The Accidental Boilermaker

This morning we went to Touch-a-Truck at the community college.  It was pretty neat.  It was also very crowded and loud.  Kids could climb inside all kinds of different trucks and yes, honk the horns.  I was amazed that Jameson managed to fall asleep in the stroller.  Evelyn had fun but I also think she was a little overwhelmed by all the activity so we didn't stay to see every truck. So for those of you who don't know, Evelyn loves school buses.  There is a bus stop on our corner and almost every morning she watches the kids get on the bus.  She will even tell you when she grows up she wants to be a school bus driver. Evelyn's dream come true!  She gets to ride the bus! While not technically a truck, who doesn't want to try out an ATV? Trying on some hard hats. I did not realize that Fort Wayne was so well prepared, but we saw the bomb diffusing truck and robot. Fort Wayne also has a hostage rescue tank....

Jameson is 3 months old.  He continues to be a generally happy, smiley baby.  He is as big as Evelyn was little at this age.  He mostly wears 6 month clothes.  Jameson seems to like music, bubbles, and going for walks. I recently started putting Jameson to sleep in the pack-n-play around 7:30pm.  I was holding him while he slept and then waking him up to feed when I was ready to go to bed.  While snuggles are nice, it made it hard to get stuff done in the evening.  So far, the new schedule has worked well.  He will wake up once in the middle of the night to nurse and then wakes up around 6:00am or so.  Which is fine because that's about when we all wake up anyway. Evelyn likes to bring Jameson toys and especially the pacifier even when he isn't fussy.  Our favorite question is to ask Evelyn if Jameson can eat or do something and her response is always, "No, he's too little." Nate had his second time trial today.  ...

This week has had some ups and downs.  Nothing major.  I'm trying to decide if I want to go back to work and it is a much harder decision than I realized. Monday we did nothing.  I don't remember if we left the house.  Not leaving the house makes for a long day. Tuesday was much better.  Maryca and Bella came over in the morning and Aunt Sue and Uncle Lee visited on their way home from Florida in the afternoon.  Nate did really good at his first time trial in Dayton.  He took 4th out of 116 cyclists. Wednesday we played outside - hooray for spring!  I got to run after Evelyn went to bed and it was the first run where I felt normal, not like I was going to die.  But I'm still very slow, so there's plenty of room for improvement. Thursday we went to story time which is always fun because Evelyn enjoys it so much. Today was Evelyn's first soccer lesson.  It is held at a daycare but is open to the public.  Evelyn was...

We made a trip to South Bend today to visit Meredith and Jeremy and go swimming at the indoor pool.  First we went to the Cafe at the Overlook for coffee.  Evelyn got her favorite special treat - chocolate milk. Then we went back to the apartment to get ready for the pool! The splash pad was pretty crowded so Evelyn went swimming with Jeremy for a while. She eventually warmed up to the splash pad but did not want to go down the kiddie slide. Before we left, Jeremy took Evelyn for a few trips around the lazy river. Jameson, as usual, was pretty chill about his first pool experience. Everyone enjoyed the water table. Got a few more inches before Evelyn is tall enough for the big slide : ) Jameson and Puddles. I weighed Jameson today at Meredith's apartment.  He is 14 lbs 9 oz!  Evelyn was 14 lbs 4 oz at 6 months.  He is one big little boy!