Maxwell visits my workplaceMaxwell visited my work this weekend and got some work done of his own:
Inspecting a supposedly dead hard drive from James’ desk
Catching up on current events in Jeff’s office
Doing some filing for David
Doing business in Nic’s office
Calculating.
Bagging.
Customer service.
Finally, he decided to sit in Ray’s desk and get down to brass tacks.
I might have just been fired. Should have let him have more screen time like he asked.
Milestones at 6 MonthsAbby has started sleeping in her own room, in her crib, with no problems at all.
She is able to transition to her crib, and doesn’t start crying once you put her down (like a certain other baby that I once knew). We usually put her in her crib asleep, but she often wakes up when we put her down. She just smiles, stuffs her blanket in her mouth, and goes back to sleep. She pretty much rocks.
Abby’s room is all done!
Abby has also become very mobile. She can scoot and roll all over my living room. She has been getting up on hands and knees and scooting backwards. And she does a face plant when she tries to go forward, and that’s pretty funny. Doesn’t seem to bother her though!
Photos by Poppa
She loves her jumper and she gets pretty crazy in that thing. She loves chewing on her toys, and pulling my hair, and smiling at Max, and laughing at Daddy. Abby’s a pretty easy baby, as long as you stay on schedule.
Sitting!
At her 6 month check up yesterday, she weighed 16 lbs 1 oz, which is the 50th percentile, and she is 26 inches long, which is the 71st percentile. Yes, folks, you read that right. 71st! Did I mention that at Max’s 3 year check up he was in the 10th percentile for height? His sister is going to be taller than him soon!
We’re looking forward to a vacation to Colorado at the end of the month! Abby’s first plane ride!!
Full Time Here I Come!Abigail turned 6 months old yesterday. I have so enjoyed my time off from work to be with her.
In the beginning I felt like she was getting cheated because we didn’t have as much one-on-one time. But now I think she definitely got the better end of the deal. I’m still not back to work full time; I took an extra month off (so I didn’t even go back part time, until Abby was 4 months) than I did with Max. And with Max, I went back full time when he was 5.5 months old.
Going back full time has been pushed back and pushed back, but the time is quickly approaching: June 3. And there’s no ifs, ands, or buts. I’ve been working full days here or there, when teachers are out on vacation, so it’s not going to be a huge transition. But I will miss my mornings with the kiddos.
They’re so silly and fun to be around! I do look forward to being back in my classroom. Having a home base. I’ve been floating around at work, with no true home. It’ll be nice to get back into actually teaching. I have so many big plans!
Consider me appreciated!I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I have great in-laws. They always go above and beyond, and there is no question of their love for our family.
Today, because it’s teacher appreciation week, my mother-in-law put all this together and had it sent to my work:
Chalk full of supplies, this amazing gift will make many kids happy and will make my job easier! When my kids saw it, they wanted to dive in immediately! But I’m holding off until I’m back in my classroom, which will be in June. I can’t wait!! Thanks so much Bob and Connie, I absolutely love it!! I sure feel appreciated 
This Moment
That’s one happy kid!
Reminder
I know someday when these two are older, and fighting like cats and dogs, that we’ll have to remember this time when they were best friends. When Abby’s face lit up into a smile every time she saw her big brother and Max could be seen hugging and kissing his sister – not to get attention, but because he loves her with all of his little heart.
Max is 3Max got to celebrate his actual birthday at school. We had a lot of mustaches left over from his birthday party, so his classmates got to join in on the fun too!
To celebrate, we brought fruit drink pouches, which Max loves. And we also brought Max’s other favorite, fruit leather.
One of the girls held the mustache under her nose and excitedly exclaimed “Look! I’m a guy!!”
Daddy and Abby got to celebrate also. Kids just love babies. They always want to touch and talk to her. For the most part, she doesn’t mind.
I got to stick around for awhile, and I watched them do some music time. I can’t remember the song they’re doing, but in these pictures they’re acting angry and scared. I loved getting to watch Max participate in class. When I’m working I can’t go in his room, otherwise he thinks it’s time to go, and gets upset when I have to leave. But for his birthday, we just brought him in late, stayed for about an hour and then left. And all was peachy.
I LOVED watching Max while he had trike yard time. Then I really got to see how he interacted with the other kids:
As you can see, here he has rammed another little boy and knocked him right off his rider! Atta boy! haha. They were both all smiles and having a blast.
Some tidbits about school:
Max usually only goes to school once a week (Wednesdays, music days with Ms. Wendy). But with the grandparents all abandoning me, he’s been going every day for the last week, and will continue to go, for another week. He seems to be handling it fine, although is a little more tired and therefore grumpy.
Max’s teachers all love him and they always comment about how well behaved he is. To which I answer “really?” They also say all the other kids love to play with him, and one little girl especially likes him: when they moved Max’s nap spot the other day she said “But I can’t see Max now!”
I always ask Max about his day and what his favorite part was. The other day he answered “I liked playing with the girl in the beauuuutiful dress.” What kind of three-year-old notices how cute a dress is?? haha.
His teachers had the UofA basketball game playing on the radio, and Max started cheering “Go Broncos Go! Go Broncos Go!” Made his daddy proud.
We are both so proud of our Maxie, and can’t believe he is already 3. He is so unbelievably sweet, and smart, and lovable. He told me he loved me, and then about five minutes later, he said “I like you Mommy” and that about killed me. I like you too buddy. I think you’re pretty great.
Max’s Mustache BashMax’s third birthday party was a Little Man’s Mustache Bash (a ‘stache bash if you will).
Uncle Kyle made the awesome invitations:
And we had to add a little flair before mailing:
I had so much fun planning this party and making the decorations. I’m glad I started early, because I went back to work the week before the party, and I got nothing done that week. A taste of my handy work:
I had lots of fun putting together the goody bags! There’s lots of fun mustache stuff to be found!
On the menu was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (cut into mustache shapes) by Nana, baked mac n’ cheese by Mahmaw, pink lemonade and root beer floats. The floats were a huge hit, and I will definitely do that again.
I’m super proud of the signs I made. They took me a full day to make. I’m still learning!
Activities included decorating ties, making a face out of felt, and pin the ‘stache.
Max had a great time had his party. I asked him the next day what his favorite part was, and he said “talking to everybody!” Not the awesome trucks he got, or yummy chocolate cupcakes, or getting to run around like a crazy person with his friends. But getting to chat it up with the people he loves. He’s such a sweet guy.
Here are a few other shots of the day.
This one makes me laugh:
My body has given upThese last couple months have been rough on me. I’m usually very healthy. The only thing I ever suffer from is allergies.
It all started back in November when I had this creature tear her way out of me.
haha. Ok, so that’s not really one of my maladies. I just thought it would be funny to say.
No, it really all began in late December, when I had an awful case of food poisoning. During this time, I wanted to die. And I literally cried for my mommy. Every time I’m sick I want my mom. Without fail. Which is why if I ever move out of Tucson, she’s coming with me.
Then in January, I had appendicitis. Which was a little less fun than the food poisoning.
And then in February I had mastitis. Now, when you just read about mastitis it sounds like a bummer, but not a big deal. But holy man. It sucked. And my mom was out of town.
It started with a little bit of soreness in my breast, and it was at this point my dad had just dropped Max off, and he asked me if he should stay since I was in a little bit of pain. I said nah, I got this. No biggie. Not 15 minutes after he left though, the pain got much more intense, and then I got the chills and started shaking uncontrollably. I decided it would be best to put in a movie for Max because there was no way I could function at this point. Abby played on her jungle play mat like a perfect little baby for over an hour, while I slowly died on the couch. Jeff skipped his tattoo appointment that night so he could rush home and take care of me. He took my temperature when he got home and it was at 102 and went as high as 104. The signs all pointed towards mastitis, a breast infection, which you need antibiotics for. So my dad came back over and took me to Urgent Care. I really wanted to avoid Urgent Care and just hit my doctor in the morning, but it would have been a miserable night. It was a pretty quick and painless trip, if only it didn’t cost so darn much though. yesh.
The next two days I was really red and sore, but it cleared up pretty quickly. The flu-like symptoms went away by the next morning, thank goodness.
So now we’re in a new month and I am hoping that some new illness doesn’t befall me. I’m heading back to work on Monday, and I’d really like to stay healthy.
Knock on wood.
