Jan - Alex starts school Feb. - Tracey starts bedrest

Alex started preschool in January! Before he started school he knew the alphabet, could recognize any of the letters and even tell you what sound they made. He knew his shapes, colors, and could count to 20 but, I wanted him to start gaining some independence from me and have something in his life that wouldn't change when Kate arrived. I hoped by starting in January he would be really comfortable there by the time Kate arrived in May.

In February we moved Alex out of the crib and into a big boy bed! He made the transition so easily and it was so cute the next morning when he got out of bed by himself and came running into our room!

One night at the end of February while Tom was out of town for business, I woke up to find myself bleeding. Being 6 months pregnant this freaked me out. I called my Dr. who wanted me to meet him at the hospital. So I called my neighbor and asked her to come over and watch Alex. She was at my house in no less than 90 seconds! It was pretty funny because I opened the door and she said, "You did just call me right?" Her husband drove me to the hospital. I was kept over night "for observation". Praise God everything was o.k. at that point. I opted to get the shot of steroids to help develop Kate's lungs in case she ended up coming early. Tom came home immediately. My doctor put me on "modified bed rest".

Thankfully Alex was settling nicely into preschool.
He's still a mama's boy though!