Visit with Santa

Dylan is now 1 month old. He had his 1 month check up on Friday and his weight is up to 9lb 11 oz. So he has gained two pounds since birth, though most of the gain has occurred in the last two weeks. He is awake more during the day and gets cranky at night, but once he is asleep, he sleeps very soundly. He is also pretty easy to soothe when he does get upset, usually by just holding him and rocking slowly.

Today we went to the farmers market in Los Gatos to visit Santa. Gina has been looking forward to the visit. Vic is away in Seattle for the next few days, so it was just me and the kids. Dylan of course, slept the whole time. Once we got there, there was a line to see Santa. It didn't seem that long, but it moved very slowly. We waited about 40 minutes. Gina and Andrew were able to keep themselves amused during the wait, and they burned off some energy by running back and forth across the grass. Andrew was not enthusiastic about visiting Santa so I didn't expect much. Once we got to the front, Gina went right up and started telling Santa what she wanted for Christmas though she was a little disappointed that Andrew wasn't with her. Instead, Andrew had wandered off across the grass and was watching the fountain. I got a good picture of Gina and then Andrew came back. I asked him one more time if he would like to visit Santa and this time he said yes. He wouldn't talk directly to Santa but did say yes when Santa asked if he would like a truck for Christmas.

Tonight I got all three kids to bed by 8:50pm and the garbage taken care of by 9:20pm!! Yeah!