Rory is doing great though. He's staying awake more during the day and sleeping more at night. I can get at least one 4 hour stretch a night before he wakes up for something to eat, then head back to bed. He is really starting to like getting a bath, not making a peep and just relaxing in the warm water. He cries almost every time you change his diaper. He loves to be held (what baby doesn't) but makes doing the cooking, cleaning, and playing with Maeve difficult sometimes. Rory had his 2 month check up 2 weeks ago and has grown leaps and bounds especially as he hadn't gained that much weight by 1 month. He now weighs over 11 lbs and is more than a 1 lb heavier than Maeve was at 2 months. They are about the same in height and head size.
Maeve has been a pistol as usual lately. She's either absolutely adorable or I'm ready to pull my hair out dealing with the meltdowns. She's been pretty great with Rory. She is much more of a helper than ignoring him, but can of course be smothering. Her vocabulary is hysterical these days. She's constantly repeating some funny or ironic phrase that she has heard at school or on some tv show. We are struggling a bit with potty training her. I'm about to attempt the 3 day potty training where I let her run around the house naked for 3 days but I've been a bit hesitant since that sounds terrible and like I'll be scrubbing my floors and carpets all day but something has to give. I've resorted to rewarding with M&Ms and bought a potty for the floor, which grosses me out but she seems to do better on. She understands the potty and even goes at least once or twice a day but it is a battle getting her to sit on it. It has to be her decision or I force her kicking and screaming. More to come but my goal is to have her trained by the time I go back to work, which is in a week and half. She has also been terrible in going to bed for nap and bed all of a sudden as well. Hoping its just a phase with the new baby, the potty training, and brighter evenings as we head into Summer.
So I am back to work a week from Thursday. I'm not looking forward to getting ready in the morning and getting kid out the door but it will be nice to be in a routine and seeing everyone from work. I thoroughly enjoy the time I get to have off with the kids and while I wish I had summers off every year, I know that I need to work for the mental stimulation. I just don't do enough when I'm not working. Regardless, it has been fun and Rory really is a very good baby, just need to get him sleeping more at night/waking up less. As you are see from pictures below, he has Ryan's coloring so far. His skin in a little darker like mine, but he has the reddish/blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. They still could change but I'm hoping they stay. Here is a bunch of pictures from 1 - 2 months. You can see how he has beefed up!
It's like he sucked a lemon!
Jennifer dropped off a boatload of clothes for Rory from Luke and Aidan and with it came Halloween costumes. I've been watching Orange is the New Black lately and her face reminds me alittle of Crazy Eyes.
Whenever we are walking or biking in the village, we have to make a stop to see the kittens at the Rescue Adoption place.
I see our similar noses and round heads, but not much else... He does have a big ole smile like I do:)
Trying to capture one good picture of two kids is HARD! I'm impressed with any families that have perfect family pictures and with the photographers, who can capture these shots!
With the time off, we've taken advantage of lots of family time by going to Strong Museum and the Science Museum, taking lots of walks, playground trips, and picnic lunches in the yard. Here was Ryan and Maeve building a motorcycle out of foam blocks at the Science Museum. A couple more days left until back to work so I plan on enjoying them.
