Spring has sprung!

 We have been loving the nice weather.  Nothing like the joy of a preschooler and spring.  She really loved the dandelions.

Sam has been doing a lot better.  Our sticker chart and token economy seem to be helping.  She has also been waking up with dry diapers.  She has been day time potty trained for over a year, but the night time training has been a long time coming.  I think she just sleeps too deeply.  So it is wonderful that she has been making progress.  We have not pushed it with Zoey and all the changes.  But we do reward dry diapers.  This spray bottle was the prize she selected one day recently and she has had a lot of fun with it.

Sam has recently gotten into the show Super Why, which is great for early readers.  She is learning a lot and had a great time playing on the Super why website recently.

Zoey hanging out with daddy.

I have actually been really good about taking a lot of pictures of Zoey.  I always heard how you often let that slide with second kids.  The one thing I did let slide is pictures with me in them.  But yesterday Sam declared it was Notre Dame day and so we all were dressed in ND gear and I thought a picture was warranted.  Nick even had on an ND shirt, but he took the picture.

Here is a closer shot of Zoey.  The onesie is one I made for Sam with an iron on that says Daddy's Little ND fan.

We are trying to sell the eclipse, so Nick pulled the car seat out and put it in our living room.  Sam put her doll in it.

Sam continues to be an amazing big sister.  She loves to help and loves to hold Zoey.

Life has been really good lately.  Sam still has some school issues, but mostly is doing really well.  Zoey is a great baby, pretty laid back like Sam was.  She sleeps better at night than Sam did, getting up usually twice, but sometimes only once if she does not go to bed until about midnight.  She does not sleep very well during the day, especially in the swing, which is a challenge.  Sam loved the swing, so I could actually get things done.  I try wearing Zoey some, but she is not a huge fan of that either.  She also is struggling more with the pacifier.  Hopefully, we will get there soon.  They say second kids are usually better at sleeping since they are not the only one, but I guess that is only if you let them cry :)