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Thanksgiving week has/is filled with lots of very exciting and fun things which I love, however at the same time it means my stay at home is nearing an end. I return to the working world on Monday. I have mixed emotions about my return, but I do know its going to be hard to leave my sweet little man. Our Thanksgiving week started off yesterday with a professional photo shoot with Brady. We attempted a few family photos with our new family of four, but those with toddlers can probably guess how well that went trying to get him to stand still and being told what to do instead of playing. Looking forward to seeing how they turned out though! Today I took Brady up to my office for our department's annual Thanksgiving luncheon to eat some yummy food and to show off my little pumpkin! Everyone ooo'd and ahhh'd over him which was fun. I didn't remember to snap any pictures (bad mommy!) until it was time to leave and Brady was pooped and getting fussy, so the only picture I got was one with his pacifier in his mouth. Still sweet though...
My brother and family from NYC are all coming in town this evening so we have lots of family fun the rest of the week and I am so looking forward to it! Lots of pictures to come from that! I am so thankful this year for two healthy beautiful babies, a loving husband and wonderful father to our children, being surrounded by lots of loving family and friends and jobs that provide for our family. Our family wishes all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!!
No, I'm not pregnant again (whew!), but I'm going to be an AUNT and I couldn't be more excited about it!! My brother and I have always had a very close relationship and have managed to stay close even though we live hundreds of miles away from each other. When I became pregnant with Blake, my brother Adam and his wife Marlene were so excited and have made such great efforts to come in town whenever possible to build the bond with their nephew and now nephews. It has meant so much to me and I love that my boys will have such a great relationship as they grow with their Aunt and Uncle. We learned yesterday that on top of a healthy baby, they are also having a baby BOY! I am so happy for my brother and his wife and so incredibly excited to be a part of my nephew's life and to build a strong relationship with him as well. Its also going to be so much fun when the family is all together to have all three of our boys running around playing and being close cousins. Congratulations Adam and Marlene!! Enjoy every moment of this most amazing journey...parenthood!
Monday Brady turned one month! I can't believe a month has already gone by since my little guy was born. I am trying to soak up every second I'm spending with Brady and enjoying each day during this new baby phase as much as I can. To copy someone else's saying, most likely Brady is our "grand finale" with having kids, so I really want to treasure these baby moments to the fullest since I won't be going through this again. In a way it makes me sad, but at the same time I couldn't feel more blessed having two healthy little boys and I look forward to getting to watch my boys grow and all the wonderful times Brad and I have in our future with our kiddos. Monday also marked the first full day at home that it was just Brady and I. Brad was home the first two weeks and Brad's mom stayed with us for the last three weeks, leaving Sunday. (Thanks Grandma times a million for everything!!!) I wasn't sure how our day would go though without having an extra set of hands to rely on to watch Brady while I was able to get things done, but I had such a productive day! With having now two kids under the age of two and with me returning to work in a month, I really have got to be organized with our household. One of those household tasks is dinner. In the past most nights its "what do you feel like for dinner?" and the other "I don't know, what do you feel like?" and then finally deciding on something to make last second. I will not have that luxury once I return to work to figure something out last minute and so I decided to start one of our new organized systems....meal planning for the week. Brady was kind enough to let me figure out our meals for the week, make a grocery list and go on our first outing just the two of us, to the grocery store. Here is Mr. Brady all ready to head to the market...
Brady was also nice enough to let me make dinner! I felt like such a perfect housewife, taking care of the baby and having dinner on the table when my man walked in the door, haha. I'm hoping over the next month I can continue to keep up this new organized habit so it will be easy to continue when I go back to work. I think our plan, for now anyways, is for Brad to pick up the kids each day from school so I can head home after work and have dinner ready when the boys get home. Brady has been doing great minus the reflux issue. He's growing and getting bigger though so I feel like I'm doing things right. We received a prescription for his reflux and it has definitely helped although he does still struggle a bit at times. Hopefully with time, it will just continue to get better. His eyes are becoming more blue, so will be exciting to see if they stay blue or end up changing. I never thought I'd have a child with blue eyes, let alone, two children with blue eyes! Brady's brown hair is also falling out more and more leaving a bald spot on top. My guess is when his hair grows back in it will be lighter like his brother's, but will be exciting to see as well! When I look at pictures of Blake this age, Brady looks like his twin. I'm hoping to take some good pictures over the weekend of both Brady and Blake with Brad's help, but for now here is a picture of Brady after his bath yesterday...
