The Young and the Restless

Two Months



I just love his eyes, they are so piercing black, you can hardly see his pupils. It's one of my favorite features on him (and that cute nose). He definately has Jayden's eyes and I wonder if they'll have the same squinty smile that I love. When we were taking family pictures Jayden kept doing his fake smile and I kept telling him to open his eyes and smile normal, finally he got frustrated and said, "but mom, my eyes ARE open!" Ha! Love my cute little Chinese rugrats. I promise I'm not going to go on and on each month about how sad I am to see him grow up, but something just seems different this time around. It's not that I love him any more than the other kids, but I think it's just that I'm getting closer to being done having kids and it makes me sad to think of the day when there will never be a sweet little newborn in our home again. I don't want

to have a lot of kids, but I also don't want to stop having babies. It was different with the other ones, I was excited to watch them grow up and reach the milestones and I didn't even want to think about getting pregnant again for a long time. My biological clock just must be ticking or something. It was so nice having my other kids older and independant and my life definately was easier, but I also didn't realize what I was missing. Okay, enough of the sappy talk, on to the stats: 12lbs 3 oz (50%), 24 1/2 inches (90%) and his head is 15 3/4 in (50%). Our big accomplishment for this month was that I finally got him to take naps in his crib. I credit it to the sound machine, and shame on you moms for not telling me about that wonderful invention earlier! It was supposed to be a Christmas present, but I decided to give myself an early present and let him use it now. The first day I used it was the first day he napped in there and he's been taking 3 hour naps ever since. We're still working on the night time issue, he usually goes about 6 hours, but he's gone 8 a few times and it was heavenly. I'm also trying to convince him that he can't live without the binky, but he's not buying it. The novelty of a new baby still hasn't worn off with Kylie and Jayden. They both have their own special way of calming him down and they are beaming with pride each time they do (Kylie bounces him on her shoulder and Jayden bounces him in the bouncy chair, although I have this fear that he's going to catapult him out of it one day). Jayden cracked me up the other day....I was nursing Maddox and Jayden said that he wanted to feed him, so after I was finished I let him hold Maddox while I went to get his bottle. When I came back he had his shirt lifted up, ready for Maddox to latch on. Nursing your own brother has definately got to be a sign of true brotherly love.