Back in Action After New Baby

Hello and welcome back!?! It has been quite a while since I was last able to post about anything.  I backed off a bit as it got closer to my due date, then pretty much put everything else on hold when baby number 2 was born.  Thomas Oliver is about 10 weeks old now, so it is time to pick things back up.

Let’s see, where to start.  Let’s do the family update first.  Eli and I are going great.  Tired and just about fully adjusted to having a newborn and active 2 year old, but so far so good.  Isaac took a few weeks to warm up to Thomas, but now he can’t go to bed unless he has given Thomas a kiss.  He even will give him kisses when Thomas is upset and I ask him to help kiss Thomas’s owies.  He has held Thomas a few times, but tends to ask to hold him when Thomas is eating so it doesn't always work out.    

Thomas gets pretty gassy most days, so it makes it difficult to put him down to get things done.  If he doesn't have gas, he is a good baby.  He has been holding his head up for quite a while now and does pretty good.  I've had him sitting on my lap or stomach (when laying on the couch) and he holds my thumbs to help him sit up.  He is pretty strong and is already showing signs that he is wanting to sit up on his own.  He will play for a bit with his play gym and stays awake quite a bit during the day.  He used to sleep pretty hard, but doesn't sleep as hard during the day anymore.  I can live with that cause he still sleeps harder during naps than Isaac does and he is usually in bed by 10 PM and doesn't usually get up until 7 AM.  It makes it so that I can get a good night’s sleep, unless something else wakes me up.

Isaac has been doing pretty good and has been learning to play on his own and to listen better the first time, especially since he has to share attention with Thomas.  He got a sty on his eye in November.  We just left it alone until December when it started getting bigger.  It has turned pretty red and will have white spots every so often, but has started to get smaller in size (finally!!).  We tried to put heat on it since that is what the eye doctor suggested when we asked about it (without actually trying to make Isaac sit through an appointment).  Isaac was fine with the heat, but didn't like his eye being covered so we had to hold him down while he was screaming.  It didn't last long.  No one was a fan of that, so when a friend said he had one for about 3 months before it just went away without him applying heat religiously we decided that would be our method.  The sty doesn't seem to bother Isaac and we just think it looks like he got hurt or something.  Isaac has also been potty training.  He has good days and bad days but seems to like being about to wear big boy underwear, unless he is sleepy.  He is getting better all the time, and though it may take a while, I’m sure he’ll have it down pretty good before we know it.  The true test will be the travel we have coming up.   Not only do we have long car rides in March, but we also have a plane ride.  It will also be interesting to see how he does when he is allowed to be outside more during the day.  It hasn't been warm enough yet, so we haven’t been able to see how he does with potty training when we are outside.

Well, now that we are updated on family, let’s turned to the business.  On Saturday I attended the Havre Bridal Fair.  It was my first business activity since about a month before Thomas was born.  There was a great turn out and I’m excited to hear from the brides who were interested.  A new event venue also opened this year in Havre, so I was able to meet the owners.  I’m hoping to meet up with them soon and take a tour of the space.  We were able to talk a bit at the fair and it sounds like we will be able to work together quite a bit and help both of our businesses grow.  We also see some of the same areas in which Havre is lacking, so we are hoping that once we are a little more established, we can fill in the holes.  I’m sure once March comes to a close and my big travels are done (good thing I planned them so early in the year), I’ll be pretty busy gathering information for brides and preparing for wedding season.  Hopefully I’ll be able to fit in some other events between the planning of weddings. 

Now that we are a little up-to-date on the happenings in the Yost house as well as in the For You, By Me Events business it is question time.  I am refilling my emergency kit.  It is typically needed at weddings, but I do take mine to all events that I plan.  At this point I don’t have any that I sell, but here are my questions.  Number 1: What are some of the items that you have needed at an event or when preparing for an event that you didn't have? Number 2: Any suggestions on what I should include in my kit that you think I might forget about? Number 3: If you were the bride (or the person setting up an event), would you purchase an emergency kit, if I had a mini-version available?  I wouldn't make it as big or include some of the items I use in the kit since a few are items that are standard to take with you when you are setting up an event, but I would be willing to put together a mini-version if people would be interested.

I can’t wait to get started on events now that the little one is old enough to go to daycare with his big brother.