There is so much to catch up on, so lets start of course where I left off. Adalynn Kaci was born March 17th. Fan was to be home that weekend so I scheduled to be induced so that he could be with me. We arrived at the hospital at the scheduled time and recieved a call from the charge nurse saying that over night they had many women go into labor and had no rooms available at the time, but would call me when one opened up. So Fan, Eli and I went to eat. Wouldn't you believe it as soon as we got our food, the nurse called me to come in. A few hours later we had our beautiful baby girl!
I was able to take 8 weeks off work and let me tell you it was awesome and tiring as I was learning to juggle both kids and their schedules. I managed. It worked. We survived. I went back to work, pumped at work again and made everything work, but I was still missing my kids. Fan and I talked and decided that at the end of June I could quit and stay home with the kids full time...under one condition...I worked harder and did my photography full time as well. Needless to say its still an on going situation to get use to.
In August 2012, Fan, Eli and I went to Suriname for 2 weeks to visit his family and friends and to see the country he grew up in. It was amazing, beautiful, peaceful...I could live there! The only that was hard was to leave my baby back in the States with my mom and mother in law. I know she was safe but still missed her terribly! Plus I pumped while I was down there so that I could keep up my supply. Any nursing mom knows that having to pump and dump is just down right hard to do, but I survived 2 weeks and several plane rides! We ate a lot. I learned to make a few things. Eli got to run around and see at the aunts and play with cousins. We went to the jungle. Swam at one of the hotels. Went to the market. Walked around town. Got to go out on a fishing boat and catch all kinds of jellyfish and fish. Over all fantastic time!
After getting back from Suriname, we went back to our normal routines. Eli started school, Fan went back to work and I officially began getting use to staying home and not having to wake up and go to work. Don't get me wrong I'm 'working' as hard as I ever had been, but this time it's just a bit different. It's getting up, getting the kids up and ready to take Eli to school, breakfast, lunch and dinner, cleaning, snacking and playing and more cleaning. After a year now I'm still getting use to it!
After the first of the year, it was time to start preparing for a 1 year and 5 year birthday party. I decided to combine their major birthdays {1,5,10...}. It was a success! We did a princess and super hero theme. I made capes for the kids. Crowns for girls and super hero symbol for boys. We rented a bounce house and I had my friend Ashley with Southern Hearts Bakery make the 2 smash cakes and all the cupcakes. Delicious!! We have more toys now too! LOL
Not too much has happened since their birthdays. They are growing ever to fast. Eli can read now and is learning more and more words. He will be going to Kindergarten in August :-( Addi is growing so much. She is becoming more independent, learning more words, loves to sing and dance. They both love being outside all the time.
We are doing wonderful, loving life, living everyday to its fullest.
Lovies and best wishes,
Fanuel, Sara, Elijah, & Adalynn
