2nd week home

Our 2nd week home brought about some fun times and lots of challenges. Now that Eric is back at work, night feedings have been up to me. This has meant even less sleep than before. Since I have been home by myself this week, I have been trying to find things to do to keep Loryn entertained. At home we have played with play doh, read books, played with puzzles, had lots of tea parties, built blocks and watched some Elmo, Wiggles and Yo Gabba Gabba.

On Monday, I took the kids to the beach. We drove a little over an hour to go to Anna Maria to spend time with my family. Ronnie and Beena took Loryn, Ethan and I out to brunch (this was Ethan's first restaurant). We went to this little cafe and Loryn had a ton of fun while Ethan slept. We then went back to Ronnie and Beena's time share and hung out. Uncle Rick took Loryn out to the beach and then out by the pool while I stayed inside with Aunt Jan and Ethan. Mom and Loryn went into the pool and they had a blast.

Wednesday, my mom came over to help me cook dinner and play with the kids. We made a brisket and it was done right before Eric came home from the airport with James. James came in from Germany to meet Ethan. He had planned his trip to get here right before my due date so that he could be here to meet our newest addition. So happy that James was able to come in and will get some time to play with the kids, hang out with Eric and his other friends, before he has to report back. This is the first time we have gotten to see him since he was stationed out in Germany and it was great to visit with him a few times this week.

Friday we took an adventure up to Lakeland to go and visit Eric at work. We went out to lunch, which was very interesting to juggle both kids needing something. Jamaela and Stephane were able to join us at Crispers and then we went back to Eric's office to show off Ethan to Eric's team. From there we went to Babies R Us, where I needed to get some new bottles for Ethan and then back to the house, where Loryn decided to have a tea party with Ethan. Ethan had fun indulging Loryn by "eating" the cupcakes and tea. (The fake chocolate cupcake was his favorite) Then Loryn decided it was time to play hide and seek in Mommy's room. Both kids ended up in Eric and I's bed. I tried to get a few pictures because it was really cute, but they didn't turn out so great.

Ethan napping at his first restaurant.

Loryn and Gigi at the beach. Loryn loves to play dress up and like putting on the fun glasses.
Loryn loves to sit on the couch and hold Ethan's hands
Loryn being a great big sister and feeding Ethan. She usually looses interest after about a minute.
Uncle James meeting Ethan. I only took 1 picture as I felt bad to take too many after James had been on a plane for over a day.
Loryn and Ethan playing hide and seek under the covers in our bed. (don't worry the covers were never over his head)