This thread is making me seriously weepy. I am such a sap now.
I know!
For a while now, I consciously close my eyes and try to slow the time while I'm hugging him or kissing him, or he's doing something cute or interacting with DH. I wish I had a videocamera installed on my eyes and I could just record all these things I'm afraid to forget. Writing it is just not the same; and actually having the camera pointing all the time doesn't feel spontaneous.
Evelyn is in love with snakes and all creepy critters that make me squirm and scream! She told me the other day, "I'm going to grow up and have them as pets and be a vet so that I can teach you about them so you're not afraid of them anymore."
My son has reached an age where all he wants to do is play. If I say we need to go do something, anything, he tells me 'no mama, I want to play.' Then he pats his behind (like I do to my hip when I'm trying to get the dogs to follow me) and says 'c'mon mama, let's play.' He makes me feel so bad for taking him away from his toys!
I love these stories, and they make me so excited for the things to come as they grow up.
Olivia has learned from my nephew and now gives "kisses". She just opens her mouth and goes in for your face/head when you ask for one, but we still love them. If I alternate kissing each of her cheeks quickly she'll laugh and try to turn her head so I'll give her a kiss on the lips.
Every morning when I go in when they wake up I get a huge smile and they start doing the excited squirming thing. Makes me smile every morning.
When they're cranky they want me. It gets annoying once in a while, but it makes me so happy that even though I'm at work all day, no matter who else is around if they're upset they just want their mom.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jul 18, 2012 13:15:23 GMT -5
Awww, you guys! Ok, the story- Lucy and my nephew decided to have a lemonade stand but they sold those lil hugs things instead. 25 cents a piece. They were outside for about an hour and made eight bucks!
Post by watsonwedding2011 on Jul 18, 2012 13:28:51 GMT -5
quot of the day comes from my 4yo daughter. L: Daddy wake up DH:(half asleep) what honey? L: where's my Bat man? it was the cutest firkin thing.
DD #2 she is talking a little bit now you have to listen really hard for the words but she was totally singing "a whole new world" form Aladdin it was so cute.
Ninja, it's a frog with a Velcro hand that holds a pacifier...we got it at FAO Schwartz after our NT scan to celebrate everything looking great I think BRU carries them in some stores...brand is Bunnies by the Bay or something like that.
I have GD2 this week for pony camp and we're teaching her to be more comfortable in the pool. Every night, even though she's eight now, we read bedtime stories, sing a song and say prayers. I've been doing that with her since she was a baby (we had her from infancy until she was five). And every night she wants me to cuddle with her until she goes to sleep. She also loves to come sit on the chair with my H and cuddle and have some one-on-one talk time and tell him about her day. I love our bedtimes and our together time.
Post by karmasabiotch on Jul 18, 2012 13:35:49 GMT -5
I had so many people from ML sending me thoughts, prayers, and support it was amazing.
TMI story****
It was at the start of my second tri. It was the at the point that they tell you that you can more or less stop worrying, so I did. That night I was about to enjoy a pizza and a Ben Stiller movie and I started to hemorrhage. It wasn't a little blood. It was literally pouring out of me.
My DH rushed me to the hospital and I was hysterically sobbing. The hospital did an U/S and the heart was still beating but they said that due to the blood loss I was having a m/c and they wanted to do a D&C right that very second.
I 100% refused and fortunately my DH was supportive and like me just couldn't believe it was happening. It had taken me over 2 years of infertility treatments and buckets of $$ to get me that far and I wouldn't give up.
They transferred me to a regular hospital room and I refused to let them do anything to me. I had a new OB/GYN who I had never met yet because I had been going to an RE and had to switch Dr's since the GYN I had been going to forever turned out to be a friend of my DH's. I was considered to be going AMA by not allowing the D&C. New OB'GYN and an old school nurse become my best supporters and told me to follow my instincts.
I went home after a few days in the hospital still bleeding heavily and was put on complete bed rest. I literally wouldn't even lay on the couch. I only got up to go the bathroom and go to the Dr. I wouldn't even sit up in the bed.
The bleeding slowly came to a stop and at the start of my 3'rd tri I was able to get out of bed and return to work (Nesting). I went on to have a healthy baby on my due date.
The Dr. thinks that my placenta may have gotten a tear in it and that was what have caused all the bleeding. He uses my story to give people hope that have spotting/bleeding. I was the worst case scenerio.
That was Jan 1, 2008. I now celebrate that day with Jacob and tell him all about what a fighter he was to stay in my tummy in an age appropriate way. I was raised as an atheist but I do beleive in miracles now.
Karma, what an amazing story and truly a cause for celebration. You were truly blessed to have found the OB and nurse who were willing to advocate for you and with Jacob and the whole darn thing.
And Babs, what a wonderful accomplishment for your DD. Happy tears for you too. :-(
My husband is away on business and Zack was wandering around the house the other day saying "Daddy where are you?" It was super cute.
Zack was not a cuddly baby and for the first year never really wanted to be cuddled by me. Now he reaches for me and wraps himself around me while I hold him. He clings tighter when I try to put him down. This makes my heart burst at the seams every time.
Post by BieberMyBalls on Jul 18, 2012 14:25:16 GMT -5
Aaaw, these are all so sweet. How is it that kids can drive you nuts, and melt your heart at the same time?
DS1 is 5, and he's my sweet boy. He's got the biggest heart ever, the biggest brown eyes, he's just adorable. In the mornings, he would run to catch the bus and just before he got on he would stop, turn around, blow me a kiss and yell "I love you Mommy!" He loves to cuddle. He'll come over, heave a big sigh, and say "I want to be with you," before climbing up on my lap. I love his random little kisses and I love you's.
DS2 is 16 months, and he's my little blue eyed wild child. He is non-stop on the go and into everything. But, he's a blast to be around. He's got this big toothy grin, and crazy blonde curls, and the best belly laugh ever. He's not a huggy kissy kind of kid, and I love that he saves all the best ones for me. Whenever I pick him up out of his crib after nap time, or in the mornings, he takes my face in between his chubby little hands and rests his forehead on mine, and then lays his head on my chest while I carry him into the kitchen.
I think about my boys growing up, and while I'm excited to see the men they'll become, I wish I could keep them little forever. I make them promise that even when they're big, they'll always let me smooch them all over their faces lol.
Mason has been singing a lot lately, but I had no idea what it was, because his verbal skills are about where they are for most 17 month olds.
Last night he was singing, and holding the Wheels on the Bus book. And I realized that's what he was singing! He had the rhythm down and was going "shish shish shish". OMG I am melting again thinking about it.
And my Lib. She's just the best. She wrote out a TY note first thing this morning for a t-shirt her old teacher got her. She is just so thoughtful and just, GOOD.