Back to School

It is hard to imagine how quiet the house is going to be when Payton and Carson start school. It is even harder to swallow that my “baby” is going to be in Kindergarten this year. Where does the time go? Everyone tells you how quickly kids grow but until you are able to experience it yourself, you just don’t get it. It was hard when Payton went, but Carson has always been my “baby”. It will be tough but he is so excited and so ready for this. They will start the Tuesday after Labor Day so we still have a few weeks at home together. Then, I will have a little over a month left of Maternity Leave and will go back to work mid-October.

We have most of the school supplies needed but the kids need new shoes and clothes for school. We will be heading to Mankato tomorrow to buy our last few things needed. It will be our first big trip with Aidan so we will see how his shopping skills are! I am thinking as long as he is fed and changed on schedule we should not have any problems. If I haven’t said it enough already, he is a great baby!

Aidan turned 3 weeks old and it hardly seems possible. Our days go by so quickly. He is still eating about every 3 hours and eats a 4 ounce bottle. I am going to try to weigh him here today and see how much he has grown in the last week. We have already had to put away his newborn clothes and some of the 0-3 months are getting tight. It is odd for us b/c Payton and Carson were always so tiny. Aidan is just a big boy!

We have been having some cold and rainy weather so Payton and Carson have been getting bored around the house. We had one nice day so when the kids were all napping, I went outside and filled a bunch of water balloons. After snack, I let Payton and Carson go out and throw a few around the yard. They had so much fun! Of course the balloons didn’t last very long but at least it got the kids out and playing.

Aidan has started smiling at me. It takes a lot of talking but he will smile and it melts your heart. It isn’t just a grin…it is a huge mouth open, looks like he is going to laugh smile. I LOVE IT!! It looks like he could just take off talking at any minute. He is so alert when he is awake and will just look at you for minutes at a time.

That about sums up our week! Enjoy the rest of summer while we still have it!

Here are some new pictures:


Just taken yesterday


Isn't it funny how older siblings seem to "sneak" into the pictures??



Trying to talk to us!

Mister Man

Aidan loves his pacifier

The water balloon fight begins!

Carson's wind up!

Payton giving out the rules

And the pitch.....

The balloons! (Did I mention that I got completely soaked filling these? I had to come in and change clothes. Also got some strange looks from the neighbors!)

Brothers

Poor Aidan gets lots and lots of smooches at our house!

How blessed are we??