Visiting Santa

It has been a crazy last couple of weeks! Last week was my first week back to work, which is never fun. I thought that maybe it would be easier the second time around...I was wrong. We were lucky enough to have Grandma Kieffer and Grandma Stevens come up and watch the boys during that week...I even snuck home a handful of times during my lunch and got in a few snuggles :) The boys loved having their grandmas here and enjoyed all the extra attention!

And after one week back to work, I now have two more weeks off for Christmas...we planned that out perfectly :) We have been busy this week getting ready for Christmas! We took the boys to see Santa on Sunday at JoJo's. I was a little nervous about how Owen would react to Santa, but he did really well! He was very serious, and did not want to smile while sitting by Santa, but he was willing to sit on Santa's lap. It was really nice that we were able to visit Santa in a little bit of a more intimate setting. I think taking him to the mall would have not gone over quite as well. Other than that, we have just been busy with a lot of Christmas baking, shopping, and wrapping. I just love the holidays and can't wait to get together with our families and start celebrating :)

I love that Owen is holding on to Adam's in hand this picture...he is such a protective big brother!

Congratulations

Tony came home last week after two years of living in South Korea (and doing a little traveling). During the last couple weeks of his travels, his girlfriend Erika met him in Italy, where he proposed!! We are sooo excited for the two of them....I have never seen Tony happier! And I love that I will have a sister in law on the Stevens side :) Can't wait for the wedding in the fall...we love you both!!

3 Months

Adam at 3 months (he managed to smile through the coughs) Owen at three months

I can hardly believe that Adam is three months old already, and that today is my last day of maternity leave:( I am not ready to go back to work on Monday.

Well, we have had a very busy week, which is why I am late on posting Adam's three month post. Unfortunatley for Adam, we found out on Tuesday that he has a slight case of bronchitis, an ear infection, and pink eye. Poor little peanut feels just awful. It breaks my heart to hear his little (sometimes big) coughs, and see the dark circles under his eyes from being soooo tired.


Even though he is feeling so crappy, he is still squeezing out smiles. He is a really smiley and talkative little guy. He sometimes will smile so big, that I swear a big belly laugh is going to come out. We haven't heard it yet, but I can tell it's on it's way. As far as other milestones like sleeping and eatting, not much is new. At night I am consistently getting between 7 and 9 hours (twice I have even got a great ten hour stretch). Naps are still inconsistent and I have a feeling they will be for awhile yet. Owen still loves helping out and giving his little brother kisses. However, he recently has been telling me "all done" for when he wants Adam to stop doing something such as nursing so I can play with him or during bathtime so Adam gets out and he gets the whole tub to himself. We also had Adam's baptism last week, but pictures will be coming later as I forgot my camera and am waiting to download the pictures from my mom.