Eyes! Eyes!

This is what Thomas says when the sun is in his face, or if he stares at something bright and it hurts his eyes.  He'll say it over and over again until I acknowledge it and ask if his eyes are bothering him. Then he'll simply say yes, and move on. That's how he is with most things these days. He just wants me to know he's talking, and as soon as I let him know I was and respond, he moves on.  He says so many things now, a big problem is he learns new words, and I haven't figured out how to translate them yet...I'm getting better and he's pretty patient with me :)
He's also loving summer. Well, what summer we've had so far. The wind is putting a serious damper on his new swimming pool, we filled it up and I was so excited to spend the afternoon sitting on the grass with Lorelai while Thomas played in the pool, and then for the past week we have had insanely windy days... I think I'm more disapointed than he is...
Lorelai is an angel. Seriously, she's perfect. She is such an easy baby, I thank Heavenly Father constantly. Literally.  She is content to just hang out, be held, not be held, sit up, lay down, watch her brother, whatever. There are a few things she doesn't like. She HATES being cold, so if she isn't wrapped up or cuddled then she fusses, until we put more blankets on her. She also dislikes being changed, I'm guessing for the same reason. You take off her clothes or her diaper and she is upset! But is happy almost immediately after you get everything back on.  She's a month old, and I am loving it!  Thomas and I talk about how cute she is, and he comes up and kisses her, and then he makes me go play with him. Good times.
James fixed my jogging stroller, so we went for a walk, and it was fabulous! I'm still supposed to wait 2 weeks, but that ain't happening!  I'm feeling great, and I can tell when I am doing too much, so I just listen to my body and enjoy being physically active again.  I got James to do a pilates video with me, it was awesome! He has a whole new respect for when I tell him I've done pilates. Lol He was actually pretty good at it! I think he prefers tennis and basketball, but still, he's a great husband for supporting me and doing it!
In summation.... All is great!

First excursion

That's right, I did it. I took out both kids, by MYSELF!  So it wasn't anything super intense, I got everything packed up and took the kids to my parents house for the day. So all I had to do was get them into the car and drive down there, but it was still a bit of an effort.  Getting together diapers and extra clothes and making sure everyone had clothes and everything was a bit intense, I was worried I would forget something essential, like you know, the baby.  But I managed to get everything and get down there! We played all day, and it was fun.
I had a fever this past weekend, it was horrible! I was freezing and sweating for a few days, completely miserable.  Thankfully James got to take a few days off to help take care of me and the kids.  We also went to see Snow White and the Huntsman.... meh. It was only okay, let's just say I don't like Kristen Stuart as anything, so that didn't add anything.  But it wasn't too bad, pretty good if she wasn't in it, actually.  We took Lorelai with us, and she was great.
Last night, however, she was not.  I nursed her almost all night long. And when she wasn't nursing she was fussing. Which is really odd for her. She is always so chill, she only fusses if she's hungry, and then it's usually one yell, and then she waits for food.  She doesn't even care if her diaper is dirty (which I almost wish she would so I could know if she pooped, right now I just change her every 1-2 hours, and it's always dirty, so I have no way of knowing when in that time frame she is filling her pants...)  So needless to say last night was bad.  I hope today she is better... We'll see