April 2011

April Highlights:

A visit from Nana

4/16 -  Alexander turned 4 months + Walk for Lupus

4/24  - Easter

4/28 Isabella, 17 months (I cannot believe she is going to be 1 ½ next month…insane!)

Of course a visit from Nana wouldn’t be complete without her buying out half the toy and clothing store. Isabella had tons of fun running around ToysRus showing Nana everything and was definitely over stimulated by the end.  Alexander of course had no idea what was going on, but thanks to Nana he now has some man toys and doesn’t have to play with only pink stuff! The kids now have enough clothes to last them until Winter, but since we won’t know where we are moving until the end of July we can’t buy anything past this summer for them. Kind of annoying because instead of stocking up on all the season clearance we are going to have to buy it all at full price, yuck.  And while Isabella is always wearing her appropriate month size, it is clear that Alexander will be wearing a size ahead haha. Most of you know that I was adopted, so for me it’s fascinating watching them and seeing how similar and how different siblings from the same DNA can be.

Alexander’s 4 month appointment went well! He is developing right on track and is 13oz and 1 inch bigger than Isabella was at this age…he’s our little chunky monkey!

Isabella has gone a full week of no accidents and asking to go every time so I think it’s time that we work on going potty everywhere we go since she is terrified of all potties that are not in our house. We no longer do potty treats, so maybe I’ll have to put some in my purse to bribe her with in the store! We aren’t going to work on nighttime potty until after we move. She is still in a crib and I know there is a lot of change headed her way so for now I’ll be grateful for only having to use 1 diaper a day (I guess technically 2 with nap time)

Of course in crazy Virginia weather fashion it was raining during the Walk for Lupus. The kids didn’t have a complaint, but that’s because they didn’t have to walk 3.1 miles in the rain, they were all bundled up in their stroller buntings covered by a rain shield. Oh to be a toddler again HA! I woke up that morning with a cold, so that made everything more miserable, but we ended up having a lot of fun and we were happy that we could support our friend. The day was complete with family snuggle time at home with hot chocolate to warm up afterwards.

Easter was a fun day! Isabella was too little last year to do anything, so it was fun to watch her open her Easter basket and hunt for eggs. Seeing her on her insane sugar high for the rest of the day just reinforced why we hardly give her sugar lol while it was funny for us to watch, we kind of felt bad for her too because you could see the wild look in her eyes and the fact that she didn’t know how to control how crazy she was being. Even our friends who came for Easter dinner noticed she had lost her mind haha. Needless to say she slept GREAT that night. We enjoyed having everyone over for Easter, but it was bittersweet as well. It’s the last holiday we will be spending with those people here in Virginia and we are so grateful that everyone was able to come!

April was a good month for me! The Dr. said that I have post partum stress disorder which is in between the normal “baby blues” and post partum depression.  She thinks it stems from the fact that this time around with Alexander, Josh and I didn’t have the same support system we did with Isabella and with jumping from 1 to 2 kids with Isabella being at such a young age that it's not a good idea for anyone to be "alone". That’s the military life for you though. People move, we move, “shit happens” haha but I have great resources now and a “plan of attack” to get back to normal…whatever that means! J