For about 6 weeks the strangest thing has been happening to me many, many times each day. While I'm holding/nursing Clara and reading/talking to Colten, I find myself listening and looking for "the baby". If I hear a little noise, I perk up my ears to see if "the baby" is crying upstairs. Then I look down and see that my 2 children are right in front of me. I peek over at the swing to check on "the baby" while I'm smiling at Clara and listening to Colten play in the corner. Each time I do it I think to myself "you only have two kids & they're both right here, are you going crazy?!". I think it happens mostly on "good" days where I like AND love both babies and can't believe having 2 kids is so easy... and not so much on "bad" days, where I might not like one or either of them :) We know we are going to have more children, so I don't think it's a sign that one is missing from our family. It's just weird how often I find myself doing it!
(Arty brought the tractor over to help my dad and Colten got to ride in it on daddy's lap!!!)
2 months :)
This is the best sibling picture I have of them, haha!
Happy, scrumptious baby girl <3
Andrew says Clara likes being on his shoulders :)
(Colten was introduced to Sesame Street 2 weeks ago, and he LOVES it)
Speaking of "bad" days, there have been many more of those recently. I was sick last week, which made things hard. I knew that I needed to sleep to get better, but Clara didn't want to sleep when Colten napped. It was hard. Colten has been pretty moody and clingy, too, when we're at home. He can be the happiest baby in the world, then instantly a terror who tries to do everything he knows he's not supposed to all at once. He'll run up and bang the tv, run to the fish tank and take out things he shouldn't, go under the sink and get out the chemicals, and take Clara's binky all the matter of minutes. Stinker. Overall, he's still a super wonderful little boy. He looooves being outside & is very brave at the park now. He thinks he's big enough for all of the equipment. He also loves to smell flowers and he loves finding the spider and "cricket" in the Mercer Mayer book my parents have.
This is one of my favorite pictures of Colten ever, because it captures his every day, in the moment look. We tried to recreate the picture with Clara, and it was harder than we expected. This will do though :) They are the exact same age in these pictures- 2 and a half months. Look how different they look from each other!! It's crazy.
Clara is still very easy. She has her rough days/moments, but usually she is relaxed, happy, and a great sleeper. A few weeks ago she started waking up a lot at night and I thought I was going to die, but she's back to 1-2 times a night over a 10-12 hour period. I am ready to have her in her own room! Hopefully in a couple weeks we'll be in our new home and I can make that happen! I'll have to blog about the house soon, but it's time for me to take a nap. Today is a good day, thank goodness :)
Many times, the three boys would run into the room Christa and I were in, and I would look at the doorway waiting for another to run in! It seemed so real that another one was just behind the boys, running down the hall to catch up.
ReplyDeleteSome time later, I had a very clear feeling that a baby girl was waiting to join us. I could almost see her adult face! It was a pretty cool experience.
About a year later, here she is!
We are not through having kids either, FYI :)
Colten's hair is SO CUTE! And Clara's smile is AWESOME. You're crazy thinking you have 3 kids. Crazier than I was when I wanted to get pregnant with #3 so badly while I was still pregnant with Spence. And that's saying something. Lol. Love you so much and can't wait to see pictures of your house!!
ReplyDeleteCuckoo for cocoa puffs. Our minds play strange tricks on us! Your babies are too darn sweet. :) I love the attempt at recreating that picture! Even the glance off to the side. :) HA!
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