You really like to hide behind your cup these days...I can never get you to put it down for a picture...stubborn stubborn boy! ;))Well Gavin, looks like you have to share your mommy and daddy with Giana, share you nana and papaw, abuela and abuelo, and now your BLOG. But my love, this is the quickest, easiest way for mama to jot down important things about both my babies...so it is what it is. (Doubtful that you care too much :) )
Today, Gavin and I went to the Public Library in a town nearby to a mommy and me sing-along. We were joined by our dear friends Lisa and Carter, Rachel and Isabella, Megan and Jackson. Let me tell ya little boy, I loved it as much as you did! You were very shy at first (you always are) but soon you came around and were very eager to give out hugs to your new buddies :). We sang our "ABC's", "The Wheels on the Bus", "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" etc. and you had the sweetest little smile. You got to enjoy other sweeties your age and mommy got to enjoy some adult time with my friends, perfect! Next time, your friends Tanner and Quinley need to join us, this is just what my friend Angel (their mommy) needs, I know this because we discuss it often!
You continue to be an excellent big brother, you love to rub sister's face and you can be found tell her "Giana, you so preeety" often. You can be a paci thief from time to time though, but in your defense you never steal it from your sister, because as hard as mommy tries, I'm not so sure little miss is going to take the paci...boo!!!
As I write this, you are in your highchair eating an Oreo cookie, and guzzling the milk. I gave you cookies because I promise, you ate ALL your chicken....uuuhhh...yea, not so much. But because you eat so little these days, sometimes I'm known to just give you what you want and FORGET ABOUT IT!
Your favorite thing to do right now is play with cars. It's "cars" this and "cars" that. You're really in to the Disney Cars movie too (of course). You love to line your cars up, drive them around the couch, make them crash, etc. And you love your "Cow Tractor" (this also from the movie).
And now on to Giana...you are 3 days shy of 6 weeks old! Can't believe I'm even typing that...seems like you should still be safely tucked away in mama's tummy. You are growing every day and beginning to get a little chubby! Tiny rolls are slowly appearing on you legs and your face is as round as can be! You are your daddy's mini-me, through and through. At first you looked a lot like me, but more and more each day, I see daddy in you (pretty precious). Gavin looks like mommy and Gia, daddy. Just perfect. And so very blessed.
(Giana) I still don't have you on a very good schedule yet. Still working on that, I won't lie, it's a big adjustment to go from 1 to 2. You nurse and take the bottle, which means I feel like I'm holding you most of the day :). Because I have to do both to satisfy your hunger needs, I am slowly trying to slack off on the nursing and switch to bottle only. I'm in no rush to stop nursing immediately, so it will be a slow process. You take naps in your crib much better than the play yard in mommy and daddy's room. Getting you to sleep at night (when we all go to bed) is the hardest part of the day. You just won't have it! Therefore, mommy (wimpy mommy) puts you in bed with us...which is a big NO NO, but I'm weak, real weak. The past two nights, you've been in bed with us ALL night! Yep, all 4 of us, piled in to a queen size bed...and honestly it's just BLISS! But we have to break this habit sooner rather than later. I promise to get a little more tough....SOON. You weak up every 2 or so hours to eat. You get a diaper change and a belly full, then go back to sleep. We try to lay around in bed until 8:30 or 9, then we start our day. You can still wear most newborn sized clothes. But many of your sleepers and gowns are 0-3 months and you wear those too. You are wearing size 1 diapers right now, but can still wear newborn...we just had so many size 1's that we bumped you on up and though they are a little big, they work well. You are a gassy little thing too!!! We just switched to Enfamil GentleEase which is suppose to help with gas and fussiness...we'll see how that works.
By just adding on 1 more baby, I feel as though I do laundry everyday to every other day now! And managing to keep the dishes clean is an all day task too! Being a stay-at-home mom is definetly a full time job>>>don't let anyone tell you otherwise! But it's a dream job at that.
Guess I've jabbered on and on enough, love you my babies! Awww, just love that I can now say the plural form of the word baby! And daddy loves you so much too!
