School update - Day 2

One of the moms in our playgroup warned me that the second day of school would probably be worse than the first day and she was definitely right on. This morning's drop-off started out okay. Joey had his backpack on and walked himself into the building and into the classroom. He sat down in his little chair and started eating Fruit Loops and Goldfish with no problem so mommy got a kiss goodbye and walked out. By the time I got to the outside window to peek in, though, he was already crying and screaming but I figured it couldn't last long. When I went to pick him up this afternoon, the teacher said that he cried all day with the exception of lunchtime where he nibbled on his food. He started crying again after lunch so she rocked him to sleep from 12:00 until he woke up crying again at 12:45. Now we're home and of course Joey's perfectly fine and normal. We finished his lunch when we got home and now he's in his crib - I might be pushing my luck but I'd love if he would take even a short little nap even though he's already gotten some shut eye today. No more school this week so we'll have to wait until next Monday to see if things get even worse before they get better!

Wedding weekend in SA

We spent this past weekend in San Antonio for a family wedding. We had a busy itinerary with lots of family activities planned around the wedding but we also made time to spend some downtime walking along the Riverwalk by our hotel. Click here to see all of our pictures from this weekend - below are some highlights...

Joey and daddy watching the ducks along the Riverwalk.

Joey is very excited to see the barge floating down the river!

Joey and his cousin Charlotte playing peek-a-boo.

Joey and Mima

Joey and the little ladies (aka his cousins)

Lounging in the sun - almost conked out...


Joey in the car - completely zonked from a busy weekend!

Update - we survived our first day!

Well, I don't know who missed Joey more while he was at school today - mommy or his great grandma. Neither one of us knew what to do with ourselves so we both just moped around the house doing absolutely nothing. We were in the car by 12:20 (which is way too early) heading to Joey's school. When I got to the classroom, I peeked through the cut-out in the door and saw that one of the teachers, Ms. Maureen, was holding Joey in the rocking chair. When 1:00 finally came around, she brought Joey to me and I could see that he had some tears on his face. She said that he did great all the way through lunch but after that he was really tired and started crying. It makes sense because at home Joey always goes down for his nap between 12:00 and 12:30 so we'll have to work on pushing that back just a bit. But both teachers said that Joey did not cry at all when I dropped him off (don't quite know how to feel about that) and that he was great overall. I just looked in his lunchbox and every single morsel of food is gone so he obviously had no issue with his appetite. It's now 1:30 and Joey is already sound asleep in his crib having survived his first day of school. Yay for my big boy!

First day of school!

My little big boy started his first day of Mother's Day Out this morning. He'll be going every Monday and Wednesday from 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m. We spent this past weekend in San Antonio (pictures of that to come later) where Joey did not sleep very well so as luck would have it, he chose this morning to sleep in. I finally had to wake him up at 8:00 and even then he was still groggy and not wanting to get out of bed. Our getting ready routine was a bit rushed as a result, but I did manage to take a couple of pictures before we left the house.

The drop-off at the school went pretty well. When we got there, Joey went and sat in his little seat to enjoy a morning a snack of Fruit Loops and Goldfish. Mommy got a kiss goodbye and then was banished from the room. Joey was not crying when I walked out and when I peeked through the window a minute later, he was still okay. I can't wait to hear the details from the teachers this afternoon. Mommy did shed a few tears walking back towards the car, but I think I'm better now. Who knows...I may just end up spending my free time today sitting at the computer looking back at all of Joey's baby pictures.

Labor Day Weekend

We had a restful Labor Day weekend hanging out at the pool in the mornings and then at home in the afternoons. We did manage to stir up a little rain one evening and Joey had a chance to play around in the drizzle. Looking back on our weekend photos, it seems that Joey spent quite a bit of time without a shirt on...pretty classy.

Adorable little footprints in the rain

Naked baby enjoying a Thomas video on the computer

Half naked baby enjoying some quiet reading time

Joey and his grandpa Charlie checking out a fish pond