March + Final Weeks of Maternity Leave

After my mom left we had only three weeks left for full on maternity leave. We found a rhythm and started to even out after the big adjustment to becoming four. Dan was commuting out to Queens so left early and got home just in time for dinner. The weekends were spent doing childcare interviews and relaxing. The weekdays were largely me and the two-under-two crew.

We played a lot, scrambled to throw together meals, let our home get messy, and had a lot of fun. I typically showered at night right before bed to make the mornings easier. I searched on the internet for toddler activities that would make our playtime more varied and a learning experience. And I snuggled both of my babies as much as I could.

There were still lots of cold, snowy, and generally yucky days so we spent a lot of time inside exploring through play and household items.

We did do a lot of napping as I got both kids on a pretty solid routine. All the napping pictures are Ellie, not sure how Jaime escaped these this month. I was getting about an hour of overlapping naptime that I used to catch up on job searching and working out.

Remember how I used to take photos of what we were eating/making. Right.

We did get out almost daily, unless it was snowing. I preferred places where I could let Jaime run a bit but keep him contained as it isn't always easy to keep up with an infant napping in the stroller. We had a few very nice days with sunshine but a lot of gray ones. We went to the great lawn and the mall...

And to the Riverside Park Promenade to splash in puddles...

To the pinetum for the swings on our way to the lake to check out the ducks...

And to the playgound (of course).

I also took more than a few selfies with my kids. Because I fear that there will be no photos of me with my babies as I take most of our photos.

I braved the final weeks of music class, the museum, and storytime with both kids by myself. Wow, that was a wild time. I should note that we have to get to the library before it opens and stand in line to get a ticket to get to participate in storytime.

We loved when Dad was home. It was extra nice at the playground to divide up into pairs.

And the museum is much more fun in grown up to child pairs.

The kids were cute together. Jaime was really sweet with Ellie. He loved to hang out with her during tummy time and show her the toys in her little baby gym. Ellie watches Jaime and tracks him across the rool. They also started to get the hang of sharing my lap for snuggle time.

March 31st I started back at work part time to ease back into the both parents' working routine.

And that in a nutshell is our March. It was a whirlwind.