For the first few months of Max's life, I took so many pictures, I actually had them organized by week. By WEEK! And I thought I was busy!! How did I ever manage to be so organized! I remember looking at all of the pictures my parents took of me and noting how few there were of my sister thinking I wanted to try to avoid that 2nd child trap, but I knew it would be difficult to avoid. It's not that we don't take pictures of Sophia, but there aren't as many, and I don't have time to post them!
Oh, how the last couple of months have gone by! It was a nice transition back into work, only going in a few days before Christmas break, but this spring semester has been really chaotic. Even though I'm only at work part-time, with the number of online classes I am teaching, not to mention grading for my traditional classes, I am doing quite a bit on the weeknights and weekends, which means I am working full-time +. At least it gives me more time with the kids, though, and they are only in daycare 2.5 days a week.
Sophia has some funny sleeping poses, and she's still loving her swing! She is a very content, happy baby, smiling and laughing a lot. She rarely spits up (as Max always did), so she's making the laundry a bit easier for me:)
This Christmas was a lot of fun, and during my time off, I really thought I might like the full-time stay at home mom gig! However, it is not a possibility, financially, and I really think I would miss it after awhile. I just like that I have a job that allows me to have some time off.
Here is Max's note for Santa:
This was the first year that Max really got into opening presents.
Charly really liked opening his too:)
Sophia had 3 different Christmas outfits, and doesn't she look excited??
Charly liked to place Darth Vader around the house; he is currently housed in our basement.
Sophia has grown-a lot! She is a great eater, even if it means I don't get much sleep at night...more on this later.
It's been so fun to watch Max grow and change (again, more on this later)...he's really getting into legos. I'm writing this as I am making dinner, Sophia is sleeping, I'm grading papers, and Max is crawling in and out of my lap. Oh, he just ran off to play legos:) Two kids is quite busy. How do some people manage with more??? Well, really we have 2.5 with Alex here on the weekends.
Sophia at 3 months....she rolled over for the first time at 12 weeks, and she's starting to grasp onto things and chew them. One of her favorites is her ball.
I love having a girl to dress! It's so much more fun to choose outfits for her than it is for Max!
