Amanda is 3 months old

Amanda is 3 months today. She is such an awesome baby. I love her smile and giggles and coos and all about her. She is very vocal. My chunky baby. Love the rolls on her arms and legs. I call her my "Poncjiks", treat that my Grandma used to make, round dough balls deep fried with jam in the middle.

My days are pretty crazy. Being Mom of 2 is definitely not a picnic or walk in the park. I was told it is hard but had no Idea what I was getting myself into.

She just woke up, have to go, will continue hopefully soon...

Happy Halloween, Trick or Treat ;)


continued on Nov 7th.
I will give you a sneak peak at my calendar for Halloween week activities

Sunday, Oct 25th
Driving to Latvian School in the morning for our class in Halloween costumes.
Jason was off to golf after we got back, his Birthday gift.
2 hour nap with girls, followed by Pumpkin finger paint playdate with Alexis and stayed for dinner there at Helena and Chris's house, where Jason joined us after golf.

Monday, Oct 26th.
Amanda's Name Day. Meeting friends at the Victory Lakes playground, we also went for a little "bear hunt" walk and admired beautiful Fall colors. I had to explain to Izzy, it was pretend Bear, she kept saying - I am scared... followed by lunch with our friends and Jason's BDay German Chocolate Cake leftover. Home for Nap, had to wake her up to go to pre-ballet and pre-tap class, she was not happy, refused to go into class, it was stressful, two fussy baby, one tired Mama, not fun! Left Dance studio without participating in her class, weather was beautiful, so we went to our old playground by apartment we used to live in and happened to meet there Heather with Cora and Sammy, who are about the same age as my kids. We exchanged tired Mommy talk and our thoughts on handling 2 kids vs. one. It was nice to talk to somebody in same shoes. By the time Jason got home I was at the point where I just had to leave and get some fresh air, so I decided to make Tutu for Izzy's Halloween costume. Went to Hancock Fabric store, got supplies and was so proud of myself to have handmade something for Izzy's costume and it took my mind of my rough day too.

Tuesday, Oct 27th.
Tried to get H1N1 vaccine for Izzy and I but by the time we got to the walk in clinic they were already out of them. As much as I wanted to just scream at somebody for unfairness of one having to drive 40 minutes with 2 fussy kids for nothing I did my best out of this situation and went to local Library there and Panera for lunch.
Followed by Our Moms group's Halloween Party in the evening. Shortly before we had pacifier disaster where suddenly I could not find even one pacifier and had to drive with screaming baby and no-napped toddler to Target to stuck up on pacifiers.

Wednesday, Oct 28th.
Veggy painting playdate at our house in the morning followed by very relaxing evening with well napped toddler and sleeping baby. We carved pumpkins and baked peanut butter cookies from scratch, truly enjoyed this quality time with just one child ;)

Thursday, Oct 29th.
Trick-or-Treating at "Wegmans" with our friends, followed by lunch and grocery shopping. Back home, short nap and Music class, that was disaster since all the kids had too much candy in the morning and not enough nap. At night, Nicole and Rebekah came over to have a beer and chat without kids interrupting us. Went to bed after midnight and had no regrets.

Friday, Oct 30th.
All the kids had worn their Halloween costumes all week long so by the time Friday came kids were not interested in wearing the same thing again. ;)
Playdate at our house, we were supposed to decorate pumpkins, but I think Moms were too tired from all the Halloween activities as well, so we just did regular Friday playdate - kids played and moms chatted. Followed by nice Chili lunch and little trick-or-treating practice for our kids. Each of us prepared something non-candy treat and kids were practicing for the next day.

Saturday, Oct 31st.
I went with girls in the morning for a walk to the Hayden school playground while Jason was studying. We were out in fresh fall air about 2 hours so all three of us had great nap. In the evening Everett, Nicole and Matt came, we had dinner, Amanda's 3 months celebration with key lime pie and 3 candles. Enjoyed giving out candy and going trick or treating with kids.

Busy week but filled with so much fun ;)