Happy Monday!

Wow, I used to be a lot better about updating the blog! The time just literally escapes me these days. The theme in our house right now is exhaustion!! Paul and I are getting used to our new schedule -- me up at 5am, him up at 6am, kids up at 6:30am if we're lucky (usually earlier), and both of us working full-time. I have to try so hard to stay awake when I am laying in bed with the boys around 7:30pm getting them to sleep. I am progressively getting better at getting to bed sooner. I aim for 9:30 but it usually ends up being 10 or 10:30. No matter what time I go to sleep, 5am always comes too early!

The boys are doing sooooooo well at their new day care. We thought Jake might have a hard time this morning since it was Monday but he did better today than he did last Friday! He didn't even have to take a nummy with him to school today and no tears when Daddy left. When I go to pick him up from school, I always try to peek in the room to watch him play before he sees me. He looks so happy. Usually he is playing with Kennedy, one of his new little friends. Josh is quite the ladies man as he makes eyes with all the girls in his nursery. A 7 month old baby joined the group today and I was told that he was very fascinated with what he was up to all day. I swear a switch has turned on in Josh and he is so "alive" with excitement and personality. He is grabbing at anything he can get his hands on and is really starting to "play". He is a nonstop chatterbox and his smiles and laughs are enough to just make your melt. Truly a joy. THE best moment of my whole day is walking into Josh's nursery and seeing his face light up when he recognizes me, followed by Jake running into my arms yelling "mama, mama" when he sees me. I don't think it gets any better than that.

Other news? My job is going well. It's very busy and a lot going on but so far it has deemed itself less stressful than my other job because there is a bigger team working on the project. I start training (giving, not receiving) this week so I am hoping that goes smoothly. Paul is still working on getting his real estate license. Now that he has Tuesdays to himself, he is hoping to have his license by the end of September. Then the transition to the new job will be a whole other story!

Jake is talking up a storm! He is starting to say so many words now without being prompted. I'd say his vocabulary is up to about 75 words or so now. Still just saying single words but it's so thrilling to see him start to really communicate with words. He still works with his speech therapist twice a month, probably until he is about three years old.

Josh is finally taking bottles now, yay! He is up to about 5-6 oz. bottles and usually has 4 of them while he is at day care. Not too shabby! Now he is going to pork up :-)

Will post some new pics of the boys soon!