Dear Baby I,

SO here is the post I started nearly 3 weeks (ok...4) ago:

Oh how you don't even have a clue what you are in for in 10 days! I wish I could prepare you more - but really I fear all my prepping is falling on deaf ears. And let's be honest here - Mommy and Daddy do not even know what we are in for!
10 days.
That is what we have left as our tiny little family of 3. That is all you have left as an only child. 10 days left of Mommy's long-lost false hope of ever having a diaper free house.

I's last "only child" photo

10 days until who knows what....

Wow. What a difference 18  (ok, now 22) days makes! Well I guess was right - none of us had any idea what we were in store for. Who knew a simple check up would turn end up an impromptu birthday celebration! I knew I should not have put you in that new "Big Brother" T shirt! Baby Jake and Baby Lucy unexpectedly arrived January 25th at 2:48 PM and 2:49 PM respectively. An unexpected delivery, on an unexpected date, but a healthy arrival nonetheless. Actually it was probably better we did it this way - no anxious waiting and wondering the the night before. And when have we ever been known to stick to the plan? 365 days to pick from - thank goodness your big cousin Emily was gracious enough to share her big Happy 17th Bday with you guys!

concert night!

Isaac you have taken Big Brotherhood like a natural champ! You are so excited with your "Babies". Baby Jakers and Baby Lucy Lu are so lucky to have you! They did not give us much time to celebrate your final days as an only child (nor did they let mommy take her final pregnancy photos - thank God!)
but you took it all in stride!
The days leading up to the Twins' Birthday were just as pleasantly hectic as the last few months had been. We were staying in Media with Uncle Ralphie in another one of your "many houses". We were having a great time seeing all the sights of the Philadelphia Area - and the unexpected warm weather. We strolled the streets, went on the trolleys, visited the farms and gardens and made some new friends at the library and gym. I always get so proud when people comment on how well you speak. Im not sure I  can take all the credit for that - I think we have to thank Sadie too - but you are definitely a man (ok, toddler) of many words. And Oh how you love to use all those words - constantly! I am sure you will be using that gift of gab for something special in your future! I will be amazed, however, if your baby brother and sister ( or parents!) will ever get a word in edgewise!

Daddy and his Little Lucy Lu

I do feel a little guilty about not writing as much in the months leading up to the Arrival of Thing 1 and Thing 2. So much has happened for us in the past few months I do not even know where to start. You have gone thru so many changes - some good (your love of story telling, especially Hansel and Gretel and your obsession with the Lion KIng) - some not so good (Your temper tantrums and your selective listening skills). There have been so many times when I wish I wrote down the little things you said - just to remind me of how stinking cute you are....

(Daddy spent so much time drawing you the ABC's and making flashcards for you. After numerous attempts at asking you to identify the letters A-B-C you looked at him and said..)
"Daddy why don't you just tell me what letter it is already...."

(Day 5 of the twins at home)
Isaac: Mama who is their Mommy?
Me: Im their Mommy Isaac
Isaac: When is she coming for them?
Me: They live here with us Isaac
Isaac: You're so silly Mama

(in the car...)
I: Where do the babies come from Mama?
Me: They came from Mommy's belly Isaac
I: No Mama, where did they COME from???
Me (looking nervously for a way out of this conversation): Um sometimes when Mommy and daddy love each other they have a baby...blah blah blah
I: What you say Mama?? No where do the babies come from??
 Me: I told you Isaac
Isaac (looking confused at how stupid his Mommy could be): No Mommy the babies come from the hospital in Philadelphia.

(Isaac's incentive to do chores...)
I: "Mama, Do  you know where money comes from?"
Me: No, where?
I: The dryer makes money

There are so many things I am sure I have missed along the way little Buddy! We have had so much fun the past few months getting ready for you to be a Big Brother - I imagine there will come a time when you dont even remember NOT being a BIg Brother. I hope you enjoyed all this time as much as Mommy and Daddy have. I hope the decisions we have made leading up to the Big Arrival were the right ones. I hope you know how much we love you and love your "babies" and we would do this all again (even the horrific C Section) if it meant that the three of you would be happy and healthy.
So my monkey big brother, now we embark on a new journey - One that I am just as unsure of as  you are. Im hoping sooner or later a new normal will emerge and all of this "adjusting phase" will go like clock work. Until then kiddo, we need to remember there may be some bumps and twists and turns on this road. Mommy and Daddy already shaved 20 years off our lives with this pregnancy so  I will work with you if you promise to work with me! We made it this far  - no turning back now! Now we just need to find a way to make all this work - easily!
I love you my Big Boy Monkey Man! YOu will forever be Mama's Number 1!
Love, Mommy

Happy Holidays!

Dear Baby I,

I think the lapse in writing lately officially makes me a bad mom - or at least a bad blogger mom. I can not believe it has been over a month! Yeesh! Where does the time go...Oh that's right - I know - we have been just a 'teensy bit' busy the past few weeks. Let me back up just a bit....

November 8, we said a bittersweet goodbye to Denver and headed East on our latest chapter in the story of our unknown. It was bittersweet indeed. We definitely did not get enough time there to fulfill our liking - but we didnt have much in the line of options of either. The way I see it, if fate brings us back to the Rocky Mountains someday than so be it - there is definitely worse scenery to look at than the wide open spaces of Colorado! We spent our last few weeks there packing and playing. You and Sadie had a blast together - I will surely miss having the two of you together everyday, but I know soon enough you will have two new playmates to keep you going!

Since we have been in NEPA you have (of course) been King of the castle. You have turned Noni's house inside out and upside down and you take no prisoners in the process. I have been doing my best to try and keep you 'grounded' to avoid that "only child syndrome" but Im pretty sure I am failing miserably. You have become awfully demanding lately. I cant say Im a fan either. But you sure know how to turn on the charm school and theatrics when need be.  You have learned quickly that when Mommy says NO, Noni, Nono, Krissy, Gina, or anyone else (INCLUDING Daddy)  may just say YES... you are relentless - and too smart for your own good!

Newly developed Terrible twos attitude aside, you are quite the character lately. You definitely know how to put on a show - or at least command an audience and work a crowd. Im pretty sure no one will ever accuse you of being shy! You have plenty of new one liners too - my favorite being when you stroke my cheeks an say "mommy, you're such a good mommy" - you are quite the patronizer! Or "Mommy Im so proud of you" You are such a ham!

As I write this it is already New Year's Eve! I started this post right after Thanksgiving!

I cannot believe the holidays have come and gone and the year is ticking away - 50 minutes left to be exact! 

You had such an incredible Christmas this year - you were so much fun! This was the first year you had an idea of what was going on. You were very good for Elfie - your Elf on the Shelf - and you (and Max!) had so much fun looking for him every morning.  I can only hope your christmas wish lists of the future stay so simple as this year - a fire truck and cat food. The fire truck was a no brainer - the cat food was for Noni's ceramic christmas cat which you continue to feed and give glasses of milk too. Hmm...you're an odd duck at times! It was so much fun to watch you open your gifts. At first you were a little unsure if it was okay to rip open  all those packages - but once you got in the mode there was no stopping you! Nobody's gifts were safe. If you saw wrapping paper you were opening it - even the gift boxes of candy in the closet weren't safe! 

It was a day full of remote control cars, trucks, fire engines and horses! Good thing your Daddy is so handy, otherwise Mommy would still be trying to pry those toys out of the packaging! Thank Goodness Santa ate all his cookies - and the reign deer ate their salad - because you were on one heck of a sugar high too! It was sensory overload! But we found one way to calm you down - finally a Cailou alternative - The Polar Express wins as the movie of the holiday! You LOVE it! So far we have seen it 6 times in 4 days - and each time I cannot help but smile watching you watch it. I hope you always hear the magic of the Christmas bells and BELIEVE in the magic of Christmas.

Well my little peekapooka I can go on and on about all the craziness and ups and downs we have had over the pat 2 months, but somehow watching you all peacefully snuggled up in bed for nap makes the roller coaster of it all seem like an insignificant blink of an eye. You are getting so big, so fast - I hate it! I hate that I already know in the back of my head that one day Im going to wake up and you are going to be a grown up punk who is too cool to snuggle with his mommy or spend the morning watching cartoons in bed! Time is flying and you are growing and changing daily - but you will always be 'my baby, my boobaa, mommy's peekapooka' Well another holiday season has come and is gone and I can only hope you it brought you a fraction of happiness and joy it has given me. You have been the world to me these past 3 Christmases and I can't even begin to imagine how different next Christmas will be with 3 of you to enjoy! I am sure  it will be nothing short of miraculous - my 3 perfect snowflakes!

I love you little man, and will continue to shower you and and smother you with my unsolicited love and affection everyday of your life. Sleep tight my little monkey - we have quite a new year ahead of us!

I love you Sir!

Love, Mommy

Spooktacular Pirating!

Dear Baby I,

Time is flying by! First it was summer, then fall blew in and blew out - and now we have our first snowfall of the season - albeit 6 weeks early - but still shovel worthy! All of these seasonal changes and we haven't even gone trick or treating yet!

Speaking of which, I realize someday you will catch on that we are dressing you up as a dragon two years in a row, but it is such a cute costume - and that dang fever ruined our trick or treating last year!! So this year you are going to be a not-scary-pirate-with-a-parrot-monster-slaying-cowboy-Dragon. Im not really sure how we are going to pull off such a feat, but that is what you decided to be. So that is what we are going to do!




We have had a hectic past few weeks indeed! Besides getting all the provisions ready for your Halloween Costume extraordinaire, we have also been getting ready to head East for the winter and get ready to have some Babies! Yup. We are headed to Philadelphia to have Thing 1 and Thing 2 enter the world. Should be an interesting time to say the least! Your "Baby Brudder and Baby Sisto" (speculative brother and sister of course) sure like to make a grand  - and complicated - entrance! Oh well, the holidays are supposed to be hectic right?!?! I just hope Ho Ho finds us in all the chaos.

In the meantime you have been doing your part in being the cutest "one and only" you can be. You give my (ever growing, ginormous) belly lots of kisses and attention as well as lots of singing for your "Sib-Things." Everyday you ask me "time for them to come out yet mommy??" and I have to break the news to you that it's (hopefully) "not today." Being a Big Brother in Training is awfully stressful isnt it kiddo? Although it is not nearly as stressful as potty training - which you are having absolutely NO part of. Ugh! Zorro was so easy - what's taking so long with you monkey???

.....And we are back!!!!
Sorry kiddo we took a few days off mid post! I told you it was busy around here!
Halloween has come and gone - and you were quite the trick or treater! You wanted NO PART of the dragon costume - so you were (at first) half pirate half dragon - then full pirate - then half pirate - then you were the kid with a crappy mascara mustache and no costume at all. But you loved every minute of it!! Walking up to strangers' houses and getting candy?? You and Miss Lady Bug Sadie were all over that! Now the hard part is convincing you you cannot do that everyday!
After trick or treating you (and your daddy) ate yourself into a sugar high - followed by (my favorite) sugar crash. Yesterday you woke up and said "mommy I no like candy anymore" Maybe Halloween really IS the greatest holiday ever!

This week has been pretty hectic getting ready for our trip to NEPA next week. And its been an emotional roller coaster to say the least. If your cute little face says "mommy dont cry" one more time I am going to feel like the worst mother on the planet! Sorry monkey - damn pregnancy hormones have me all out of whack! Hopefully they will even out sooner or later. If not we are all doomed!
So it is back to the grind for us - me getting us ready - you getting us un-ready. After a toasty Halloween, the snow is falling again and the temps are freezing! So much for locking you outside while I try to get something done in the house. Ruh roh. We may just have to leave the mess for Daddy to pick up. :) Poor Daddy, he always gets our messes - I guess that's the price he has to pay for calling Mommy messy and sloppy. (Yes, Monkey, he IS starting to sound a lot like your Ugdle Ronnie!!)

On that note kiddo time to put away the computer and get this fine day in motion. You are happily overdosing on too much TV this morning and I am just about ready to get my lazy HUGE butt out of bed - again! I remember thinking once you were born "what was I thinking?? Pregnancy WAS the EASY part" - can this possibly be true again??" I hope not! Mommy has been so uncomfortable lately - physically and mentally I think Im wiped out! I can only hope and pray it gets better from here - or God help us all! THing 1 and Thing 2 better be on their best behavior when they enter the world, because you, me and Daddy can use a LONG, peaceful nap!

Just remember, as always baby monster, Mommy love you more than all the snowflakes in the sky - and all the snowballs you can eat! And to you my Thing 1 and Thing 2 - rest up in there - because once you two get out and able - I am making you work for all the stress you put us through! :) I love you all - as only your Mommy can!
I love you my country mouse bumpkins!
 Love, Mommy

"All By Myself"

The Cailou Effect

Dear Baby I,

Do you know how many times over the past few weeks I have heard that line?
Whether I try to help you get in the car or cut your chicken for dinner - be it getting you in or out of the tub or brushing your crazy hair - I always seemed to get yelled at with the same response : "I can do it ALL BY MYSELF!" You are so independent these days - and so stubborn! Although it really is no surprise at all Sir I, I mean look at who your parents are!
You are also full of one liners these days! I cannot believe the stuff that comes out of your mouth!

Someone skipped their nap

Sadie: Im a big girl now. I go pee pee on the potty!
Isaac: Im a big boy too - I go pee pee in the tubby!

Isaac: (quoting your beloved Toy Story) To Infinity in the Ambulance!

Mommy: Do you want to wear your dinosaur shirt today?
Isaac: Hmmm Mommy I would rather not.

 Isaac: (referring to finding the drag along puppy you got for Christmas TWO years ago) Puppy is my new favorite toy!
Mommy: What about Scout?
Isaac: He will be my favorite again tomorrow!

Isaac (after Daddy goes to work): Mommy no go to work, Mommy plays all day.

Whatever comes out of your mouth always seems to make my smile. Even when I do not want too - your little quirky smile and smart tongue can bring out the best in me!

The past few weeks here have been kind of hectic. Since my last post our days have been filled with doctor's appointments and quite a few sleepless nights. The outpouring of support from our family and friends has been amazing. YOu are one lucky little duck little man (we all are) - you do not even realize the amazing support system you have surrounding you. You and your little sib"things" will always be loved - overwhelmingly!

We are actually headed to Pennsylvania in the morning for Thing 1 to get an evaluation at the Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia. Im excited to hear what they say - I dread the thought that I will be leaving you overnight  - for two nights!! Ugh. I know you will be fine - its me I'm worried about! How will I sleep knowing you are a hundred miles away! Ugh. Like I said, you will be fine - you will probably not even notice Im gone. I will be the one like a lost little puppy!

One week in NEPA. Im sure your Noni, Aunts Krissy and Gina, and Emily have BIG plans for you - many of which Im sure Mommy would not approve! I will gladly take advantage of all the extra eyes and hands you will have to entertain and watch you. I am sure you have no problem getting yourself spoiled rotten for a few days!

You are so excited for the airport tomorrow morning. I am not excited about the 3 am wake up call. You have been asking me for weeks - "today we go to the airport mom?" and each time I have to remind you today is not the day we have tickets for. You actually woke up 5 am this morning saying "we have tickets for the airport soon mom".  Of course soon after that cute little remark I realized you spent the night sleeping without a diaper on. So, 5 am this morning I was wringing out bed sheets and bleaching your mattress!3

Oh my Monkey Boy the ways I discover how much more I love you and your sib"things" never cease to amaze me. Each day I find a new reason to thank God for the three of you. (oh my gosh - I still cant believe there will be THREE of you!) YOu are the reasons I wake up (at all hours) in the morning and the reasons I crash into my pillow each night (ok, sometimes even before you!) I cannot even remember what I used to think about before you came along - whatever it was it could not have been nearly as important!

Thanks to Steve Jobs we will have our memories Forever!

I love you My Little sir I ...er...I mean my Big Boy I. I love this time of year and I love sharing it with you and Daddy. I hope you learn to love it too! I look forward to our expanding family and blog (coming soon) as we end one year and start a new!

I Love you!



Love, Mommy

Dear Thing 1 and Thing 2...

Dear Baby I,

Have I ever told you how much I love you? Im pretty sure I smother you with kisses and hugs and Lovin' each and every day -  but do you really know how much looking at your sticky, snotty little face has changed my life forever? How it brightens up any day and can make any situation seem just a little lighter? You are my (our) Little LIfesaver, Master I.  I hope you always know that and someday realize how much you are loved.
Well we have been having quite an interesting time the last few weeks! We rang in Labor Day weekend and Said farewell to summer - finally!! I do not think anyone is more relieved than your mommy to have the cooler, crisp air rolling in. You are a bit relieved too - now you can wear pants to protect those poor little forever-skinned knees of yours! Oh My, have you gotten clutsy in your Terrible Twos! You have also  gotten a bit more outspoken! Everything is MINE or OH, I DIDNT KNOW THAT, or my personal favorite - (upon trying to use a white crayon on white paper) MOMMY THIS CRAYON IS BROKEN CHANGE THE BATTERIES!

Oh I, I do not know what I would ever do without that precious little smile of yours - and I hope and pray I do not have ever have too- not even for minute.
But today, Sir I, I need to take some time from oogling and ahhgling over how cute you are and have a little talk with THing 1 and Thing 2...consider this your first lesson in sharing the lime light :)

Dear Thing 1 and Thing 2.
June 17 2011 I found out you were coming.
July 27 2011 I found out you were not coming alone.
September 12 2011 I realized how much I love you both.
Shh..don't tell your brother that, it took him rolling off the couch into a coffee table for the first time for me to really see what my Mommy instincts are really made of.
Let me explain something to you kiddos - being a parent is one of the greatest honors of my life - but by no means is it an easy job. Yes you get this little bundle  - or bundles - of joy to love and care for and smother with affection while you can, but you also get sleepless nights, heart ache, a never ending fear of the unknown (and inexplicable fear of balloons) and the underlying reality that your life as you knew it is no longer about you - its about your baby - or babies. As a parent you openly and willingly take challenge with no questions asked. But trust me, we have questions to ask - SO many questions, but all we can do is hope and pray that our love and effort will result in a happy, loving, (somewhat) stable child.
The day I found out you were coming I was beside myself with joy. I couldnt wait to scream it from the rafters! The day I found out you were bringing along a buddy I was flabbergasted. I couldn't believe God was entrusting me with not only one more little miracle but two! I felt like I was living a dream. I couldnt be happier knowing 2 babies were entering the world with a family ready and set to go love them. Now we are nearly half way there and it still seems like we are living a dream. We wonder what you will be, what you will look like? Will someone finally look like me?? Is Isaac right - are you a Baby Brudder and Baby Sisto?  With every passing doctor's appointment we watch you grow and develop and it sinks in a little more that you are little humans in there - our perfect little humans - soon to be wreaking havoc on all of us - at once!

Last Night was the first time I felt you kick. I cried. I laid in bed all night holding my tummy trying to feel your little movements. Like your crazy mommy likes to do, I talked to you all night too - I told you guys to fight nice in there and not to worry about coming out into the world - we were all here waiting to take care of you and protect you and show you what life is like on the outside.
THing 1 and Thing 2, I hope you know how much we love you out here and can't wait to hold you in our arms. YOur big brother gives you a kisses everyday - and even smeared his oatmeal all over Mommy's shirt yesterday giving you some of his breakfast! He is such a good sharer! As for September 12, well that is just another day on our  growing list of days that we will never forget. THat is the day we found out that Our little THing 1 is already a fighter - even on the inside. At a routine ultrasound  we heard the words you never want to hear as an expecting new parent - "something doesn't look right". Our minds raced with fear and the tears began to flow. "What does that mean?" "What could possibly not be right with our perfect little angels?"As the doctors and nurses did their best to act like this was an everyday occurrence, I held your daddy's hand and knew - something was drastically wrong. The next day we went for further tests and vacantly listened as the doctors explained the words "Spina Bifida" to us over and over again. As I listened to their calm and comforting explanation of what was taking place under my own skin I couldn't help but just sit their and silently freak out - QUIT TALKING AND SOMEONE HELP MY BABY!!! HOw could you be so close - and still we could do nothing to help?? Nothing but wait. It didnt seem fair.
My mind raced with fears and worst case scenarios. How could this happen? What did I do wrong? Were you in pain? What was your future going to be like?  Then suddenly amongst all my panic of doom and gloom I realized something I must never lose sight of again - You are my babies. Both of you. You are my little miracles - and it is not my job, but my absolute honor to love you both no matter what. I suddenly felt so ungrateful and selfish for all my negative thinking. Who was I to limit you before I even laid on eyes on you? Who was I to question what God has in store for us? From that moment on I promised you that I would stay positive while we sit and wait. I promised you  I would not let this diagnosis define you nor will I let it overshadow your arrival Thing 2. I realized Spina Bifida was not the end of the world and we would happily adjust to whatever 'new normal' our life would be like once you two arrived.
Well My Thing 1 and THing 2, no one ever said parenthood was going to be easy. A week ago, I thought the hardest thing I would have to deal with was having not 1 but 2 (ok, 3) colicky babies. It's funny how things can change in the blink of an eye. Just know that you two have a whole team out here pulling for you guys and praying for your safe arrival. You have a whole, big, loud, obnoxious family ready to love you and spoil you and secretly fill you up on candy when mommy is not looking. You two, along with your big brudder Isaac, are our precious, little perfect snowflakes and your Mommy and Daddy love you very much  - today - tomorrow  - and everyday after that.
So rest up in there Little ones and enjoy your final months of peace and quiet. I can promise you wont get much of that out here. :) Thing 2, keep an eye on your Buddy in there for us. Thing 1, get ready to be grounded for all the worry you put your Mommy and Daddy thru the past few days.
As for you Isaac, You just continue being the amazing little creature you are.
And All three of you never forget - your Mommy and Daddy love you all more than you will ever know!
I love you My Little Monkeys
Love, Mommy

Li'l Mr. ChatterBox

Dear Baby I,

The sumer is flying by - YEAH!!!  - I do not like the heat!! So much for the cooler Colorado weather! Everyday feels like it inches closer to 100! At least we had air conditioning in Vegas. Oh well, It's the end of August, no use in complaining now. We made it this far. Hopefully the 'heat bubble' will burst soon! Although, as the eastern portion of the country braces for the wrath of Hurricane Irene and the Southern half of the country has been in 'boil' mode for weeks, I guess I cant complain too much.
We have been having a good ol time this summer. You my dear. have been getting quite vocal lately! It seems like everywhere we go lately people comment on how much you talk (as if they need to remind me!). I'm sure Sadie turned you into the little chatterbox you are. You both are! You two can go all day - and you can go at it too! Everything is MINE or NO or your personal new favorite GET OUTTA HERE.  Oh you're so 'cute' sometimes I could strangle you! Like this morning when I went in your room to get you out of bed - NO MOMMY GET OUT AND GET ME A BABA. Really kiddo?  Im not sure where you picked that lingo up but it better stop now - or you are going to be one thirsty little boy!
For the most part I have been cracking up at your new found talent of making up your sentences. They are so random. Like when you randomly told Noni YOU NO LIKE PEANUT BUTTER ANYMORE and then proceeded to repeat that for a week, all the while eating peanut butter. Or when you play with our cell phones and say HELLO THIS IS JASON, UM YEAH, OK, BYE MOMMY. Where did that come from? Or, HEY MOM, THATS A GOOD IDEA, geez, thanks I! And this one, which is my personal favorite, although Im not too sure how blog worthy/ready it is -  but it will be used as great fodder to embarrass you when you get older and start to date.  Allow me to preface it by saying you have had some NASTY, intense diaper rash this week. So needless to say it  has been a nitemare to change your diaper - you scream, cry and squirm like crazy. I actually feel bad because you go nuts when i try to put anything on it to soothe it. But we found one little trick that works...Now when I change your diaper you say MOMMY BLOW ON MY PEE PEE MAKES IT FEEL BETTER. Seriously I crack up every time. Pickles, Olives, now this? You defiintely are your daddy's boy!

At the time finishing this post it is Labor Day Weekend - the official end to Summer '11 - a BIG Yahoo!! from me is in order! And what better way to end the summer than a 'cold front' of some weather in the 80s!! I almost broke out the jackets today!! And what could be better than a cold front in the summer? A visit from Uncle Ronnie and the dogs! Today is Prada Bear's 10th birthday and you were just as excited as Uncle Ronnie to celebrate - although you hear BIRTHDAY and the CAKE!! buzzers automatically go off in your head! However, I am not surprised coming from the kid who have 7 cakes and birthday parties for his 2nd birthday! But I will admit I was the proud Mommy at the bakery this morning when you passed up a cinnamon roll for not one but TWO pieces of pesto quiche! That's my little foodie!!

Oh Kiddo I am so excited fall time is right around the corner! I love this time of year and I love spending it with you on any of our daily adventures! Something about this change in the air makes me think that all is right in the world - or at least our world. You wake up every morning so excited to see the big yellow "shoo Bus" out the window and you are so disappointed you cannot go to school yet! I dread knowing that day is right around the corner too - my little boy is growing up so quickly! It is such an amazing journey to experience - and I, at times, find it a little overwhelming that I will be experiencing it in 'double time' soon! How on earth will I be able to dedicate such time, energy, and devotion to 3 at 

once? Im sure it will happen, and Im sure you will be an amazing big brother and helper! I just remind myself everyday to take something in to remember how special and limited this time with you really is. I especially have to remind myself on those days when I find buckets of sand in your bed - or even better, mine! You truly are my daily reminder that miracles can happen to anyone and happiness is loving what you have and not worrying about what you don't!
I love you my little monkey man - from your runny nose to your muddy toes! You are my little piece of heaven on earth and I promise you our adventure will only get better from here!
Sleep Tight (in your sandy beach bed)! Mommy loves you more than all of the sprinkles in the sky!

I love you My Goofy Galoosey!
Love, Mommy