My Daughter's (and son's) Hands

I swear I have major déjà vu every time I take Grace to the dr. Hudson and Grace are so similar it's crazy. 

At Grace's 2 month check up last week the dr said that she should start opening her hands and grabbing at things by her 4 month checkup. Well I think Grace was listening because she started to do just that. I remember thinking the same thing when Hudson was a baby. 

She started grabbing at the koala on her floor gym. Then last weekend she grabbed my mouth over and over. I kissed her sweet little hand each time. And yes it made me want to cry. Ok my eyes did water. My angel wanted to touch her mommy with open hands. She makes me feel like the most special person in the world and makes my heart so happy. 

I don't know what it is but there's just something about your child's touch that makes you feel so overwhelmed with love. Every time Hudson grabs my hand it makes my heart feel like the sun is shining through it. Same goes with my sweet baby Grace. Her sweet little hand reaching out to touch me is the sweetest feeling I've ever experienced. It truly sends warm loving electricity through my heart. 

These two angels have forever stolen my heart. I'm the luckiest mommy in the world. 

2 Month Old Smiley Talker

My precious baby girl is 2 months old. It doesn't sound like a long time but it feels like she's always been a part of my life. Grace is a dream come true.  

I love her waking up to me (she's an excellent sleeper - sleeps later than me). I tell her good morning as I change her and she gives me the best smiles in the world and the sweetest gurgles. Of course I recorded them because they are the sweetest sounds I've ever heard in my life. 

This month she found her hands. She tries so hard to put them in her mouth. It's funny because you can tell she's concentrating so hard. Trying to figure out what to do with those beautiful long fingers. 

A déjà vu moment, she lifts her eyebrows and raises her head a tiny bit because she wants to sit up so bad. Her bubba did that exact same thing when he was 2 months old. I remember it being adorable then and it's adorable now. She's trying so hard. I have no doubts she will try to do things fast like her brother just so she can tag along. 

God has blessed me with not 1 but 2 very active babies. When Grace is awake she isn't content just resting in your arms. She wants to be jumping in your arms, laying under her floor gym or on her changing pad talking away and kicking those legs like she's ready to run. 

One of my favorite parts about this month is she follows me around the room. She hears my voice and she quickly looks for me. If only I could hold her all day long. 

She is Miss Independent. She doesn't want me holding her too long. She prefers to be laying on her own taking in all of the chaos of our house. 

I'm also so very lucky to tell you (knocking on wood) she is still an excellent sleeper. Off to bed at 10 pm for the night and sleeps until 5 to eat then back to bed until 7 to eat again and then back to sleep until 9. I'm so thankful she's an excellent little sleeper. 

Funny cheesy sweet moment however you want to look at it. I married Karl 8 years ago and when I go to bed at night I say "God, I love this man" over and over each night. When I had Hudson I say every night I put him to bed "God, I love this boy" and now every night I say "God, I love my angel and she loves me." I'm not surprised my baby girl loves me but I just can't believe how lucky I am that my sweet little princess loves ME. How did I get this lucky? 

Happy 2 months princess. 

Who would have known

You know you read these things about being a boy mom. Or a girl mom. And I never put that label on myself while I had just Hudson but I do feel like I had this boy mom stuff down. I would say that I'm more of an active, adventurous, go go go kid mom. 

However it wasn't until this little beautiful princess came into my world that I discovered my label is "my kid's mom." Sounds silly but I can dig in the dirt with Hudson, race the cars down the driveway, toss a softball to him you name it. But I also LOVE my sweet time with my baby Grace. 

The most adorable girly gurgles, the sounds she makes that sound like they would only come from a princess and dressing her up like a doll. I don't dress her up like a doll all of the time but this girl stuff has already set my heart aglow. She's almost 2 months and I can't believe it. 

There's something a little extra sad about having your last baby and watching her grow knowing this is the last time I will experience this as a mother. I'm going to soak in this boy and girl world as much as I can. 

My heart is beyond full. I will forever feel like the luckiest "kid mom" in the world. 

Mommy's Hair

Tonight my bubba was just holding my hair as he fell asleep. But every time he gets hurt and runs to me, I hold him in my arms and he plays with my hair as he cries and I try to console him. He literally does that every time. It's funny because when I'm hugging my twin sister and we are crying sad or happy tears she always plays with my hair too. Not sure if everyone does that but I feel like it's something your soulmates do. 

It is one of the most sweetest moments of my life. 

Hudson Consoles Sissy and More

I've been meaning to write a few cute things bubba tells sissy. And a few other things he has said. 

When we gave Grace her first bath she was not happy. She cried a lot. Bubba helped and he was telling her, "It's ok sissy. Mommy is almost done."

One morning sissy was crying bubba told us "I will be right back." He went to grab his little piano and said "I'm playing a song for her. I think she likes it." 

When we brought Grace home from the hospital bubba looked at Grace's belly button and said, "Her belly button looks kind of old." 

Some proud mommy moments:

We were playing with a pretend friend one morning and Hudson told me it was a brachiosaurus. I started talking to his pretend friend and asked what time period he was from. Hudson tells me, "Hi friend, I'm from the Jurassic time period." Can't believe he remembered that. My smarty pants. 

Some more proud moments. Daddy has been teaching bubba to count really high. And mommy has been working on letters with bubba. He can most definitely trace/copy letters. Just yesterday he wrote a few on request for aunt shee. I'm really proud of my bubba. He's always been so smart to me. His brain never seizes to amaze me. 

 

1 Month Old Princess Grace

Today my beautiful angel Grace is 1 month old. How did that fly by? Wow...please let time slow down. 

She has finally given up on fussing about her sweet big brother heavily adoring her (aka smothering) with kisses, hugs and sweet doting words. Before she would turn her head side to side as her big brother would get about half an inch away from her face. Now she willingly lays there. I kid you not, she's under his sweet spell. She smiles when he kisses her and you can't break her gaze if Hudson has her attention. We have no doubts these two will be inseparable. Once she can move they aren't going to look back. 

We did a little tummy time so far. Instead of Grace raising her head she's moving her legs like crazy and even moved forward a tiny bit. What?!? She's already trying to move. She's 1 month old. Slow down little girl. What am I kidding myself. She's going to be just like her big brother. 

How's her sleeping? I'm afraid to say in case of jinxing myself but...I have to set alarms at night right now to feed her. And sometimes we both sleep through the alarm for an hour. She's been an excellent sleeper at night since we brought her home. I'm going to thank my lucky stars for that one. She loves to be up for stretches at a time during the day where we get to see those beautiful blues her and her brother both got from their daddy and we get to play for a bit. She's our 2nd active little booger. 

Oh the sweet sound of Grace. Her sweet baby sounds are like music to my ears. I love to hear her talk. I tell bubba she's talking to you and he gets down next to her and says "hi baby girl". Then tells her she's his big girl. 

How's Hudson with all of this? He is in love with her. If he says "Grace, I love you" and you tell him you love him he says, "I was talking to Grace." Move over everyone his baby sister is all his. He has become the best big brother we knew he would. Funny though if you come over to visit he will tell you Grace wakes up, goes to sleep, wakes up and cries all day long. Hudson also prefers "all 4 of us" do everything together. So for this month we all 4 have been to the pool (even though mommy and sissy can't get in yet - I will gladly sit pool side in no bathing suit), Cabelas, HEB, to get donuts, to mawmaw and pawpaws house for the 4th of July weekend. Staying home with a toddler and a baby just isn't possible. I foresee a lot more adventurous outings with Grace then the typical 3 months in the house you should do. 

We all are so in love with our angel Grace that completes our little family. Happy 1 month princess. 

Elbow Muscle

Did I ever tell you that Hudson loves for you to feel his muscles. The one he likes you to feel the most is his elbow. My sweet boy thinks his hard elbow is one amazingly strong muscle. Makes mommy laugh but it's so cute. 

I tell him protein makes his muscles stronger. He take a bite of eggs "mommy feel my muscle (aka elbow)". Take another bite "mommy feel it now." With an excited response to his "growing muscles" he eats all of his food. I just love his imagination.