Long time, no blog!

I know, I know...I am slacking major on updates on, well, everything!

Our newest addition, Mason, will be 4 weeks old tomorrow! They have flown by, and I have LOVED being home all four of these weeks. I don't want to say this, but I go back to work two weeks from this Wednesday :( One day, I will be a SAHM - in the mean time, work is just something I have to do!

Two kids is a WHOLE different world. Definitely a challenge. Alyvia is great with him - she doesn't pay much attention to him, but about every 2 hours or so, she'll ask to see him, hold him, kiss him. She loves to sit by me while I nurse him. She is so concerned when he cries and tries to help me soothe him. I love to see her love him.

He eats on average about every 2.5 hours. BFing has been a challenge, but I am trying to stick with it. My supply took forever to come in, and I still don't feel like it's enough. We supplement one or two times a day, but every other feeding is all me. I do have a pump, and that helps sometimes.

Alyvia is two and half. Dear Lord help me hold back the tears. She is so incredibly smart, it makes my heart melt. She loves to sing and sign. Her Granny has DVDs that she loves to watch and learn from. She knows more sign language than I do! She is on her independence kick. I have a love/hate relationship with it. She responds to everything with "I know how to please!" We are working on recognizing the letters of her name. She knows A, L and Y. She can recognize a circle and triangle and lots of colors - yellow, pink, blue, green, red, orange, purple. Her favorite book is 'Brown Bear' and can basically "read" it to me. We are still potty training, and she'll go all day at home, but going number 2 in the potty is a no-go. She just will not do it. (Advice on this one?!) We've bribbed her with suckers, M&M's, new movies...she will not budge.

Miss Z turned two a few days ago. She is learning and growing by the day. Watching the girls grow up together is awesome.

Devon has an interview with Madison Twshp tomorrow morning, and is also testing for Columbus tomorrow afternoon. He also got news that on the next schedule round, he will be moving to day shift at OSU! So things are slowly but surely moving forward. Thank God.