Los Warshaks

(a recent exchange between ian and emma)

emma: daddy, i have to go to the bathroom.

daddy: number one or number two?

emma: number three.

daddy: what’s that?

emma: pee pee, poo poo, and toots.

every day gets better and better with my baby boy. he is growing, getting more aware, and always happy!

here’s a pic of him when he was 6 days old.

here’s a pic of him now!

these days when anyone asks how i am feeling… the answer is always… tired. i also feel happy, busy, content, and full, but for some reason, tired always comes to mind. days start and end one after another and i don’t feel like i refill my energy tank. i anticipate naptimes and bedtimes…. for the kids and for me, too. i think back to the days when it was just ian and me…. when we both had jobs outside of our home… when we would come home at the end of the day… and we had so much time. i still don’t know what we did with our time. i think its funny to hear someone without kids talk about how tired they are. about how they have to be up early and how they stay at work so late, etc, etc… ENJOY IT! i say. SOAK IT UP! things will change when you have children. they are wonderful, but they sure are time suckers!!!

God helps me get through my very busy days with two children. i wouldn’t change it for anything in the world, but sometimes i dream of the day when i will have more time… time to write, time to read, time to organize my closet and jewelry armoire, finish the kids’ baby books, finish my wedding scrapbook, sew clothes for the kids and myself, work in the garden, paint the last piece of antique furniture that ian’s parents gave us when we got married, bake some yummy desserts, update my blog, organize all of our digital photos and video, take more photos and video………………..the list can go on and on.

if i could make a wish, it would be to add another 2 or 3 (or 10 hours) to each day (after my children are asleep or before they wake up preferably) for now, i think my plan is to try to get to bed earlier each night. staying up past midnight every night sure isn’t helping!!!

just thought i would share this jewel… not me… check out ian. sporting the beard winter of ‘06.

beary niiiiiiiice!!!

as much as i dread the heat… summer is on its way. so i decided to embrace it. to make it fun… and to get ready for it!!! so we spent the morning in the backyard. i filled a bucket with some soap and water, got a brush and sponge, and let emma have fun washing her outdoor toys. she LOVED it! we spent several hours outside, and i decided we need an outdoor ceiling fan since our super old one doesn’t work well and sounds like a plane taking off… i told ian we could just move the one in jack’s room out and buy him a new one, but he explained that we need a special “outdoor” fan. if its not meant to be outside the blades would bend… hmmm…. so thats why i see fan blades droop like that…. hehehe who knew??

anyway, here are some photos… i’m so glad that should have been another chore for me turned out to be fun for emma… maybe we will wash up her toys from time to time just for fun!

i love this one of emma.

scubbing her jeep.

she loved dipping the brush in the bucket for more soapy water!

jack joined us after his morning nap… he is getting sooooo big!!

check out this video… i took it with the awesome high definition camcorder ian got me for mother’s day! hopefully there will be lots more video to come!

dear jack,
it is hard to believe that you are already 4 months old… it seems like just yesterday you came into our lives and nothing has been the same since. i didn’t know what to expect as i looked down onto my belly before you were here. couldn’t imagine how i could be a boy’s mommy. now that you are here, i can’t even remember what it was like when you weren’t here. everything seems perfect. YOU are perfect. and i think i’m doing ok at being your mommy.

your biggest fan is your big sister… she loves you so much it hurts (literally.) she hugs and kisses and squeezes and pokes you all the time. we figure its okay… most of the time you just look up at her and don’t cry. you seem to be her biggest fan, too. she is the one that gets the biggest and best smiles out of you. you are such a lucky guy to have such an amazing big sister. you guys will be best buds forever.

you are so so so sweet these days. you love to be held… you love to lay on your back to play… you love to look at bright colored toys (and sometimes kinda reach for them)… you seem to love everything about life. you LOVE to coo… you will talk for hours!! you are a wonderful eater and sleeper. you are on an exclusive mommy’s milk diet, and we hope that will last for your first year. you sleep between 10 and 12 hours at night. AND take a few naps during the day, too.

i’m anxious to see what your eye and hair color will eventually end up to be. your eyes now seem to be a beautiful olive green color in the center with a darker brown around them… your hair is light brown… hopefully you will look a lot like mommy!!!

just like your sister did at this age, you have already started to notice lacey… you follow her with your eyes and turn your head any time she goes by. for daddy, you smile some big smiles and sometimes, if we are lucky, you will actually giggle a bit. its hard to get you to do that on demand, but daddy tickles and kisses your neck and it usually works for him. i haven’t learned that trick yet.

in these few short months, i have already loved you so much. you have stolen my heart and i would do anything to make you happy and keep you healthy. i can’t describe how my heart has grown and made room for so much love for TWO babies. i don’t understand it, but i sure can feel it. i am so thankful that God picked me to be your mama. i love you so much. you are the best baby. i can’t wait to see what you will be like when you grow up. its hard to believe that in just a couple of years you will be as big as your sister… playing hard, learning about life, and giving me trouble.

for now, we are enjoying every minute with you…all of us. we are soaking it in because we know you will get bigger so fast. we love you so much. keep up what you are doing, sweet boy. most of all, i hope you keep up that life loving spirit of yours. i’m still falling in love with that about you each and every day.

lots of love,
mama

spring is not my favorite season of the year… i prefer fall and winter for sure. however, i do appreciate the newness spring brings each year. cool crisp rain, trees getting new leaves, flowers starting to bloom, the sound of birds “tweeting” as emma calls it, i can go on and on. this year especially, i have appreciated the beginning of the year with newness of life. with jack’s birth and learning how to be a family of four, i have experienced spring like never before… i am really enjoying the activities of spring.

check out our veggies.

this is the new toy i wrote about… a new double jogging stroller!!! we have already been to the zoo with it twice!

easter. the real meaning of new life. God has been so good to us. We went to church as a family and i LOVED it. emma even sat with us and listened to the message.

here are the kids with their baskets.

to post these photos!!! we had an easter party with friends this evening… and i absolutely LOVE these photos of our family. i am so proud of my family of four! there are more easter egg hunt photos, but for now, enjoy these! more later…

los warshaks!

my babies and me.

my beautiful babies!!!