I wrote the following little synopsis of our day to day life when Tanner was 6 weeks old. I meant to post it but forgot so I will now.
Tanner is 6 weeks and 2
days old. He is such a sweet, mild mannered, adorable baby. He is very
patterned. I have been noticing patterns in his sleeping and eating habits
since he was brand new. He is a great eater. We figured out nursing! I am
so grateful and excited about it. Nursing and pumping is kind of time consuming
but we have fallen into a good routine. The girls are really patient. I'm
really glad Jenna has afternoon kindergarten because our mornings are filled
with feeding the girls, feeding Tanner, changing diapers, feeding myself,
pumping, washing bottle and pump parts, doing dishes, usually the girls watch a show after breakfast.
I also freeze pumped milk in bags in the morning from pumping the day before, SOMETIMES we throw baths and showers in there,
snack time, lunch time, getting ready for school and then we barely make it on
time for school at 12:40pm. Haha Its fun though, I LOVE my littles and am
having so much fun!
The girls like to play
with their baby dolls, play in the toy room in the basement, draw and color,
and play outside. Jenna likes Ivy to come with her everywhere. Ivy is a little
more independent and doesn't mind going downstairs or outside without Jenna.
She does like to follow Jenna and repeat what she says though, it's pretty cute.
Even though we have a play set with a
slide and swing set, the girls rarely play on it. I think because Ivy is still
pretty small. They mostly play with dirt, wood chips, leaves and flower petals
and make dirt pizza and mud soup. :) Jenna is a great helper and Ivy is as
sweet as ever. Naptime conveniently happens while Jenna is at school. Ivy
sleeps the whole time. Tanner usually takes his longest nap during those hours
as well. I eat lunch, feed Tanner a couple of times, sometimes pump, get bills
paid something else family business related done and something cleaned. And
then I usually get to hold Tanner and snuggle with him while I take a little
nap as well. It’s awesome! Its a very enjoyable stage of parenthood. I'm loving it.
Our day starts around 8 or 8:30 am. I'm spoiled! There is usually a large pile
of unfolded laundry on the small couch and the house is often a little in
disarray despite my efforts. But it's all good. We are doing our best, having
fun, and are happy.
Andrew has been sick a couple times. But when he is
well he has been holding Tanner while I get girls ready for bed and having bonding
time. He does fun hyper things with girls before bed. Other times Tanner lays
on blanket in girls room while I put them to bed. Or I hold and snuggle and feed Tanner while Andrew puts the girls to bed. Tanner is still just starting
to smile. His eyes smile but his mouth is still figuring it out. Super cute.
Haven't run errands by myself with all 3 kids get. Usually go in the evening
with just Tanner or with Ivy and Tanner when Jenna is at dance. Tanner can lift
his head pretty well he is strong. He doesn't mind tummy time. Likes to look up
at living room fan. (not during tummy time). Likes the wrap. As do I. I hold
Tanner in one arm and push Ivy in the stroller in the other when taking Jenna
to and from school and get a good arm work out. :)
Girls take a long time to
fall asleep at night. If girls wake up early when Andrew is still home he gets
them breakfast and turns on a show so I can sleep a little longer which is
nice.
Today Tanner is 2 months old! Our schedule is a little different now, it is still evolving. Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed. Sometimes I feel like I got a lot accomplished at the end of the day, and other times I feel like I didn't really get anything accomplished, besides providing for the very basic needs of my kids, which is most important anyways. But I still feel the same way, SOOO blessed to have this sweet little family of mine. I am so grateful that I get to be a stay at home mom. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with worry, feeling like maybe I'm not doing enough. But then I look at all of the happy moments we have and the quality time we DO spend together, and I feel better. I am a lucky wife and Mommy. Andrew is very sweet, appreciative and helpful. Jenna is also very sweet and helpful, and maturing so much lately, she helps me a lot. Ivy makes us all smile and laugh and likes to help as well. And Tanner is pretty much the most easy, pleasant baby of all time I think. He is a great nurser, and he takes a bottle great too which is awesome! He always gives me sweet, reassuring smiles. He doesn't cry very much, and is a pretty chill little dude. He takes great naps during the day and follows a pretty consistent pattern with when he wants to eat, be awake, and then sleep. He is really fun to play with during awake time. The girls like to entertain him too. He smiles and coos, and is just so sweet and fun. He is a wonderful snuggler. He has a rough sleep patch between about 7 am-ish til 8 am-ish and during that time, he and I both sleep better if we are snuggling. He still wakes up in the night, but I don't mind, I would probably miss him too much if he slept through the night! Life is good.
Daddy and the girls built an airplane when Tanner was brand new! They also went to the zoo and had a blast! Andrew is fun!
The girls have been taking care of their babies too
1.5 weeks old
3 weeks old
Naptime
4 weeks old
Cute sibilings
Daddy and Tanner
5 weeks old
6 weeks old
7 weeks old, tummy time with Olaf and then with Ivy
8 weeks old, wearing Llama sweater from Bolivia and laying on beautiful blue blanket from Bolivia
2 months old!
Jenna had crazy sock day, crazy hair day, school colors day, and the Roadrunner Rally all on the same day! She ran really hard and did a great job showing school spirit!
Daddy and Ivy going down the big slide at the Pumpkin patch
At "Tanner's Flat" campground, I was wearing Tanner in the wrap, and had a blanket and my jacket around him too. It was really cold! He stayed nice and cozy though. :)
The pics of them trhowing leaves in the canyon are blurry because they were moving around so much and having so much fun!
Our awesome pumpkins!
Jenna's pic of our costumes before we went to the party
Carving pumpkins! This was a fun day! We all carved our pumpkins together, and Jenna and Ivy colored Ivy's and Tanner's with markers. 
The finished products (from left to right: Andrew's, Jenna's, Tanner's, mine, Ivy's)
Ivy trying to reach her Halloween candy :)
Boo, Sully, and Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc.
The girls and I made Rice Krispy treat pumpkins!
About to go home
