Before our first family outing last Saturday - to the Science Center and Turtle Park. 1.5 week old Alden did not cramp our Saturday morning outing style!
Also amazingly strong-willed and frustrating at times, as was true this week. After a good first week, the girls had some sleeping issues this past week with Alden home (I think related to realizing that Alden's staying and they can no longer get as much attention during normal waking hours) and we have not been getting much sleep at all. Alden sleeps wonderfully, at least! I'm kinda in a sleep-deprived daze and can barely keep up with feeding my children and picking up a little, let alone doing any of the other million things I have to do around the house or blogging - so more on the girls' 2nd birthday and Alden's 2nd week will have to come later.
For now, I just wanted to record a few moments today that enabled me to look past the rough week and to feel truly blessed by my children - before I forget them!
Alden continues to be a sweetie, as long as his never-satisfied belly is full (he does not hesitate to nurse voraciously every hour if necessary). Today my sweet boy gave me 3 of the most precious smiles while he was awake on my lap with the girls napping. I love my one-on-one time with him. He's starting to interact more and has been holding onto my shirt, grabbing at my face, etc. - the last smile was after he had reached up near my face and I kissed his hand. I could not ask for a better baby.
Kara and Anna continue to amaze me with how smart they are. They learn so quickly and are talking so well - they are starting to be able to express themselves a lot better, too - though Kara earlier this week telling me that I shouldn't hold Alden, I should hold her made me cry... They've been counting up to 5 for a few weeks and I have been slowly trying to add 6 and 7. I've caught them counting to themselves up to 7, sometimes 8. Tonight at dinner Anna surprised us by randomly counting to 10, with no prompting. I had no idea she could do that! Even more amazing was that after she counted to 10, she counted to 11. (Of course when we shouted "eleven!" in amazement, she and Kara cracked each other up for the next 5 minutes yelling 1, 2, 3, 4, 11! back and forth). And Kara is no slouch either - I sang the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 song (from Sesame Street maybe?) and as soon as I finished, Kara said 13. I've never specifically taught them beyond 10 - hence the title of this post. Alternatively titled: Best Babies, Indeed.
My husband's not so bad, either. :)
2 comments:
Great post. Very sweet and we're dealing with some of the same behavior and feelings. The first few days/nights home I cried about Clare too. I feel so blessed and at other times totally exhausted giving my time/attention to both Landon and Clare. I have been trying to get a little more alone time with Clare, which helps her I think--and me! :) I look forward to getting together with our gang and hanging out too.
What a blessing that Alden smiles already. I distinctly remember Andrew's first smile--he was six weeks old, and I was just about to die for a smile--it was one of the happiest times of my life. I even wrote a poem!! You are an amazing Mom (and Dad!) -- no wonder you have amazing kiddos.
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