my boys.

mmmmm, I've always wanted to be able to say that. my boys.

I dreamed of having a house of boys. me being the only lady in the house. and it happened!! crazy! wouldn't mind having one more boy, but don't want to risk it being a girl ;)

BERKELEY

:wants to be holding my hand at all times:
:lays his head down on a pillow just to rest, even if it's not naptime:
:stops in his tracks anytime he hears music. sometimes he dances:
:if anyone walks in the front door i.e. daddy, nana, or papa, he wants them to take him to their car to play in the driver's seat. he could do that for hours I think:
:eats blueberry waffles with lots of butter for breakfast:
:loves to share an apple with mommy:
:loves spinach smoothies. my healthy boy:
:like to hear me read his dora book in Spanish:
:loves to help me clean. he gets into sweeping, cleaning things with a cloth, and helping me vacuum:
:says "uh-guh" to pretty much everything. that's his favorite word, whatever it means:
:tells roger "down" and swings his hand back and forth. must have seen me yelling at roger to get off the bed :)
:will attempt to do jumping jacks when I do my jillian michaels video. he also tries to find his belly button when he sees jillian's in her skimpy outfit....which means I won't be doing many more of those workouts when he's around:
:wants juice all the time (don't worry, I give him mostly water, but he thinks it's juice). he goes to the fridge and points and says "juice" about 100 times a day:
:if you whisper, he'll whisper back:
:likes playing with kitchen stuff rather than his toys. he'll pretend "cook" me things by stirring and stirring and then come give me a bite:
:once, just once, he swaddled his glow worm and started rocking it. it was precious. guess he's seen me do it to sam a few times :)
:will bring sam his passie, but will also yank it out of his mouth if he feels so inclined:
:if i'm changing sam's diaper, he'll bring me a diaper for sam:
:he sleeps in his bed until around 5 or so, sometimes earlier. when he wakes up, dad goes and gets him and sleeps with him in the guest room until morning. (sam is too loud to bring Berkeley into our room. sam's a grunter. haha) sometimes, only mommy will do in the middle of the night and I have to be on duty for both boys:
:pretty grumpy at nighttime before bed. ugh. but he's still so precious:
:likes to be carried around in the ergo. especially at the grocery store or when i'm cleaning the kitchen or cooking at night:

 

 

ever holding mommy's hand

snow day : the day after christmas

SAM

:sleeps in the rock n' play next to our bed:
:pretty much happy all day except for first thing in the morning (tummy troubles) and right before bed (tummy troubles again, I think):
:looooooves to be swaddled, unlike when Berkeley was tiny:
:nurses about every 2-3 hours:
:my champion nurser. i'm so proud of him:
:sleeps almost all night. wakes up twice to eat and then goes right back to sleep:
:sometimes I hold him at night for extra long after he nurses, because I don't get enough one on one time with him in the daytime:
:smiled for the first time last week (6 weeks), but really started smiling and interacting this week (7 weeks):
:likes to hold our finger:
:loves the passie to no end:
:likes to go on walks in the ergo:

first week alone with both boys

yawn.

I call this "super sam!"

love these boys like no tomorrow.

our first official picture as a family of four.