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My blogging dedication is questionable at best lately, but I wouldn’t be even a part-time blogger if I didn’t post the obligatory Halloween post. I don’t get caught up in all the children holiday things. I’m not one for spending a lot of money on hyped up things. Maximus had a little spiderman costume when … Continue reading Halloween is a little scary when you’re three
This baby is giving me gray hair. There’s no doubt about it. One minute he was playing on the floor in Maximus’ room. The next he was sitting in the middle of Maximus’ bed. It literally took him two tries to get his chubby little leg up onto the bed and he hauled himself up … Continue reading My little ray of sunshine
It’s not too often anymore that I get to fully experience baby snuggles. When I do, there’s nothing else in the world that matters. (Until Wrigley barks at Bryan and Maximus coming home and the snuggling abruptly comes to an end because Quinten is awake. #FreeDogtoGoodHome) I wish I could say that I’ll never forget … Continue reading Holding on and letting go of those baby snuggles
It was what got me most excited about having another boy. That brotherly love that I knew would happen some day. I hope it’ll last a lifetime and they’ll be really close, but whatever their relationship is I know it will be perfect. Something happened with Maximus when he turned three. He suddenly grew up … Continue reading Watching their brotherly love develop
Honestly, they are mostly good, but we have times where we’re both willing to pawn them off on the first sucker who bites. I can only think of twice that I’ve actually done that and both times I was very pregnant and our toddler was a handful. I only did it because I knew we … Continue reading Truth: my babies aren’t always good
Month eight has been good to Quinten so far. He’s basically a professional crawler. Lucky for us, he pounds his hands into the ground as he crawls. If he wasn’t so loud, he’d get into a lot more trouble! His fat hands slam into the ground in a quick pace – slap, pound, slap, stop. … Continue reading Eight month old Quinten
I have this friend who is only a text, email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram away. She’s a friend of course, but she’s also my own personal car seat safety expert. I send her pictures and ask her questions so I can ensure my boys are the safest they can be inside the car. I feel … Continue reading Car seat safety: Rear-facing
We recently took our first overnight trip with the boys. We had zero expectations. Neither of us expected it to be a pleasant experience, but we were going to do it anyway. Or at least try it. Our backup plan was to leave at 9 pm and drive two hours home. Luckily it didn’t come … Continue reading Tips on traveling with a toddler and baby
It’s easy to see that every baby and child are different. That I expected. What I didn’t expect was my mental or emotional reaction to be different. I think I handled the transition from zero babies to one. It was a little difficult in the summer knowing that my friends were out doing fun things while I … Continue reading The ups and downs
I haven’t been able to figure out why I’m struggling to find enough hours in the day to get everything done. Then I wrote that post about Quinten not sleeping very well. It was like my own words slapped me in the face. I’m exhausted! Somehow it’s kind of hidden. Yes, I literally yawn all … Continue reading What makes him sleep through the night?