Brae update:
-- Brae walks up to me the other day, completely out of the blue, looks me square in the eyes, points his finger in my face, and says very sternly, "Mom, don't HIT me!".... that boy is going to get me in trouble one of these days.
-- The other day, Brae hands me his wet diaper and declares, "Mom, I want to go potty." We go upstairs to his little potty where he stands over it for several minutes, flexing his little bum muscles. Finally, he proclaims, "Mom, it's too hard." Then, he reaches down, and picks up the little potty and plants it squarely over/in front of his privates. I'd love to know the thought process that went behind that one.... "Hmm.. maybe if I bring the potty to ME, the pee will come..."
Sienna update:
-- My father-in-law told me that he had a conversation with a friend about the journey Sienna took to come to us. He was telling him the whole story and at the end, asked his friend: "How do you think Sienna will process this when she is older? What would you think if you were Sienna?" And the friend said without hesitation, "I thought about that very same question as you were telling the story. The first thing that came to my mind is that I would be so grateful. So grateful someone went to that much trouble to save me." I LOVE that.
-- Sienna is a porker. And I say that with the utmost affection. But, I'm often finding dried, curdled milk in her neck folds. That does NOT smell good. And... umm... I'm having a hard time distinguishing her feminine parts from her thighs. It's all just rolls down there! And, as my dear friend stated, "I hope no one ever thinks that about me!" Ha ha. (Only behind your back, Lauren). xoxo
-- Sienna is definitely a more challenging infant than Brae was, and yet, I think that she's probably perfectly "normal". I'm realizing we were probably just very lucky with Brae. But, I fall more and more in love with my daughter (it's so weird to say that word!) every day. I love you, baby girl.
Britney update:
-- I've had a relatively easy and quick recovery (can I get an AMEN to that?). That's what just 6 pushes yields (after 31 hours of torture). I did my first run/walk at 11 days P.S. (post-Sienna). And I've slowly been building up to a full run, for about 30 minutes at a time. It is heaven to return to one of my favorite pastimes -- summer evening runs. And, my fabu brother-in-law made me a terrific 80s playlist that I cannot wait to rock out to. I ask you, is there anything better than running to Starship?
I think not.
Trav has the best 80s music out there. He's a regular 80s Pandora. I love that you're running 4 weeks later - gives this girl hope! Kisses to that sweet daughter of yours from Miss Emily.
ReplyDeleteI love your updates...they make me laugh...especially about the kids as I have a 3yo son and an 8 month old daughter so I was in your shoes not too long ago. We call Genna's extra thigh rolls her "chastity fat"! Or...the labia majora majora (ha ha)...cuz yes...I have a hard time figuring out all those rolls too. So glad you are recovering well and back to running. I wish I could say I am back on the excersize wagon but working full time with two kids and no sleep gives me an excuse to put it off...but not for much longer...this extra baby fluff needs to GO!
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Love the updates!! :) and Trav says he's glad you're enjoying the mix! I can't wait to see you in a couple weeks. Love you!
ReplyDeletelove the pictures and updates :) love that I get to see a lot of them first hand. xo
ReplyDeleteLove these updates! And CONGRATS on getting your running time back!
ReplyDeleteBrae wounds like such a character! Too cute.
ReplyDeleteI LOVED what your father-in-law's friend said, that is so beautiful!!
You go sister! So proud of you running already! Love all the updates too :). I can't wait to meet sienna!!
ReplyDeleteBrae is too funny!
ReplyDeleteAnd Belle only weighs a little over 5 lbs, but she also has rolls that I can't distinguish when I change her diaper - I guess that is just normal for newborns. :)