Happy 5 months old Matthew!
Where are we now...
You know, just the other night, Brad turned to me and said, "I'm so glad those first few months are behind us!". And he was soooo RIGHT on. What fell out of his mouth is something that I've been thinking about for some time now. If I think back and compare my two children, Sam was the more challenging of the two. Sam was a very very needy baby and needed our constant attention and always fussed and hardly ever smiled, which always made us wonder if he was happy. Matthew is always happy and always laughing and is much much more mellow. However the one thing that still stands true to us is those first few months of life are challenging and nearly drain the energy out of us. We were very very sleep deprived, concerned, confused, worried and happy. In reality, our life was changing before our eyes, never to ever be the same again.
You know, just the other night, Brad turned to me and said, "I'm so glad those first few months are behind us!". And he was soooo RIGHT on. What fell out of his mouth is something that I've been thinking about for some time now. If I think back and compare my two children, Sam was the more challenging of the two. Sam was a very very needy baby and needed our constant attention and always fussed and hardly ever smiled, which always made us wonder if he was happy. Matthew is always happy and always laughing and is much much more mellow. However the one thing that still stands true to us is those first few months of life are challenging and nearly drain the energy out of us. We were very very sleep deprived, concerned, confused, worried and happy. In reality, our life was changing before our eyes, never to ever be the same again.
So, reflecting on our life 5 months ago, it was insane. Adjusting to having a new baby and a growing and ever so active toddler in the house was a huge challenge. I am so happy to say that I think we've finally got our groove on. We have our routine, we have our schedule and we can finally take a step back and think, "wow, we did it. Some how some way, we've accomplished having 2 wonderful children very close in age and life is only getting better. "
Matthew is starting to eat solids on a regular basis. He's turned his nose up to Green Beans, but we're still plugging along as he's only going to be getting these for the next few days. Just the other day we pulled out the Jump-r-Roo and he is having a blast bobbling around in it. Not to mention his brother Sam thinks all these new toys are for him. Matthew is going to be celebrating his very first Hanukkah tonight at Gaga and Papa's house (one day early).
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