Long Overdue Update
I was so busy last week, that I had no opportunity to post an update, and found myself ever-so-busy this week too, but thought I had better squeeze in a moment to add something about what we've been up to.
The weekend after we returned from our trip to Dallas, we were able to attend our beautiful niece's (Sonia) engagement party. She's marrying a wonderful guy named Jeff next June. It was a beautiful party and we couldn't be more happy for her. It really makes us feel old to realize that she's not a little girl anymore, but in fact a grown woman who will soon have a family of her own. It was great to see some of Daddy's family who were there to support her - Big Guy is lucky to have so many aunts and uncles on his daddy's side of the family.
This past week was a really difficult one for us. Big Guy graduated to the 2 year old class at daycare, and has suddenly had a really hard time with the transition. Like most toddlers, he doesn't deal well with an interruption in his routine. It was especially hard on me since I drop him off at school each morning. He would cling to me and start crying before we even left the house and all the way there he would cry and say over and over "Mama, no". He was biting the other kids at school, we think because he felt out of sorts. One day he bit one little boy, the next day he bit two kids, and then Friday he bit 4 children. The Director ended up calling me and we had to make arrangements to have him picked up early. It was HORRIBLE. I felt terrible that I couldn't stay with him, and wanted to quit my job. Fortunately, this week, he seems to be adjusting to the change and today and yesterday there were no tears about school and no biting incidents. It's funny that none of the pregnancy books or toddler books I read discussed this - maybe I'll have to write my own book for working moms someday! Anyway, we're happy to have our sweet boy back and we're happy that he is feeling better about school.
Elk Grove held a rummage sale last Saturday, so we rented a space with one of our friends and spent the day trying to push our junk off on other people. We ended up doing really well, and couldn't believe the items that people wanted to buy. It was a real education! Our house feels cleaned out and organized, and we think we're done with garage sales until our kids are grown and we need to off-load their stuff. It's a lot of work to peddle your stuff!
We're excited that Mommy's mom is coming to visit this weekend. We've been anxiously awaiting her visit and when we told Big Guy that grandma was coming to see him Thursday night, he clapped. It was so cute! He LOVES his grandma - I think he knows that she's crazy for him too!
Look for next week's update to include the fun stuff we did with Grandma. Take care!
The weekend after we returned from our trip to Dallas, we were able to attend our beautiful niece's (Sonia) engagement party. She's marrying a wonderful guy named Jeff next June. It was a beautiful party and we couldn't be more happy for her. It really makes us feel old to realize that she's not a little girl anymore, but in fact a grown woman who will soon have a family of her own. It was great to see some of Daddy's family who were there to support her - Big Guy is lucky to have so many aunts and uncles on his daddy's side of the family.
This past week was a really difficult one for us. Big Guy graduated to the 2 year old class at daycare, and has suddenly had a really hard time with the transition. Like most toddlers, he doesn't deal well with an interruption in his routine. It was especially hard on me since I drop him off at school each morning. He would cling to me and start crying before we even left the house and all the way there he would cry and say over and over "Mama, no". He was biting the other kids at school, we think because he felt out of sorts. One day he bit one little boy, the next day he bit two kids, and then Friday he bit 4 children. The Director ended up calling me and we had to make arrangements to have him picked up early. It was HORRIBLE. I felt terrible that I couldn't stay with him, and wanted to quit my job. Fortunately, this week, he seems to be adjusting to the change and today and yesterday there were no tears about school and no biting incidents. It's funny that none of the pregnancy books or toddler books I read discussed this - maybe I'll have to write my own book for working moms someday! Anyway, we're happy to have our sweet boy back and we're happy that he is feeling better about school.
Elk Grove held a rummage sale last Saturday, so we rented a space with one of our friends and spent the day trying to push our junk off on other people. We ended up doing really well, and couldn't believe the items that people wanted to buy. It was a real education! Our house feels cleaned out and organized, and we think we're done with garage sales until our kids are grown and we need to off-load their stuff. It's a lot of work to peddle your stuff!
We're excited that Mommy's mom is coming to visit this weekend. We've been anxiously awaiting her visit and when we told Big Guy that grandma was coming to see him Thursday night, he clapped. It was so cute! He LOVES his grandma - I think he knows that she's crazy for him too!
Look for next week's update to include the fun stuff we did with Grandma. Take care!
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