The Back at Work Wrap-Up

My first week back at work went very well, all things considered. The 10am-4pm schedule was the perfect way to ease back into things. As much as I was dreading it, Monday ended up being a great day! The babies were napping when I left the house a little before 9:00, so I didn't feel sad having to say goodbye to them. It even felt good to be commuting again! It is wonderful to be back in lab. I am so fortunate to have co-workers that I love, and they welcomed me back with open arms.

Unfortunately, though, Zoe has been sick since last Saturday. Both babies were fussy and crying when I left the house on Tuesday morning, so Day 2 was much harder after having such a good start to the week. I ended up taking her to the doctor on Wednesday and it seems she has a stomach virus that has been making its rounds through the JP community. The side effect of the virus is that she has horrible diaper rash which is making her far more miserable than the virus. As of last night Silas started vomiting so now he's got it too :(

Everything is working out great with Julia and I couldn't be happier having her here as a part of our family. The babies really seem to like her and I feel at ease knowing she is home with them once Derek goes to sleep. In terms of how Derek is faring this week, everything seems to be going well. Of course he is very tired on solo baby duty every day -- he commented that they have been keeping him busy!

Here's a picture of the sick, pasty babies. I love this one because Zoe seems to be saying, "what are you up to over there, brother?"!

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Silas' Blog

Well it's been a busy 3 years since I last posted! Stay tuned as we may have more posts coming now that it looks like I have a new contributor... Silas recently read a book called "Starting Your Own Blog", and now he is bound and determined for us to let him start his own blog! We convinced him that he should start out by drafting content and a posting calendar. We made templates this morning and he wrote his first "post" today!

Parks

We decided to get Zoe's haircut on Saturday morning at a place geared towards kids called Snip-Its . Neither Derek nor I anticipated what a meltdown Zoe was going to have. The haircut is half-assed at best and Derek will have to fix it when she's more calm. We were so traumatized that we headed to the park to get the day going on a better foot! We went back to Larz Anderson, the park where the Psychiatry picnic was held on Thursday . It is really close to our house and is lovely and shaded. I think it's one of my new favorite spots! The kids like it too :) S&Z love playing with wood chips, so there was a lot of that! Snacks were enjoyed on the bench and I tried to get a few pictures of the haircut... Excuse me, I'm chewing pretzels :) This morning we met up with Wendy, Dave, Sydney & Ivy at the Newton Center Playground. It was HOT HOT HOT, and there wasn't too much shade. The kids have inherited my low tolerance for heat, so they spe

York's Wild Kingdom

Friday was our last day of vacation and check-out time at Village by the Sea was 10am. We wanted to do one last fun thing before coming back to Boston, so we headed to York's Wild Kingdom in York, Maine. The zoo had just opened when we got there, and apparently lots of other families had the same idea as us! This zoo is definitely aimed for little kids, and Silas and Zoe (and Derek!) had a blast! Our first stop was the butterfly sanctuary, and this was definitely my favorite part of the day... We had the kids both in and out of the stroller throughout our visit. The zoo was packed with people, so it was a little nuts having them roam free and try to manage an empty double stroller too. But they were happier to get in and out of the stroller at their leisure with all the walking. There were several highlights for the kids - all of which involved feeding the animals from your hand. One was the duck pond, The deer were pretty awesome, As was the petting zoo

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