Thoughts of a Mommy...

As I've realized being the mother of a now 4 month old baby girl the biggest difference between the day to day of a baby girl versus a baby boy is...

well...

The color she wears...

 

One thing you quickly learn is its safe to say 95% of the clothing you own for your daughter will be pink or have pink in it.

That makes it very easy to put together their outfits.

It's just a matter of matching pink shades... and that's really not that important... it all just looks flat adorable.

Now if you decide to put them in that one cute red outfit or blue outfit beware of bystanders calling them a boy or if you need to throw a sweatshirt on them or a hat... NOTHING will match. Oh, well.

Now thoughts on my darling 2 1/2 yr old boy...

Don't you dare leave the house without a snack. Just don't do it. Don't forget and don't "try to not snack on this outing."

 
Even worse... DON'T forget WATER or some DRINK. You think you might be able to handle them whining so... but if you go ahead and leave the driveway without their sippy cup... if you don't take the time to turn off the car, unlock the house scamper around for a clean cup or water bottle... YOU WILL regret it! At first you think they can survive a 45 min drive without water. But then you think water... I am denying them of their primal NEED. It doesn't help that their cries of dehydration are relenting and endless... I always keep a back up stash in my purse if I forget. I even have a back- up back-up stash!

Then you can sit back and enjoy an evening like we did tonight! AFTER I changed Gianna's entire outfit because I didn't have a hat to match her cute but not warm enough RED outfit and AFTER I made use of my back-up BACK-UP snack buried on the bottom of my purse.

                           

 

 

...and how I wish my phone's battery hadn't died because one of my favorite images from the night was watching Augustine run all the way home. His little beautiful body running with his right arm pumping away. I couldn't resist smiling like a giddy mommy. How I love my cuties and their precious little bodies and spirits!



2012 Summer at a Glance

This summer has been one of the best summers ever! Its just been filled with lots of fun and activities and I do love to be busy especially when its fun stuff with my precious family. I haven't had much time to blog so I thought I would do a fun picture post highlighting some great summer memories...

 

Swimming at the free Minneapolis pools with Gina...

 

Stealing 4th of July kisses and watching fireworks flair with some

good friends a top the Science Museum in downtown St. Paul.

 

Cuddling with sleeping babies in the warm summer air with the fan blowing...

 

Potty Training ... That's a whole blog post to come!

Birthday Parties with toddlers...

 



 

Watching two holy people enter into a holy sacrament a lovely wedding...

(and lots of fun with two of my darlings)

 

Fresh skin... and sibling love.

 

More sleeping baby...

 

 My family came to visit for Gianna's Baptism and we strolled around

Centennial Lakes farmers market a prefect summer evening.

 

"Big Brother Aidan" visits...

 

Discovering our favorite water hole by the river in St. Paul. Augustine loves slashing in the very shallow pools especially during this very hot summer!

 

Chillin'...

 

Waiting for some DQ... (dare I say even patiently?)

 

The kids...all 4 of them

 

 

Water hole... again... we love it!

Lovin' on Aidan...

 

Fresh veggies from the garden... YUM!

 

...and most recently a walk down by the river in St. Paul and

a stop at The Science Museum and an Omnitheatre show!

 

More to come... you can be sure!

3 Month Photo Shoot

Gianna Rae Ann Stanbary

3Months

(Augustine at 3Months)

Gianna 3 month update

I'm sad I haven't been up to blogging much lately but I started my Motivated Mom's ( click here for my blog post about it )cleaning schedule again and I'm so exhausted by the days end. I also haven't been getting great naps and I'm staying up late so I can see my hubby at night... so, even as I write now...I'm so tired. Its been a chaotic day, but I read others blogs and I enjoy them so much and I really want to keep up!

I can't miss out on writing a bit about my little  sweetheart!

Gianna has smiles that will put you on CLOUD NINE! She just smiles and smiles and smiles... she coos and talks too. She is a tender hearted baby... one little bump and her bottom lip pops out  and her eyes fill with big fat tears. Enough to break your heart.

She still goes to bed at 8/9pm and sleeps 8 hrs straight. She likes to be swaddled and its a disaster if I've forgotten to put her swaddle blanket into the dryer! It happened once and blowing it with the blow dryer for an emergency dry will never happen again.

When she is not smiling she is usually fussing and wants to be held constantly. She spits up quite a bit and her Dr. thinks she has some reflux... we aren't sure. I love dressing my little doll and it does remind me of when I was a little girl dressing my dolls. How I have longed for this day to have my own babies! Here it is! What a lot of work and what a lot of JOY!

She is a whopping 15lbs at 3 months at she is a picture of chubby health! No, my babys do not starve! I'm at my lowest weight that I can remember in like 10 years, so I'm pretty sure she is sucking the fat right out of me... too bad the preggo stomach isn't budging a whole lot I was hoping to avoid sit ups all together. Bummer.

She loves being carried in the baby bjorn and I enjoy watching her sleep in it. Her eyes seem bigger than Augustine's did and they are darker blue/grey ish. She has a lovely soft mop of brown hair and a perfectly delightful little form. She is drooling a lot and I think she is starting to teeth... seems early but I don't know what else to say the journey of teething must begin somewhere!

And now as my eyes droop closed... I bid goodnight!

More pictures to come!