As I write this, a totally sweet, sleeping baby is on my lap. Many nights are spent like this. Often I will put Talin down to sleep to bed, but then after an hour or so, he wakes up crying. And then is just perfectly happy to fall back asleep on my lap. The boy loves me. And it's a good thing since the feeling is mutual. And since I don't mind this sweet baby hanging on me since I know that he is going to grow up way, way, way too fast- I guess it works for us.
I took a few videos of Holland and Talin today. I didn't capture anything specificially significant- but it's just the fact that tomorrow my children will be a day older and today will never be again. A year from today I will be the mother to a 1.5 and 4.5 year old, and in ten years- oh my! I love how Holland interact lately. And I love how Holland always calls Talin "Baby Tao-win". Always. Never just Talin. And I love how Talin is now "talking" like crazy. He just learned the "bah" sound last week, but has complete conversations with that one sound. I am sure that his first "mama" isn't too far away. OH! And I am quite certain that he signed "more" tonight at dinner! He was eating peas for the first time and I asked him if he wanted more and he signed back to me. Ah, sweet firsts!
And now to the videos of the day:
This is really just for me, but if someone else wants to read it- then go for it! I want to relish in each moment that my beautiful children (Holland Elli- 4.5 years old! and Talin Everest, 1.5) make me feel so blessed to be their mother. If this is the sort of thing you like to read also, then woo hoo! The more the merrier!!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
time to remember
So, I had attempted to keep up a blog for a little while, but it mainly just became an outlet to post videos of Holland. And while that was great, tonight I was really just enjoying reading about all of the little Holland antics that many have already faded, or developed into stronger personality traits I see today. I want to be able to remember these moments! Talin is still too young for a vocabulary, but even he has definite traits that I will likely forget if I don't write down. And since everything is done electronically these days- here we are!
My favorite thing Holland has been telling me this week- "Mom I love you SO much and you are my hero!" How can that not make up for any of the crazy and trying times?!
About a week ago, Holland and I had the cutest exchange that went on for a really long time. I can't remember it all, but it went something like this:
Me- I love you like the sky
Holland- I love you to the moon
M- I love you like a rainbow
H- I love you like all the beautiful colors in the rainbow
M- I love you like the stars
H- I love you to the stars and back
M- I love you like a big hug
H- I love you like a really, really, really BIG hug
M-I love you like the cutest little puppy
H- I love you like the poo poo that the puppy makes
(hey- it can't all be totally mushy!!)
And now onto my sweet boy....
Talin seriously is just such a sweet kid! And there is no doubt that he is attached to me to say the least. But, I know that in a blink of an eye he, too will be three and a half. So while he may be extra clingy and just love to be against me, I will take it. Before I know it he will no longer be my cuddly babe.
Talin learned to clap this week and is quite proud of that. Just about anytime you sit him down, he instantly does a mega grin and claps. He certainly doesn't make it difficult to take pictures.
I am really going to try to post something at least every few days. Just the little day to day moments that make me happy, despite being in a somewhat difficult time. I figure why dwell on the negatives when there are so many positives around, right? So, that is the goal anyway. I will refrain from sharing this blog site until I can see if I can actually achieve my goals though.
My favorite thing Holland has been telling me this week- "Mom I love you SO much and you are my hero!" How can that not make up for any of the crazy and trying times?!
About a week ago, Holland and I had the cutest exchange that went on for a really long time. I can't remember it all, but it went something like this:
Me- I love you like the sky
Holland- I love you to the moon
M- I love you like a rainbow
H- I love you like all the beautiful colors in the rainbow
M- I love you like the stars
H- I love you to the stars and back
M- I love you like a big hug
H- I love you like a really, really, really BIG hug
M-I love you like the cutest little puppy
H- I love you like the poo poo that the puppy makes
(hey- it can't all be totally mushy!!)
And now onto my sweet boy....
Talin seriously is just such a sweet kid! And there is no doubt that he is attached to me to say the least. But, I know that in a blink of an eye he, too will be three and a half. So while he may be extra clingy and just love to be against me, I will take it. Before I know it he will no longer be my cuddly babe.
Talin learned to clap this week and is quite proud of that. Just about anytime you sit him down, he instantly does a mega grin and claps. He certainly doesn't make it difficult to take pictures.
I am really going to try to post something at least every few days. Just the little day to day moments that make me happy, despite being in a somewhat difficult time. I figure why dwell on the negatives when there are so many positives around, right? So, that is the goal anyway. I will refrain from sharing this blog site until I can see if I can actually achieve my goals though.
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