Easter Egg Hunt #1

Today, at Los Gatos Calvary Church, we participated in an early Easter egg hunt. I think we have two more Easter egg hunts to go (three if you include the practice session we're having at Auntie Kim's house so we can attempt to teach the boys how to collect the eggs first and eat later).

 

Before the Easter egg hunt, we went to our first (free) concert!

It's hard to tell, but Lucas was clapping along to the songs he knew.

 All the boys did was open the eggs and eat (oh chubsters...)

Happy first day of spring!

... and it begins

It's over, folks! That's right... parenting is no longer equal. After four weeks off (the first two weeks being quite crazy), Daddy's back at work and Mommy is on her own again. The only thing that's different now is that instead of just one child, there are two! 2 against 1... it's going to take some great defense to win this now. I guess the only way to get through this first day is to remember that God won't give me anymore than what I can handle. And right now it's starting off just fine... homeboy is playing Angry Birds (while I'm blogging) and homegirl is sleeping her life away. So far, so good...

 

(I'm not a complete slacker, I'm doing laundry and waiting for Lukey's play date pals to come over)

And here's two random pictures from the weekend...

 Swingin' with Amaya at her party/backyard

Lyin' with older cousin Sarah

Happy Monday!

One Month Old!

How has four weeks gone by already?! I can't believe my little princess is already one month old! I know you're not suppose to compare your kids, but I can't help but still think big bro Lu was a tad bit cuter at her age. Of course, he also had 1.5 extra weeks in the womb to develop (which also made him much more developed too). Unlike her brother, you can see that she only has a tad bit of hair sticking up towards the back of her head. Maybe in another week, she'll have more hair sticking up.

Well, first things first... we survived as parents of 2 under 2! *yay* And today also marks Daddy's last day of paternity leave. Once again, how did four weeks go by just like that?! 

So what did I learn this month? (In no particular order.)

1) Taking care of one (toddler) kid is easy! Two is hard...

2) The newborn is the easy one to take care of. It's the toddler who's demanding.

3) Speaking of toddler, they will definitely regress and want to be a baby again.

4) Discipline and rewards for the toddler = good thing!

5) Having more than 4 hours of consecutive sleep is a luxury... a luxury I have yet to experience.

6) Newborns sure poop a lot of mustard-y stuff.

7) Newborns sure go through a whole lotta diapers.

8) Being "cool" means being in bed by 8:30.

9) Candy Crush makes time pass by much faster during those late night feedings.

10) Friends & family bringing us food and helping us out are definitely life savers!

11) It takes double the time to get out of the house.

12) The crockpot is my new best friend!

13) Get (or borrow) a Cradle 'n Swing (for your newborn)... it's a lifesaver!

14) You no longer have a life. Your new life revolves around your kids.

15) Props to parents who have more than two kids who are really close in age.

16) If you never want to be bored again, have two kids that are close in age.

17) Daylight Savings during the first month with a newborn is horrible!

18) Girls go through a lot of wet wipes.

My 1 month old and my 20 month old

Girls' Night

... and by night, I mean 5:00 am! For some reason, homegirl did not do her typical pass out and go back to sleep after one of her night feedings. So what exactly did that mean? Rocking on glider, talking to her, and finally (out of desperation)... lying her down next to me in bed (although it's totally against Kaiser's orders) and letting her fall asleep in bed with us as I continue sticking a paci in her till she finally passed out. 

As the two of us lay in bed together, ignoring Daddy's snoring, I was stroking her hair, hoping that that would help put her to sleep. As we were both lying there, her eyes were slowly giving out while gazing at me. I don't know if it was because I was extremely tired and delusional, but at that moment, she looked like the cutest baby in the world (no offense, Lucas, you're the cutest boy in the world though!). Her little hands were holding onto my index finger and I think we both slowly just passed out together. 

I remember thinking that I wish this could go on forever (no, not the stay up at 5am); being a good mother to her,  coaxing her and comforting her through all stages of life.To have that special bond only a mother and daughter can have.

 

Sometimes I wonder...

... what they're thinking about. 

 

 

20 months old and 2 weeks old

WOW! Do I seriously have two kids now?! For anyone who's wondering, the answer is YES. It is extremely tough with two under two. Whoever said it was easy simply lied! I'm pretty sure it gets a tad bit easier once the second one is older and they can play together, but I'm pretty sure the first three months... or even six months is going to be a toughie. 

To make Lukey feel special and loved still, we've been alternating between special time with Mommy and special time with Daddy. Daddy currently gets more Lukey time right now because Mommy is tied down to Charlotte every 3-4 hours. Here we are in Millbrae having some eggettes (we sort of spoiled our dinner, oh well!).

Mommy & Lukey "special time" playing with sidewalk chalk outside.

"Special time" with Uncle Sanz too...

Our beautiful 2 week old (she's a very good baby!)

This is what life in the future will most likely look like when Daddy goes back to work.

Our Little Valentine

One week ago, our second little bundle of joy came into this world. She was surprisingly small and thin (according to our standards since her older brother weighed two pounds more and to this day is still chubby and sturdy). Happy one week baby girl!

Welcome Charlotte Shinn

 

 

As always, Mommy hates staying in the hospital so we left after three days.

My loves! 

When we move again, we're going to upgrade to a king size bed for our family of four!