Trip down memory lane

Pin It Now! I am so behind in posting layouts on here - so am going to try to slowly get caught up!

I think this pic is from around Sept or so, and the layout is from my scrapping trip in the fall - before Jonah had even turned one and now we're nearing his 18 month mark - crazy to think about!

Lots of my mind's eye on here and I love those canvas rolled flowers.  

Our house of boys is doing great - Liam is a great baby, we call him Benjamin Buttons because he looks like such a little old man sometimes.  Jonah is doing great, practicing lots of new words like Whale (wha-wole), Apple, Shoes (sooos) and Baby (Ba-bee) and the ever popular Duck and Quack noise - I nearly died the other day when I was singing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" and his refrain was "Quack Quack!" - funny boy :) 

Special Delivery!

Pin It Now! We welcomed little Liam Glenn into our lives last Thursday April 12th and life with him has been so wonderful and sweet. It honestly does not feel like just over a week that he's been with us, he fits in so well.

I ended up being induced last Thursday - my dr. gave me the choice of being induced then or waiting over the weekend - I was 8 days overdue at that point so chose to go ahead with the induction even though I was wanting to have him naturally - I was just at the end of my rope by that point, SO big and uncomfortable - and rightfully so - the little guy weighed in at 8.5 pounds and an extra long 22 inches!  He is long and skinny - opposite of Jonah who was 8.6 lbs and 20 inches - he is our chubby bunny.  Other than that Jonah and Liam are so similar looking - I see a bit more of me in Liam but overall they are really really similar - I'm thrilled b/c obviously I think Jonah is just the cutest!  And his birthdate allowed for my dear friend Emily to meet him right before she moved to South Africa so the timing was great.

Jonah is having a bit of a tough time with the transition - he loves his bro and wants to look at him, kiss him and gently touch him - but we do notice he's being a little "suckier" than normal - wanting to be picked up, crying on a dime etc - just not his normal happy go lucky self - we are giving him lots of cuddles and attention to help him with the transition and I know pretty soon it will pass but it's heartbreaking none the less.  I keep telling him we love him so much and we are so lucky to have him but he's not even a year and a half old so I'm sure the whole thing is just confusing to him.  He is our little pet though - funnier by the day - he loves having his hair brushed, it's seriously the most adorable thing on earth to watch, his eyes close and he smiles when we brush his hair.  He also loves to dance - if music comes on or if we start to sing he shakes his little booty and turns around.  

Liam is a wonderful baby - I swear I have gotten more sleep in the last week than I got in Jonah's first month of life and I really don't think I'm exaggerating - part of it is that I'm more relaxed I'm sure so when he's sleeping I am able to sleep also but part of it is that he's just easier to get to sleep and stays asleep so far - he's already slept a few nights in his crib which has been great.  It's also worked out that he goes down initially a bit earlier than Jonah as a newborn which is nice because has given Kirk and I a bit of a break in the evenings.  I know that any day his sleep schedule could turn on a dime so I'm thankful for each restful night we have.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!

Pin It Now! This is the eve of my due date with baby number 2 - clearly he's following in his big bro's footsteps and going to show up fashionably late and while with Jonah I was itching to go into labour at this time in my pregnancy (or about 2 or 3 weeks prior if I'm being honest) this time around I'm enjoying these last few days of solitude and rest before the baby arrives.  And the fact that I am blow drying my hair while on the laptop.  Two things that I know I may not get to do again (let alone in tandem) for quite some time!

I worked right up till the 11th hour with this pregnancy and this past week it's really hit me (partially) just how much our lives are about to change.  I know I will never be fully prepared for what's about to happen but I just had a lot more time to think about things with Jonah.  With this pregnancy whenever I did have time to pause and think about a baby I just automatically thought of Jonah.  The truth is?  He's turned into a little boy on us!

All of the sudden Jonah is just off and at 'em - he started walking about 3 months ago and never looked back.  His new speed is full fledged run and I joke (sort of) that he has two speeds:  Running and sleeping.  The kid is a wild child.  I do not know where he gets his endless supply of energy - must just be a  boy thing but he does not take after Kirk and I and our couch potato ways at all - even to take a bottle he has to be moving - walking around or twiddling one of his legs or waving his hands.  He is a wonderful, joyful and social boy - just loves to laugh and visit with people.  He loves his daycare which is a huge plus since I can't imagine being home with him and a newborn by myself all day every day - not that I wouldn't love spending the time with him but would literally be a logistical nightmare.  This morning when I was getting ready for the day he figured out how to climb up onto our very high bed and then proceeded to jump head first into the pillows.  Ha!  He also loves climbing onto tables, tupperwares, basically anything he can get his little legs up onto....so while I'm happy to have the flexibility to have him home with me - at least for the first few months of this new babies life I'm happy to have daycare!  

I am proud of how we've worked together as a family since I've been back at work.  I was so nervous for these last 5 months - how we would balance our work lives with our family lives but all of us did really great.  I enjoyed working a lot more than I was expecting (I was actually sad to leave all my friends on my last day!) and Kirk and Jonah were both champs.  Was tough for Kirk I know to have to leave a lot earlier than we had in the past but he did great and Jonah did really well with super long days at daycare.  I'm happy that for the next year I'll be able to keep him on a more flexible schedule.

I haven't been good at keeping up this blog - mostly because one of the sacrifices of going back to work full time was that there really was just less time left at the end of the day - but we did a lot as a family these past few months, went away to Florida for a week and went to Mont Tremblant with my family - both trips were awesome, and I do want to keep this blog up to chronicle the boys milestones - it is such a nice thing to be able to look back upon since life is just continuing to move faster and faster.

I am nervous in a whole different way for this baby's arrival.  All of the things I knew nothing about with Jonah will now be no biggie - changing diapers, feeding etc - and I know I'll be less hard on myself for things I can't control like not sleeping and having a fussy baby etc - I know now from Jonah that newborns cry a lot, and sleep in small spurts, and no book tells you how to get them to stop doing either of those things because to be honest? That's just what they do and they will outgrow it.  What I do worry about this time is having enough of me to go around, to give Jonah the love and attention he has and to give it to a new little person also.  I have to believe that the love we have for Jonah will just multiply and there will be a different place in my heart for this new baby but just as large.

See you soon ;)