Vivian's First Day of Daycare

Vivian's first day of daycare was Thursday, January 2. We spent a large part of New Years Day getting ready for Jackson to go back to school after a long break and for Vivian to go for the first time.  Bottles. Diapers. Wipes. Butt Cream. 2 outfits. Bibs. Pacis. It all got packed.  After mommy had a good cry about no longer getting to spend her days with this sweet little girl (shopping), then we all put on our big girl pants and it was show time.

Normally daddy does drop off and pick up since daycare is across the street from his office, but given it was such a big day, I worked from home so I could go with to do drop off, meet the teachers, get her situated and to generally make sure she was going to be ok.  It all went great - she did great and so did I (meaning, no tears from either one of us!)  To top it off, she is in the same Darling Ducklings class that Jackson was in and also has Miss Kim as her teacher.

I went back down there at lunch as we had forgotten Jackson's blanket for nap time, so it gave me a good excuse to see her again.  One of the things that is different since Jackson was in the infant room is that now they have an electronic system and they send you pictures multiple times a day.  She looks so happy in all of them, though I suppose they wouldn't take pics of her crying and send them to us!

And when we picked her up around 4:15 pm, she was totally conked out.  We got her in her carseat and she slept until 6:45 pm that night.  Day care totally tired her out!

Play date

Last weekend we hosted a play date for 7 boys (including Jackson), all under the age of 5.  The timing was perfect - there were new Christmas toys waiting to be played with, there is no couch in the living room thus creating an extra play room and the cleaners had yet to come.  Fun was had by all - the moms drank mimosas and chatted, the two daddies supervised and the boys, well you can see what they did below.....

 And Vivian didn't think a thing of all the chaos.  In fact, she decided that she would just take a snooze amidst the noise.

5 Month Update

Today Vivian turned 5 months old.  We had a pretty low key weekend, but did go to Anne's 1 year birthday party today.  It's so crazy how fast time has flown by for both of them!

Weight: 15 lbs 10 oz

Length: TBD

Sleeping/eating patterns: I just started sleeping through the night.  I go to bed at 7 pm and have been sleeping until 6 or 7 am.  Even though mommy knows that I'll probably regress at some point, it's been great for her to have a couple of nights of solid sleep.

My Likes: I love my exersaucer, especially in the morning when I'm bright eyed and bushy tailed.  I also love rolling around on the floor, gnawing on all my toys.  I'm never in the same spot that mommy left me.  I think my brother is really funny.  I love being in just my diaper and pulling at my toes.  I'm also a big fan of daycare - all my teachers say I'm a happy baby.

My Dislikes: Oatmeal. Mommy and daddy tried to give me some for the first time yesterday and I wanted nothing to do with it.  The proof is in the pudding.

Other milestones:  I can roll over both ways now.  I sleep on my belly.  I'm trying to get my knees under me so I can start crawling.  

Trips:  We went back to WI for a week and a half over Christmas.  Stay tuned for the mother of all blog updates on that one.  Mommy said she was too tired to try and do it tonight.  I just hope she gets it up before next Christmas.  

Looking forward to in the next month:   Jackson's fourth birthday party at Pump It Up! 

Want to compare me to my brother at this age?  Click here.