my boys - 2 months and 2 years.

tubby tubby 2 x 4

Sammy - you are 2 months old today.

You smile and coo, and are a very content little fella.

You like to sit in your bouncy seat and smile at the flashing lights above.

It is amazing how long you sit in there and just smile.

You only cry when you are hungry or need help getting to sleep.

Sometimes, though, you just doze off in your seat or your bassinet, or while laying on the couch.

 We have got ourselves a nice little schedule --

bedtime is around 10, and you sleep til 7,8, sometimes 9 oclock.

I've been waking you up for a midnight dream feed, but, fingers crossed, we gave that up tonight.

You are taking 5 ounces now, and you get really MAD if anyone takes your bottle away to try to burp you. You are still very stubborn with your burps.

You are wearing size 1 diapers and 0-3month clothes.

You are already looking so much different than the day we met you.

Your little eye lashes are getting long and your thighs are chunking up.

Your momma loves you so so much.

Especially your cute little feet and your sweet baby breath.

I love to kiss your head and breath in the smell of baby.

I hope that smell never goes away.

We are really enjoying you little guy.

---------------------------

Tonight we just HAD to get out of the house.

It rained all morning and afternoon, and Eli was a handful and a half.

I had to put Sam in his bassinet on the other side of a baby gate...to keep Eli's grubby little hands off innocent Sam.

Eli continues to make it his mission to terrorize Sam.

Eye poking today.

He snuck one past me and scratched Sam's face.

poor sammy

I'm still ignoring it, like the doctor recommended.

But I'm thinking we need a shock collar or something a little more effective.

kidding, kidding.

We had a good evening, once Eli got out and burned off some of his energy.

I know he doesn't understand he is hurting Sam, and I can see the frustration on his face when he wants something (NOW!) and I am busy with Sam.

It makes me sad for him, because he was my one and only just 2 short months ago.

There was no "just a second Eli"... which I feel like I must say 100 times a day.

And it's exhausting to have to keep a 24/7 vigil over Sam... making sure Eli is nowhere near him.

It's tough to pee when you're here alone.

I'm hoping once Sam can play with toys and sit up, maybe Eli will start seeing him as someone to play with. I'm really hoping...

even the peppers make beeping noises when he backs them up

Eli's speech seems to have taken off.

It's amazing how one day he says "that?", "that?" about everything....

and the next day he wakes up and instead says "who's that?" and "what's that noise?"

Today he asked me "hear that?". "That's a tractor. Big yellow tractor makin noise."

And if he is telling me something that I don't understand... he does NOT give up until he gets his point across.

When he wakes up in the morning, he will tell you what he wants to eat now.

He'll say "how bout waffles?"

"and ummmmmm, bananas."

only 5 days left of my maternity leave.
such a bummer.