Back to School.

Today I had my first day back to classes.  I have decided while I'm at home to start working on my Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) certification so that I can change the signature on my work email to:  Megan  ______ M.Ed., BCBA.  I'm kidding it really is good for me to get certified if I want to continue in the field I am in or start providing ABA services privately.

It was the longest I have been without Lexi since she was born and it was hard for both my heart and my boobies.  We were running late trying to get our grocery shopping in before I left for class so I did not have time to feed her or pump.  Thank god our professor let us out almost an hour and a half early because just as he was starting to wrap things up I felt the oh so familiar feeling of my milk letting down.  Luckily I had on pads, a black shirt, and a hoodie, so nobody was able to see.  

It brought back some not so fond memories of when I was in undergrad finishing up my degree and Tyler was a newborn.  I never found a good place to pump that I felt comfortable enough on campus so I would try to make it through all my classes without it.  I remember numerous times sitting in my 7:20-10:00 class leaking through all the layers I had and crossing my arms over my chest so people wouldn't notice as much.  Oh to be 21 and a brand new mom trying to finish my degree - Fun Times!!!!

And just because posts with pictures are more fun here's one totally not related but fun nonetheless.  Its from when Ciara's family was visiting.  There was quite the discussion (in Spanish so I didn't get all of it) about whether Lexi should be allowed in the picture (i don't think her relatives from Panama know about us and they wanted a family picture) so they compromised and did half with her and half without.

Babysitting:)

Today we spent the day "babysitting" our family friend's two boys.  The older one was born a couple months after Tyler and they get along wonderfully and the younger one is 3.  We went to the park that was in walking distance from their house.  I think the boys really enjoyed themselves and we're supposed to do it again on Friday.

Ciara met us at the park because Lexi had an accident and I didn't bring along a change of clothes for either one of us and BOTH of us needed one after the explosion.

Lexi got to ride on the car and go down the slide for the first time.

While it was super cute, our little photo session seemed more like torture to the poor girl.

Poor Baby!!!

Lexi's First Concert

We had another busy couple of days!!!  On Thursday we had a baby luncheon:)  Three teachers on my preschool teaching team were all pregnant this year so we got all of the babies together to meet!  Here they are in order of the age..

Friday night we went to Lexi's first concert.  It was outside and there were a ton of families there.  Tyler had a blast playing with all of the kids that were there and Lexi did surprisingly well.  She slept through a lot of it which was amazing because it was so loud.  Ciara dressed her up in her "Spanish" outfit.

She is getting so much more alert we're having so much fun with it!!

We had a picnic while it was still light out and Ty got some pizza and popcorn - which meant he was in heaven.

Mama's glasses make such a fun toy!!!!

MHC in NYC

We had a WONDERFUL time while we were in NYC.  It was so great to see everyone and we had a lot of fun!!!  I do have to say I don't know how mom's there do it.  With the two of us after the four days we were there we were getting better getting around with the baby and the stroller and all of our stuff but man was it tricky!!!  I can't imagine having to try to do it by myself - so a serious high five to big city mammas!!

Here we are the first day in Central Park.

Tyler his uncle and his uncle's girlfriend hanging out in the crib.  Uncle Brenton had a pretty serious set up what with all the movies, computers, game systems, etc.

The second day we went to Coney Island which was a first for me.  We had a lot of fun, rode bumper cars, played games, ate cotton candy, funnel cakes, and hot dogs (from Nathan's).  Tyler LOVED it and kept asking to go back (mostly because he wanted to go to the arcade).

Yesterday we went to the Statue of Liberty because Tyler wanted to go see it and Ciara had never seen it before.  It was a long day but fun and worth it.  We had wanted to go up but you now need a reservation (made at least two weeks in advance) to be able to.  We learned a lot for next time:)

Like I said it was a long and tiring day!!

Sleep Grins

My new favorite thing that Lexi is doing is her sleep grins!!  She has started doing them while she is awake also and a few days ago it looked like she actually did it in response to me but I'm not sure.  My latest goal is to try to get a picture of it which I am having NO luck with.  They are just so unpredictable and so fast.  As soon as I get one I am going to post it!!!!

I've been going through my pictures from our trip to NYC and I'll post them in a little bit...

A little cuteness until we get a good grinning picture.

Our best one so far (from Ciara)

Home Sick!!!

Ok well Im having a bit of home sickness....I grew up in VA beach and I haven't been back home in ages. Yet this past march we went to a beach in NC and it was great. I miss the sea air and nobody up here eats sea food so I really miss that but I planning on going back in september for a few days. Ill show off the baby to my college buddies and family that still live down there. It will be a blast and Tyler loves the water. Lexi I hope will eat sea food one day and love the water also. 

HAPPY (Belated) BIRTHDAY Uncle Brenton

My brother came down from NYC to celebrate his birthday with his friends this weekend.  He came over for birthday cake and to see his niece and nephew.  Tyler absolutely ADORES him and they had fun playing the Wii games that were Ty's birthday present "from his cool uncle".  Check out the cake...my new hobby has been trying to recreate the C.ake Love cakes and
 cupcakes.  I made both the cake and the icing from scratch using the C.ake Love recipes.  If I can figure out how to pack them I'm going to take one up our newly named MHC in NYC reunion weekend on Saturday.  A group of my college buddies are meeting up because its been too long since we've seen each other and we're out of weddings to go to - well maybe one more coming up (wink wink Dev ).