fall break

Beau had 2 weeks off from kindergarten!  It was really fun to have him home.  Ryan took Beau and Leland to visit his brother in Omaha.  They had such a great time.  I was a little worried about Leland since he's still little to be away from his Mama but he did great.  I loved having the time alone with Shepherd.  He is the sweetest baby, so snuggly.  Being snuggle aka being held all of the time was the only part of Ryan being gone that was challenging for me.  He is hard to hold. I thought Beau would be home for so long and that we would run out of things to do but the time really flew and we didn't even hit our usual places.  Beau is really excelling at kindergarten.  He is learning so much but more than that, he is conquering some of his difficulties.  I am thrilled to say he gets in trouble for talking to his friends too much.  I was worried he would grow to be a crazy perfectionist who wanted to please and please but looks like we have done a good job and he is 'average'- I kid, seriously.  We love his school and so does he. Beau continues to run around like crazy- always moving and always wanting someone to throw a ball to him etc.  Leland's obsession with the power rangers is at an all time high.  It is the first thing he talks about when he wakes up and he spends a little time each day begging and crying to look at photos on the computer of power rangers.  He is doing really well at school and remains super social and smiley.  He has lost nearly all of his babyness and traded it in for what can only be described as his 'man body'.  He is all muscle and definition.  By comparison, Shepherd remains mostly goo.  He turned 5 months on the 12th.  He has given up on sleeping through the night and now nurses like a newborn again.  I knew it wouldn't last.  We have really not tried very hard to sleep train him because he is just so sweet and honestly, my ideas about babies seem to have changed along the way.  Suddenly they are all growing so quickly and although there is more chaos, less time to ourselves and 'always something'- it seems like we have hit our stride as a family of 5.  I'm so aware how quickly a year goes by even though the days can seem so long.