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I feel you, buddy. Exercising is hard work.
Another month that is! I am really beginning to question my productivity. Once upon a time, I used to be a productive person. Not just productive but dare I say creative. My sewing lately has been limited to mending projects and making my mom a new valance for what used to be my old room. My days now consist of getting my church work done, snuggling with Sam, teaching Alaina how to read and cleaning up what ever Sam spits out at me during meal time. It is a glamourous life I lead.
Actually this month was one of more illness for us. Sam had his first ear infection and due to his irritability he must have been channeling my thoughts and thought give me a double. But instead of mommy getting a nice stiff drink to help her sleep my sweet Sam got a double ear infection and he got to have the sweet nectar of meds known as amoxicillain! But, Alaina she went for what I thought was just a cold and an eye infection and walked out with the diagnosis of pink eye, sinus infection and bronchitis. Yes, my kids are just over achievers when it comes to illness we like to get as many and as much yuck as possible. I am having their rooms measured for big bubbles for them to live in for the rest of flu season as I type.
But, so you know that we all still survived here is Lainey and her Daddy snuggling in the teeniest craft ever. A super cozy UK fleece blanket. All the crafting needed was 4 straight lines and fringe…up my alley for the amount of time I am committing to crafting lately!
And, my little love bug and his first green beans. Mama is so looking forward to the gross diapers that solid foods will bring us!
Here is to being able to craft and create more and for a hopefully healthy November!
I remember the teething game well from the princess. That being said, I thought I remembered it coming a lot later for her. Her first little tooth popped in when she was 10 months old so feeling the little white mountainous ridges of baby teeth popping through of my little 4 month old caught me by surprise! They haven’t popped through fully but this little man needs something else to munch on besides his mama. (I won’t go into detail with any further as to not embarrass my brother who reads here) So, when I remembered about these mesh baggies for babies to gum stuff with I knew that was what my little prince needed. Frozen breastmilk cubes (sorry little brother, I ended up writing something that will make you cringe anyway) have been a lifesaver. He happily chomps these down like a champ and then my little buy stops the teething fuss and I am back to my happy little milky mess man.
In comparison here is a picture of my first little teether at 7 months. It should be noted that my little guy weighs more now than the princess did when she turned one!
Being a UK fan was never going be an option, son. It is part your heritage. Accept it and love it and do your best not to get disappointed when we suck, well because as of recent years we do. However, once upon a time we were good so we just rub that in other teams faces and pray we return back to our former big blue glory once again. That being said, nothing would make your dad prouder than if your first words were Go Cats!
Every time I say something about my kids it never ceases to make me giggle. After almost 4 months it is still surreal that I have two kids! School has been in session with has been an interesting transition. Sending your child to kindergarten has been an eye opening experience. Every other person in my childs life, I have chosen so to have a new teacher that I hear wonderful things about but haven’t seen them yet make me uneasy. I wish I could say it has all been peachy but we are still jumping over a few hurdles. We meet with the teacher tomorrow night so I am hopeful that her methods will become clearer for us and give the princess room to excel before I complain about it all!
But, now for an update on the kids (insert giggle!)
Isn’t she gorgeous? She is a big girl who rides the bus and plays soccer and loves Sunday school so much she wants to stay for extra services. For such a petite girl she has such a big heart but selective hearing when it comes to cleaning up her messes. Can we blame dad for those traits? Most likely not for those who know me well, she is a carbon copy of her mama.
Oh my ever loving baby love goes on and on for this kid. He is so stinking sweet. He is the ultimate cuddle bug and just loves life. He is always smiling. Someone needs to remind him how little he is because he is just hitting his milestones way to fast. Within days of learning how to roll over in succession, he is now practicing a new skill that I would have been happy to have him wait on but he is pretty proud of his army crawl. He is 4 months old next week. He was so worth the wait.
There is nothing sweeter than waking up to see these two smiling at you.I love my kids. (insert giggle, still so sublimely happy to have two of them!)
Some people think the milestones are just for things like the first tooth and the first steps, but at the Moore household out milestone this week was the first nap in the crib. It may seem silly, but the princess never spent a single night in her crib. It was her swing, a most an hour at a time in her bassinet, but it was mostly in our arms or in our bed. Cosleeping worked for us and she now sleeps in her own bed in her own room just fine, but with the new little guy we didn’t want to get into the cosleeping habit. However, the plan didn’t go that well and Sam would start out in the pack and play and still end up in bed with us, which I really don’t mind because I love the extra snuggles. But, he is a much better sleeper than she ever was so I don’t have a good reason to not put him in his crib. We tried today and there was no tears and he napped in their just fine. I know it sounds silly but I loved having my kids right next to me, it was great for nursing and we all slept better but if is sleeping through the night then I need to give the crib a go!
Oh my! I don’t think that I can stay in denial that my babies are not getting bigger. The princess has recently become obsessed with weddings. We went to a wedding days before the prince was born and since then she is adamant that she is having a baby soon and when I told he that she had to get married first she started planning her wedding. Her poor future groom, she is already a baby bridezilla! But, I will give her this, she makes a beautiful little bride. That is actually my veil from my wedding. I don’t feel to bad letting her play with it because I bought it for $15 on ebay back in the day! Oh…and craft alert…..I actually made the flowers! She has been asking for wedding flowers and I have been dying to work on something crafty that won’t wake up the prince when he naps and made these tissue paper carnations. They are pretty addictive once you start them!
And because I can’t leave him out here is the little man update. At 5 weeks he is sleeping 5-6 hour stretches at night which is great for all of us! Last week he started rolling from belly to back. I thought it was a fluke but he flips within seconds of being on his belly. Here is a rare shot of him on his belly and holding up his head. Time is flying.
It is day four of being alone with both kids since hubby is in Europe! This trip has been planned and paid off for 2 years so when I got pregnant even knowing my due date we decided that it would still be ok for him to go. Maybe I was crazy for that, but nonetheless today he is in Paris and the kids and I are at home.
Here is his view:
and here is mine:
Now, I know that the Eiffel Tower is a gorgeous site but I still think I win.
I would take my little chunka love over any monument any day!
The transition to two kids has been so seemless that it must have been meant to be! The little prince is seriously the most mellow baby I have ever encountered. Besides getting changed or being hungry he doesn’t cry! He is a great sleeper and has taken to nursing like a champ. It is a complete 180 from newborn life with the princess. She knew what, when and how she wanted things and we were expected to comply,but the little prince has made life easy. I also might be biased but I think he is pretty darn cute.
Not to worry about the princess, she is enjoying big sisterhood just fine! Especially, since everyone has been so kind to give her as many new gifts as Sam has gotten! Here she is enjoying one of her new gifts! A slip and slide!
After a years of waiting for a little one to add to our family and 9 long months of pregnancy, Samuel Nolan entered the world on May 20 at 4:26 pm weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. With my gestational diabetes, I was induced at 39 weeks and went in at 6 am that morning and they started the pitocin at 7:40 am. Within the hour my contractions were consistent and getting increasingly more painful! At 10:10 am they broke my water and I as still only at 2 cm and now 80% effaced. After my water broke, it took about an hour before back labor started. I had this with the princess and it was pretty darn unbearable. At 12:15 pm, I gave into my wimpiness and got the epidural. I instantly started feeling great, but Sam wasn’t so happy. He started having trouble tolerating the contractions and his heart rate kept dropping. Then my blood pressure plummeted and I thought for sure we were headed for a c section. The nurse didn’t leave my side for 45 and I was given constant oxygen and after sure enough after the scariest hour of not knowing what was going on, his heart rate returned back to normal as did my blood pressure. At this point I was at 6 cm and the rest of the labor went really fast. My epidural literally took away all pain. I kept falling asleep and started to wake up when I started feeling the urge to push. The nurse came to check me and I was at a 9. I was at 10 cm within a half hour after that and then the contractions stopped. I labored down for almost an hour at 10 cm and finally the doctor came in and I had one contraction and that was it. I ended up pushing Sam out in about 15 minutes without any contractions. Many people were praying for the kingdom for me and for me to have a pain free delivery and God showed up. The delivery really was painless. No ring of fire and no tearing. Sam came out crying and was just perfect. He scored a 9,9 on his apgar and the biggest surprise was all of his hair! I think he is proof that the heartburn old wives tale is true!
Alaina is in love with him! She just beamed with pride from the first time she laid eyes on him. She has been the best big sister. I couldn’t have asked for it to go any smoother.
Aww, pure baby love.
