Happy 8 months baby boy

With all of the days chaos I let your very important day go by unnoticed. Baby boy you turned 8 months old yesterday 4/26 and I treated it like any other day. In fact, it is not like any other day. The 26th of each month is a reminder of your special day. A day in August that we first got to meet you face to face. As you near your first birthday my heart breaks a little that my baby is growing up. You are so loveable and happy. Your smile is so infectious and those cheeks…..Oh my gosh, those cheeks.  You roll over now with such ease, you army crawl yourself over to all your sisters toys (much to her dislike) and you love to stand up and bounce around. You love your sister and thankfully she is warming up to you. Recently you both have decided that bath time together is much more fun than apart.  You both are so cute sitting in the bathtub while daddy tries his hardest to wash you both between laughter and playing.   Happy 8 month birthday my little Paul Maximus. You make my heart skip a beat every time I see you smile. Love, mommy

There's these moments

There's these moments that hold a special place in my heart that can/will never be moved. Such as the first time I saw my little man, the first time Olivia saw the Disneyland Christmas parade, the first time it snowed( at Disneyland) when I was holding Olivia and she just smiled and hugged me, the first time I rocked my Paul to sleep, the first time I saw Olivia give her brother a bath, the look of Olivia in boots, a diaper, and sunglasses as she was ready to go out and play.These and so many more memories will fill my heart. So here is to lots of great memories and a lifetime more to come


Love, auntie

oh boy

oh little boy, why oh why do you refuse to sleep?

love, your tired family

Little Boy

Little Boy,

These past 7 months have been an adventure. Never could I have imagined loving another little person as much as I loved your sister. Amazingly, God makes our hearts big enough to love over and over again. I fell in love with you the first time I saw your little heart beat on the ultrasound but months later, this is a new kind of love.

I love your smile and your laugh, especially when you see your sister do something so silly. I love your chubby baby cheeks and baby toes.  I love that little place in your baby neck that smells just like a newborn. I love the way your head fits on my shoulder when you are tired. I love the way you grab your toes, I love you , I love you, I love you.

Although sleepless nights have plagued us since the beginning and through tired eyes we have stayed up way past everyone else’s bedtime, I would do it all over again and again.  You are the perfect addition to our little family.  Thank you for your patience as I try to parent two little people with such different personalities, thank you for your forgiveness as I try to remember this stage in babyhood, and thank you for letting me love you so much!

love, Mommy