I am finally enjoying both of my boys together. I have been enjoying them separately the whole time, but the times where Ezra is up with Isaiah has always been stressful for me.
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| brotherly love :) |
Last week I laid Ezra and Isaiah on our bed, side by side, and told them a story while I folded a large pile of laundry. They both laid there happily, giggling at me and each other through the course of storytime/folding. At the end of it, I realized that it has actually been fun for me too. I looked at them laying there, smiling back at me, and got a glimpse of the incredible fun having these two boys is going to be as they grow up.
Those moments keep the tough moments in perspective.
It's been a long week. I hoping that sometime soon I will be able to sleep more than 2 hours at a time. Ezra has been up at all hours of the night for reasons we can't figure out, waking uncharacteristically early in the night, and often. Last night it was 5 times between 11:40 and 7:30 am, and this from a baby who was doing up to 10 hours in a row at 8 weeks! I have definitely gotten spoiled...
The big news for Isaiah this week is that he pooped in the potty 3 days in a row! We are so proud. I know, I know, there are some things in life that you have to be a parent to really appreciate. :) We are officially starting potty training this weekend, but he wanted to try early, and has had great success. The fewer poopy diapers to change the better!
He has also quadruped his vocabulary of spoken words in the past 3 weeks. He will say almost any word back to me that I ask him to. One we are particularly enjoying is "Yesh". He has said 'yeah' for a long time, but is finally putting the 's' on. Occasionally 'no-sh' comes out too, instead of 'no', which is also very cute.
Andrew bought him his own little red shovel a couple days ago so that he has one he can really use when he goes out to help Andrew and his maintenance team shovel snow. Basically all I hear all day, everyday, from Isaiah is "Help", "Shah (shovel)", "Dada". With lots of head nods and expectant looks in between each word. Like- Yes, Mommy, you should let me go help Daddy shovel. It is a very good idea. VERY cute!
The past couple of days it has been in the -20s (this morning was -29, feels like -37 C) so he has had a lot of disappointing moments lately! Poor little guy.
That's all for now, with a few pictures of these beautiful sons I have. I am one blessed mommy!
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| we love his smiles! |
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| 16 weeks old |
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| Just hanging out - best work buddy ever! |
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| Isaiah walking for the first time in his snowshoes. |
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| Raawwr, goes my little bear baby. |
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| Two of my three handsome guys :) |
