I have a 3 year old!!!!

AAAHHHHHH!!!!! How is this even possible? I feel like yesterday we were preparing for his arrival, making sure I had everything washed folded and neatly tucked away waiting for the day he would decide to make his entrance in to our world. I remember wondering what he would look like?...would he be a good baby?...would I be a good mom?

Then the day came, I woke up in the morning wondering if I was really in labor or if my mind was playing tricks on me, I mean I had 16 days still to go before my due date, first babies didn't come that early...did they? Sure enough my little guy decided he wanted to meet the world so off to the hospital we went and 17.5 hours of labor and a c-section later we met this little guy:


I remember, when I finally got to see him, how perfect he looked (even if he did look just like daddy and as though I had nothing to do with him at all) and wondering how I ever lived a day in my life before without him. He had my heart, this tiny little 6lb 9oz perfect little person, had my entire heart and I felt like the luckiest person ever to be his mommy.

The days passed and he grew and grew and I sat by watching him and wondering what I could do to hold time still for just a little while, I wanted to savor every moment, every little thing that he did. People always told me that time would fly by and boy were they right. But I will admit the more he grew the more exciting it was to watch him, to see him hit all the milestones of crawling, walking, getting teeth, talking and to see him grow in to the little boy he is now.

Today is so exciting and sad all at the same time. Well maybe not sad but bitter sweet. I feel like my baby is growing up too fast, like one day in the not so far future he is not going to need me so much, I mean come on, once he learns to wipe his own butt there is very little he will need me for at all, hahaha. At the very same time it's so exciting to see the little boy he is growing up to be. He is so smart, caring, sensitive, tough, opinionated, and just the best little boy ever (I might be a little biased).

This is also an exciting day because as a new mom 3 years ago there were definitely some days where it didn't feel like we would ever make it through some of the sleepless nights and rough days (luckily there were few of those), but here we are, we survived...not without accidents though....but we made it through and it makes me that much more excited to see him grow more and more and develop more in to the amazing little boy he is.

And of course, here are a few pictures to recap the last few years :o)

my newborn Jack


6 months


1 Year



18 Months


2 years old


2.5 years old with a new baby sister


3 whole years old!!!


I love you my sweet boy!!!

6 Months...1/2 a year...WHAT?!?!

Seriously, I feel like it was just yesterday that I posted something similar to this about Jack turning 6 months. How is it even possible that my sweet little baby girl is 6 whole months old already? I just don't get it. I feel like it was last week that Joe & I were engaged and planning our wedding and just yesterday that we had our first baby.

Now here we are with our last (for now, hehe)baby and she's already 6 months old, it's so bittersweet really though. I'm sad that she is 'growing up' so fast but excited at the same time because it is so much fun to see how the interaction between her and Jack changes as she gets older. She has always loved him, and I say always because even when she was still an 'inside baby' she would move, kick & squirm whenever he was in our bed with us and giggling and playing around. Now she just can't get enough of him, if he is near she wants to be able to see him, looks at him with her big blue eyes in a way she doesn't really look at anyone else and laughs at just about everything he does. It really is so sweet to see them together. Today during breakfast I walked away for a quick second and he said 'i love you pretty girl' to her, completely unsolicited and then said 'mommy, we're best friends' and I said who is? To which he responded 'me & Pay', I will admit, I was just about in tears!

Well here we are at 6 months and here is what she is up to now:
- doctors appointment was yesterday and my 'big' little girl is weighing 15lbs 9oz and is 25.75 inches long which is so tiny compared to her brother who was 20lbs 4oz & 27.5 inches long at the same age.

- we are now eating 3 meals a day which consist of oatmeal for breakfast (soon we'll be starting yogurt too), fruit for lunch and a veggie for dinner. She is also drinking 4 bottles a day of about 6-7oz :o)

- Princess face can now sit unassisted. I still put a giant stuffed duck behind her most of the time when she's on the living room floor because she gets lazy and falls down but for the most part she is good.

- Teething is still going on but none have appeared yet. I think she is going to follow in her brother's footsteps and not get teeth for a few months yet. (Jack didn't get any until 9 months)

Other than that all is well here on the home front. Next up...my baby boy turns 3!!!!! Ok, I am going to sit in a corner & cry now!