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Monday, December 24, 2012

Feliz Navidad!


Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

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Monday, December 17, 2012

The Paper Mama 2012 Holiday Photo Challenge!


Here's my entry for this year's Holiday photo challenge hosted by the lovely Paper Mama: I had great plans of getting an adorable picture of the two boys in their matching Christmas jammies, but it's easier to herd cats than it is to get a two-and-a-half-year old and an infant to do much cooperation in the photo department.  And because I'm an inveterate procrastinator, this is probably the closest I'm going to get to actually sending out any Christmas cards this year.  Be sure to check out all of the other entries by clicking below!

Charlie's four-month update


It's official--my little boy is not so little anymore.  Charlie turned four-months old last Wednesday and had his four-month well-baby appointment the next day, which is when I learned that he was now topping the charts at seventeen pounds and twenty-six inches long placing him in the 95th and 90th percentiles, respectively.  I looked up Sammy's four-month stats to see how the two boys compared since I recalled Sammy was pretty big for his age.  Well, Sammy was two pounds lighter and an inch shorter.  Yowza.  Charlie seems to have skipped the 6-9 month sizes of clothing and jumped right up to twelve-month stuff. 


During the day, Charlie is a super laid-back and easy-going baby.  But nighttime is a completely different story ever since last week.  My formerly good sleeper is now getting up almost every 1-2 hours after I put him down for the night and I am completely frazzled/exhausted as a result.  I really, really, really hope that this is a short phase/developmental stage.  Speaking of development, Charlie has become a champion raspberry blower and also recently discovered that his thumbs fit perfectly inside his mouth.


Charlie's getting pretty close to being able to sit on his own, although I'm hesitant to let him try thanks to our complete and utter lack of carpeting to cushion his fall should he decide to face plant on the floor.  He's also been supporting his weight on his legs for about a month now and can stand while holding onto my fingers.  Charlie absolutely adores his big brother and watches everything that he does--fortunately, Sammy seems to be just as enamored with Charlie and goes out of his way to make him laugh by making silly noises (a new favorite of the two is fake sneezing).

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Monday, December 10, 2012

My get up and go has got up and went


Wow, it's been awhile, huh?  It's not that I've been incredibly busy since my last blog post, although the boys and I did manage to travel a total of 6,000 miles over the course of sixteen days last month.  (Sammy and Charlie are excellent travelers by the way.)  We visited with family and spent some time with friends that I haven't seen in a year and the sad thing is that I didn't even come close to seeing everyone that I wanted to...I guess there's always next year, though.  As per usual, I took approximately a gazillion photos during our trip that I'm woefully behind on editing and uploading...the last time I added to my Flickr stream was in October.  Yeesh.

I remember when I couldn't wait to write about our adventures here on the blog but now it seems that there's just not enough hours in the day.  I can't even recall the last time I was able to visit everyone's blog and, I know this is going to sound nuts, but I miss you guys; I miss reading about all of the fun and exciting things you've been up to and looking at your lovely photographs and your creative crafts.  Who knew that taking care of the two boys' wants and needs, maintaining the house (or, rather, keeping it from descending to a Hoarders level of disarray) and finding a few minutes here or there to hang out with Captain Husband after the kids are down for the night would be so incredibly time consuming?  The things that I used to find so enjoyable, like photography, just seem like another chore that needs to be done.  Hopefully I'll break out of this rut soon--any advice?

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 then, she {snapped}
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