!

The first couple days of drop off have been rough and full of tears, but it takes a couple of weeks for him to warm up to the teachers and other kids and get comfortable before he goes running into the room (which hopefully he will do soon!).