The past 2 weeks have been pretty quiet, thank goodness, so I haven't had too much to report. We finally recovered from our horrible stomach virus and things slowly got back to normal (and the laundry finally got under control). Nicholas got back to school (finally!) and has really enjoyed being back with his friends and teachers. He's been a little chatterbox recently and on Wednesday when I picked him up from school he talked more than ever about what he did at school that day. He told me all about going to Chapel and talking with the Pastor about God in heaven and hearing that "God loves me". Then he burst out in song with "Jesus loves me" (along with hand motions of course). It melted my heart.
Last Saturday we visited Grandad and Kaki at their house. It was so wonderful for all of us to get to spend time together. We're so happy that they are back home and Butch is on the road to recovery. Each day he seems to be taking steps towards getting better and regaining more strength and hopefully some weight too! We're so proud and amazed of how strong he's been through all of this. Witnessing God's healing power has been truly miraculous!
This week was a busy one for me while Nick was at school. On Monday, I had a dentist appointment and lots of errands to run. Nolan was an angel for me as usual and I was very thankful that I didn't have to spend my time in the dentist chair with a screaming baby in my arms (like I did when Nicholas was a baby). On Wednesday, Nolan and I made it out to Mom's Fellowship Group at church. This was so nice to finally get back there as it's been many weeks that I missed!
On Thursday, the boys and I hosted our neighborhood playgroup at our house. This was so much fun to have so many friends over! It's been a few months since we've all done a playgroup so it was great to see everyone, and there was even one new mom and her two children, Phoebe and Jack (and we're so excited that Phoebe will be starting in Nick's preschool class soon!).
This weekend was pretty full of activity. Friday night we met up with a few of our families from our Sunday School at Fuddruckers for some food and fellowship. I also invited my childhood friend, Kristin, and her family to join us. We had lots of fun and Nicholas loved getting to play with one of his favorite friends, Charlie, in the game room. Later that night, Graham and I watched a super scary movie (Paranormal Activity) that of course now has me a little freaked out being up all night in a dark nursery by myself. Hopefully soon I'll stop looking over my shoulder checking for ghosts!
On Saturday, Nick, Nolan and myself met up with Mom and Ashley at the mall--one of Nick's favorite things to do. Then Saturday night, I got a girls night out with Nadine and all of her bridesmaids. We had so much fun at Maggiano's for dinner. Unfortunately, Graham was not having as much fun at home with the boys. Nolan spent the entire time crying and would not sleep. Nolan seems to only sleep while swaddled and this is something that Graham has not mastered. Hopefully the next time they have a boy's night, Nolan will be cooperative!
And lastly, tonight we went to our neighbor's house for a superbowl party. Brooke, James and their little boy Brandon were so nice to have us. As usual, Nicholas had a wonderful time. He didn't watch any football but was very excited about the new toys to play with, the aquarium, and their puppy dog.
Nolan is 7 weeks old now. He's growing well and is doing really well with the routine. The nights still aren't wonderful though. He had two nights this week where he only woke up one time at 3 am and I got very excited about that. But the last two nights he was back to waking up 2 times (every 3 hours usually). I'm hoping that he'll get back to once a night tonight and hopefully soon be sleeping all the way through the night. But I have to say, I'm not so sure that it'll be as easy or as early as it was with Nicholas (at 2 months). Also, I don't think that Nolan will be sucking his thumb. He hasn't been trying to find his thumb at all and is addicted to his pacifier!
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