3 weeks of bliss

We had three wonderful weeks, LL loved his brother, and the normal screaming baby never seemed to appear...but now, the novelty has worn off and the diaper rash has kicked in and I'm finding it's not going to be as easy as I thought. Go ahead and laugh, I'll wait.

I should have known better, I do know better, I just couldn't help myself from getting optimistic. Lucas is still such a good, good baby who rarely cries. Not even when he's hungry in the middle of the night, he just sort of grunts and makes a few sounds, but never does he work himself up to a cry. If he's been on a blanket for too long by himself he may let out one solitary little whimper just to say 'Hey, I'm still here' but still it's never a cry. So last weekend when he started to really cry and wanted to be held all day long while he dealt with some gas issues and a horrible diaper rash followed, I realized my little guy must really be in discomfort. He didn't even cry like this when he got circumcised. That's still the least of it though. I just changed the things I was eating and his gas has rapidly cleared and a few days of 'Bordeaux's Butt Paste' and his little bum is all better and he's back to his normal easy-going self.

It's LL who is giving me the challenges right now. He's come to the realization that his brother is a permanent fixture who requires a lot of Mommy's attention which he is having difficulty with. He has taken to waiting until I'm nursing to suddenly have to pee or be desperate for a drink of water or heaven forbid, poop his pants (argh). While it's all very frustrating, and really works on your patience I know what is happening...he's adjusting and it's difficult for him. So I try, really hard, with lots of prayers throughout the day to keep my cool and give him more when normally I would want to reprimand. It's not his fault. He's constantly under my feet, asking for my attention, how can I not want to give him what I know he needs? Well, when your sleep deprived and trying to do all the other things like clean pee off the floor and make dinner, it gets harder to do.

I also realize, I too, am adjusting. I'm learning how to be a mother of two now, as opposed to learning how to be a mother like I was last time. We'll survive and this is just a little rough patch, but I had to take a breather yesterday and am really looking forward to Leo's company dinner tomorrow. Three whole hours of NO KIDS!

Who's kid is this?

This kid is crazy but he cracks me up

Boy Speak

Some things are just universal among little boys...things like dirt, bugs, and playing outside. But there are other things too. Like the fish at any pet store or at Wal-Mart - they're a must see.

Or of course, being "Superman" or any other super hero that requires a cape.

LL, I love you. You make me happy.

Here's Lucas!

Meet our newest edition.

Lucas Sebastian

He is the sweetest little guy and we've been tremendously blessed to have him in our family. He is such a wonderfully tempered spirit and just radiates a specialness about him, but that could just be because I'm his Momma that I feel that about him.


He had jaundice quite badly in the hospital and had to undergo phototherapy which is when they stick them in an incubator with UV lights beating down on him to help break up the biliruben. It was so sad watching him in there but it was necessary. Luckily he was able to come home with us on Thanksgiving and boy was I ever so thankful for him!