No Time For A Break

    So, needless to say, this has been one long week in the Colonna household. There has been a lot of after school events at Lee Woodard, tutoring, assessments, and other assortments of fun. Somehow we have made it through and have arrived at another beautiful weekend. Last Saturday, we thought it would be a good idea to take Malachi to my parent's pool in the apartment complex. It has been really warm here in North Carolina and Malachi loves the water. It was still a little bit cold, but that did not stop Malachi. He was in there just a splashin' and having a grand old time. I was only brave enough to put my feet in. Later that night we went out to dinner with some friends who treated us to Chili's. Marc had helped them do a little bit of painting in their kitchen. Malachi sat in his rainforest booster the entire time we were there and never once threw a fit. It was amazing! However, he did throw some other things from time to time.
    On Monday, we had a baby check up to see how baby Kaylin was doing. Have I mentioned that before? We have decided to go with Kaylin Michelle after much debate. We are keeping the other name that was under discussion in case we need it (although, I told Marc that adoption at this point sounds good). Baby Kaylin is doing wonderful! She did give the nurse a hard time trying to find her heartbeat though. I knew she was in there though, because I can feel her moving around from time to time. She is nothing like Malachi though. Once Malachi started moving he never stopped. Now, I completely understand. That boy has so much energy that it is hard to keep up! Maybe this means that Kaylin will be more laid back. Yeah, right!

21 Weeks

    The rest of the week so just filled with meetings and after school activities. It was hard to juggle and not see my baby boy very much, but Marc did bring him to the school on Tuesday and Thursday for some quick visits. It is always nice to see his happy little face running around the school. On Wednesday, I went with Katie to Rocky Mount to visit Allison and her son Griffin. Griffin is almost 2 years old. I always love watching kids a little older than Malachi to find out the fun stuff that is in store for me and how much he is going to grow in the next few months. No wonder why parents have a hard time remembering when there children do what. It all happens so fast that it is a blur!
    Yesterday, Saturday, we went to Cary to get Malachi's Easter pictures done. I have to admit. I was a little nervous for several reasons. First, our friend Jill normally does our pictures for us and she's been really busy lately with her new job so a new women (that Jill recommended) did the pictures for us at Lundie's Photography. Second, they were scheduled for 1:00 which is right around where Malachi is usually waking up from his nap. And last, that boy doesn't like to sit still! Well, Malachi exceeded all of my expectations! I woke him up early yesterday and then put him down early for his nap. He pretty much got his full two hour morning nap! I fed him in the car on the way there. Then, it only took us 30 minutes to get all his pictures done and we even had 4 outfit changes. The lady, Beverly, was amazing and she worked so well with Malachi. I think it helped that she had an Elmo prop. For some reason, Malachi has fallen in love with Elmo.

Malachi did not want to get up yesterday

    After pictures, we went and did some baby shopping and registering. We went into Burlington Coat Factories and were shocked by all the amazing baby items. We went in there expecting to just browse and then 50 dollars later we went to Babies R Us to register for Kaylin. Let me tell you! It was much easier registering the second time then it was the first. I was so overwhelmed the first time and this time I just sailed threw the store. It was actually fun and not scary!!! Finally, we came home, met my parents for dinner, played a bit around the house, Malachi went to sleep, and Marc and I had a movie night where I actually stayed awake! Also, Marc got some for finished in the nursery last night, but I haven't looked yet. It's almost 9:00 and Malachi is still sleeping. I figured I should try to make as little noise as possible to keep this little one sleeping as long as possible. I've got blogging and lesson plans to do. LOL! Hopefully, I will post them later on today or tomorrow after our Common Core Training.