Life as a Family of Four

Let's try this again!  I just typed up a 2 week long post and his publish and my internet was out, so it was lost...arghhhh.  Here it goes...

Soooo, I knew this would happen but I have been quite busy since Miss Rowan arrived so have not had much time to blog, but here is what's been going on since my last post.

Gmom left Oct. 14th after a nice visit!!  We spent that weekend as a family of four!  Friday was our first trip out altogether...where else would we go for this???  Target of course!  ;)  It went very well!!  Liam had soccer on Sat. morning.  Rowan and I hung out and did laundry.  Naptime came and went and we were extra brave and ventured to the mall to let Liam play a bit.  Did some shopping and came home to cook dinner.  All was a success!  Sunday was time to relax before dada went back to work on Monday.

My first week solo with two kids went EXTREMELY well.  Granted, we were in the house most of the week, BUT I was brave and went to where else???  Target on Tuesday with both kiddos.  We even made it to drop Liam at school ON TIME on Wed. and even to Rowan's drs. appt. on Wed.  Again, ON TIME!  go me!  Thursday was chilly so we laid low at home and Friday, we dropped Liam off to school again and had a girly shopping day.  GREAT WEEK!  Liam was super well behaved although he still was not feeling 100%.  Rowan was her usual happy self.  :-)

Saturday morning, Liam and Rick went to soccer and then Rick went to pick gigi up from the airport.  We had a nice visit with her!!!  Liam loved spending time with her and Rowan loved meeting her.  Saturday was a relaxing day at home.  Sunday, Rick and I got to go to Target (ha!  I think we have an addiction!) by ourselves.  Liam took a nap and then we all headed to the neighborhood fall fest and had some yummy treats.  Monday, Rick went to work, and Gigi, mommy, Liam, and Rowan headed to Willow Bend for some playtime and lunch.  It went smoothly overall.  Tuesday, Liam and mommy had a date to his fave place--the library for storytime and some new books.  After, we came home, ate lunch, fed Rowan, and headed to his ENT dr. appt.  All went well and we got some yummy ice cream after as a special treat!  Wed. morning came fast.  We dropped Liam off at school and then dropped Gigi off at the airport.  Rowan and I did some shopping and then picked the little man up from school.  Thursday was FREEZING so we laid low and relaxed at home.

Friday was Liam's school Halloween parade and party.  It was so much fun to be a part of it!  Since Liam would not wear his adorable Elmo costume, we got a backup gorilla from Gymboree.  He even put his hood up for his teachers and did a wonderful job walking in his parade.  Mommy had so much fun going into his classroom for the party.  They had some yummy snacks, did a craft, and then one of the moms read a story to the class.  GREAT DAY!

Saturday morning was spent at the drs again!  UGH!  Liam came out of school on Friday with a cough and runny nose AGAIN!!!  Never ending with this sweet boy!  Since his surgery he has had croup, two ear infections, and two awful sinus infections!!!  They said it was viral, but of course, he was miserable all day!!!  We did have a wonderful visit from our good friend Ginny!!!  She brought Rowan some adorable clothes for when she is a big girl and a nice present for Liam, which he loved--a purse!!!  haha  It was so great to see her and catch up!  She and her adorable daughter Maren were our first Texas friends but they moved to Houston for a few years last Dec.  CANNOT wait till they are back!!!!

Sat. night I decided I wanted more than 1 drink...so I took out some frozen milk and mama had 4 drinks!  It was sooo relaxing and fun.  We watched Bridesmaids, which was okay, but the night was a wonderful one!  Rowan even slept 6.5 hours straight on Sat. night.  It was in our bed, but after getting up for her in her crib every 45 minutes on Friday night, it was SOOOOO great!  We will try the crib again in a few weeks but for now I am LOVING some 6-7 hour stretches of sleep!!!

Sunday, Rick took Liam to Home Depot in the morning and they brought us home some lunch from Market St.  At naptime, Rick and I popped the bottle of champagne we bought to celebrate Rowan.  Rick carved pumpkins and I addressed birth announcements, birthday invites, and baptism invites.  GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Monday was Halloween and quite a long day in the house.  Unfortunately, we had to miss the 09ers Halloween party cause Liam was sick, but we did have fun trick or treating when daddy got home from work.  Liam LOVED getting candy and got the hang of the trick or treating thing pretty quickly!!!  We went up and down our block.  Short and sweet but lots of fun!  Rowan slept soundly in the stroller.

Yesterday, was another VERY long day in the house.  Liam is still feeling AWFUL and Rowan came down with a cold yesterday.  Mama was going a little nutty trying to keep the germs from her, and I am truly surprised I did for this long!  She is very congested today but handling it so well!!  I HATE when these kids are sick!!!  Which in this house is ALL OF THE TIME!!!  :(

This morning we did all make it out to Rowan's one month check up on time!  Liam was an angel.  Rowan weighed in at 10 lbs 2 oz!  She did still have a click in her left his so we are seeing the specialist tomorrow to have an ultrasound and be fitted for her brace.  I am very tankful they caught this ealry and she will never remember wearing this (from what I hear) awful contraption!  Not sure how we are going to dress her, but it will all be figured out and she will be good as new!!!

Rowan--you are a pure joy!  Getting so big already!  Very alert.  DO not like your crib--which you made VERY evident the other night! Mommy has found you like your belly a lot more than your back (which I know is not ideal) but you are sooo strong!  You even flipped yourself to your back because you were mad you were in your crib the other night!!!  SO STRONG LITTLE MISS!  Size 3 month clothes.  Size 1 diaper.  Not a big fan of the paci.  Love sleeping close to mommy (which I m LOVING) an slept 10:45 til 5:45 last night in my bed!  I am savoring every minute for now but know we need to try your crib again soon....xoxo

Liam-you are being a GREAT big bro!  Love to give the baby kisses and help to change diapers.  You are such a sweet boy and a very good listener these days.  Love you to the moon and back!!!

Would LOVE to add some pics to go with this post, but the camera broke on Halloween :(  So hopefully will be fixed this weekend or we are getting a new one asap!  Time is ticking away!!! 

All for now--TWICE!!!  ;)  Happy Wednesday!