Back To The Grind

Yesterday was my first day back at work and Beckett's first day at school.  It wasn't too bad actually.  Getting ready in the morning and getting both boys out the door is a feat in itself.  Luckily Beckett decided to get with the program and started sleeping through the night again after an awkward week of waking up between 1:30am-4:30am.  The last two nights he has slept until 6am so I have been able to get up and get showered before giving him his bottle.  I go up and get Grayson dressed right before we walk out the door.  He has been pretty good in the morning lately so I don't have to spend too much energy wrestling with him.  I think his thing will be carrying Beckett's bottles and my water bottle while I grab Beckett and my work bag.  My biggest challenge is making sure I have everything when I'm headed out the door.  I figure as long as I end up with two kids at school, I'm doing pretty good!

Beckett did really well his first day!  Naturally all of his teachers loved him.  I remember dropping Gray off two years ago and having some anxiety, but dropping Beckett off yesterday seemed like part of my routine.  It's definitely easier the second time around when you have built those relationships with people.  The teachers did a great job of sending me photos of him through our Tadpoles communication.  I'm not sure I've ever mentioned this, but it's a really neat system they have.  Instead of keeping track of meals, naps, diaper changes, etc on paper, they have tablets they input all of the information into and then they electronically send us the information when we pick up each child.  They can also take photos and send them directly to us as well as notes or reminders for the parents.  The app stores all of the daily reports and photos, too.  I can go back and look at Grayson's photos and reports from August 2013 when they first moved over to this new system.  Here are a few of the pictures they have sent me so far:

 I put him in his crib when we got to school

and he slept for a short while.

 Smiling for Miss April

 This daycare thing is exhausting

He looks alittle freaked out in this picture.

We love how he holds his hands.  

Grayson still does that when he's shy or 

scared in a new situation.

Starting to warm up to this new place on day 2

He seemed alittle tuckered out last night which we can only assume was from a day filled with extra stimulation.  The first week or two after Gray started, he was always so tired from school that he slept most nights when we came home.  We would beg for him to wake up so we could interact with him.  I'm just looking forward to getting back into a normal routine each day.  It will be good for all of us.
On New Year's Day the boys cheered on Oregon for their Aunt Sandee.  She had sent some Oregon stuff for the boys so I made sure they were decked out for the game.  I guess we will have to wear it again next Monday when they take on Ohio State here in the Big D.  We were hoping Aunt Sandee could come down for the game so she could finally meet Beckett but it looks like we will have to wait alittle longer.

 Go Ducks!

Gray gets excited to hold his brother now.

This makes mommy happy so she can finally

take pictures of both her boys together.

Although I wish Beckett would warm up to the idea...

he always looks so scared!

I also snapped a couple of quick photos of our game room and bathroom remodel.  I went with a gray paint from Benjamin Moore after testing 6 different samples in both rooms.  I had to make a decision fairly quickly so luckily I was able to pull some ideas and paint colors from pinterest, then head to Home Depot to get the samples mixed up.  We love the new color and think it makes both rooms look brighter and bigger.  The photos look alittle odd.  I had my wide angle lens on to get as much of the rooms as I could in each shot.

These are the 6 paint samples.  The one we went with 

is the third color from the left on the bottom section.

I'm always amazed at how much variation there is in gray 

paint colors.

I definitely like the gray in the bathroom better than the original meadow green.  I had painted it that meadow green after we moved in and was not motivated enough to try and paint it again when we moved Gray up there this summer.  Being 7 months pregnant will definitely take the motivation out of you to do anything.  :)

I hope everyone is having a great 2015 so far!  It has been ridiculous cold the last couple of days and looks as though it's only going to get/stay cold for atleast another week or so.  The entire nation seems to be cold right now.  Everyone bundle up!