2 Months as a Lewman 2.0

Well, life has officially been altered.  Having two little ones is an entirely different ballgame.  The kind of game that you are never fully prepared for even when you have spent hours trying to prep, plan and expect the unexpected – something completely blindsides you and the GAME WINS.  I am back at work and the girls are at school/daycare and I sit and think about what has transpired these past ten weeks. What a ride.

Our 1st day back to school and work.

Delaney might be the most perfect baby.  She is so sweet and calm. I am not sure if there was a malfunction in her creation but she didn’t come with a cry button.  Only a grunt button, a smile button, an eat button and an angelic sleep button. Delaney is cooing and reaching and staring at our faces, studying them and hopefully remembering that those faces are the ones who love her most (one more than the others…). She loves to look outside and sit in her swing if she isn’t in my arm.  She sleeps through Emmy’s wild tornados and Hayden’s inability to control the volume of his voice. I realized that I live with three very loud people, time of day is no concern to them. I am pretty sure Tye thinks he will win some sort of prize if he throws the kitchen cabinets back on their magnetic hinges.  Emmy has really taken to the line “the sky’s awake so I’M awake” from Frozen.  So our current wait time until zero dark thirty is about 2 hours at bedtime. Thank you Frozen.  Hayden spends most of his time downstairs in the dungeon and needs to yell his sentences instead of walking up the stairs to ask us what's for dinner.  Teen years are among us people.  And then there is the newborn – who literally just watches quietly and plans her day in harmony.  I am rather quiet as most of you know so this is a non-issue for me.  ;-) 

Here’s a video of her quietly being unamused with Tye’s jump game.

These two mid snug.

At Delaney’s 2 month appointment she had reached 22” and weighed 10.14 lbs – I would imagine she’s probably at 11.8 lbs by now since we know she’s eating around 30oz per day but l swear about 15oz leaves her body every day too!  She started daycare on Monday and has been a dream for her ladies.  She is the youngest in the infant part of the school and they just love taking turns holding her and feeding her.  She already made me a Mothers Day gift with her tiny footprints!  I feel REALLY comfortable with her in their care. And especially because her big sister is just a classroom away.  Emmy gets to see her little sister whenever she wants.  THAT makes me so happy.  If one of them is having a rough day – they can comfort each other.  Which is the precise reason of me wanting more than one child.  Emmy says she will protect all the babies in the baby room so they won’t get out.  She has been so good with Delaney.  Every night needs to kiss her goodnight and hug her so tightly it’s dangerous, we are working on that.  I can’t wait for the ONE day they are playing together in peace and enjoying each other.  I said the one day…

Crazy times, sometimes scary!

Aside from the many hours of fighting about why her shoes hurt (because they were on the wrong feet) and crying about not being able to wear her Elsa dress (because she ripped it into a midriff blouse) and why it hurt so bad to brush her hair (because she dipped her braid in paint) and of course why there has to be an ending to Beauty and the Beast, we will never know.  Aside from all of that, we went to the zoo, we went to breakfast, took walks, went to about 10 different parks, went to the library and read new books, tried to get kicked out of the Japenese Gardens, built a fairie house (now, land), made art projects, cooked breakfast together, watched a lot of Letter Factory, watered flowers, went to coffee and muffins, hammock swinging,  spent a lot of time at GG’s, had play-dates, cleaned and decorated the back porch and my personal favorite – planted flowers and watched them grow.  We snuggled and laughed and I will never ever forget this time together.  As comfortable as I was to get them into a routine, I am sad that this part of our journey has ended.  Many, many other amazing stops on our adventure I know.  But this one was pretty special, thank you to Delaney.

In other news, Hayden is killing it in baseball this year.  We are truly enjoying watching him play.  Jenny and I are on the sidelines keeping score (with the help of my mother-in-law, Carol) and taking turn watching the girls. It seriously takes a village and a town and part of a city to raise these little people.  But we all enjoy it.  Life has been crazy these past few months with baseball taking up about 4-5 nights per week and Tye coaching but it’s so exciting to see how far they have come as player & coach.   Hayden is weeks away from being a 6^th grader and starting MIDDLE SCHOOL.  He’s just so damn smart and mature and well rounded.  It’s pretty amazing to watch him go through this stage of life and how affectionate he is with both Emmy and Delaney, even when Emmy is being a complete jerk to him.  Looking forward to seeing how the dynamic of the three of them unfold. 

As for Tye and myself, we are just wingin’ it.  We have no idea what we are doing with this many kids and working and coaching and I somehow picked up a new hobby of maintaining the neighborhood Facebook page and all the other crazy things I get myself involved in.  We are living the life we want.  Looking forward to starting an incredible summer…thanks for reading!

Here is the month in pictures to a little Kenny Loggins!