catch up with pictures....

Once again, I've neglected to blog lately. Here are some recent pics over the last few weeks. Some of the pics look weird (the setting on my camera got all funky and I didn't know how to change it?!). Things are good, enjoying the holidays!Happy holidays to all of you (the two readers of my blog?! ha!)

Alex and her friend Lilly (Brie's daughter) who were fast friends in the first five minutes they met!

The bean pies

T multi-tasking

Christian and Alex having some quality reading time

Alex drew this sweet little pic last night in bed. I had to share. You'll see Tim in the bottom left corner, then me holding Sam and Alex at the top going down a slide at the top. The heart, she said, is so that I know that she loves me :) Sigh....they just get cuter and cuter!

Speaking of cute here is the hubby after baking his famous apple pies (strictly because I called him up at work and instructed him to buy stuff to make his pies because I was hungry for his apple pie and wanted a piece that night (wow! was that a run-on sentance or what! The brain cells have not all yet returned)...he always aims to please his sweet wife :)

There's that sweet Sam...this was taken a few weeks ago. I swear he looks different already! He doesn't even fit into that shirt anymore. Note the picture at the top right...Tim draws such drawings for Sam to look at to stimulate his brain--I wonder what he thinks when he sees such masterpieces!?

Proud big sister. She enjoys holding Sam but only for a few seconds at a time.

The sweet fam...awe

Alex on Halloween with her sassy-pants 'tude!

After the 'tude

Again with the 'tude! what else is there to do when you don't get your way but to climb into your toy box to pout! That's what I do, too, when I'm upset.

a few more pics...

I had planned to put even more recent pics up but I can't find where Tim stored them on the computer....so, they will follow soon. Here are some pics of Alex pumpkin carving. Note the tears on the first pic due to her total disgust of the inside of the pumpkin on her hands. I love the pic she drew for her pumpkin. Tim was able to carve it to keep it pretty true to her drawing. [Those pics to come as well...can't find them]

Alex excited to spell her baby brother's name!

Front view of the sun bathing little one. We did have a heater on him so he didnt freeze [in case you were wondering].

Sam's first minutes of life!!!!

a little catch up.........

Sam is getting big. He's gained about two pounds already...I didn't figure it would take him long to catch up. We are all just enjoying time with family and getting to know the new little guy in the family. I will post new pics soon. I know there's no excuse for not blogging when I'm off work, but I had no idea the 'busy' days that have come my way just entertaining two babes and trying to recoup as well as stay on top of everything else that isn't 'baby' related.

I'll leave you with this funny alex quote:

Alex: Can I marry baby Sam when I grow up?
Me: Well, we aren't supposed to marry our brothers and sisters..."
Alex: Why not?
Me: Well, it's just against the rules I guess.
Alex: Well, then who will I marry? Daddy?
Me: No, we can't marry daddies either.
Alex: .....quiet for a moment..."well, whoever I marry I don't want to live at their house...[quiet again, thinking] hey! I know! I will stay there (the husband's house) during the day and then come home to your house before it gets dark for bedtime!?
Me: I think that sounds like a great idea!!!
Alex: I will want to live with you for 300 years!
Me: Absolutely! That sounds great! :)

Samuel Paul Receveur

Sam was born 10/23/09 at 10:53 a.m. Everything went pretty smoothly and I was ever so grateful for my epidural at 7 a.m. We had anticipated waiting for Sam until the late afternoon but he decided he'd finally had enough and came on his own time without any help to speed the labor along. I only stayed at the hospital 24 hours as I could not sleep there and with everything looking ok, they agreed to let me go a day early.

What I've learned so far:
1.) If you say anything along the lines of, "He's a great sleeper at night!" or "He's really never fussy" you are bound to experience the exact opposite within a few hours
2.)He's better than fruit snacks (according to Alex, as is being a big sister)
3.)Alex is a wonderful big sister already! She takes her job very seriously and is full of great questions such as: regarding breastfeeding--> "When does he get to eat something good?!" "who is inside there making the milk?"
4.) 3 1/2 year olds do not know the meaning of 'gentle'
5.) Moms are a GOD SEND after having a baby and energetic toddler (thanks, mom! for the dinners and the laundry doing, and the cleaning, and the cookie bars, and the entertaining Alex, and the cleaning, and the CLEANING, and the LAUNDRY, and the nurturing, and the fun, and the yummy leftover foods, and the wine, and the groceries!!!! and everything else!~!!!!! We will miss you very much, in fact, we already do!)
6.) Sam is the cutest little peanut ever (tied with Alex, of course...and with all my friends and family's babes)
7.) having a second babe, I'm much more relaxed but MUCH more tired!
8.) Life doesn't get much sweeter than this
9.) Breastfeeding is a full time job in the beginning! (but so worth it!)
10.) I've fallen in love with a little tiny 6.5 lb stinker named Sam
oh, and and naptimes are not to be wasted!

I'll post more pics later...tried doing several more but they were sideways so I have to fix them. This computer takes forever so this is all for today!

And waiting...

Just thought I'd update again as there has been still NO progress. Perhaps my body jumped the gun and pulled the false labor trick on me? Tricky body.
We'll see. I'm going to climb into my bed now, pretend I can sleep, pretend not to notice every random contraction, and pretend that I'm ok with having to wait even longer to meet this little stinker...and to have my other sweet bean pie home. sigh.....
oh the trials and tribulations of motherhood :) But I do know I can not complain. My family is safe, healthy, as am I, and so all is good.

Tonight I will pray for patience. Serious, serious patience.

Still no baby....

Alex had to try out her multiple old baby beds. I can't believe she still even fits in them!

So, I figured since I will be having this baby any day now I should have at least ONE pic of me with belly...and even though in the last two weeks I have absorbed and 'held on to' every drop of water I have taken in (hence the UBER swollen face/hands) I should share it on my blog. Tim is working today so I had to resort to taking them myself. I know they aren't the best, but you see the belly and that was the point. I'm sure we'll get some in the hospital, too. And those are usually very GLAM!

A couple pics from my sister taken this summer.

We are still awaiting the arrival of this sweet little human currently taking up food and air space in my bod. Had Dr visit today, no new action to report. I have been having contractions since 2 a.m. so we'll see if they take us anywhere?! My sweet bean pie is still with her grandparents and I'm missing her desperately! I literally don't know what I did with my time before being 'Mom'. I've done all the cleaning I can do, been taking walks, nested [aka 'organized'] my entire house (with help from the hubby, of course), shaved my legs!, etc, etc.

The hospital is not allowing children under 14 years old in AT ALL [due to flue season/H1N1] so Alex will miss out on coming to see me and her new little brother (which is a total bummer) but she will be here when we come home, so I guess I'll have to wait until then to see her! She is very excited for me to go to the hospital and asked if things would go in this order, "will you stand up after baby Sam is out, then eat dinner and come home?" I love how my daughter really knows what is important...dinner--for her mama. She asks all kinds of really fun questions and is really puzzled on exactly how the baby will get out. She thinks the dr will remove my belly and then glue or tape it back on. I have told her only that God gives mommies 'special parts' that let the baby come out and she will find out when she gets to be as old as mommy. She seemed content with that answer and it keeps it simple and not horrifying for her WILD imagination (which grows wilder every day, i swear! her dreams/nightmares are fascinating!).

Well, we may or may not have a new baby tomorrow..or the next day, or the next. Patience. Patience. And, oh, did I mention my serious lack of PATIENCE!!!!

She grows and she grows....