Emme my love, you are Seven Months old. You can army crawl all over the house. You still surprise yourself that you have this ability and frequently starfish on the floor in frustration until you remember you can actually move. You love to play and to be around all of us. You hate to sleep and it is still an occasional battle. 

Watching your big brother is your absolute favorite thing to do and you are in complete awe of his abilities and talents. Your favorite thing that he does is blow raspberries and you try and make your own with him and laugh hysterically at him.

You weigh 18.8 lbs and are in the 98% for head circumference. You're a little chunk and love to eat. You especially love any type of noodle. You recently went to dim sum for the first time and ate turnip cake and lots of noodles. 

We adore you our sweet girl. You truly are a Daddy's girl and simply light up when you see him. You complete our perfect little family and we think you are just fabulous. 

Happy Seven Months Miss. Emme Em. 

Love,

Momma

Six Months

Oh Emme my love. Momma is really not very good at this this time around. I hope that you will not be too terribly disappointed when you want to hear about all of your amazing milestones and find I have been awful at getting them down. You are six months-- and a few days ( 9 to be exact). You love to eat and would happily sit at your high chair and smear food all over yourself. Whenever anyone else is eating, your hands must be involved in their food as well. You stole a plate of dumplings off the table when I went upstairs and I came down to find you shoveling them as quickly as possible into your face. You love fruit but will happily eat veggies as well and can eat an entire jar of carrots or peas. ( yes, Momma hasn't made homemade baby food yet) You want to move so badly and will scoot or roll yourself around the living room floor. Your brother amazes you and you love to sit near him and try and do whatever he is doing. He loves to hold you but is not thrilled when you try and eat his face in your adoration. You try to get his attention by screaming and laughing hysterically and find him to be the funniest person ever. You love your daddy and are happiest when being held. Puzzles fascinate you and you are able to sit quietly and pull and eat pieces as quickly as you can get them out of their spaces. 

You are a sweet happy baby and we are so so lucky you have joined our family. You truly complete us. Happy Six Months my sweet baby girl. 

2.8

I look at the picture that heads this blog and cannot believe that is the same little boy that runs down the stairs to greet me in the morning. That makes Caillou faced pizzas and knows the difference between front loaders, excavators and back hoes. That that little boy sings jingle bells in his crib to go to sleep and loves puzzles, trains and the outside. My baby boy has become this amazing little toddler with the most wonderful personality that brightens up a room when he crashes through it. He has my grace, which is to say little or none at all and his Daddy's interest in anything that moves. That little baby is simply one of the two best things I have ever made. Skelly, I love to watch you grow.

four months

Emme-

You are Four Months old now. Mommy is lying in a bed typing this and trying not to feel guilty that I didn't take this picture on May 4th and hoping one day, when you are a mommy yourself and you read this that you'll be ok with that.  Ahhh...Mommyguilt is something that strikes at random leaves me breathless occasionally.
My gorgeous girl you are so incredibly sweet and amazing to me. You smile at everyone that holds you and eagerly wait to be picked up in the morning...or middle of the night, whenever the fancy takes you. You are strong and eager to play and love to be snuggled right up against me or Daddy and hopefully your big brother too. You are trying to roll and have done so once or twice. We may have cheated and given you a little help with the arm but you seem to find it so funny to lie on your side and flop back and forth. You still hate tummy time and as seen in the picture above will only tolerate it for a few minutes before flopping your head down in frustration and agony.
Your big brother absolutely adores you. I could not have asked for the situation to be any better. He asks for you as soon as he wakes up and is dying for you to be old enough to be able to share his "pink ice cream" with. He holds your hand/arm whenever you are near him and loves to cuddle you. He's working on the "gentle" touches but I know that soon I will hear the sibling love throughout the house.
You are still occasionally sleeping through the night, but not anything that I can count on consistently and while I am on bed rest are really giving your Daddy a run for his money trying to put you to bed. I just have to keep reminding myself only a week more before I am able to pick you up out of your crib again and see your excited wiggles that someone has come to see you.
My sweet amazing little girl. I've waited my whole life for you. You take my breath away and I am so proud to watch you grow.

One Month

How far along? 37 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: not sharing- under 200. 

Maternity clothes? gotta love 'em

Stretch marks? so far so good

Sleep: uncomfortable. I have the sleep number set at 25 so I am essentially sleeping in a hole.

Best moment this week: the baby's room is ready for her!

Movement: lots

Food cravings: milkshakes-- loving Wawa's chocolate banana smoothies

Gender: team pink

Labor Signs: nope- and still holding at 0 dilation.

Belly Button in or out? so far out- it is not cute. Skelly loves to lift up my shirt and push it in. 

What I miss: went to a MNO last night and missed drinking wine with the ladies. 

Milestones: I am going back and forth between being so ready to meet her and feeling like we are not ready yet. Also feeling guilty because I am not as involved in this pregnancy because I'm so busy with Skelly. Can't wait either to meet my new niece!! Also, in typical J. fashion he has decided to renovate our bedroom so everything downstairs is a giant disaster which is stressing me out. He thinks he'll be done by next weekend- but that is cutting it very close for me. He's painting today- so I will update on that- but at least this time I'll have a finished bathroom to labor in if Baby M. comes sooner than anticipated. 

Almost ready!

26 months

Dear Skelly,

You are 26 months now- and a few days but at this point you know how awesome I am at posting on this. Your poor sister will probably end up with a year update when she's two. Anyway, this is all about you and you are all about you right now too- which makes us laugh....and cry.
You are talking up a storm- you still repeat everything we say to you- and your go to response is always a resounding "ok". You have started to reply "I love you Momma/Daddy" when you are told how much we love you. You say, "ok, I cute" whenever we tell you how handsome or smart you are. You love to somersault all over the place. You just did it one day- We think you learned it in school but it makes you so proud and happy to bounce back up and yell, "TA!!"
You love breakfast and particularly love to eat with your girlfriend at school, Lex. It's one of the only ways I can get you out of the door in the mornings. Your favorite foods are cheese, milkshakes and fruit. Pretty typical since that's all I ate while I was pregnant with you.
You can count now- you don't actually count things most of the time but love to count out loud. You generally count in this order
2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 9, 10!!! I'm not sure what you have against the number 1, 5, or 7.
You sing Ba Ba Black Sheep very well.
You love school buses, fire trucks, Elmo and the garbage truck.
You are simply amazing my Skelly-O-Taur.

Love,
Momma

25 months

Two Years

Happy Birthday my sweet boy. It has been an amazing two years. Here's to many many more. We love you more than we ever knew possible.
Love,
Momma and Dada

21 weeks

How far along? 21 weeks 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: not sure- Dr. visit soon-- I feel like a baby hippo

Maternity clothes? gotta love 'em

Stretch marks? so far so good

Sleep: hit or miss

Best moment this week: J can feel the baby now

Movement: lots

Food cravings: cheese

Gender: team pink

Labor Signs: nope

Belly Button in or out? hovering

What I miss: beer

What I am looking forward to: snuggling this little bundle. Was holding my neighbors granddaughter who is about 8 weeks old and she was just precious. They said she only sleeps during the day- so that part I am not looking forward to.

Milestones: Skelly pee peed in the potty!!! TWICE!

woot!!

Big Weekend!!
TWO pee-pee's in the potty!!!! What a big boy! After he went J and I immediately launched into a ridiculous song/dance routine and Skelly asked for a reese...Apparently Reese's Pieces are the key to potty training in this house.
So proud of my BIG BOY!!!

19 weeks

How far along? 19 weeks 2 days

Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs

Maternity clothes? For awhile now

Stretch marks? fingers crossed

Sleep: getting better

Best moment this week: Just heard about Malian-Can't wait to meet her!

Movement: no outside movement yet but lots of wiggles

Food cravings: grilled cheese

Gender: girly girl

Labor Signs: nope

Belly Button in or out? still in

What I miss: rest

What I am looking forward to:. that baby smell

Milestones:. Skelly hums the ABC's now and occasionally shouts out the random letter.

Week 18

How far along? 18 weeks 6 days

Total weight gain/loss: 6 lbs

Maternity clothes? yup

Stretch marks? still doing ok

Sleep: such weird dreams- I can't shut my brain off either!

Best moment this week: Found out what Baby M is....

Movement: still little wiggles...I have to slow down more so that I can enjoy her

Food cravings: nothing too strange...eating a lot of pastina

Gender: TEAM PINK!!

Labor Signs: no

Belly Button in or out? in

What I miss: sleeping on my stomach

What I am looking forward to: feeling those little feet and tush moving around

Milestones: Skelly is still working on the whole sharing thing...this will end up being a big wake up call for this big brother. I'm hoping that he ends up embracing it but he is such a momma's boy that I am worried for him a little. He is sick this week so extra clingy- poor baby. What kid gets sick in the summer, arghh...

Baby M

Baby M

So I wanted to do something along the lines of this while I was pregnant with Skelly, but life and laziness took over so hopefully I can keep up with it this time....sure, with a toddler too ;) but anyway, here goes....I wouldn't get too hopeful however about weekly updates...
These questions were taken from the www.theheirtoblair.com one of my favorite blogs.

How far along? 16 weeks 4 days
Total weight gain/loss: 3 lbs give or take
Maternity clothes? Hells yeah- I love me some elastic waist!
Stretch marks? So far so good
Sleep: hit or miss at night but exhausted by Skelly’s nap time
Best moment this week: Skelly did the clogging dance from “America’s Got Talent”
Movement: I feel flutters but not sure if it’s the babe
Food cravings: seafood and ice cream- surprise
Gender: I am still thinking girl, but went for my last ultrasound and the stinker was holding his/her legs closed!
Labor Signs: thank god, no
Belly Button in or out? in
What I miss: beer- I can’t believe I’m missing another Sam Summer
What I am looking forward to:.finding out what the baby is!
Milestones: When you ask Skelly what is in Mommy’s belly he says, “Baby!”. ( He also says that when you ask him what is in his belly or Daddy’s but we’re working on that one.)

Surprise!

Make a pregnancy ticker

Summer Loving....

this kid was made for the great outdoors...

Men at Work

J built Skelly a sandbox this past weekend. Have I mentioned how awesome my hubby is?

Eighteen Months

Dear Skelly- You are EIGHTEEN MONTHS! How did that happen!? You are the sweetest boy and so full of joy and energy. Toddler hood suits you and you learn new things everyday. You still love the Wiggles and are now really into the Imagination Movers. You are not very interested in cartoons or watching anything else, so Momma and Dada know pretty much every episode ever created....by heart. You love to be outside. In any kind of weather. It could be freezing cold and raining and you would be in absolute heaven as you dug up Momma's pots that are ready to be planted, collected acorns to transport in your trucks or pushed and pulled on every piece of equipment in the shed. You run outside at the first opportunity and point to the shed and say, "this". Dada pulls out the rototiller and lawnmower for you to push. When I pick you up from school, your run to me and give me a hug, then promptly point me to the sandbox where the big kids are playing so that I can use my parent influence to get you a spot. We never leave school early anymore. You love to eat and your favorite foods include oranges, en tat (chinese egg pies) raviolis and kielbasa. You have lots of words and signs now. You can say Momma, Dada, Muse, ball, this, that, no, yes, dog, more, eat, drink, milk, banana, juice, water, bird, and probably lots more that we just don't get quite yet. One of your favorite things to do is to be domestic. You are going to make a great husband one day if you keep this up. You help empty the dishwasher, move the laundry, and cook. Your little kitchen gets lots of use as you stir and mix your concoctions and bring them to us to taste. Muse is loving the fact that you throw dried pasta all over the house. You are also a loud and wild toddler. You love to scream and apparently have gotten into trouble with your friends at school for randomly yelling loudly. You stole a piece of your teachers cake the other day and were caught with frosting covering your face, and no guilt at all. You throw temper tantrums over random things. Just the other day we had to run through Target since you thought dumping a glass of juice on yourself in the car would be a great idea, but buying a new outfit was not. You do not want us to do anything without your help and participation, that includes using the bathroom. You are so much fun and amaze us everyday. We love you, meatball. Love, Momma