October 18, 2009

Beautiful Sunday in Sioux City. Claire just woke up from a nap and is ready to eat, and Grace is ready to play dress up. Being ready to play is a never ending stage for Grace. Today she is rotating between dress up, drawing, polly pockets, doctor, and kitchen. While she is o-kay at being willing to play by herself, much of the time she demands a play partner. Now that it's basketball season and I'm home one day a week, Sunday is dad's play day.

Michelle spent her first full day home with both girls yesterday, and she was worn out! Claire keeps her pretty busy wanting to eat every hour (it seems), and Grace always finds a way to keep us busy. Things will be a little more normal at our house now that Michelle is cleared to lift Grace and drive, neither of which she'd been able to do since her C section.

We got word Friday that Grace's preschool had been exposed to H1N1. That's a little scary, but we'll monitor Grace closely. She's been really healthy this school year so far.

October 10, 2009

October 10 and there is a little snow on the ground in Sioux City. Are you serious? We have a quiet weekend at home planned, and it's badly needed. Our first week at home with Claire has been pretty hectic with the combination of people at the house and my first full week of basketball practice.

Grace is doing really well with the changes. She really loves Claire and enjoys holding her. Her school year is going really well. I'm continually amazed at how she knows so many kids at her school (not just the kids in her classroom). We already anticipate her report cards being filled with comments such as "Grace talks too much at time and is too social." Oh well.

Michelle and Claire are doing really well. Claire pretty much sleeps and eats, and Michelle pretty much feeds Claire while trying to squeeze in sleep when possible.