Note to self:

Sometimes you can give them everything they want, and it still isn't good enough....

"The sun's looking at me!"

Xaye's New Schedule/Preschool

Xaye officially started with a new preschool in February. He is going three days a week, Weds - Fri, and he loves it! The school normally suggests a 2 week transition period where the parent is in the classroom with the child, starting on the first day with one hour of classroom time and increasing gradually over the 2 weeks. On the second week I am supposed to leave him in classroom alone. This is to help them get acclimated and used to other kids and teachers.

Well, Xaye was fine on the first day. He was running around and playing with the kids from the moment we walked in the door. His transition period ended up being about 3 days. When I drop him off, there are no attachment issues, he just runs for the toys and the other kids and I have to try and get his attention just to say goodbye to him! They are downtown 10 minutes away.

Jerome

Isiah Ryan Clark

Monday, February 25th, Xaye's cousin arrived! Isaiah Ryan Clark was born at 1:11pm at Holy Cross Hospital. Xaye, Jen and I went down to visit Monday afternoon. It was nice to see a new member of the Willis family. Jackie, Ryan, Leilah and Isaiah are doing well...

Ahhh sleep...

I remember when Xaye was only a month or so old and he wouldn't sleep in his bassinet. I had to put him in his car seat, rock him for 20 minutes, then sit him on top of a running dryer. After the dryer ran for 10 minutes, I would try to move him back to the bassinet.

5 minutes later, I would repeat the above scenario.

Xaye is sleeping soundly in his own bed tonight. All night long.

Candy Candy Candy

So Many Places, So Little Time

September was an exciting month for us.

• We went to the Air and Space Museum.
• We went up to federal hill and got a great view of the city.
• We went to the petting zoo.
• We went to the Baltimore Zoo.
• We went to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
• We went to the Baltimore Book Fair
• We started going to Gymboree again
• We are going to the Painting Workshop.
• We went to the BWI Observation area.
• We did Abrakadoodle.
• We went to the butterfly garden.
• We went to Playwise.
• We went to see cousin Leilah, Baba and Nannee.
• We went to storytime at the library.
• We went to too many playgrounds to remember!!!!!

So many things, I can barely remember them all!!

The Many Faces of Xaye