Snowsuits and Rain Boots

Today is May 9th and I had to put Maxwell in a snowsuit to take a walk tonight.  Thank you Wisconsin! 

He didn’t mind.  He could still sleep.  : )  Have a mentioned that this kid is a sleeper?  Actually he is getting better – I’m a strict schedule person and I’m whipping him into a schedule!  ; )  (Which means not so much sleeping during the day.)

Mallory and her rain boots.  Every time we leave she tries to get out of the house with her boots on.  Today she needed them because it rained and thundered all day long!  Mega puddles were to be splashed in tonight on our walk. 

When it would thunder loud Mallory would come running to me saying “whats dat?”  I would tell her it was thunder and she would hold her arms up (for me to pick her up) and say “I see.”  Hmm… you can’t see thunder.

Little Helper

Bath time will never be the same again.  Mallory thinks it is splash time!

When I give Max a bath she is right there ready to splash and play in the water. 

She played for a good hour and half.  I put the stop on it when she decided to get my kitchen towel and toss it in the tub and take it out dripping wet – we had water every where!

For the record – Max is NOT a fan of bath time!  He screams and cries and when we get him all warm and snuggly again – he goes right back to sleep.

First Week

It is totally amazing how different the first week with Maxwell has been vs. with Mallory.  How quickly you pop back into your routine.  How you don’t need as much sleep as you did with the first.  How much more relaxed I am with everything this time around.

However, Little Max is a sleeper.  This kid loves to sleep!  I pretty much still have to wake him up for feedings.  He does okay during the nights.  Last night was rough – he didn’t stop grunting/wiggling until about 1am.  Was up at 3am.  Up again at 6am… and Mally has been waking up at 6am now!!!!  This girl use to sleep until 8 and baby Max shows up and she can no longer sleep late into the morning.  Grrr!  : )   And I keep Max as quiet as possible during the early morning hours in hopes that she will sleep longer.  However, she takes awesome naps in the afternoon – but I don’t take naps so… Welcome to life with two, I guess.  : )

I really need to figure out how to change boy diapers.  I have been peed on so many times I lost count.  Even poor Mallory got the pleasure of being peed on!  She stands on her stool next to the changing table and she got showered.  She stood there with this look on her face like – why am I wet?  and started to cry.  Today I was changing him and he went three times during one change!  Max *hates* getting his diaper changed and gets very angry and very wiggly – I had a huge mess!

Max has found his way into the Moby Wrap already.  He is a huge fan of it.  He will be so mad and I get him in here and he calms right down.  I am also a huge fan, because I get both my hands/arms. 

Tomorrow I have my first outing, by myself, with both of them.  I’m kind of nervous.  However, it is just to the doctors… but still!  Oh and Max needs diapers and my curtains came in.  Hmm… my true mommy skills may be tested tomorrow.  : )