Respected. Knowledgable. Partner.
Maximus: Me want more honey. Bryan: You want more honey, huh? You’re going to have to get a bee hive. Maximus: A bee hive? Bryan: Yes, you need a bee hive. Maximus: Get a bee hive at the store. …… Wrigley burped after he finished eating. Maximus: Scuse you Wriggy. Scuse you. …… Out of … Continue reading Conversations with a toddler
Patience is hard to come by some days. One morning last week I wrote on Twitter that I needed it that day. I needed patience to deal with my toddler. I hate writing that. I hate admitting it, but it’s the truth and I’m not one to pretend things aren’t the way they are. I … Continue reading Patience
Having a second baby is a lot like riding a bike for us. Feed the baby, change the baby’s diaper, swaddle the baby, and wait to start the cycle all over again. That’s about the only thing that is the same. Quinten has made his differences known since day one. He came out with a … Continue reading How different brothers are
Maximus is doing a great job of being a big brother. It started a little rocky with a lot of whining and tears, but he has gotten the hang of our new life. There was one time that we thought Maximus wanted to send Quinten “home” but we soon realized that he had confused the … Continue reading Brothers
The Leger house has adapted pretty well to our new normal. I anticipate that our normal will be ever-changing, but we’re handling the newborn stage pretty well. As I told Bryan, the newborn phase should be pretty easy because we’ve done it before. I was a little nervous that Quinten would have a completely different … Continue reading Adapting to the new normal
The baby could have cared less about Santa. He didn’t even wake up during the visit. At two weeks old he wasn’t even the youngest Santa visitor this year. {The youngest was only four days old.} The toddler was super excited to see Santa and didn’t want to wait our turn. {A whole five minutes.} … Continue reading Santa Baby
Me to Quinten: you’ve got a big belly! Maximus: mine have a big belly! {Unzips pajamas to poke his belly.} Me to Maximus: you have a big, big belly too! Maximus: yesss Me to Bryan: look at his thighs, they are getting chunky! Maximus: mine chunky eyes! {Pulls sides of eyes to squint.} Mine eyes … Continue reading Conversations with a two-year old
Bryan: what should we do today? Nothing since we just had a blizzard? Me: if it was nicer out we could go see Santa. Maximus: mommy, Santa is right there on the couch. Me: yes, you’re right Maximus. The Santa pillow is on the couch. Bryan: well, I don’t think we need to fool him … Continue reading Conversations at the breakfast table
Having a baby at the end of a calendar year means I go into my maternity leave with no vacation. That’s because our new vacation calendar starts January 1. While it sounds amazing to take vacation the week before a new baby arrives, it just wasn’t practical. Not practical in the sense of never actually … Continue reading Family love
Recently, Maximus has been experimenting with calling us mom and dad. I’m not really sure how Bryan responds, I haven’t paid attention. When he tries to call me mom, I give him a raised eyebrow and say, “it’s mommy.” Sometimes he laughs at me and continues to call me mom. Most of the time correcting … Continue reading “Hi, mom!”