August 29 = Haircut Day

Didn't I just have a haircut day post??  This boy's hair grows so fast!

I'm not sure why each hair stylist decides to leave his hair so long in the front- I actually asked her to trim it down and it still was this long in the front- maybe I'll mention this upfront next time.

August 28 = Mail Day

When we got home, I was going through all the paperwork that was sent home with us and there was a sheet you could fill out and mail to the White House and they'd send a welcome to the world card with the President's signature on it.  Of course I jumped at this opportunity!

Also, here's another humorous diaper... this time from Daddy

August 27 = Wednesday Fun Day

So Zachary's new schedule is a bit challenging compared to his summer schedule.  He has no class on Monday which is awesome for long weekends.  On Tuesdays, he just has one class at GWU- he leaves around 8:30 and gets home around 2:00 which is totally manageable.  Wednesday is where it starts going downhill.  He has a morning class at the Naval Academy and then a night class at GWU.  He does get to come home between classes but doesn't get home until close to midnight.  Then on Thursdays he has a morning class and a night class both at GWU- there's a six hour break between classes so that is really frustrating- you'd think whoever schedules this kind of thing would have done a better job with that.  So on Thursdays, after having Wednesday night on my own, I'm completely on my own after breakfast as Liam is in bed by the time Zachary gets home again and then he has class Friday morning at the Academy and isn't home before I have to take Liam and Malia to Liam's therapy appointments.  So here are some pictures of my first Wednesday alone with the babies- we got bored because getting all three of us out of the house is a chore.  I have to make sure Liam has been fed and changed and has a drink for the car.  Malia has to have been fed, changed and burped so she doesn't get a tummy ache in the car and I have to make sure I've pumped pretty much right before we leave if I want to be gone for more than an hour.  In our boredom, we hung out in Liam's room (because I can shut the door and confine him to one room instead of chasing him all over the house) and had a photo shoot- I've only included one of each to hide just how bored we were.

Also- just have to share something Zachary and I came up with to make our lives easier.  We make a menu each week on Sunday and a grocery list on Monday because the commissary, where we do our grocery shopping, is closed on Mondays.  I had a scrapbook page frame that I used to write my menu on with a dry erase marker so I could change it each week but I dropped it one day and it cracked :(

Anyway- We bought this cork board from Target and it wasn't really holding much so I wrote all my recipes on index cards and this is our new menu!  I love that the cards double as showing me what's for dinner each night but also holding the recipe.  Also- when I go to make the menu, instead of having to think and think about different options, all my options are right there.  Also, because I'm so nerdy, the cards are color coded- yellow cards have recipes that use white meat, pink cards have recipes that use red meat... orange cards are meatless and green is reserved for going out to eat, leftovers and ordering pizza.

August 26 = Marley goes to the Vet Day

We got a cat!  A little over a week ago... and today Zachary took her to the vet just to do a checkup and get her established with someone for the future.  Her name is Marley after our beloved late Spanish teacher, Senorita Marlene Parada.  She taught both me and Zachary for 3 years and always supported our relationship and stayed in touch- you could tell she was genuinely happy for us when we got married and when we found out we were expecting- she prayed for Liam through his health problems and was just a really good person.

August 25 = New Mexican Restaurant Day

One great thing about living in Annapolis is there are several places within walking distance of our apartment- we can walk to the grocery store, drug store, football stadium, USNA campus... well now we have added a Mexican restaurant to the list!  Mexican cafe (http://www.themexicancafe.com/) is a few blocks away and has outdoor seating with no smoking allowed- perfect!  So we took the double stroller and had some really good food- Liam was able to be loud and crazy and no one really cared (it didn't hurt that there was another kid being louder and crazier) but it was a loud and crazy kid friendly environment which is always a plus!

August 24 = Pretty Dress Day

Man, I love having a girl.  I love the dresses and bows- never have liked any of it for myself but I'm really enjoying them now.  Here's a couple of pictures of Malia in a dress from Grandma.

August 22 = Chaos Day

We've had several people mention to us that they want to have their kids close together.  Many- like us- do this because their husbands are on shore duty and it's the only time the women will have help basically every night- no deployments and underways- just a few duty days here and there.  I guess civilian families do it because they have all the baby stuff from the first one and they're probably still in the routine of no sleep and high stress- might as well keep going instead of returning to a normal sleep schedule just to break it again in a few years.  I'm sure everyone has their reasons but we just want everyone to be fully informed of what having two under two looks like in real life.