I am happy to say that me returning to working full-time has gone much smoother than I ever would have imagined possible. I am more busy than I have ever been in my life, and when I am at work Ari and Eli are always in my thoughts — but things have fallen into place and we have actually figured out a routine and life continues to move along.
And my babies just keep on growing!
Eli has begun to realize how cool toys are. Unless he is hungry or tired, the boy wants to be on the floor with any and all toys he can find in the room. And what is more amazing, he is able to get from point a to point b via a commando style body surfing version of crawling. He is very slow, but I am sure he will be picking up speed in the coming months. Oh boy…two mobile children is something that is coming upon us quickly! I continue to be amazed by Eli’s strength and curiosity. Eli also has developed a keen interest in watching Ari and our dogs at all times and will often let out a happy squeal or a “gggeeee” or a “dddeee” when they come into the room. He likes his buddies!
Along with learning new words and even saying a few phrases and humming some songs that we think are a cross between the theme to Elmo’s World and “Dinah Won’t You blow your horn”, what is even more amazing to me is that Ari has become very interested in hearing stories. He especially loves hearing stories about things he has done with our family, like the time he got stung by a bee or the time we went to the zoo and he chased around a peacock or the time we went to get pumpkins and saw a tractor, a cow, some sheep and some chickens. And he is even beginning to love story books and nursery rhymes. Most interesting to me is that Ari is absolutely mesmerized by “The Velveteen Rabbit” and this just happens to be one of my most favorite books from childhood. Also of note is that Ari has a huge book of nursery rhymes that is close to his size and every night he carefully lugs it off of his shelf, and goes right to the page with the nursery rhyme ”Humpty Dumpty” on it and insists that I read it to him at least three times after which he asks me to tell him the name of the big egg with the funny smile on his face (humpty dumpty). Ari also has developed a love for showing off for Eli. He really likes to get him laughing and will go to great lengths to do so. Of course, Eli is a pretty easy crowd so he doesn’t have to try too hard!
It amazes me how fast they are growing!





I also remember this time as a very happy time, as there were fresh buds on the trees, birds chirping to welcome the spring and help me celebrate that I had six months ahead of me with no worries of daycare or work clothes or bottles. And I was blessed with a very mellow newborn along with my adorable toddler who I would spend each day with.








have a few steps to follow, but it is so worth it because you get to….flush away the poop! No more poop in the trash can. No more black plague in the garage. I am pretty excited.