May. 20, 2007
Oh how time flies!
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I am again WAY overdue on updating here. Wow, can't believe it has been so long. Since the last post we have moved to a much needed new and bigger home in November and added to our little family in December. Our new home is truly a blessing, our neighbor is also our landlord and they have two children about the same age as E (one a year older and one a year younger). Actually, one of the main reasons we got the house is because I am a stay at home mom. She was excited to have friendly neighbors with kids to hang out with during the day. They love to play together and my neighbor (now friend) loves to have E over to play. This has been very helpful especially when we did whirl-wind unpacking to get settled in before M arrived and then also after when E needed someone to play with while I tended to M. In early December M arrived in much the same fashion as his big sister did...I spent almost the exact same amount of time in labor with both of them. And, oddly enough they were exactly the same length and he weighed about ½ a pound less than she did. He is also a great blessing to us. E adores him and can't do enough to help with him, she likes throwing away diapers, helping with baths, picking out his clothes, pretty much anything she can do for him she will. She also loves to "read" to him (from books she's memorized) and sing to him when he's fussy, it's very cute and heartwarming. He is 5 months old now and growing at a much greater rate than she did, he is already out of his infant car seat, much to my dismay as he can't sit up on his own yet. Thankfully, my sister sent me a grocery cart seat cover thingy that has a strap to hold him in the upright position in the cart, wasn't sure how I was going to do shopping if I had to carry him the whole time (Thanks EFG!). He is very alert and starting to interact now, E loves it because he recognizes her voice and will turn towards her when he hears her (she used to sing and talk to him in my tummy all the time before he was born). She can get him to smile and it thrills her! My dad (peppy) came to visit for a week in February to meet little mister. Both of my sisters and most their kids got to come too...pretty amazing since it was their first time meeting E (she turned 4 in March). The last time we were all togther was at Christmas just before E was born. My younger sister had a baby (her 5th) in November just before M was born, so my peppy got to meet her too (grammy met her in Nov. when she was born). It was nice to see them all, E keeps talking about her 'new cousins'. We are currently looking forward to our big trip back east to visit grammy & peppy in June/July. The kids and I will be staying for 3 weeks, unfortunately our daddy only gets to stay for 1 week (somebody has to pay the bills). Hopefully, I will have time during this trip to go through all the stuff I left packed up in their house when I moved out "oh-so-long-ago". Well, morning comes early so I should finish for now. Hopefully I will be more diligent in keeping this up to date. |
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