Thursday, March 26, 2009

Finally, my cuddle bug



Wow seriously? How awful of me. It's been two and a half weeks since I posted my last blog. Which I guess really isn't that big of a deal except for the fact that my little man has yet to have an entry dedicated just to him. In my defense, I was waiting until I had some video stuff of him too, but that's not working out so well. What can I say the kid just isn't a performer like his sisters. Shocker! So instead of a video, we'll go with pictures.
I can't believe my "baby" is going to be five years old in five days. Ouch. It's so neat to watch your kids grow up. To day by day see them learn new things. But man alive, it really kinda sucks at the same time! I'm officially no longer shopping in the toddler section at stores, the training wheels are gone, and i'm getting ready to buy my son his first backpack cause he'll be starting kindergarten in the fall. Noooo! I'm not ready yet!!
Thankfully, he is still my little cuddle bug though. That's one thing he still hasn't grown out of yet. He's been a cuddler from day one. Even at the hospital after he was born. Because it was so crowded that night, they had to move Noah and me to the pediatric wing . . . where there is no nursery. Which means, I had to keep him with me the entire time. And he didn't want anything to do with that stupid plastic box. But as long as he was cuddled in mommies arms he was fine. It made it a little difficult for mommy to sleep, but what else are you gonna do when 7 pounds of wonderful just wants to cuddle?
And to this day, he still has his moments when he just wants to be wrapped up in mommies arms. I might be sitting down watching TV, working at the computer, or busy in the kitchen. And he'll just come up to me and say, "Mommy, I love you. Do you wanna cuddle?" What else can you do when 47 pounds of wonderful wants to cuddle? So I wrap him in my arms, thank God for this moment, and pray that there will never come a day when he's too grown up to say, "Mommy, do you wanna cuddle?"

Monday, March 9, 2009

hugga bug's turn


My last post was entirely about Isabelle so I figured I better get busy and post again and focus on one of the other two bugs. So this post is all about Cheyanne. She's my little hugga bug. (A name she picked for herself.) For Isaac, Isabelle has always been his "baby girl" and Chey has always been his "Sweets." And then somewhere around the age of two she told me she wanted mommy to have a bug name for her too. And I was happy to oblige her...what was I thinking not having a special name for her as well. So I asked her what kind of bug she wanted to be, and a hugga bug was what she chose.

Now along with being a "sweets" and a "bug" she's also just our "Chey girl" or "Chey." (That 's what we usually call her.) And it's always been fitting because she is our shy one. She still can't order her own food at a restraunt because she's too embarassed to talk to the server. But put any type of camera in front of that girl and goodbye Chey, hello diva! And just like Isabelle, she LOVES to perform. And of course, what little sister just wants to sit back and let her big sister hog the spotlight? Well, NOT this one! So now it's hugga bug's turn!!