Boys will be boys....and in hindsight, I probably should have stopped him from digging in Jacqi's landscaping instead of taking pictures, but he was having so much fun. :)
Callie is absolutely beautiful, and she is very laid back. I don't know if that's naturally her personality, or if it's just part of the parents being so much more relaxed with baby #2. I guess we will find out in June (if I'm able to be more relaxed this time around, haha). :) Callie's little features are so perfect and precious, and I just couldn't stop taking pictures of all of her little details. She is so tiny, and it was so nice to hold a sweet little newborn again. It definitely made me even more excited for June (and slightly terrified to watch the ordeal of juggling a newborn and a two year old, even though Brian and Jacqi really have things under control!).
I had originally included a photo of Callie's umbilical cord stump in this collage, but Jacqi & Brian think the umbilical cord is gross. Weirdos. :)
We mostly hung out at Brian and Jacqi's house and let the kids play each day. Reese was so happy to be outside. She has had cabin fever since the cold weather arrived back at home. Austin has an awesome play area outside, and Reese wanted to be out there constantly. On Friday, we took Austin and Reese to ride ponies at the horse ranch Austin likes to go visit. Reese was excited to see horses, and she did great riding the pony. Unfortunately, our pony decided to be stubborn and refused to go any further at one point, and Reese got upset when she realized that the pony was giving her daddy a hard time and she didn't want to ride anymore. It was hard to get pictures of her riding since I was glued to her side to be sure she didn't fall off, but I got some cute ones of Austin, who is a professional pony rider!
We were super sad to leave Florida this afternoon. We had to wake both Reese and Austin up from naps when it was time to go, so they were both a bit tired & uninterested in taking a picture with Callie before we left, but at least we got one.
When we got to the airport, Austin started crying, and it absolutely broke my heart. I still can't stop crying when I think about it. It was a silent cry, he didn't make a sound, but his lips were downturned and pouty, and he just had tears streaming down his face. I couldn't stop giving him kisses goodbye, and by the time we left, I was a mess. He wouldn't even look at Matt to say goodbye. So, so sad. Reese kept saying, "Bye Bye, Austin," for the next 15 minutes after we were in the airport. It really breaks my heart that these kids are growing up so far away from each other. Ugh, I'm crying again. Time for happy pictures.
Anyways, on a happy note, we have started (awake time) potty training Reese. She has been going in the potty for several months now, and she had gotten to the point that she was asking to use the potty regularly throughout the day. My work scheduled changed at the beginning of the year, and I'm now working Mon-Wed, so I have 4 consecutive days off each week, and I figured it was a good time to give potty training more attention. She has done awesome. She only had one accident each of the first two days, and she stayed dry the next 2 days after that. She has even done a great job using public restrooms (ewwwww, ewwwwww, ewwwww) with a fold up potty ring when we are out and about. I figured we would loosely continue to work on it in Florida, but when she stayed dry through our entire commute/flight, I realized that she was prepared to keep going. She did great in Florida as well, although she had an accident each day. We are still using diapers for naps and bedtime, and I don't see that ending anytime soon. We'll just see when she starts showing signs that she is ready for that step, but for now, I'm happy to be free of diapers during the day!
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