Feeling sentimental

I think this is probably normal....
Right before a major life change....
To stop, reflect, and take in what is around you.

And what around me is this:

and this:



My first born.
Finnegan.
Just him.

and so very soon....that will simply not be the case!
There will be ANOTHER....
Imagine.
Another little BOY to add wonder, excitement, challenge and laughter to our lives.

And THIS little boy....

(Who is now FULLY POTTY TRAINED by the way - BOOYAH)

Is all I know.
And I have loved him with all my heart since his arrival.
I hope he stays the same, and doesn't lose the amazing things that make him, him.
His love of people
His friendliness
His outgoing and giving nature
His easy going disposition
His ability to play and chill and be on his own.
His willingness to say, "I love you" unprompted....all the time.

I can only hope and wish and hope that this new baby is HALF as kind and wonderful to us as you have been Finn.
(Like when you slept through the night...remember?! RIGHT away?!)

Sigh....soon soon, time will tell what changes are in store for us.
But what I DO know...is that there is a very real excitement and love already stored up for this new baby.

So come new baby!
Let all of us love you.

Testing...1...2...3

We are all about doing things at our own pace around here.
Nick and I are not big on reading books on following methods, rules, looking up studies, worrying about much of anything when it comes to milestones.
This is where our parenting styles align, and it works for us so we roll with it.

Potty Training.

It's gotta happen.
It's going to happen....right?!?!
I mean...this kid is not going to be pooping and pissing his pants in college right?!? (well unless he drinks WAY too much, but that is something we can cover a little later)

However, with this particular task, I'm feeling the last grains of sand leaving the hourglass.
I am imagining an infant. ALL the glorious infant diapers.
And the large, near man-size turds that we are cleaning out of a diaper now from our 3 yr. old.

Dr. says, if he hasn't been trained by now...don't even THINK about it....he'll regress when baby gets here....

Who knows!
We're just rolling with it at this point.

Finn asked tonight to sit on the toilet. The Big Potty and the Little Potty...
He's testing them out!

Let's start there....

Ready for baby...