Sigh. My baby is 3 months old. Wearing clothes his brother wore when he was 6m old. I've failed to keep him little (sorry Val) Isaiah is such a happy baby. I don't remember JNK being unhappy babies. They were really good babies but I don't remember them smiling as much as this guy does! His smile is so infectious! He seriously smiles all the time! Keep his belly full, keep his diaper clean and dry and make sure he gets his sleep. There are some days that he doesn't cry at all if you watch his cues that he is hungry, wet or tired. VERY easy to get along with baby! KINDA makes me want another. BUT then I remind myself I'd have to be pregnant again.. This baby is growing up so much faster than JNK!
I remember thinking when JNK were this age that they would NEVER be 1. That 9 months seemed like forever away. NOW, I'm thinking "in ONLY 9 months my little man will be a year old". THIS MAKES ME SAD! I'm not going to lie. He MAY be spoiled a bit. Last baby, mom is sad, moms going to rock her little man to sleep every chance she gets kind of spoiled. Not the "mom buys him all kinds of stuff" spoiled because lets me honest. I hate spending money and I have tons of stuff from Tank. He did receive some cute onesies but is almost out grown all of them (sad truth) I honestly didn't buy him any clothes yet. I'm going to end this post with the lyrics to a song that's constantly running thru my head these days. I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand. You felt so good in it; no bigger than a minute. How it amazes me you're changin' with every blink. Faster than a flower blooms, they grow up all too soon. So let them be little, 'Cause they're only that way for a while. Give 'em hope, give them praise, Give them love every day. Let 'em cry, let 'em giggle, Let 'em sleep in the middle, Oh, but let them be little. I never felt so much in one little tender touch. I live for those kisses, your prayers an' your wishes. An' now you're teachin' me how only a child can see. Tonight, while we're on our knees, all I ask is: Please, let them be little, 'Cause they're only that way for a while. Give them hope, give them praise, Give them love every day. Let 'em cry, let 'em giggle, Let 'em sleep in the middle, Oh, but let them be little. The so innocent, precious soul: You turn around, an' it's time to let them go. So let them be little, 'Cause they're only that way for a while. Give them hope, give 'em praise, Give them love every day. Let 'em cry, let 'em giggle, Let them sleep in the middle, Oh, but let them be little. Let them be little.
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Josiah and Kaitlin turned 2! (almost a month ago, oops) It's hard to believe that it has been 2 whole years since they flipped our worlds upside down! Most days upside down in a good way. Others in a pull your hair out and bang your head on the floor while curled up in the fetal position way. Not much hoopla for their birthdays. It fell on a Wednesday this year. Dad had to work. We chilled at home and had a little extra fun with small gifts in the morning. (no pics sorry). Milestones Started walking at 13 months. I have a hard time believing a year ago they were hardly walking! REALLY started talking. Now the line of lingo that comes out of their mouths sometimes amazes me. BTW thanks Gma for teaching Kait "Crap". Both kids' favorite phrase right now is "OH MAN!" Got a new little brother! Just before they turned 22 months. 3 weeks later got potty trained! (i'm SOOO happy about this!) One Monday morning Josiah pulled his diaper down far enough to pee on the floor so his diaper didn't get wet. And then he did it again at bed time. That night I packed up all their diapers EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. No diaper was going to touch their butts again. Completely cleaned out the diaper cupboard. Replaced the diapers with books. My kids were getting potty trained, it was sink or swim for them. Call me crazy (I know you do!) but I potty trained both kids at the same time while taking care of a newborn and NO sleep! The first three days were discustingly rough! The next three days were tough. The amount of disinfectant wipes, laundry, hand sanitizer, hand soap that we went through was absolutely incredible. 9 days in to potty training we took an overnight trip to Madison 5+ hour drive armed with a potty in the bed of the truck JUST IN CASE. NO accidents! Not carrying around diapers for 3 kids, all 3 in different sizes is SO worth the first 6 days of potty training! The day they turned two the word "mine" immediately got attached to EVERYTHING. MINE MINE MINE! My dodge, my doll, my shirt, my bowl, my dog food, my mirror, my stair (seriously they claim stairs), my dust bunny found under the couch. Someone please wipe the word out of their vocabulary. PLEASE! We have mastered 1, 2, and 3. Colors and recognize some letters. They have mastered about 9 of them in a week. They can point them out and say the letters name. SO PROUD ;) I've been trying really hard to REMEMBER to work with the kids on their letters this past week. They are really catching on and I think they actually are starting to look forward to the little "drills" I do with them. Such eager learners. Almost every week one of us are saying how much the kids have grown up in the past week or how their vocabulary doubled overnight. It's ridiculous how quickly they grow up! Sad truth of being a parent. These two bring me so much joy. I love seeing their personalities shine thru as they get older. No matter how much I can't wait till bed time every night, I still miss their tushies when they are sleeping. Miss Kaiterbug (she would correct me here saying "I Kait") has a spit fire personality but can love and be sweat like every little girl! She loves her blanket still. Which may be a bit unfortunate because I'm pretty sure this thing could stand on its own and smells like it died 10x over. Doesn't matter that we have 2 of them and they get washed once a week (at least). Kaiter lover her little brother. So cute how she has to give him a kiss before I put him to bed and when we take the two two year olds up to bed they tiptoe (in a two year old tip toe kinda way, aka LETS MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE) into this room reach thru the slats on his crip. Gently pat him saying "night siahs" TO CUTE. Her curls continue to stick around. Perfect little ringlets one day, a crazy rats nest the next. There is no predicting or managing this hair. It has a attitude of its own. But I LOVE these curls on this little girl! Tank (he would say "I tank" here as if I didn't already know) He is a mellow boy. And by mellow I mean ALL BOY. This kid doesn't stop. He keeps moving till the second he falls asleep. He still loves his "turtle". We also have two of these and they too get washed weekly. Stink city! Tank is also obsessed with pillows. He would have every pillow in this house in his bed if I'd let him. he is quite disappointed that I will only let him have 2.
Tank LOVES his little brother. Has from the time he realized there was a baby in my belly. He would kiss my belly when we talked about Isaiah. I'll leave the room when once in awhile when jnk are playing and Isaiah is content, well being content being a baby. (insert gasp here, yes I trust my 2 year olds with my 3month old, a little). I'll come back and tank will be reading a book or kissing him or playing with his feet. So freaking adorable. This kid is going to be a heart breaker someday. Tanks big blue eyes can get him almost anything he wants when he bats his long lashes at me. Sad truth. I'm a softy. Tanks extra large, extra tall, extra wide feet are a daily struggle for me. He has crocs right now that fit. Everything else "works" and by "works" I mean I can get them on his feet. They may be 2 sizes to long but they are on his feet. Ugh I am not looking forward to winter. I am going to have to find time SOMETHING for his feet. Maybe a few layers of socks and plastic bags???? 2 years down. Looking forward to whats next. Missing what has been. We are so blessed. |
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