Tom's New Favorite Thing

Well, this isn't his favorite thing, but I wanted to document Tom actually eating veggies.

This is Tom's favorite thing. TRUCKS! TRACTORS! DIGGERS!

Look at how proud he is to be driving this tractor. He is such a little man!

Now Thatsa Spicy Meatball!

It only took us 22 months to get Thomas to eat noodles. He finally realized how good they are the other night and once he did, he devoured his spaghetti. Italian is back on the menu at the Anderson house!

My Life (so far) With Two Kids

Here are the comparisons of life with one 20 month old to life with a 20 month old and 3 week old.

With just the 20 month old:

1) Day starts between 6:30 and 7 am when Tom wakes up and wants out of the crib.
2) I go get him up, change his diaper, put on his clothes and hang out while Emily showers.
3) Emily takes him downstairs, makes breakfast, maybe puts on Sesame Street while I shower.
4) I leave for work, Tom waves bye-bye in the window, I work until 5:30.
5) Emily and Tom do a morning activity, take a nap at 1, wake up and play until I get home.
6) I get home, play golf or baseball with Tom while Emily makes dinner.
7) We eat, play for a little bit, Tom takes a bath, puts pj's on, reads a book, asleep by 8 PM
8) Emily and I enjoy some tv and get to bed by 10 or 11.

Look how organized and neat the whole thing is. Honestly, we had gotten into that kind of routine with Thomas, for someone who is slightly OCD like me, it was almost heaven.

Now life with a 20 month old and 3 week old:

1) Wake up at 1 am for a feeding. Emily is breastfeeding, so I don't typically even know this goes on, but I have tried to help when needed. Wake up again at 4 am for another feeding, same as the 1 am feeding.
2) Tom wakes up at 7, so does Sarah, so I run in to get him while Emily nurses in our room. Tom wants to see mommy so we go into our room where he keeps climbing up and down the bed, all the while not letting me change his diaper or leave the room to shower because he also wants daddy in the room.
3) Around 7:30 I wrestle Tom's diaper and day clothes on him and try to get him downstairs so Emily can finish nursing Sarah in peace and quiet. Grandma either comes by or I drive Tom to her and head to work. Bye bye morning shower to wake me up.
4) I work in a kind of sleepy haze for the first few hours. I'm not sure if I am actually accomplishing anything, but I am there, so that counts for something.
5) Emily, Sarah, Thomas and Grandma do stuff at home. Tom naps at 1, I hope Emily and Sarah do to, I really have no idea if that happens.
6) I get home from work at 5:30 and hang out with Thomas, trying to keep him inside so I can relax on the couch with a beer, but all he wants to do is play golf or baseball outside. So we usually do that. By the way the mosquito are horrible this year, they attack us the entire time.
7) Thomas and I eat while Emily nurses Sarah and does her best to eat at the same time. After dinner Tom takes a shower with me, says "night-night" to our neighbors dog about 50 times, then goes to bed at 8.
8) Emily hands Sarah off to me at 8:30, pumps while I give her a bottle.
9) Sarah fusses from 9 until 11. I jiggy walk from 9 until 11. We all (please God, please!) go to sleep at 11:30 setting an alarm to wake up at 1 and start it all over again.

Not as organized but really it has not been bad at all. Yeah, we are tired, but Sarah has been great and Thomas has really adjusted pretty well to his sister. This is the last week we are doing the 1 am feeding. So that should help Emily out a bunch. We both think Sarah will make it to 4 anyway. She barley even wakes up for the 1 am feeding now.

First Doctor's Visit and First Bath

She wasn't happy to be there, but the Doctor's office was all good. Sarah is already back to birth weight and no jaundice, so she is doing very well.


Her first bath was also an interesting 5 minutes. She cried for most of it, while Tom looked on from his own bath. It is funny thinking back to when we gave Tom his first bath in this same sink. If he sat in that sink today, it would break.

Does Anyone Know Where the Sports' Page Is?

This has become a common scene around our house lately. Thomas has really started taking an interest in the "Big Boy Pottie". Now all the books say not to really start pushing this until after the age of 2, but we certainly aren't going to stop him from using the pottie if he wants to use it. Tom's cousin, Francie, has stopped wearing diapers now, so when they are together, Tom always wants to use the pottie. Today my mom called me to announce that Thomas had "pooped a few times" in the pottie. Unbelievably I was extremely excited about it. 5 years ago talking about a kid pooping in a toilet would have ranked about 99th out of 100 on a scale of things that made me happy. (100 being any kind of body cavity search involving me and the police)

Anyway, here's to pooping in a pottie and being excited about doing it! I'm sure we will have many more fascinating updates in the future.

And How is Tom Doing?

Well, the little man had quite a weekend while his sister was busy coming into the world. He spent a lot of time out at the farm playing on tractors, spraying the cows and just playing with Sammy-Dog.We also had another first....Tom's first stitches.

He got 5 on the bridge of his nose. It was only a matter of time with the way this kid climbs. He seems to be handling that situation pretty well. In fact, he doesn't even know he has a boo-boo on his nose.

Tom also got to meet his sister for the first time on Monday. Here is the video of that moment:

He has always been good with little babies. I hope that this "tender" side of Tom stays with us for the next few months.

Sarah on Film

She wasn't even in this world for more than 30 seconds before I got her on video. She came out screaming, which is a good thing, but she kept going the entire time we were in the operating room. She has healthy lungs.

This first video is pretty much right after she was delivered, within a minute.

The next video is Sarah getting her footprints taken. Kind of a cool moment. I remember with Thomas, his feet did not fit on the paper. Thankfully, our little girl is a bit smaller.

Sarah Jane Anderson

The Stork Delivered...

A healthy baby girl. Our daughter, Sarah Jane Anderson was born at 1:27 pm. She is a healthy 8 lbs 1 ounce. Everyone is doing great! Pictures to follow.