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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
So slow, yet so fast.
It is December! I can't even begin to explain how this makes me feel! Our boy joined our family in July and I think I have done two posts since his birth, this is so horrible so here I am trying to play catch up! We have had such an amazing 4 months since he was born, trips, milestones and wonderful family moments.
Bel is such an amazing sister, she works so hard to entertain him, care for him and love him. I think back to her wanting a sister and though I understand where she is coming from I am so grateful that her younger sibling is a boy. Seeing them together is so wonderful, their similarities and their differences. He is for sure his father and she is me which is fun to watch. She is growing leaps and bounds both physically and as a person. She loves her friends at daycare and looks forward to playing dolly's on a daily basis while she is there. She also learned how to do a somersault recently and enjoys doing them at home. Bel also started learning how to play the piano, she has lessons once a week with "Auntie" Diana, DH's cousin, and her enthusiasm is wonderful I just hope those feelings continue! She also is swimming once a week and is doing freestyle and backstroke, I hope the other strokes will be as wonderful and let me tell you how proud this momma feels watching her swim! She has started her second year in faith formation at our parish and she loves it, projects, games, songs and talking and learning more about God! We are excited to watch her grow in her faith, she loves to ask questions as well as explain Him in her own way. One question we often ask at dinner is where did you see God today? Though she struggles sometimes she knows that he is ever present in her life.
The little man is such a wonderful addition to our family, he makes all the suffering of another loss worth it! Both of our children have followed losses of our angel babies and its amazing to know that through all that you encounter the minute you hear that first cry it is eased. He smiles can melt the hardest of hearts and his snuggles are also amazing! He roles, has roles and loves to play! His favorite thing besides eating would be watching every move his big sister makes and every word that she says he pays great attention to. He recently learned of his toes and has endless amounts of entertainment time built into them! His favorite toys are Sophie his giraffe teether and Neptune the turtle from Baby Einstein. He also is a future water baby, he has gone swimming a couple of times some while we were at the Log Home Retreat and while we went to California. He started daycare with Bel this week and seems to be doing well, he does what babies do and I can't ask for more than that!
The husband has continued to be the strength of our family, especially while I have been off of work. He has had an amazing year and he and his partner are pleased with the year end results, the company has grown and he continues to make a wonderful contact for his clients. We have been fortunate to be apart of his clients growth and celebrate with them as they see success. On top of working he is always home for dinner and as we sit all together each night it is wonderful to hear about each others days even with sassy running around or not eating. He is looking forward to picking up some workout time and maybe some racquetball this winter with his cousins hubby Joe (Baby boys' Godfather).
Then there is me. Well Going from a complicated pregnancy to a healthy baby has been wonderful! I fully recovered from my c-section (a couple of set backs at the beginning) and I am able to play with Bel again, lift her and not worry about all the rotten things that can go wrong while in a high risk pregnancy and recovering. I was blessed with an extended leave from work and have just returned this week. I enjoyed every minute of being home, loving on my boy the same as I was able to with Bel, cooking for my family, enjoying my favorite cleaning and laundry! Now back to work I am struggling, mentally I am trying to jump back into my job (I have been off since June!) and emotionally dealing with being away from the boy. Its draining even the second time around. I can' t complain too much though because he sleeps through the night :-) I love my job and my coworkers so in time I will be fine, but I miss my kids which I have every right to!
I hope our pictures fill in the blanks of the last four months, I suppose I will need to keep up a tad bit more!
Bel is such an amazing sister, she works so hard to entertain him, care for him and love him. I think back to her wanting a sister and though I understand where she is coming from I am so grateful that her younger sibling is a boy. Seeing them together is so wonderful, their similarities and their differences. He is for sure his father and she is me which is fun to watch. She is growing leaps and bounds both physically and as a person. She loves her friends at daycare and looks forward to playing dolly's on a daily basis while she is there. She also learned how to do a somersault recently and enjoys doing them at home. Bel also started learning how to play the piano, she has lessons once a week with "Auntie" Diana, DH's cousin, and her enthusiasm is wonderful I just hope those feelings continue! She also is swimming once a week and is doing freestyle and backstroke, I hope the other strokes will be as wonderful and let me tell you how proud this momma feels watching her swim! She has started her second year in faith formation at our parish and she loves it, projects, games, songs and talking and learning more about God! We are excited to watch her grow in her faith, she loves to ask questions as well as explain Him in her own way. One question we often ask at dinner is where did you see God today? Though she struggles sometimes she knows that he is ever present in her life.
The little man is such a wonderful addition to our family, he makes all the suffering of another loss worth it! Both of our children have followed losses of our angel babies and its amazing to know that through all that you encounter the minute you hear that first cry it is eased. He smiles can melt the hardest of hearts and his snuggles are also amazing! He roles, has roles and loves to play! His favorite thing besides eating would be watching every move his big sister makes and every word that she says he pays great attention to. He recently learned of his toes and has endless amounts of entertainment time built into them! His favorite toys are Sophie his giraffe teether and Neptune the turtle from Baby Einstein. He also is a future water baby, he has gone swimming a couple of times some while we were at the Log Home Retreat and while we went to California. He started daycare with Bel this week and seems to be doing well, he does what babies do and I can't ask for more than that!
The husband has continued to be the strength of our family, especially while I have been off of work. He has had an amazing year and he and his partner are pleased with the year end results, the company has grown and he continues to make a wonderful contact for his clients. We have been fortunate to be apart of his clients growth and celebrate with them as they see success. On top of working he is always home for dinner and as we sit all together each night it is wonderful to hear about each others days even with sassy running around or not eating. He is looking forward to picking up some workout time and maybe some racquetball this winter with his cousins hubby Joe (Baby boys' Godfather).
Then there is me. Well Going from a complicated pregnancy to a healthy baby has been wonderful! I fully recovered from my c-section (a couple of set backs at the beginning) and I am able to play with Bel again, lift her and not worry about all the rotten things that can go wrong while in a high risk pregnancy and recovering. I was blessed with an extended leave from work and have just returned this week. I enjoyed every minute of being home, loving on my boy the same as I was able to with Bel, cooking for my family, enjoying my favorite cleaning and laundry! Now back to work I am struggling, mentally I am trying to jump back into my job (I have been off since June!) and emotionally dealing with being away from the boy. Its draining even the second time around. I can' t complain too much though because he sleeps through the night :-) I love my job and my coworkers so in time I will be fine, but I miss my kids which I have every right to!
I hope our pictures fill in the blanks of the last four months, I suppose I will need to keep up a tad bit more!
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