He's not a baby anymore :(

The other morning I woke up to the most perfect little 3yr old face staring back at me and I almost had to look twice.

He looked SO much older! 

When did he get so big?!

When did he stop being my little baby boy and become my big boy??

When did he stop being a baby, a toddler even, and become a... boy. 

Just a boy. 

A kid boy.

He's going to be 4 so very soon.

Too soon.

& I'm kind of sad...

But he still loves to snuggle. He still calls me mommy & kisses me in public.

So for that, he's still little.

But before long he won't be. & well that's just a sad thought. 

It was just 3yrs and 10months ago that he blessed our lives with his perfectness and its amazing the changes that can occur in just 3 yrs. 

He went from a newborn,

to a baby,

to a toddler,

to a kid.

Next he'll be a teenager!! 

Thank God that's not for another 9 years 2 months! 

Wesley I love you more then all the stars in the sky. 

An infinity plus 1.

You will forever be my baby boy.

My 1st born.

My 1st love.

My Booba.

"There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between
 a mother and a son"

Morning Rituals

Since Oliver has graced our lives with his HUGE presence Wes has been smitten.

Completely and utterly IN LOVE with his "baby Oliber"

And every since the day we brought him home he has been right by his side all day... Everyday.

& every morning Wes wakes up... comes in our room.. and looks for Oliver.

Some days he's in his crib.

Other's we've just gotten up with him so he's in the bed already.

If he's in the bed Wes climbs up beside him and the lovin' begins!

He turns them on some cartoons and he kisses him all over and hugs him and tell him how much he loves him.

But when he's in his crib... I must get him out!

Wes demands to have him.

He loves him more then I could have ever imagined he would...

Or even could.

Well this morning was like any other.

I already had Oliver out of the bed and he was snuggled up with me but was on the outside of the bed.

I wake up to Wesley trying to squeeze into the nonexistent space between Oliver and the edge of the bed. 

Me- "Wesley go lay on the other side."

Wes- "Well can  you put baby Oliver over there with me?!" 

So I did and rolled back over to get the remote and when I rolled back to give it to Wesley he had Oliver laying on his chest.... Pretty much face to face...

And Oliver was licking his FACE! Pretty much licking his eye!

I just laughed.

Wesley couldn't have cared less. He just kept snuggling him and kissing him.

I moved Oliver down some and wiped off Wesley face (it was covered in slobber), and we just laughed at how silly baby Oliver is.

(I don't think he'll ever JUST be Oliver to Wesley)

Oliver kept trying to roll off of Wes and he kept picking him up by the butt part of his onsie and putting him back onto his chest.

Then he asked if he could just hold him.. so he sat up and and I put him in his lap

(Oliver looks huge in Wes' lap.)

And they watched some SpongeBob Squarepants & snuggled.

After a little while Wes got tired and we sat Oliver up beside him and they just watched cartoons, talked and played.

It's a wonderful way to wake up.

I have sister...

We don't have the same parents.

But she is my sister.

My other half.

Has been since the day she was born.

And I love her so very much more then she'll ever know.

We don't talk as much as we use to

which sucks.

But all of my greatest childhood memories involve her.

I know she'll always be there if ever I need her

& Vise Versa.

She is and always will be my best... very best... friend.

She gets me.

And I get her.

Even when no one else does.

And I support her through everything.

               

So Mariam this is for you.

To let you know just how much I love and adore you,

as my sister,

and very best friend.

No matter what. 

And I'm always here for you.

Just a phone call away.

               

      "A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost."

                                                                                          Author: Marion C. Garretty

Faces

Oliver makes some killer faces. 

He cracks me up with some of the sillyness that comes upon that sweet, perfect little face of his... I'm expecting nothing but trouble from him one day

But when he smiles... O when he smiles that sweet, perfect smile of his my heart melts into a big pile of goo. His whole faces lights up and so does my world... any troubles washed away with just a little smirk, and I just know he'll be something special. A wonderful person. He'll change the world and because of him someone's life will be changed, for the better. I just know he'll do great things.

"A child's smile is one of life's greatest blessings."

Another month with our littlest love

Our sweet Oliver is 4 months!

On one hand it seems unreal that it has been 4 months already but on another it seems like he's been here all along.

He has changed so much over the months and is getting so big!

He laughs now.... usually only for me... and always gets the giggles when I take his shirt off, and is ticklish around his neck.

He hates to sleep... he fights it to the bitter end, of course he never wins, but has fought it up to 2hrs before. (that was a VERY long 2hrs full of screaming lol) He has however gotten much better about riding in the car. =)

He is very impatient when he's hungry.

His favorite place is with mommy or in his jumperoo... He goes crazy in there and sometimes will only jump on one leg and its hilarious to watch and when he's not in the jumperoo he wants to be held up so he can jump on your legs. He's our little jumping bean.

He's always kicking and can roll from his belly to his back and can scoot forward when on his belly a pretty good distance. He's a strong kid... much like his big brother was at this age. 

His hands are always in his mouth.

He gives the sweetest open mouth kisses in town <3

He spits all the time and, well, he produces a lot of slobber so it goes pretty far.

He was sitting on daddy's lap at lunch one day and started spitting and it went all in daddy's food lol

He's such a little ball of joy and such a blessing to our family. 

We love you so much monkey!

L.O.V.E.

What more can I really say about these two amazing little boys other then I LOVE them so so SO Very much.

 I mean how could you not?

They're perfect.

"A brother is a friend given by Nature."

                                         -Jean Baptiste Legouve

Conversations with my 3yr old

I've been trying to remember to jot down the funny, sweet, innocent things my amazing 3yr old says to us... Here are a few


Wesley can't leave me alone for 2 seconds and often follows me into the bathroom. Well one morning I got out of the shower and as soon as Wes heard the water turn off and curtain open he came running in! I told him to get out and let me dry off and to change the subject he started asking me questions lol

Wesley-  "Mommy, do you have a butt?"

Me- "Yes"

"Does mawmaw?"

"Yes"

"Does ariel?"

"Yep"

"Does daddy and baby Oliber?"

"Of course they do"

"And do me and daddy and baby Oliber have pee pees?"

"Yep"

"But not girls?"

"No Wesley now go play and let me dry off!"

lol. Boys.

On Father's Day we bought Wes a Toy Story tent for his bed (which he has demolished) and while him and Daddy were in there putting it together this is what I hear in the other room...

Wesley- "You're doing a great job!! Give me a high five!"

He's so encouraging. haha

7-1-10
"Mommy I know you love me even when I get in trouble."


7-2-10
I put tattoos on him and told he was looking bad to the bone and his reply was
"No mommy I'm good to the bone" 
bahahahahahah


7-3-10
Wes and I went outside to see the fireworks some people were shooting off and there was a HUGE star in the sky so I told Wes to make a wish... 


"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight; I wish to Love mommy, daddy and baby Oliber"


It was the most innocent wish I'd ever heard
&
I'm pretty sure his wish has already come true <3


7-5-10
Oliver was sitting on my lap and Wes was on the couch leaning over watching me as I was editing Wesley's 4th of July pictures and I said,


"What a handsome boy I have"


Wes said "and what a handsome boy you have in your lap"
:)


7-7-10
Me and Wes were "fighting" over Oliver and I said 
"No you can't have him he's MINE!"


Wes- "NO! He came out of your belly and he was mine!" 


ahahahah
He tells me that all the time now! Apparently I just have the babies he then they become his... When he is going to start changing diapers and waking up with Oliver is what I'd like to know! hahahah


7-8-10
We attempted the quiet game with Wes... He seriously couldn't even last a full minute. Charlie who was super tired was laying in bed "playing the quiet game by himself" and Wes kept trying and trying and trying to talk to him and he would not talk back and Wes was SO upset and said 
"WHY IS DADDY DOING THIS TO ME??!?!"
lol Charlie told him he was "trying to beat his own record" at the quiet game haha.


I'm going to just keep updating this as he comes up with crazy stuff as I've been doing. 
O the things a 3yr old will say.