Big Changes

This week brings big changes to our household!

The first big change is that Nathaniel is sleeping in his crib that we converted to a toddler bed. His first night he got up once and the second night (tonight), not at all! He is growing up so fast! They really do not stay little for very long... You would think having five before him that I would know this by now, but it never seems to get any easier. Next thing we know, he will be wanting to potty train!

Our second big change is that Caleb will be starting preschool! Jay and Anna both went to a preschool program when they were little. However, Xavier and Sydney did not. The main reason I did not send them was because I had started homeschooling Jay and Anna and didn't want to interrupt their school day. However, last Wednesday night, he decided he wanted to go to "class" like the older kids. My eyes were opened when he walked right in and acted like he had been attending all year! So today, I called over to our church to see if they had any openings in their preschool program. They did and he starts on Wednesday! He will be going every Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9-12. (A side note on the preschool is that I actually taught there the first year they opened! So it is really neat to us!)

Everything seems to be on the fast track in our house lately with the younger two. I feel like I am dragging me feet in these changes because I don't want my "babies" to grow up! We are very quickly becoming a family of older kids and not so much younger kids. This phase of life is very different than what we have been doing. Adjusting to it has not been the easiest. For the past 10 years or so, another baby would be getting ready to be here, or already here and we would be adjusting. Needless to say, saying good-bye to the "baby stages" and entering the "big kid stages" has been a little bittersweet.

And thus begins a new transition to our life!