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Happy Birthday Auntie S!

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On Friday it was Auntie S’s 30th Birthday!  She came up to NY and on Saturday we had a little party with the family at my dad’s house.  It was so nice to see her on her special day & A had the best time playing with her Aunties, Gramma, Grampa, cousins, etc etc….

Here are some highlights of the day!

A & Cousin S playing with the toy that Auntie S bought for A 🙂 Preparation for Gramma to take the girls to see the Winnie the Pooh movie!

Look who is soooo excited to be out of the house!!!!! Yay!!! Baby A2 makes an appearance!!!

Cousin S showing everyone how she swims!

A floating in the freezing water!

Little EG & KG - EG is the best 2 year old swimmer I've ever seen! She loves the water!!

EG being tossed in the air by Uncle P

Then it was A's turn! She told him to go higher....he was scared 🙂

Uncle P's mom brought the coolest bubbles for the kids...here's Mister LK showing Cousin S how it's done!

A blew her first bubble!

During lunchtime, A thought it wasn't fair that B didn't get to eat - so she did what she always does....feeds the doggie!

Ice cream time!!!

She ate this whole thing....

Except for the few licks she shared with Grampa

She was just casually eating her ice cream....nice way to relax after a swim 😉

Entertaining Grampa

Ice cream hug!

3 girls enjoying the ice cream!

Pretty Gramma....its anyone's guess what she finds so amusing!

Cake time!!!

What a family...

Birthday Girl & her hubs

Great weekend!

Now…A’s note to her Auntie S…

Dear Auntie S,

I hope you had the best birthday weekend ever.  I’m so happy you came to celebrate with us & that I got to spend so much time with you.  I had the best time swimming and especially going to the beach with you.  You are so much fun to play with and always bring me great presents!  I hope I get to come to Florida to see you soon!  I hope you have the best 30th year ever.  My mom says that it’s not so bad being 30!  I love you so much!!!!!!

Love,

Baby A

Surviving Motherhood…

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Motherhood is…Just like PMS.

You’re always cranky, something always hurts, you can always cry at the drop of a hat, you can’t remember Sh*t, the little things get to you in a big way, you just want to lay in bed with the blinds closed and no noise….

but what makes it different from PMS is this…

No matter what anyone says…g-d makes them this cute as a defense mechanism.  This is love like I’ve never known before.  No matter how crazy she drives me, I still love her more than life itself.  I might be bald from pulling all my hair out in frustration, I might be completely drained and can barely move at the end of each day, but nothing I’ve experienced in my life can compare to laying in the grass with this little girl running toward me, throwing herself in my lap laughing.  I credit my survival to my friends & family.  1 friend and loyal reader I’d like to mention today…

Our NC family…A, without our commiserating almost daily about how completely insane our children are, and laughing through the “how will we get through this” moments, without your patience of a saint that I aspire to, your ability to literally do anything and find the happy in it, your ability to see situations from perspectives I don’t have, your candidness, honesty & willingness to say the things I need to hear…I’m not sure I could be the mother I am.  I am so lucky that you married R.  I can’t imagine a more perfect person for my best friend.  He’s so lucky…and really, besides him, so am I!  I needed a mother friend like you….if only you lived closer!!!

Happy Father’s Day!!!

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Dear Daddy,

Thank you for being the best Daddy a girl could ask for.  From the moment I was born you have loved me with all of your heart and I am the luckiest girl in the world to have you as my Daddy.  You are always happy to play with me, give me baths, feed me, rock me to sleep, and do anything I want really….You also make sure that I have everything I need, and lots of things I want.  I can’t wait to celebrate so many more Father’s Days with you!  You deserve a day for the world to celebrate you!

I love you more than anything in this world.  I hope your Daddy’s Day is perfect! (even though you’re pretty sore from cleaning up the yard yesterday!)

Hugs and lots of kissies!

Baby A

A & Daddy snuggling...about 5 days old

2 peas in a pod! 12 1/2 months

 

A special Happy Father’s Day to my dad…and ALL the other dad’s I know!  Specifically, Uncle B…its your 1st Father’s Day & I hope that you’re enjoying that tiny little girl!  She’s a lucky girl!

Welcome to the world Baby CJ!!!

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This post has no pictures because I live to far away to take any right now.

Without more than a cellphone photo by txt message, I can tell that CJ is the most beautiful baby!  She is so tiny.  Half of what A was born at…that is crazy!  I can’t wait to meet her & snuggle with her & give her all the love that an Auntie should give a niece!

My best friend S2 is the most amazing and strong girl ever!  She told me last night, “I don’t care what anyone is saying…this kid is coming” and she was right!

I haven’t spoken to her yet since then, but I’ve heard she’s relaxing…exactly what she should be doing.

The LKs are sending the whole family love, kisses, hugs, and lots of sleep!  We love you more than you know miss CJ & welcome you into the world!!!

and to Auntie S2…words can’t describe how much we love you.  You’re a fantastic Auntie and this little girl is so incredibly lucky to have you as her mommy.

Now rest.  and call me.  really I’m going through withdrawal!

Summer fun …

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Its been HOT here in NY.  Really hot.  I know I live less than 1/2 a mile to the beach, but with A’s naps & lunchtime & attention span, I think I’m going to try to stick around the yard…now that I have a yard (or 2)!

We got A this sand & water table the other day…she loves it!  She made herself all sandy…and my driveway…and me…and T.  She played in the water table with the boats & swam in her baby pool.  She even got T to come for a swim too!

Not gonna lie…I’m a bragger…my kids are the cutest.  Hands down.

Can we just check out T's smile!

T loves the sun.  He’s mexican through and through.  Now that its hot as hades outside, he can’t get enough of it & tries to get out every chance he gets.  In the winter, I’m lucky if he gets out of bed on his own!

Apparently…A loves the heat too!  Playing outside is doing this girl some good…we’ll be living outside all summer.  You can find me in the baby pool!

A2 Milestones!

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Auntie H is a busy girl.  Way way way too busy to do mundane things like…I dunno…record milestones of her 2nd baby!

For the future, baby A2, here are some things that you are doing that I think are noteworthy at age 7 months…

You babble, you coo, you smile, you cry a lot at Gramma, you move…wow, do you move.  You sit up on your own, you get to anything you want to by wiggling your way there.  Your mom had to lower your crib already to the lowest setting.  Today’s big deal…you pulled yourself up to standing on the coffee table.  You looked around a while, saw noone was looking, waited until they did, and a bubble appeared over your head that read: “Thanks for noticing me….”

I’ll have to get more of the scoop from your mom to out up here and record so one day you can look back and see all the cool things you were doing just like A!

I love you little mommy-twin!

sleeping beauty!

2 years…

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2 years ago today, I woke up with Aunt D & T in a giant suite at the Ritz Downtown NYC.  Auntie S2 took charge of that day & made sure everyone was where they were supposed to be at all times.  My day was perfect.  It was the day that all my dreams started coming true.

Happy Anniversary to my other half.  Thanks for making this life so amazing for me!  You’re a terrific husband, my best friend and a fantastic Daddy!  I’m a very lucky girl!

Vacation OVER :(

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We’re back from our trip to the Florida Keys with the G Family.  We had the BEST time.  I am so sad and lonely being home alone with A.  It was way more fun in FL with our friends!

We’re so lucky to have such great friends to share vacation with!  If only we were lucky enough to have them live in NY!

Miss you guys 🙂

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

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Today I am spending my Mother’s Day traveling.  Our flight leaves at 8am, and I am a ridiculous, nervous, neurotic traveler.  At least until we get to the gate…then I’m fine!  This isn’t going to be one of those relaxing, breakfast in bed days, but we’re going to see Auntie S, Uncle P, and our NC friends AG, RG, & M!  Its going to be a great day 🙂

And tomorrow…the boys can make the Mommies breakfast in bed.  And take care of the kids.  And we’ll relax.  kthx.

One sad thing is that I won’t be with my Mom on Mother’s Day.  A & I are going to miss spending the day with her, but we’re going to celebrate when we come home!

I’d like to tell my Mom a few things…

Mom,

Thanks for being a great Mom and best friend.  You’re an amazing Gramma & A loves you so much.  I know that very soon, I’ll be saying some of the things you always said to us…like…”just wait until you have kids…you’ll see!”  You were right.  This Sh*T is HARD!  You were lucky I was such a good kid!  Life with kids is complicated…and now that I have a kid, and she’s only 1, I get it!  I’m a little scared of the next 18 years!  Thanks for always being there to answer all the crazy calls, and listen when I need to vent.  Thanks for being a great Gramma to A, she’s so lucky.  Thanks for being a wonderful Mom!

We love you very much and can’t wait to celebrate next week!

LK

To all the other Mommies out there…Enjoy your day!  A special I love you to our Aunts who are amazing women & great mothers!

To my Mommy friends, we have great kids, let the husbands take care of them today & you take it easy!  Thanks to you guys for helping me get through A’s 1st year!

From the bottom of my heart, Have a happy Mother’s Day everyone!!!  I hope its fantastic!!!

PS – AG, wine by the pool while the kids sleep and the boys stay home tonight?!

Embracing 1 year old…4.21.11

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I am not sure how this happened.  It feels like yesterday that I was staring at this tiny little baby thinking “I can’t believe you’re a girl!”  Today my baby A is 1.  She’s a toddler according to Babycenter.  According to me and her Daddy she will always be our baby.

Dear Baby A,

This year has been a lot of things.  You are an amazing little girl.  You make us laugh every day with your sweet, funny, strong will.  You know exactly what you want and will find a way to get it every time.  You have a spirit that shines so brightly, you light up every room you walk into.  We can’t imagine life without your sweet laugh….we could probably do without that shrill screamy thing you do, but if we have to have that noise to have you here….we’ll deal!  You have made this year the best year of our lives.  Watching you grow from a tiny infant into a walking, babbling, curious, independent, crazy little girl is so emotional for me that I am actually going to cry all day today!  I now know why Gramma cried at our birthdays….part of it is happy tears, and part of it is this sadness that my baby is growing up!  We wish you the happiest birthday Baby A.  May all of your wishes come true & may you be the happiest girl in the world today and everyday of your life.  You are so loved by everyone in your life and today the day is yours.  I will enjoy teaching you to celebrate your birthday all month-long (or until May 4th because that is Mommy’s day  hehe)

Love,

Mommy, Daddy

Dear Baby A,

Happy Birthday to you!  We’re surprised at how much we love you.  Mommy & Daddy are pretty shocked at how we let you pull our fur, our ears, our tails & we don’t bite you!  Everyone is shocked that I don’t need a muzzle, but how would I give you all those kisses with a muzzle on!!??  We love you so much and hope you have a great birthday.

Love,

T & M

PS – Please drop some cake on the floor for me!  kthxloveya

1 year ago today. (Yea...Im not one of those girls who look fantastic in full makeup after giving birth...you try labor for 27 hours pushing for 3 and then a c-section and see how unpuffy you are!!!)

Our family @ 1 year

Birthday Girl!