I know I have been missing...

I know I have been missing for a while, actually a LONNGGG time so this could be a long post!  I do not even know where to start......

• Work- it's been an adjustment but a good one so far.  I am still learning the ropes of the new school and new district it's definitely very different but so far so good.  I loved the people that I worked with at Townley and I miss them dearly but then I remember that I am getting SO much more time with my babies, so much more time in the evenings, I get to sleep a little later and so do the babies, and my favorite thing is that the babies get to stay up later which means we get a lot more time with them every night (this happens to be my most favortist time ever)!  I was very nervous to switch schools, I was so comfortable at my old school and SO comfortable with all of my co-workers but everything has just kind of fallen into place. 
• Our family- To say that we were surprised when we first found out we were going to be a family of four is an understatement.  I think back tonight about how nervous I was, how anxious I was, and how I just didn't know how this was all going to work and I feel so silly...actually STUPID for ever feeling these things.  We are so in love with our babies and love being a family of four.  Sure things take a little more planning, like usually we get two separate babysitters if we are going to be gone a long time or over night because two under two is just a lot to handle for one person that is not used to it, getting ready to go anywhere takes longer, screaming kids are inevitable, things can be wayyyy more chaotic- but thankfully we have learned to just take it in stride. 
• Brooklyn is now three and a half months, yes time flies, and she is just thriving!  After we figured out the reflux issue and everything is under control she transformed into the sweetest, smiliest, little girl.  She smiles at everyone and gets so excited when people walk up to her or talk to her.  She has giggled some.  Daddy is better at getting her to laugh then mommy is but I have been able to get a couple of giggles.  She is still waking up once at night but that is ok because that is our special time and I rarely ask daddy to get up because I know I am going to miss those sweet middle of the night smiles that I get when I go to pick her up out of her crib.  I have no idea how much she weighs but this little girl has filled out.  I know that she has not "chunked up" as fast as Brax did and she still is not eating as much as he did by this point so I imagine that she will be smaller than he is.  She is literally growing up so fast and we are making sure to enjoy every tiny second of it.  Goodness, we literally could not imagine our family without our sweet girl and we are so thankful that the Lord had her in our plans!
• Brax, oh Brax.  He is still our very active boy, but very sensitive little guy.  He is into everything and has such a personality but he is super sensitive and very attached to his mommy (as he calls me now) and daddy.  He can be very strong willed but we continue to push through this phase.  He is talking so much more lately.  Some things are probably not understood by the outside world but we know what he is saying.  He is starting to put two words together and is still in LOVE with animals.  He is now in a twin bed and for the most part has done great.  He never tried to escape his crib once we converted it into a toddler bed so I knew that this wouldn't be too big of an adjustment.  His room is right next to ours so usually I jump up when I hear his door open but there have been a couple of times that he wakes me up when he is standing at the side of my bed saying "up up."  He LOOVVVESSSS his sister.  I really do not know how to explain this love but man it melts my heart.  If I had to guess, on average he kisses her 25-30 times a day for no reason.  These are kisses that he just walks up and gives her not ones that we tell him to give her.  In daddy's truck the car seats are right next to each other and he always leans over and says "sissy sissy sissy" over and over.  He still isn't quite sure why she won't give him a high five as he stands there so patiently with his hand up for what seems like forever (haha).  He has started taking attendance ALL the time- he goes through the whole family over and over.. mommy, daddy, sisssy and sometimes throws in his child care lady "nonna" (Donna).... or every man that he sees is "Papa"... anyways, yes attendance is taken several times a day.  He can say both of his cousins names "Pey Pey" for Peyton and he will call Madelyn "Maddy May."  His appetite is starting to come back, I think.  Some nights he eats like a horse and some nights I just know he has got to be starving but he refuses to eat. 

I am sure there is so much more I could write about but I am literally falling asleep so I am going to gladly go to bed even if it only 850!