wordless wednesday

Same picture as in my tagged post just b/w.. LOVE him and his sleepy little eyes!

tagged

I havent done a tagged post in a while! I was tagged by my friend Stephanie. We did a semester of college together and let me tell you, this girl is amazing. Go tell her I said hello!

Here are the rules of the challenge:

1 - you must post the rules.

2 - post eleven fun facts about yourself on the blog post.

3 - answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged.

4 - tag eleven people and link them on your post

5 - let them know you've tagged them!

11 Facts About Me:

1. I eat at least 2 bowls of cereal every day. One for lunch and one before bed. I have done this as long as I can remember (grade school people!) 

2. I desperately want a minivan. I slip it into casual conversation with the hubs daily. HINT HINT

3. I let my babies sleep on their tummies. shhhh dont tell the pediatrician

4. I think wet nurses are a cool idea that should come back cause I would do it. I have enough to spare and I might as well help another mama out

5. I bought the pioneer woman cook book 6 months ago and JUST opened it for the first time 2 days ago and I am obsessed. I want to make everything and have my own ranch. hubs would look hot in chaps.

6. I think I might be the only woman on the planet who wished she was naturally a ginger. I pay big bucks to color this mop on my head read. 

7. I've watched all the S*** people say videos on youtube and crack up laughing every time. They never get old.

8. I act like a cranky 3 year old on road trips. I hate being in the car for extended periods of time.

9. I am still wearing a maternity sweater. I have packed away everything else but this bad boy you are going to have to pry out of my dead cold hands. I love it. 

10. I forgot nursing pads on sunday and leaked through all my layers. now thats #momsexy

11. I care a lot about what people think and then get frustrated when I know what they think and its mean. If you are my friend on facebook you would have seen the HUGE comment feed that was going on, on my wall about blessing our baby in church vs. at home (both are totally acceptable in our religion) we decided to bless him at home and the thought that people hate this idea bothers me. I need to just let it go so I can enjoy our special day with Weston T. 

11 questions for you:

1. If you had a free day to do anything you wanted, what would it be?

I would eat at a restaurant I dont normally go to with the kidlets and go cruise around home goods. Possibly get a massage or a pedicure and take a nap!

2. What is on your night stand right now?

box of nursing pads, a parenting book I have yet to open, ultrasound picture, water bottle, and tv remotes

3. If you could go back and re-live one day of your life, what day would it be and why? I would relive each of my childrens births. They are the best days ever :) I know- super cliche 

4. What would your dream job be?

doing professional photography- wait, I am working on that now! OR being an labor and delivery nurse or midwife. 

5. What is the Greek meaning of your name?

I googled this and the only thing I could find was that my name is of English descent and it means "crowned with laurels"

 

6. What is your secret favorite chore?

vacuuming. though if you know me well this is no secret! I do it everyday. I also enjoy de-junking and organizing BIG time. I think I just like to throw things away...

7. What is your favorite childhood memory?

Trips to florida with my family and doing gymnastics with my favorite coach ever, miss Kim. 

8. What is your heaven on earth?

obviously something with my babies.. probably middle of the night feedings when its just the 2 of us. I know more cliche 

9. If a season described you, what season would you be and why?

spring- not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket?? 

10. What is your go to drink?

Ice water! Weird I know... also passion tea lemonade with raspberry from starbucks

11. If you had $500 dollars given to you, what would you do with it?

I would buy a sigma 50mm f1.4 lens 

congrats you got all the way through! I will reward you with a picture of the babes

 5 weeks old

I TAG EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE! 

1 month old

Okay enough of the weekly updates we are measuring by months now! Happy ONE month to little West. You are still the most perfect baby ever and we love you. 

at one month old you are getting chunkier by the minute probably up to 8+ pounds

sleeping all the time :) no signs of reflux or colic yet!

breastfeeding every 3-4 hours and going 6 hour stretches at night

taking a bottle from daddy when I go coach gymnastics

laughing and smiling but not at anyone or anything in particular

crosses his eyes when he stares at me really hard

holds his head up

loves sleep on his tummy in his pack n play 

loves flannel blankets and his soothie pacie- obsessed with the wubbanub 

wears newborn size clothes and JUST moved up to size 1 diapers

loves the car

loves watching Ryan run around him in circles like a crazy maniac play 

loves mommy the most

ryan-isms vol. 3

Ryan is really into.... hygiene I guess you could say. He loves to take showers, put on deodorant, blow dry his hair. We spend far too much time together in the bathroom. Yesterday I was getting ready to go to my massage (thank you health insurance for believing it counts as preventative care!) and realized my legs needed to be shaved oh so very badly.. oh sorry Erin I did take my leggings off, thats just my hairy-ness, style. The next thing I knew the dude was standing in the tub with me, one leg propped up on the side with his blade-less razor "haavin me egs" (shaving his legs)........ okay no biggie right? Awkward moment a few hours later when he had to reenact the moment for Grandma and she is thinking we are all just crazy I am sure.

While on the topic of body hair- hubs always has scruff or a goatee. One evening before bed they were cuddling and talking like good boys do and he asked Ryan if it was silly he had hair on his face. Ryan laughed and then told daddy that he didnt have hair on his face like daddy does... he had a bald face..... then I rolled on the floor laughing.

So the next time we are hanging out and you smell mans deodorant on me just know it wasnt intentional. It was from trying to pry hub's tube out of ryans hands before he put it all over his stomach and in his hair. He is super thorough with that stuff.

Oh side note. A whole MONTH ago from tonight I was packing up my hospital bag, breathing through contractions, and getting ready to welcome Weston into our family. Time is flying way too fast. I will do his 1 month update tomorrow but still cant decide on what set up I want for his monthly pictures?! Shoot me some ideas or I am stealing someone else's and being a copy cat....

mommy in training?

This kid is amazing. He is such a loving, sweet, nurturing boy. He is the best big brother and will be the best father someday (far far away from now) he loves to play with his baby dolls, he loves to cook and clean, and help me around the house. He is awesome with Weston. For the most part he lets me nurse and change diapers without much fuss.

Pumping totally weirds him out though.. can you blame him?!

Most of the time I try to keep West otherwise occupied when I am putting Ry to bed so we can just have special time but today I baby needed to eat and Ry needed to nap all at the same time. So I just nursed him in Ryans bed while we read books. Then Ryan decided he shouldnt lay down anymore, so he sat up and told me he needed to nurse (nurse someone, not BE nursed dont freak out!) After trying to tell him he doesnt have nursies (boobs) he lifted up his shirt to show me his nipples and state in fact he DID have nursies and there was TWO of them. SEE MOM! As I was about to die laughing he grabbed his beloved taggy blanket and started "nursing" the tag part.... ummmmmmm who IS this kid and WHERE did he come from? Then he informed me that it was time for his taggy and weston to both switch sides..... WHAT?

I dont know what to do with this kid-- it was pretty epic and hilarious. So I guess later on he will have to fight it out with his wife to see who gets to breastfeed their babies.. since he's experienced and all now.

wordless wednesday

4 weeks

feeling it

Its been 3 weeks of heavenly bliss at our house. I dont know if it was hubs being home from work for over 2 weeks, the heavy pain meds, or just mama adrenalin but I have been LOVING life with 2 babies. Things have been easy, I have felt somewhat rested, and we have been in a good grove.

3 weeks old

But now I am feeling the reality of 2 kids. 2 kids in diapers, 2 that dont always want to eat well, 2 that dont sleep when they are supposed too, 2 that cry at the same time, 2 that want to be held at the same time. I knew this would happen eventually but I am lucky if I get out of my pj's by 4pm and we do more than just watch movies all day. I will give it another week or so then I am kicking myself into high gear and getting back into a normal schedule.

It is still wonderful however. I love these 2 boys more than words, and they feel the same about each other. They played for 45 minutes without me today.