Dylan's First Day of School

Well the day finally came for our baby to start school. Dylan was so excited to go to school like his big brother Austin. The first thing he did was go down stairs to get a bag of chips to take to school for snack time (healthy right?). He ate very little breakfast and was anxious to get to going. He grabbed his backpack and put his chips inside and was ready to go!

I was more emotional about him starting school then I think anyone else. When we arrived, he
put his backpack away, put the chips in his cubbie and went to play with cars and airplanes, surprise! Aaron and I stayed for about five minutes and let him know that we were leaving. He said "Okay, bye." I figured he was acting great because he thought Aaron was leaving, not me. Well I gave him a kiss and hug and let him know that I would be back later. He said, "Okay Mom, muah." I figured he didn't get it and so I followed him and this time he didn't say anything in return. We left the room and that was it. No crying, no running after us . . . nothing. I sat in my car with tears in my eyes wondering where my mommy's boy went.

I left the parking lot wondering where I was to go. In 11 months when did I actually have the whole house to myself without anyone home to take care of? It was an odd feeling, but a feeling that I can get use to. I plan to enjoy it and be productive, at least until the twins arrive. Finally three hours had gone by and I couldn't wait to pick up my little guy. When I arrived, his class (there's only 12 of them) was standing against the wall waiting to be picked up with their backpacks on. Dylan had one foot against the wall and his hands in his pockets -just one cool kid! When his teacher told him that I


was there, my mommy's boy was back!!! He ran to me with a smile from ear to ear as he gave me a giant hug -what a welcome! He actually explained the highlights of his day to me, which were: playing on the yellow slide (which poor Dylan has had to see the playground for a year every time we picked Austin up last year. They wouldn't allow non-students to play on it, so needless to say, Dylan was very excited to finally have at it), eating his chips and coloring his balloon paper. Who knew Dylan could explain so much. So overall, I believe Dylan is going to do great in school and continue to love snack time too!

Two Peas in a Pod

The babies are growing so fast that we can't keep up with them. It's scary to think that they are two babies developing inside my body. I just can't imagine what my stomach will look like even three months from now.

Here is a picture of Baby A. He (no we don't the the gender but I don't want to say "it"), is titled A since he is the closest to the cervix. This generally means that he would be born first. This baby is very active and wouldn't stay still long enough to get a good shot. His arms are near his head and look almost the same size as his body. Even though you can't tell in this picture, his legs were crossed and looked like frog legs.

This is Baby B and he is calm as a cucumber. He didn't move much in the 45 minutes but does enjoy living close to my hip. I didn't even know that babies could find their way into a hip. But they warned me that since there's not much space in there, that the babies will take every bit of space they can. Lucky me! You can see his hand near his face as though he is sucking his thumb. I say he is waving saying hello!

This is my favorite picture of them all. It is a picture looking down on their skulls/brains. I say this is where the saying "Two heads are better than one" came from. But really doesn't it look like two peas in a pod?

Austin's first Day of School

Here are pictures of Austin's first day of school. He was so excited to be a first grader and go to the "big" school that didn't teach about God. We have tried to explain the difference between private and public. Austin has been telling people that he goes to a school where
there is no God. But I think he's getting the idea now. When we first arrived at school, Austin told us to stay in the car as he knew where to go. We explained that on the first day of school that Mom and Dad would walk him to class. Like Austin always does, he asked to compromise, "how about you walk me up to class, but I go in by myself?" I still can't believe he said this, what is he 12? In the end, we all made it in his class and wished him a great first day!
We let him ride the bus to school as it picks him up in front of the house. You would think the bus was taking him to Disneyland because he was overjoyed by excitement! He thought that he was all grown up leaving me and Dylan at the sidewalk. Dylan now wants to take the bus too!

To make the week even better, Austin had a note sent home today saying what an amazing kid he is and that he is a hard worker and very caring! What more could we ask for to hear his first week of school! we have decided to allow Austin to ride the bus to school on Tuesday and Thursday and he can ride the bus home every day as along as he obeys. After waiting two days in car line, I went through 1/4 tank of gas and 2 minutes after we would arrive home, the bus will pull up right after us. We are the first stop so it's not much of a ride, plus it allows me to spend more time alone with Dylan. So I guess he is getting way to big too fast!