First day of "normal"

Steph headed to work this morning at 8am. And by noon, he already had his email address, phone number and parking spot all set up. So sounds like his first day is going well.

Here, it means that I am home alone with the three girls, trying to find the best routine for us. Kat has started her two weeks in the afternoon schedule at school, so she gets picked up at about 1245, and is home at about 315. She is starting the signs of the cold (sore throat and some coughing), so fingers are crossed that it goes away as quickly as it did for the other girls, and Steph. We will be discussing the possibility of starting her on the inhaler treatments sooner rather than waiting it out.

We started Dani in the crib last night.. And boy, does that girl ever have a temper. But good news, is she cried a lot less in the crib than she did in our arms the previous few nights. She only cried for about 20 minutes, but the poor thing fell asleep standing up in the crib, so we had to endure another few minutes of crying after i put her back onto the mattress. But she slept a good 5 hour stretch, so we will keep at it. She hasn't nursed before bedtime in a week now, and hasn't nursed for naptime in 5 days. Today will be the ultimate test for nap time since i can't count on a car trip at nap time. But she slept in til 9am this morning, so maybe she can make it to 730/8pm without one.


The weather in the evenings have been quite nice the past couple of nights, so we have been enjoying a nice walk as a family. We have found a few paths close by that lead through the park (baseball, soccer, tennis, and basketball there), and through some forests. Very pretty with all the streams, and bridges, and whatnot. I'll have to remember to take my camera next time.