Enjoying...

We are loving these last sunny days!  So sad to see them go.

So apparently I am not the only one

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{4 months}

Baby G,

You are 4 months old (and one week)!  

I can hardly believe it because while in your 4 short months we have been through a lot, it has gone by way too fast!  

You are definitely no longer an infant but rather a baby.  You carry on quite the conversations with all your babbling and cooing.  You are trying your very darndest to roll over only to have mommy push you back every time telling you you are not allowed to grow up.  You love to grab anything and everything but then quickly forget it is in your hand and drop it.  The exersaucer is new to you, but you would much rather be held.  Unlike your brothers, you don't love your binky.  And while this is probably a good thing, your daddy and I don't quite know what to do.  So we feed you... and eat you do!  Since surgery you have really filled out.  You are a more efficient breast feeder and, with a little encouragement, have taken to the bottle when mommy works.  However, naps are not your forte.  You take 1-2 naps in your bed and cat naps on the go for mommy, but you seem to be giving Nana and Margaret a bit harder time.  Secretly, I am happy that you are a mommy's boy but I am sure they would appreciate you sleeping.  Your daddy and I agree you are our happiest baby.  Your giggle warms my heart!  If you are not sleeping or eating, you are smiling

Mommy finally finished your room and you have officially moved in.  While I miss you being next to me you are slowly learning to sleep through the night, thank goodness.  I'm not gonna lie though, this weekend when daddy was away, I brought you to bed with me... and loved every minute of snuggling you.  

Thank you for beign a part of our family, little man.  I couldn't imagine our lives without you!

  

Saying goodbye

I am not quite sure why, but I miss it.  The cleft, that is.  Don't get me wrong, I love Graham's new smile. It is becoming him.  But for 3.5 months my little guy lived with something that made him unique, made him who he was.  It was how he was born and how we fell in love with him.  It makes me a little sad when I look at him and forget what he looked like before the repair.  He is beautiful, was beautiful and will always be beautiful!  I guess, like in all things, time will make it easier.
Love you to pieces little man!

Your smile...

Melts my HEART

Groundhogs day

Every morning Alexander wakes up and proudly announces to us that it is his first day of school, no matter if it's a school day or not.  I think it his way of politely reminding me that I have yet to blog about his starting of preschool.  Sorry bud, here ya go...

Alex has started pre-3's at the Children's School.  The first day was a bit of a scene, as all 10 kids were crying, clinging to their mom's and pounding at the door as we pry them off of us and huddle in hallway just to make sure they were going to stop crying.  Me, being the seasoned mom, jetted.  I knew he would be fine and I wasn't going to waste my 2.5 hours of freedom standing at the door.  I know, I am a horrible mom.  It wasn't even 10 minutes later that I got a text message from Teacher Cinda letting me know that Alex was just fine and had settled in with a fist full of trains.   

Every day since then he stays with no problems.  He has made some good friends and every day when you ask him he says he played with Elsa.  I am pretty sure it's just that her name is the only one he knows because I have never once seen him with her.

Greenlake Adventures

No other place can mommy get her exercise in while huffing it around Greenlake pushing 2 boys in the suburban of strollers while Alex searches for turtles, ducks and bunnies.  And Graham, well he usually takes his morning nap.  We all win.  And sometimes we even get some sunshine and fabulous photo ops.